Valencia Baryton Project, photo by Greg Kindred

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) has announced the opening of its all-new, 4-concert chamber music series at beautiful Trinity Church in Princeton. The series begins Thursday, October 10, 2024 with a concert featuring music composed for piano trio. The trio consists of Emma Richman, violin, Wangshu Xiang, cello, and Yoon Lee, piano. Additional concerts showcase a rare instrument of the viol family, a string trio, and string quartet, successively. General admission tickets are $45 per person, per concert with a 50% discount for children 5-17. 

PSO Executive Director Marc Uys is enthusiastic about the new series at Trinity. He says, "Thanks to ideal acoustics and an intimate setting, performances at Trinity Church have become favorite fixtures on our Princeton Festival calendar. I am thrilled to now extend our treasured partnership with Trinity throughout our season with a new series specially curated for this beautiful space.”

Trinity Church is located at 33 Mercer Street in Princeton, New Jersey. The remaining three concerts on the series take place after the new year as follows:

Valencia Baryton Project - Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 7:00pm. The baryton is a cross between the viol da gamba and lirone, with 10 resonating and plucked strings down the back of the instrument. The baryton gives the traditional string trio an entirely new dimension. Ensemble members include Matthew Baker, baryton, Brett Walfish, viola, and Ismar Gomes, cello.

Black Oak Ensemble - Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 7:00pm. The Black Oak Ensemble is one of the most innovative and exciting chamber ensembles on the international stage. “The players fully inhabit the spirit of whatever work they are playing at the moment, performing each one with as ardent a flame as if they had written it themselves” (Fanfare Magazine). Members include Desirée Ruhstrat, violin, David Cunliffe, cello, and Aurélien Fort Pederzoli, viola.

Signum Quartet - Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 7:00pm. Performances of unsparing expressivity, intimacy and vitality are hallmarks of the Signum Quartet, pairing music making of the subtlest order with playing of the highest intensity. The dramatic composition of their programs is innovative and distinct. Members include Florian Donderer, violin Annette Walther, violin, Xandi van Dijk, viola, and Thomas Schmitz, cello.

General admission tickets for each of the four chamber concerts are now available for $45 per person. Youths 5-17 receive a 50% discount with an adult purchase. Visit the Princeton Symphony Orchestra website at princetonsymphony.org or call 609-497-0020.

Programs, artists, dates, and times are subject to change.

Accessibility: The Princeton Symphony Orchestra is committed to ensuring all programming is accessible for everyone, working with venues such as Richardson Auditorium to provide needed services. Contact Mika Godbole for questions about available services at mgodbole@princetonsymphony.org or (609) 905-0931. Note: some services require at least two weeks’ notice to arrange.

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is a cultural centerpiece of the Princeton community and one of New Jersey’s finest music organizations, a position established through performances of beloved masterworks, innovative music by living composers, and an extensive network of educational programs offered to area students free of charge. Led by Edward T. Cone Music Director Rossen Milanov, the PSO presents orchestral, pops, and chamber music programs of the highest artistic quality, supported by lectures and related events that supplement the concert experience. Its flagship summer program the Princeton Festival brings an array of performing arts and artists to Princeton during multiple weeks in June. Through PSO BRAVO!, the orchestra produces wide-reaching and impactful education programs in partnership with local schools and arts organizations that culminate in students attending a live orchestral performance. The PSO receives considerable support from the Princeton community and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, regularly garnering NJSCA’s highest honor. Recognition of engaging residencies and concerts has come from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the PSO’s commitment to new music has been acknowledged with an ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and a Copland Fund Award. The only independent, professional orchestra to make its home in Princeton, the PSO performs at historic Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University.