Kirsten Jermé – Past Concerts
A devoted chamber musician, cellist Kirsten Jermé has performed internationally from Harlaxton College in England to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. to the Pieve di Gropina in Arezzo.
Based in New York City, Kirsten served as guest cellist of the Cassatt String Quartet for the 2022 Seal Bay Festival of American Chamber Music and has recently appeared with the Harlem Chamber Players, North Country Chamber Players, Atrikk Ensemble, and as a soloist with the Bar Harbor Music Festival. Formerly cellist of the Larchmere String Quartet, she performed across the U.S., in Canada and Italy and recorded for Naxos while serving for several seasons as Eykamp String Quartet Faculty Artist-in-Residence at the University of Evansville and Principal Cellist of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. She has appeared as a chamber musician with the Carolina Ballet, Battleworks Dance Company at the Joyce Theater, and with members of the Louisville Ballet at the Speed Art Museum, and on series such as Electric Earth Concerts, the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Raleigh Sights and Sounds Series, and the Strad for Lunch Recital Series. Her eclectic freelance life in New York has brought her to stages ranging from Carnegie, Weill and Zankel Halls to Madison Square Garden, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Roulette, and the United Nations, and she has taken part in several recent film score recordings.
Kirsten served as cello faculty at North Carolina State University and has given masterclasses at UNC-Chapel Hill, Otterbein and Western Kentucky University. A passionate proponent of chamber music pedagogy, she helped launch a chamber music course at the University of Evansville and run a string quartet mentorship program for the youth orchestra. A dedicated educator, she has been on faculty at New York institutions including 92nd Street Y School of Music and Greenwich House Music School, among numerous others, and has taught chamber music for the North Carolina Chamber Music Institute and Kidznotes. Kirsten received her M.M. at Eastman School of Music and her B.A. from Stony Brook University, and is currently a D.M.A. candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. Her primary teachers include Colin Carr, Steven Doane, and Marcy Rosen.
The Harlem Chamber Players: Iconic Classics | Season Opening Concert
Arvo Pärt — Fratres
Sergei Prokofiev — String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50
Johannes Brahms — String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 111 "Viola Quintet"
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Date Night at the Met: ETHEL & Friends Series
Franz Schubert — Selected works
Undine Smith Moore — Selected works
Florence Price — Selected works
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson — Selected works
Included with admission to The Met Museum at Fifth Avenue; see ticket link for rates
Date Night at the Met: ETHEL & Friends Series
Franz Schubert — Selected works
Undine Smith Moore — Selected works
Florence Price — Selected works
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson — Selected works
Included with admission to The Met Museum at Fifth Avenue; see ticket link for rates
ETHEL & Friends Series at The Met
Adolphus Hailstork — Selected works
Irene Britton Smith — Selected works
Ludwig van Beethoven — Selected works
Included with June 22 admission to The Met Museum at Fifth Avenue; see ticket link for rates
ETHEL & Friends Series at The Met
Adolphus Hailstork — Selected works
Irene Britton Smith — Selected works
Ludwig van Beethoven — Selected works
Included with June 21 admission to The Met Museum at Fifth Avenue; see ticket link for rates
ETHEL & Friends Series at The Met: The Harlem Chamber Players
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson — Selected works
Irene Britton Smith — Selected works
Adolphus Hailstork — Selected works
Included with Feb. 10 admission to The Met Museum at Fifth Avenue; see ticket link for rates
ETHEL & Friends Series at The Met: The Harlem Chamber Players
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson — Selected works
Irene Britton Smith — Selected works
Adolphus Hailstork — Selected works
Included with Feb. 9 admission to The Met Museum at Fifth Avenue; see ticket link for rates
92Y School of Music Faculty Concert Series: Kirsten Jermé with Nathaniel LaNasa
Free (RSVP required)
The Harlem Chamber Players: Season Opening Concert
Frederick C. Tillis — Spiritual Fantasy No. 12
Felix Mendelssohn — String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
$15-$20
The Harlem Chamber Players: Season Opening Concert
Frederick C. Tillis — Spiritual Fantasy No. 12
Felix Mendelssohn — String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
$15-$20