PCMS will offer informative pre-concert lectures before 23 concerts this season. Given by respected musical scholars and composers, these lectures are held in our concert venues and provide compelling insights into the music being performed. Weekday lectures begin at 6:45 pm, and Sunday lectures begin at 1:45 pm except where noted.

Here’s the complete list of pre-concert lectures to be held during our 2011-12 Season:

• Emerson Quartet:  Friday, October 21 with Jonathan Coopersmith
• Ying Quartet:  Friday, October 28 with Steven Kreinberg
• Nicholas Phan:  Friday, November 4 with Christine Anderson
• Angelika Kirchschlager:  Tuesday, November 15 with Cori Ellison
• Juilliard Quartet:  Friday, November 18 with Richard Wernick
• Curtis 20/21 Ensemble:  Sunday, December 4 with Richard Wernick
• Joshua Smith:  Tuesday, December 13 with Cynthia Folio
• Borromeo Quartet:  Sunday, December 18 with Robert Capanna
• Vladimir Feltsman:  Wednesday, January 11 with David Dubal
• Orion Quartet:  Sunday, January 15 with Richard Freedman
• Curtis 20/21 Ensemble:  Tuesday, January 24 with Jan Krzywicki
• Leila Josefowicz:  Sunday, January 29 with Robert Capanna
• Miami Quartet:  Sunday, February 12 at 1:45 pm with Lydia Artymiw
• Network for New Music:  Sunday, February 26 at 6:15 pm with Thomas Whitman
• Eric Owens:  Tuesday, February 28 with Christine Anderson
• Jerusalem Quartet:  Wednesday, March 14 with Richard Freedman
• Marc-André Hamelin:  Thursday, March 29 with Jeffrey Kallberg
• Quatuor Mosaïques:  Tuesday, April 10 with Steven Kreinberg
• Garrick Ohlsson:  Thursday, April 12 with David Dubal
• Philharmonic Winds of New York:  Sunday, April 29 with Peter Schoenbach
• Tokyo Quartet:  Sunday, May 6 with Jonathan Coopersmith
• András Schiff:  Tuesday, May 8 with Jeffrey Kallberg
• Christian Gerhaher:  Thursday, May 10 with Cori Ellison
  

  Jonathan Coopersmith lecturing before last season's St. Lawrence Quartet concert