ChamberFest Brown County 2026

This year we celebrate our nation's 250th anniversary. America is a musical kaleidoscope. At ChamberFest Brown County 2026, you'll travel the American experience. We also hear some of the finest in classical chamber music in works by Mozart, Schubert, and Beethoven, and Brahms. MUSICAL LINEUP _______ SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 | 4:00PM ST AGNES CATHOLIC CHURCH 1008 McLary Rd, Nashville, IN 47448 THE ERINYS QUARTET Young Artist Spotlight Members of the multiple-prize-winning Erinys Quartet come from Estonia, Lithuania, Greece, and the US. Members study with Pacifica, the renowned IU Jacobs School of Music quartet-in-residence. We can expect a dark, evocative experience. Not to be missed. PROGRAM Beecher: Juniper and Birch Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421/417b Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D 810 (Death and the Maiden) _______ MONDAY, AUGUST 17 | 7:00PM ST AGNES CATHOLIC CHURCH 1008 McLary Rd, Nashville, IN 47448 ASTROS, LUCES, RAYOS Latin American Baroque The 6-person specialist ensemble Musica Ficta includes voice, recorders, pipes, tabor, baroque guitar, theorbo, and harpsichord. Hear the vitality, charm, and poignancy of Spanish art music. PROGRAM Arias, art songs, and instrumental pieces by Sebastián Durón (1660-1716) and contemporaries, including recently published, never recorded sacred and secular songs found in Latin American archives. __________ TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 | 7:00PM ST AGNES CATHOLIC CHURCH 1008 McLary Rd, Nashville, IN 47448 PASTORALE A stunning lineup of Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians and Canada's premier clarinetist. Music for the outdoors: radiant, folksy, uplifting. Violins, violas, cello, bass, clarinet, and horns. PROGRAM Beethoven: Sextet for 2 Horns and Strings, op. 81b Spohr: Octet, op. 32 Dvořák: String Quintet, op. 97 __________ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19 | 7:00PM BROWN COUNTY PLAYHOUSE 70 Van Buren St, Nashville IN 47448 LETTERS FROM THE FRONT Honoring US Veterans Celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary! Voices and piano bring to life letters home from US service members, and their families' replies, from the Revolutionary War to the Gulf War. Art song, classic Broadway, and Americana. PROGRAM Songs for four voices and piano by Patrick Zimmerli, inspired by letters written during major US wars. Our only ticketed event: $25 at the Brown County Playhouse. ________ THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 | 7:00PM NASHVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 36 S Jefferson St, Nashville IN 47448 TEUTONIC The Brahms Piano Trios A rare opportunity to hear three magnificent piano trios-violin, cello, and piano-rich in emotional range and complexity. Prepare to be engaged! PROGRAM Brahms: Piano Trio no. 1, op. 8 Brahms: Piano Trio no. 2, op. 87 Brahms: Piano Trio no. 3, op. 101 _______ FRIDAY, AUGUST 21 | 7:00PM NASHVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 36 S Jefferson St, Nashville IN 47448 PHOENIX Saxophone Quartet! The award-winning Project Fusion Saxophone Quartet celebrates renewal, transformation and flight, marking our nation's great experiment of democratic reinvention. PROGRAM Works by American composers Gershwin, Maslanka, Kline, Frazier, Mettens, Washington, Ge, and Love. ________ SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 | 7:00PM NASHVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 36 S Jefferson St, Nashville IN 47448 (AMERICAN) POMP! A flamboyant nod to genre-bending and jazz-inspired classics for trumpet, piano, strings, clarinet, and bassoon. The grand finale: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue! PROGRAM Martinů: La Revue de Cuisine Saint-Saëns: Septet for Trumpet, Piano & Strings, op. 65 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue For details of concerts, performers, and venues, see: https://www.chamberfestbrowncounty.com/