JUNE 9 – 26, 2025
MOCM 2025
4-Concert Festival Pass
June 9 – June 20, 2025
Season 15: the spirit that moves us
Enjoy 4 concerts of MOCM Festival!
Concert I. Get up!
Monday, June 9, 2025
7:30pm CDT
CMS Concert Hall at Webster University
Concert I. Get up! of MOCM 15 gets you moving with energy and drive – highlighting the bold rhythm and spirited expressivity of chamber music.
Eric Cole | Flower Pot Music No. 1
Eric Moe | Hey Mr. Drum Machine Man world premiere
Christopher Stark | Stars in Dead Reflection
Kevin Puts | And the Legions Will Rise
Featuring:
Kevin Ritenauer and Charles Renneker, percussion
Robert Walker, clarinet
Hannah Ji, violin
Brendan Fitzgerald, bass
Nina Ferrigno, piano
Concert II. Bygone
Thursday, June 12, 2025
7:00pm CDT
Graham Memorial Chapel
Concert II. Bygone explores the spirits of those who have come before. The gauzy presence of silenced voices we never forget!
Ravel | Sonata for Violin and Cello
Gyorgy Kurtag | Hommage a R. Sch., Op. 15d
Debussy | String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Featuring:
Ann Fink & Nathan Lowry, violins
Chris Tantillo, viola
Bjorn Ranheim, cello
Shen Wen, piano
FREE EVENT! / Delve Inside Visions de l’Amen
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
12:00pm CDT
Winifred Moore Auditorium
Pianists Hugh Hinton and Nina Ferrigno bring you closer to the musical themes of Messiaen’s monumental 2-piano work, Visions de l’Amen through dialogue and demonstration.
Featuring:
Hugh Hinton, piano
Nina Ferrigno, piano
Concert III. Naturally
Thursday, June 19, 2025
7:00pm CDT
Winifred Moore Auditorium
Concert III. Naturally explores the spirit of our surroundings – ever-changing and inspirational!
Florence Price | Fantasie Negre for solo piano
Kaija Saariaho | Cloud Trio
Joaquín Turina | Piano Quartet in A Minor, op. 67
Featuring:
Hugh Hinton, piano
Nathan Lowry, violin
Sixto Franco, viola
Davin Rubicz, cello
Concert IV. Above
Friday, June 20, 2025
7:00pm CDT
Winifred Moore Auditorium
Concept IV. Above explores the inspiration of divine spirit. Human love and divine love expressed through music as stages in a progression central to our humanity.
Messiaen’s deeply spiritual, Visions de l’Amen is filled with apocalyptic visions, angels, and reflections on the afterlife. Also featuring work by Shulamit Ran
Shulamit Ran | Perfect Storm
Olivier Messiaen | Visions de l’Amen
Featuring:
Sixto Franco, viola
Hugh Hinton, piano
Nina Ferrigno, piano
WCHOF Music Series: Missouri Chamber Music Festival
Thursday, June 26, 2025
6:00pm CDT
World Chess Hall Of Fame
MOCM hits the highs from season 15 in this special concert at the World Chess Hall of Fame!
“Naturally” features a wonderfully varied music program from Turina, Saariaho, and more in an exciting evening of music celebrating the spirit of places.
“I can’t fully express how exciting and inspiring it was to hear this amazing musical event. From JSB to Swallowing Fire, what an amazing and emotional journey!”
– MOCM: Lost Treasures online concert attendee