Brookings Chamber Music Society announces 2023-24 season

The Brookings Chamber Music Society has announced its 2023-24 season and fall membership drive.

Allied closely with the South Dakota State University School of Performing Arts, the society’s mission is to present the finest in chamber music for the enjoyment of the Brookings community.

The season opens Sunday, Sept. 17, with Robert Walzel, clarinet, and Steven Glaser, piano. Known as the Con Fuoco Duo, Walzel and Glaser have been performing together since 1989 in the U.S., Europe, the Baltics, Mexico and West Africa.

On Friday, Oct. 6, Minneapolis-based organist Samuel Backman will be featured on the Founders Recital Hall organ. Backman is director of sacred music at Holy Cross Catholic Church, where he functions as the principal organist.

Friday, Nov. 3, will feature a performance by the Khemia Ensemble, a contemporary chamber music ensemble. This appearance is in conjunction with the South Dakota Music Teachers National Association conference. The ensemble includes piano, percussion, woodwind musicians and singers.

The season closes with a performance by Lun Li, violin, on Sunday, March 24. Li is an avid chamber musician trained at both The Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music and will perform on a Stradivarius violin.

Season subscriptions are available now by calling the SDSU School of Performing Arts in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center at 605-688-5187. An adult season subscription is priced at $50 and includes all four concerts. The series is sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the South Dakota Arts Council and Arts Midwest.

For more information, visit BCMS.