Listen Hear Salon Concerts

Soundbox @ Sarasota Art Museum | Season 1 Event

Performances are at Thomas McGuire Hall at Sarasota Art Museum.

Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 2 PM

Beethoven in the Home

Max Tan, violin; TianYi Li, piano

The Listen Hear series kicks off with TianYi Li and Max Tan who will perform a historical arrangement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, published in 1886, and a new arrangement of Beethoven’s Leonore Overture arranged for solo piano by Juilliard doctoral candidate TianYi Li, and explore how instrumentation and arranging can affect our experience of musical works.

Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 2 PM

Brahms and the Magic of Time

Max Tan, violin; Stephanie Tang, piano

The Listen Hear series continues with Stephanie Tang and Max Tan exploring Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, perhaps the most loving of his three violin sonatas. Using historical recordings from before the Second World War, the artists discuss time versus timing, and will share insights on how our understanding of these concepts has changed throughout the last century.

Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 2 PM

Folk Music Inspirations

Timothy Chooi, violin; ChangYong Shin, piano

The Listen Hear series kicks off with TianYi Li and Max Tan who will perform a historical arrangement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, published in 1886, and a new arrangement of Beethoven’s Leonore Overture arranged for solo piano by Juilliard doctoral candidate TianYi Li, and explore how instrumentation and arranging can affect our experience of musical works.

Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 2 PM

Is Music Finite or Infinite? Improvisation, Notation, and Performance

Michelle Ross, violin and composition

The Listen Hear series returns to explore improvised music, a mysterious intersection of creation and interpretation. Michelle Ross, an alumna of the Perlman Music Program, discusses the creative process, including her library of personal voice memos and galleries of her own manuscripts. In this recreation of her workspace, the salon features premieres of new works that Ross will improvise for all to enjoy.

Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 2 PM

Textures and Timbres

Max Tan, viola; Sam Boutris, clarinet; Chelsea Wang, piano

Tan, Boutris, and Wang will perform works by Mozart and Bruch, gems of the chamber music repertoire revolving around the viola and clarinet. Elements of the instruments’ singing, breathing, and speaking characteristics will be compared as the artists discuss their interplay—and exchangeability—in classical music.