Diehn Concert Series Past Seasons

2022 - 2023 Season

Sybarite5

Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center

In today’s turbulent modern world we need to come together more. Diversity is a strength and Sybarite5 is known for bridging genre gaps to bring unexpected musical combinations together to create unique, dynamic, and intoxicating concert experiences. Sybarite5 brings this concept full circle and performs music with roots in classical, rock, jazz, hip-hop, Armenian folk, and the avant-garde. Expect works from John Coltrane, Radiohead, Xavier Foley, Komitas, The Punch Brothers, Pedro Giraudo, Marc Mellits, Jessica Meyer, Kenji Bunch, Shawn Conley, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Astor Piazzolla, Aleksandra Vrebalov, to name a few.

Seraph Brass

Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center

Seraph Brass is a dynamic brass ensemble drawing from a roster of America’s top female brass players. Performing primarily as a brass quintet or sextet, Seraph also performs as a larger ensemble of 10 performers. Committed to engaging audiences with captivating programming, Seraph Brass presents a diverse body of repertoire that includes original transcriptions, newly commissioned works, and well-known classics. Seraph released their debut studio album, Asteria, on Summit Records in January 2018, winning a Silver Medal Global Music Award.

So Percussion

Monday, Feb. 6, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center

For twenty years and counting, So Percussion has redefined chamber music for the 21st century through an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam” (The New Yorker). They are celebrated by audiences and presenters for a dazzling range of work: for live performances in which “telepathic powers of communication” (The New York Times) bring to life the vibrant percussion repertoire; for an extravagant array of collaborations in classical music, pop, indie rock, contemporary dance, and theater; and for their work in education and community, creating opportunities and platforms for music and artists that explore the immense possibility of art in our time.

John Fedchock, trombone

Monday, April 17, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center

“…dazzling trombone virtuosity…”
-THE NEW YORK TIMES

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John Fechock

John Fedchock’s illustrious career in jazz has spanned over four decades. Since his emergence on the scene in 1980, Fedchock has established himself as a world-class trombone soloist, a heralded bandleader, and a Grammy-nominated arranger. An in-demand performer and writer in New York City, his multifaceted talents have led him to become one of NYC’s premier jazz artists. His critically acclaimed John Fedchock New York Big Band has become a marquee group, showcasing Fedchock’s trombone and arranging as well as the band’s all-star soloists.

The JFNYBB’s five CDs on the MAMA and Reservoir Music labels have all received high praise from critics and extraordinary success on national jazz radio charts. The early success of the band resulted in Fedchock’s name appearing in DOWNBEAT’s Readers Poll under the categories of Trombone, Arranger and Big Band, simultaneously for several consecutive years. In recognition of his formidable arranging skills, Fedchock is a two-time GRAMMY Award nominee for “Best Instrumental Arrangement”. The JFNYBB’s recordings have appeared in jazz radio’s Top Ten, and the New York Times has applauded the band’s “Cheerful Syncopation, Served With Spit-and-Polish Precision.” Small group projects with his quartet and NY Sextet showcase A-list sidemen along with Fedchock’s “incomparable trombone playing, which seems to have no limit, technically or musically” (JazzReview.com).

Sybarite5

Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center

In today’s turbulent modern world we need to come together more. Diversity is a strength and Sybarite5 is known for bridging genre gaps to bring unexpected musical combinations together to create unique, dynamic, and intoxicating concert experiences. Sybarite5 brings this concept full circle and performs music with roots in classical, rock, jazz, hip-hop, Armenian folk, and the avant-garde. Expect works from John Coltrane, Radiohead, Xavier Foley, Komitas, The Punch Brothers, Pedro Giraudo, Marc Mellits, Jessica Meyer, Kenji Bunch, Shawn Conley, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Astor Piazzolla, Aleksandra Vrebalov, to name a few.

