Frederick C. Tillis – Past Concerts

Sound Off: Music for Bail presents Our Anthem: An Orchestral Activation

Sound Off: Music for Bail
Friday, April 5, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
The Church of the Village, New York, NY, United States
Online and in-person
J. Rosamond Johnson — Lift Every Voice and Sing (arr. Jay Julio)
Jessie Montgomery — Banner
Michael Abels — Delights and Dances
Frederick C. Tillis — Niger Symphony (NYC premiere)

$20 ($15 Supermusers)

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Harlem Chamber Players: ETHEL & Friends Series at The Met

ETHEL String Quartet and The Harlem Chamber Players
Saturday, October 14, 2023 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Petrie Court Café at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States
Program includes works by Caroline Shaw, Tania León, Mark O'Connor, Florence Price, Gabriela Lena Frank, Paquito D'Rivera, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Antonín Dvořák, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Julia Wolfe, Valerie Coleman, Frederick C. Tillis, Trevor Weston, Rhiannon Giddens, and Jessie Montgomery.

Included w/Met admission: $30 ($22 senior, $17 student; ages 11 & under free)

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Harlem Chamber Players: ETHEL & Friends Series at The Met

ETHEL String Quartet and The Harlem Chamber Players
Friday, October 13, 2023 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Petrie Court Café at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States
Program includes works by Caroline Shaw, Tania León, Mark O'Connor, Florence Price, Gabriela Lena Frank, Paquito D'Rivera, Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Antonín Dvořák, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Julia Wolfe, Valerie Coleman, Frederick C. Tillis, Trevor Weston, Rhiannon Giddens, and Jessie Montgomery.

Included w/Met admission: $30 ($22 senior, $17 student; ages 11 & under free)

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Masterworks Series: ACROSS SPIRITUALITIES / Frederick Tillis, Jessie Montgomery, Mendelssohn / Harlem Chamber Players with Mark Peskanov

Bargemusic and The Harlem Chamber Players
Sunday, July 9, 2023 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (EDT)
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Frederick C. Tillis — Spiritual Fantasy No. 12
Jessie Montgomery — Voodoo Dolls
Felix Mendelssohn — String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87

$35

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Masterworks Series: ACROSS SPIRITUALITIES / Frederick Tillis, Jessie Montgomery, Mendelssohn / Harlem Chamber Players with Mark Peskanov

Bargemusic and The Harlem Chamber Players
Saturday, July 8, 2023 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (EDT)
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Frederick C. Tillis — Spiritual Fantasy No. 12
Jessie Montgomery — Voodoo Dolls
Felix Mendelssohn — String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87

$35

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Eclectic Series: BY THE RIVER / David Froom, Scott Wheeler, James Primosch, Brahms-Busoni, Frederick Willis / Eliza Garth

Bargemusic
Friday, June 23, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY, United States
David Froom — Manna Variations (NY premiere)
Scott Wheeler — Beach Spring (world premiere)
James Primosch — Three Folk Hymns (with Jamie Jordan, soprano)
Johannes Brahms — Three Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (arr. Ferruccio Busoni)
Frederick C. Tillis — Spiritual Fantasy

$35

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Talent Unlimited High School x Sound Off: Side-By-Side Concert & Reception

Sound Off: Music for Bail and Talent Unlimited High School
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (EDT)
Julia Richman Education Complex (JREC), New York, New York, United States
Frederick C. Tillis — Spiritual Fantasy No. 12
Malachi Brown — Neo-Romance
Malachi Brown — Statements: Homesick

$10 advance, $15 day of concert |
$20 with post-concert reception

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Courtney Bryan's 'Yet Unheard': A Sound Off x PMM x PROTESTRA x VOCAL-NY Massivemuse

Sound Off: Music for Bail and Groupmuse
Sunday, February 12, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Robert Moss Theater at Playwrights Horizons Downtown, New York, New York, United States
Frederick C. Tillis — Spiritual Fantasy No. 12 (Mvts. I, III, & II)
Akua Dixon — Efua
Courtney Bryan — Yet Unheard
Jasmine Wilson — Ruminations
Jasmine Wilson — Greener

$25 early bird, $30 regular

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Black History Month Concert at the Brooklyn Public Library

Classical Interludes – Brooklyn Public Library and The Harlem Chamber Players
Sunday, February 12, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Brooklyn Public Library – Central, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Valerie Coleman — Umoja
Tania León — Esencia
Frederick C. Tillis — Spiritual Fantasy No. 12
George Walker — String Quartet No. 1

Free (RSVP required)

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Black History Month Concert/Live Sounds at Third Street Music Settlement

The Harlem Chamber Players and Third Street Music School
Friday, February 10, 2023 @ 10:00pm – 12:00am (EST)
Third Street Music School and Third Street Preschool, New York, NY, United States
Tania León — Esencia
Jessie Montgomery — Voodoo Dolls
George Walker — String Quartet No. 1
Frederick C. Tillis — Spiritual Fantasy No. 12

Free (RSVP required)

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Harlem Chamber Players: Music by Walker, Hailstork, & Tillis

The Harlem Chamber Players
Saturday, December 10, 2022 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (EST)
Harlem School of the Arts, New York, NY, United States
George Walker — String Quartet No. 1
Frederick C. Tillis — Spiritual Fantasy No. 12
Adolphus Hailstork — Nobody Know

Free (RSVP required)

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ETHEL & Friends series at The Met: The Harlem Chamber Players' Quartet

The Harlem Chamber Players and ETHEL String Quartet
Saturday, October 1, 2022 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Petrie Court Café at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States
Jessie Montgomery — Selected works
Paquito D'Rivera — Selected works
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Selected works
William Grant Still — Selected works
Frederick C. Tillis — Selected works
Antonín Dvořák — Selected works

Free (free with admission to The Met Museum at Fifth Avenue)

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ETHEL & Friends series at The Met: The Harlem Chamber Players' Quartet

The Harlem Chamber Players and ETHEL String Quartet
Friday, September 30, 2022 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Petrie Court Café at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States
Jessie Montgomery — Selected works
Paquito D'Rivera — Selected works
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Selected works
William Grant Still — Selected works
Frederick C. Tillis — Selected works
Antonín Dvořák — Selected works

Free (free with admission to The Met Museum at Fifth Avenue)

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The Harlem Chamber Players: Season Opening Concert

The Harlem Chamber Players
Saturday, September 24, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Broadway Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, United States
Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
Frederick C. Tillis — Spiritual Fantasy No. 12
Felix Mendelssohn — String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20

$15-$20

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The Harlem Chamber Players: Season Opening Concert

The Harlem Chamber Players
Friday, September 23, 2022 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Broadway Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, United States
Franz Schubert — String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
Frederick C. Tillis — Spiritual Fantasy No. 12
Felix Mendelssohn — String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20

$15-$20

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Castle of our Skins Virtual Family Series: String Quartets play African American Spirituals (on-demand until 5/16/2021)

Castle of Our Skins
Saturday, May 1, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Family-friendly "edu-tainment" concert featuring string quartets by Black composers that showcase African American spirituals.

Free (Pay what you can)

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