FRISSON

Ariel Horowitz violin ∙ Stephanie Liu violin
Hannah Burnett viola ∙ Laura Andrade cello
Sam Suggs bass ∙ Anna Urrey flute
Tom Gallant oboe and Artistic Director
Alec Manasse clarinet ∙ Remy Taghavi bassoon
Wil Dannenberg horn

March 15, 2026 ∙ 2pm

with 1:15 pre-concert forum

Frisson features the best and brightest of classical music's stars and in just a few seasons they have emerged as one of the most popular classical music groups in America. The group showcases emerging young artists as well as seasoned professionals and many of the members have performed at the Marlboro, Verbier, Spoleto, and Mostly Mozart festivals, as well as at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Several of the members of Frisson have been chosen to be part of Carnegie Hall’s prestigious Ensemble Connect program and many have gone on to hold principal positions in such ensembles as the Cleveland Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Frisson has been called “the classical group that does it all” and they perform engaging programs for winds, piano trio and piano quartet, octets and nonets, as well as popular programs featuring music by such composers as Gershwin, Cole Porter, John Williams, Scott Joplin and Astor Piazzolla. The ensemble performs in over 25 cities annually including recent and upcoming appearances in such diverse venues as the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City, for the Da Camera Society in Los Angeles, Sarasota Opera House, Detroit Museum of Arts and at the Bermuda Festival. The group takes it’s name from the French word Frisson meaning a “sudden shiver or a thrill” or a “burst of excitement.”

They will include Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" narrated by our production manager Micah Cone, who is also a noted local actor, voted the "Best Local Performer" of 2024!

Frisson will perform for our Third Grade "Just for You" concerts on Monday, March 16.

Tour representation: General Arts Touring, Inc.

Tickets: $50 general, $5 youth 18 and under
(limited youth tickets - please reserve in advance)
Youth must be seated with a supervising adult.

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Seventh-day Adventist Church, 12889 Osborne Hill Rd, Grass Valley


Program:

Overture to Italian in Algiers
Gioachino Rossini

Peter and the Wolf
Serge Prokoviev

Intermission

Three Preludes for clarinet and strings
George Gershwin

Sampler of 19th Century Nonets

Allegro Spiritoso from Nonet in A minor, Op. 77
George Onslow

Menuet - Allegro from Nonet in F Major
Franz Lachner

Finale Allegro from Nonet in E flat Major, Op. 139
Josef Rheinberger



Thank you to our Sponsors:
Season sponsors:
Barbara & Denis Drew
Dr. George & Jo Ann Rebane
Diane Robertson & Family

Concert sponsors:
Susie Monary-Wilson & John Wilson
Vida & Frank Santos
Jeff Leiter
Cheryl Morris & Lisbeth Noel
River Valley Community Bank



 

Thank you to our sponsors!