Seraph Brass

Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center

Seraph Brass is a dynamic brass ensemble drawing from a roster of America’s top female brass players. Performing primarily as a brass quintet or sextet, Seraph also performs as a larger ensemble of 10 performers. Committed to engaging audiences with captivating programming, Seraph Brass presents a diverse body of repertoire that includes original transcriptions, newly commissioned works, and well-known classics. Seraph released their debut studio album, Asteria, on Summit Records in January 2018, winning a Silver Medal Global Music Award.

So Percussion

Monday, Feb. 6, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center

For twenty years and counting, So Percussion has redefined chamber music for the 21st century through an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam” (The New Yorker). They are celebrated by audiences and presenters for a dazzling range of work: for live performances in which “telepathic powers of communication” (The New York Times) bring to life the vibrant percussion repertoire; for an extravagant array of collaborations in classical music, pop, indie rock, contemporary dance, and theater; and for their work in education and community, creating opportunities and platforms for music and artists that explore the immense possibility of art in our time.

John Fedchock, trombone

Monday, April 17, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center

“…dazzling trombone virtuosity…”
-THE NEW YORK TIMES

Image
John Fechock

John Fedchock’s illustrious career in jazz has spanned over four decades. Since his emergence on the scene in 1980, Fedchock has established himself as a world-class trombone soloist, a heralded bandleader, and a Grammy-nominated arranger. An in-demand performer and writer in New York City, his multifaceted talents have led him to become one of NYC’s premier jazz artists. His critically acclaimed John Fedchock New York Big Band has become a marquee group, showcasing Fedchock’s trombone and arranging as well as the band’s all-star soloists.

The JFNYBB’s five CDs on the MAMA and Reservoir Music labels have all received high praise from critics and extraordinary success on national jazz radio charts. The early success of the band resulted in Fedchock’s name appearing in DOWNBEAT’s Readers Poll under the categories of Trombone, Arranger and Big Band, simultaneously for several consecutive years. In recognition of his formidable arranging skills, Fedchock is a two-time GRAMMY Award nominee for “Best Instrumental Arrangement”. The JFNYBB’s recordings have appeared in jazz radio’s Top Ten, and the New York Times has applauded the band’s “Cheerful Syncopation, Served With Spit-and-Polish Precision.” Small group projects with his quartet and NY Sextet showcase A-list sidemen along with Fedchock’s “incomparable trombone playing, which seems to have no limit, technically or musically” (JazzReview.com).

  • Andrew Willis (Oct.)
  • Lori Williams with the John Toomey Trio (Apr.)

  • Ensemble 4.1 (Mar.)

  • Klezmer Conservatory Band (Sept.)
  • Blue Heron (Nov.)
  • The American Brass Quintet (Feb.)

  • Christine Brewer (Oct.)
  • Windscape with the Norfolk Chamber Consort (Nov.)
  • IRKO (Jan.)
  • Third Coast Percussion (Feb.)
  • Fauré Quartett (Mar.)
  • Houston Person with the John Toomey Trio (Apr.)

  • Amjad Ali Khan, Ayaan Ali Bangash and Amaan Ali Bangash (Sept.)
  • Jasper String Quartet
    With the Norfolk Chamber Consort (Oct.)
  • Brandon Ridenour (Nov.)
  • Ciaramella (Jan.)
  • Kristian Bezuidenhout (Feb.)
  • Katie Thiroux with the John Toomey Trio (April)

  • Ethos Percussion Group (Sept.)
  • Maniacal 4 (Oct.)
  • Brasil Guitar Duo (Nov.)
  • Eighth Blackbird (Jan.)
  • Kevin Bobo with the Norfolk Chamber Consort and the ODU Percussion Ensemble (Feb.)
  • Simone Dinnerstein (March)
  • Dick Oatts Jazz with the John Toomey Trio (April)

  • Birth of an Answer (Sept.)
  • Glen Velez and Loire Cotler (Oct.)
  • Measha Brueggergosman (Nov.)
  • Jim Walker with Oksana Lutsyshyn and the John Toomey Trio (Jan.)
  • The Harlem Quartet and Ida Kavafian (Feb.)
  • Penelope Crawford and Martha Guth (March)
  • Kenny Washington with the John Toomey Trio (April)

