Season 16:
Hope is the thing with music
Where lyric & line intertwine
June 10-21, 2026
MOCM 2026
4-Concert Festival Pass
June 10 – June 21, 2026
Season 16: Hope is the thing with music
Enjoy all four concerts of the MOCM Festival!
Concert I: “Upon Enchanted Ground”
Wednesday June 10, 2026
10:30am CDT
The Sheldon
Concert I. Begin the magical MOCM season with “Upon Enchanted Ground.”
Program:
Copland: Selections from 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson
Sollima: Sonnets et Rondeaux
Fauré: Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15
Performers
Benedetta Orsi, mezzo-soprano
Hannah Ji, violin
Nathan Lowry, violin
Sixto Franco, viola
Davin Rubicz, cello
Nina Ferrigno, piano
Concert II. “Musicians Wrestle Everywhere”
Monday June 15, 2026
7:00pm CDT
The Sheldon
Concert II. Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem, Musicians Wrestle Everywhere explores struggle through sound through metaphor and music.
Program:
Vaughan Williams: 6 Studies in English Folk Songs
Rebecca Clarke: Prelude, Allegro, Pastoral
Sollima: Sonnets et Rondeaux
Weir: Musicians Wrestle Everywhere
Performers
James Sommerville, conductor
Shen Wen, piano
Nadine Hur, flute
Jelena Dirks, oboe
Robert Walker, clarinet
Tzuying Huang, bass clarinet
Julie Thayer, horn
Amanda Stewart, trombone
Kevin Ritenauer, percussion
Sixto Franco, viola
Davin Rubicz, cello
Brendan Fitzgerald, bass
Concert III. Arianna String Quartet
Wednesday June 17, 2026
7:00pm CDT
6:00pm: Prelude concert by young artists of the Arianna Chamber Music Festival
The Sheldon
Concert III. The beloved Arianna String Quartet takes the stage for MOCM’s third concert. Join us for a special opening performance by young artists of ACMF.
Program:
Augusta Read Thomas: Upon Wings of Words
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Performers
Meroë Khalia Adeeb, soprano
Arianna String Quartet:
John McGrosso, violin
Corinne Stillwell, violin
Joanna Mendoza, viola
Kurt Baldwin, cello
Concert IV. “There’s a certain slant of light”
Sunday June 21, 2026
7:00pm CDT
The Sheldon
Concert IV. Sometimes all it takes is a new perspective to offer hope and light.
Program:
David Werfelmann: Memoria*
Kats-Chernin: Calliope Dreaming
Beethoven: Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1, No. 2
*world premiere
Performers:
Calyx Piano Trio:
Catherine French, violin
Jennifer Lucht, cello
Nina Ferrigno, piano
“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