The Crescent City Chamber Music Festival (CCCMF) will mark its eighth year with a week-long celebration of classical chamber music from October 12 to 22, 2023. Seven free public concerts will occur at various venues across New Orleans, inviting music enthusiasts to partake in this year’s theme: “Songs of the Earth.”
Crescent City Chamber Music Festival Director and New Orleans native, Luke Fleming, a faculty member at the University of New Orleans School of the Arts, expressed his excitement for the upcoming event. “We are thrilled to present our eighth season of extraordinary chamber music-making in some of New Orleans’ most acoustically and aesthetically stellar venues, all free and open to the public,” he shared.
The festival’s commitment to community outreach will again be integral to its mission. In addition to the seven free public concerts, the Crescent City Chamber Music Festival artists will engage in over thirty outreach performances at schools, retirement communities, missions, and charitable organizations throughout Greater New Orleans. Local student chamber music groups will also have the opportunity to be mentored and coached by the artists.
The Crescent City Chamber Music Festival 2023 schedule is as follows:
1. Opening Night with “The Four Seasons” Date: Thursday, October 12, 2023, at 7:30 PM Venue: Trinity Episcopal Church – 1329 Jackson Avenue, NOLA 70130
2. “Music Without End” Date: Friday, October 13, 2023, at 7:30 PM Venue: Dixon Concert Hall, Tulane University
3. “The Sunset” Date: Sunday, October 15, 2023, at 5:30 PM Venue: Felicity Church – 1220 Felicity Street, 70130
4. “Quelled Longing” Date: Monday, October 16, 2023, at 7:30 PM Venue: Saint Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church – corner of State St. and St. Charles Ave., 70118
5. Urban South Brewery Concert Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at 6 PM Venue: Urban South Brewery, 1645 Tchoupitoulas St, NOLA 70130
6. “The Gryphon Trio’s Debut” Date: Friday, October 20, 2023, at 7:30 PM Venue: UNO Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall
7. “The Trout” – Season Finale Concert Date: Sunday, October 22, 2023, at 4 PM Venue: Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church – 3900 St Charles Ave, NOLA 70115
Doors open one hour before each performance, and an informal pre-concert talk and Q&A session will commence thirty minutes before each concert (except for the Urban South Brewery concert). For more information about the festival, schedule, and locations, please visit the Crescent City Chamber Music Festival website.