  • Baltimore Consort (Oct.)
  • Apple Hill String Quartet (Oct.)
  • Øystein Baadsvik with Andrey Kasparov and Oksana Lutsyshyn (Nov.)
  • Edmund Battersby (March)
  • Glenn Wilson and John D'Earth with the John Toomey Trio (April)

2013 – 2014

  • Andrew Pelletier (Sept.)
  • Stefon Harris and the Blackout Band (Sept.)
  • Boston Camerata (Oct.)
  • Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quartet (Feb.)
  • Lambert Orkis and David Hardy (March)
  • Nikki Parrott with the John Toomey Trio (April)

2012 – 2013

  • Kenneth Thompkins (Sept.)
  • Anthony Dean Griffey (Oct.)
  • Windscape with Andrey Kasparov and Oksana Lutsyshyn (Feb.)
  • Edgar Meyer (March)
  • John O'Connor (March)
  • Darmon Meader with the John Toomey Trio (April)

2011 – 2012

  • Misha & Cipa Dichter (Sept.)
  • Music of Paul Bowles, Norfolk Chamber Consort (Oct.)
  • New York Voices (Oct.)
  • Anthony McGill (Nov.)
  • David Finckel and Wu Han (Feb.)
  • Andrew Willis (March)
  • Rich Perry (April)

2010 – 2011

  • Jupiter String Quartet (Oct.)
  • Kitka, American Women's Vocal Arts Ensemble (Oct.)
  • Tierney Sutton Band (Nov.)
  • American Brass Quintet (Nov.)
  • Ensemble Galilei, Neal Conan, Norfolk Chamber Consort (Feb.)
  • Leon Fleisher (March)
  • New York Woodwind Quintet (March)
  • Terell Stafford (April)

2009 – 2010

  • Karrin Allyson (Sept.)
  • Sphinx Chamber Orchestra (Oct.)
  • Patrick Sheridan (Nov.)
  • Trio Con Brio (Jan.)
  • Chamber Music and Dance with the Norfolk Chamber Consort (March)
  • Lambert Orkis (March)
  • Ada Rovatti with the John Toomey Trio (April)
  • Trio Mediaeval (April)

2008 – 2009

  • Julie Kelly (Sept.)
  • Giora Feidman (Oct.)
  • The Harlem Quartet (Nov.)
  • Brian Asawa (Nov.)
  • Kevin Bobo with the Norfolk Chamber Consort (Feb.)
  • Peter Takács (March)
  • Chuck Redd (April)

2007 – 2008

  • Jeremy Pelt (Oct.)
  • The Trombones of Costa Rica (Oct.)
  • Roberta Alexander (Nov.)
  • The Tallis Scholars (March)
  • CREO, The Synergy of Dance, Visuals, Arts, and Music (March)
  • Bart Van Oort (March)
  • Scott Robinson (April)

2006 – 2007

  • Borromeo String Quartet (Sept.)
  • Percussion Group Cincinnati (Oct.)
  • Marian McPartland (Oct.)
  • The Baltimore Consort (Jan.)
  • CREO, The Music of David Sawyer (Feb.)
  • Françoise Thinat (March)
  • Harolyn Blackwell (April)
  • John D'Earth (April)

2005 – 2006

  • Pianist Ilan Rogoff (Sept.)
  • Glenn Wilson with the John Toomey Trio (Oct.)
  • The American Brass Quintet (Nov.)
  • Ethel (Feb.)
  • Andrew Willis (March)
  • CREO, "The Four Note Opera," music by Tom Johnson (April)
  • John Abercrombie (April)
  • Mark Whitfield (April)

2004 – 2005

  • Perlman/Schmidt/Bailey Piano Trio (Sept.)
  • Baltimore Consort (Oct.)
  • Kevin Mahogany (Nov.)
  • CREO with guest flutist Natalia Pschenitschnikova (Nov.)
  • Eliot Fisk (Jan.)
  • Nelita True (March)
  • Johannes String Quartet (March)
  • CREO "Multimedia Performance" (April)
  • Joe Locke with the John Toomey Trio (April)

