2026-2027 Season
A five concert chamber music series at the Tempe Center for the Arts.
Sunday afternoons at 2:30 pm.
$30 adult, $10 student
Purchase tickets to all shows in the Hayden’s Ferry 2026-2027 season and receive 20% off your total purchase!
Complimentary wine reception with the artists following the performance.
Timothy Chooi, violin and Ji Su Jung, marimba
November 15, 2026
Queen Elisabeth silver medalist Timothy Chooi, violin and Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient Ji Su Jung, marimba play duets.
Francisco Fullana, violin and Maxim Lando, piano
December 13, 2026
Violinist Francisco Fullana, recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant performs with Young Concert Artist winner Maxim Lando, piano.
Janice Carissa, piano
February 7, 2027
Gilmore Young Artist Janice Carissa will perform a piano recital.
Oak Trio Nathan Amaral, violin, Leland Ko, cello and Evren Ozel, piano
March 14, 2027
Oak Trio featuring pianist Evan Ozel, 2025 Van Cliburn bronze medalist, violinist Nathan Amaral, winner of many international competitions and cellist Leland Ko, winner of the Walter Naumberg International Competition perform piano trios.
Program
Piano Trio in A Major, Hob. XV/18 (1794) 15′
Franz Joseph Haydn
(1732-1809)
Folk Songs for Piano Trio (2012) 15′
Gabriela Lena Frank
(b. 1972)
Cafe Music (1987) 17′
Paul Schoenfield
(1974-2024)
Intermission
Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 “Dumky” (1891) 30′
Antonin Dvorak
(1841-1904)
Claire Wells, violin
April 11, 2027
Violinist Claire Wells , 1st prize winner at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Competition and Susan Wadsworth Young Concert Artists International Auditions, will perform sonatas with piano accompaniment.
About Us
The Hayden’s Ferry Chamber Music Series takes place in the Tempe Center for the Arts, a stone’s throw from the 1875 ferry location near the Hayden Flour Mill. The logo is based on the only existing photo of the ferry and acknowledges the original name of Tempe, Hayden’s Ferry. The Salt River is no longer running and the beautiful TCA is located on Tempe Town Lake.
This Sunday afternoon series takes place mostly in the Lakeside Room. Guest artists come from all over the United States and they are all exceptionally fine musicians. The experience of hearing music in a beautiful glass walled setting is really wonderful and quite rare. Seating is limited to 200 people. After the concerts the audience is invited to meet the musicians at a wine reception, and a glass of wine is included in the adult ticket price. I look forward to seeing you at the concerts.
Catherine Hayden, Producer
This music series depends on the generosity of its supporters. It is a registered 501(c)(3) charity so all contributions are tax-deductible. If you wish to donate online, please click the link below.
If you wish to donate by check, send a check made out to the series to me at: 1517 E Calle de Caballos, Tempe AZ 85284.
Contact Us
Send email to Catherine Hayden:
catherinehayden@haydensferry
chambermusicseries.org
(480) 319-2483
1517 E Calle de Caballos Tempe, AZ 85284
Martin James Bartlett – Wild: 7 Virtuoso Etudes after Gershwin No. 4 – Concertgebouw Sessions
Program
Les Barricades Mystérieuses
François Couperin
Suite in A minor (RCT 5)
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Gavotte et six doubles
Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Robert Schumann
1. Of foreign lands and people
2. A curious story
3. Blind man’s buff
4. Pleading child
5. Happy enough
6. And important event
7. Dreaming
8. At the fireside
9. Knight of the hobbyhorse
10. Almost too serious
11. Frightening
12. Child falling asleep
13. The poet speaks
Widmung
Schumann/Liszt
Soirée de Vienne, op. 56
Alfred Grünfeld
Intermission
Four Impromptus, D. 899, op. 90
Franz Schubert
1. Allegro molto moderato
2. Allegro
3. Andante
4. Allegretto
Ständchen, S. 560
Schumann/Liszt
Tristan und Isolde, WWV.90
Richard Wagner
(arr. Liszt)
La Valse
Maurice Ravel
Benjamin Baker, creative director of At World’s Edge Music Festival returns with AWE performers to play string quartets.
Oliver Neubauer – Grieg Violin Sonata no. 3
YCA Finals 2020 – Zhu Wang, Mozart Sonata in B-flat Major
Program
Sonatina No. 1 in D Major, Op. 137, D. 384
Franz Schubert
I. Allegro molto
II. Andante
III. Allegro vivace
Oliver Neubauer, Violin
Zhu Wang, Piano
Romance for Cello and Piano, Op. 69
Gabriel Fauré
James Baik, Cello
Zhu Wang, Piano
Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Robert Schumann
I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
II. Lebhaft, leicht
III. Rasch und mit Feuer
James Baik, Cello
Zhu Wang, Piano
Piano Sonata, Sz. 80
Béla Bartók
I. Allegro moderato
II. Sostenuto e pesante
III. Allegro molto
Zhu Wang, Piano
Intermission
Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
Johannes Brahms
I. Allegro con brio
II. Scherzo: Allegro molto
III. Adagio
IV. Finale: Allegro
Oliver Neubauer, Violin
James Baik, Cello
Zhu Wang, Piano
Sivan Magen plays Poème by Paul Ben-Haim
Itamar Zorman / Daniel Oren / Israel Symphony Rishon Lezion play Beethoven Violin Concerto op.61
Program
Sonatina for violin and piano (harp) in D major, D384
Franz Schubert
1. Allegretto
2. Andante
3. Allegro Vivace
Di bist die Ruh op. 59, No. 3
Schubert/Liszt
Gretchen am spinnrade op.2, D118
From Goethe’s Faust
Sonatina for violin and piano (harp) in D major, op. 100
Antonín Dvorák
1. Allegro risoluto
2. Larghetto
3. Molto vivace
4. Allegro
Intermission
Night Time for violin and harp
Sebastian Currier
1. Dusk
2. Sleepless
3. Vespers
4. Nightwind
5. Starlight
Prélude in D flat major (Raindrop)
Mazurka in A minor op. 17, no. 4
Waltz in D flat major (Minute Waltz)
Frédéric Chopin
Ballade in G minor, op. 23
Chopin/Ysaÿe