2021 Season

The festival presented two weekend of concerts in 2021. On Memorial Day weekend, musicians presented a concert of works by Astor Piazzolla, J.S. Bach, and Samuel Coleridge Taylor, performed by Scott Anderson, Catherine Ramirez, Nicholas Tavani, Francesca Anderegg, Yi-Chun Lin, and Teresa Richardson. Founder David Carter played at the Riverwalk Market Fair, and JC Sanford and his trio played a concert in Central Park.

On August 25th, guest cellist Christine Lamprea performed a recital at St John's Lutheran Church at 7:30 pm, with works by Manuel Ponce, Alejandro Cardona and Franz Schubert, joined by musicians Francesca Anderegg, Nicola Melville and Esther Wang. On August 27th, Stone Arch Brass performed an outdoor concert in Central Park behind the Weitz Center. On August 28th, St. Olaf College alum Meredith Maloley performed at the Riverwalk Market Fair at 10 am. Finally, on August 29th, the Season Finale was held at Keepsake Cidery in Dundas - music of Rebecca Clarke and Felix Mendelssohn, performed by Francesca Anderegg, Alexandra Early, Emily Hagen, Justin Knoepfel and Sarah Lewis.

Enjoy our encore presentation of the 2021 season, this recital by Emery Stephens, recorded at St. John's Lutheran Church.

Emery writes:

"Three influential writers of the Harlem Renaissance inspire this virtual project on African American poets and composers – Langston Hughes (1901-1967), James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), and Claude McKay (1889-1948). As you listen to the music of Dorothy Rudd Moore, Margaret Bonds, Charles Brown, Robert Owens, and John Rosamond Johnson, you will hear these thought-provoking works on racial inequality and social justice through the lived experiences of their creators. Thank you to Artistic Director Francesca Anderegg, Founder and Board President David Carter, Bridge Chamber Music Festival, Flight Creative Media in Minneapolis, St. John's Lutheran Church in Northfield, and everyone involved in this collaboration."