2003 – 2004

  • Richard Goode (Sept.)
  • The French Chamber Orchestra (Alberic Magnard) (Nov.)
  • Paul Badura-Skoda Trio (Oct.)
  • Tim Hagans (Nov.)
  • CREO, Alan Thomas (Dec.)
  • H. Robert Reynolds (Nov.)
  • CREO, William Anderson (Feb.)
  • Robynne Redmon (Feb.)
  • Malcolm Bilson (March)
  • Steve Wilson (April)

2002 – 2003

  • Jon Nakamatsu (Sept.)
  • Jason Alfred, Jeffery Kazukiewicz (Oct.)
  • Carla Cook (Nov.)
  • Fennell's Favorites (Nov.)
  • CREO, Tanya Anisimova (Dec.)
  • Julianne Baird, Karen Flint (Jan.)
  • Philadelphia Brass (Feb.)
  • Adele Anthony (March)
  • David Breitman (March)
  • CREO, The Music of Armenia (April)
  • Ken Peplowski (April)

2001 – 2002

  • David Shifrin (Sept.)
  • Jon Hendricks with the John Toomey Trio (Oct.)
  • Fennel's Favorites (Nov.)
  • Rene Marie (Nov.)
  • CREO (Dec.)
  • Nathaniel Rosen (Jan.)
  • Johannes Quartet (Feb.)
  • Harolyn Blackwell and Craig Rutenberg (March)
  • Joseph Kalichstein (March)
  • Randy Brecker (April)

2000 – 2001

  • Sir Angel Romero (Sept.)
  • Julie Simpson, Gary Arvin (Oct.)
  • Kurt Elling (Nov.)
  • Paul Tobias (Jan.)
  • Gateways Music Festival Chamber Ensemble (Feb.)
  • Paul Badura-Skoda (March)
  • Bob Mintzer (April)

1999 – 2000

  • Santiago Rodriguez (Sept.)
  • Gateways Music Festival Chamber Ensemble (Oct.)
  • Ingrid Jensen (Oct.)
  • Yura Lee and Rohan de Silva (Nov.)
  • Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (Feb.)
  • Alexei Lubimov (March)
  • Frank Foster (April)

1998 – 1999

  • Marilyn Horne and Brian Zeger (Sept.)
  • Kevin Maynor (Feb.)
  • David Breitman (March)
  • Stewart Goodyear (April)
  • Chip McNeill (April)
  • William DeRosa (Oct.)
  • Mark Murphy (Nov.)
  • Gateway Chamber Ensemble (Nov.)

1997 – 1998

  • John Fedchock with the John Toomey Trio (April)
  • Annette Daniels (Sept.)
  • Robert McDuffie (Jan.)
  • Awadagin Pratt (Feb.)
  • Paul Badura-Skoda (March)
  • Fred Hersch Trio (Sept.)
  • Gateways Chamber Ensemble (Oct.)
  • Jorge Mester (Nov.)

1996 – 1997

  • Lukas Foss (Sept.)
  • Clark Terry (Oct.)
  • Chanticleer (Nov.)
  • Miranda Cuckson with Apollo (Jan.)
  • Anton Nel (March)
  • Rick Margitza (April)
  • Artists from the Gateways Music Festival (1997)

1995 – 1996

  • Paul Neubauer with Apollo (Oct.)
  • The Mulgrew Miller Jazz Trio (Nov.)
  • Ursula Oppens (March)
  • Mark S. Doss (April)
  • The Ahn Trio (Jan.)

1994 – 1995

  • Rebecca Parris (1995)
  • Leon Bates (1995)
  • Catherine Cho with Apollo (1994)
  • Richard Stoltzman with Apollo (1994)

1993 – 1994

  • Ramsey Lewis and Henry Johnson
  • Kyoko Saito and Dale Dietert