Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota Unveils 31st Season with 24 Diverse Performances

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The Sarasota series will present performances by Trio Sinfonia, Nathan Meltzer, and Evren Ozel at the Fischer/Weisenborne residence.

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Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota has revealed the 24 concerts scheduled for the 2026-2027 season. The 31st season runs from October 11, 2026 through May 17, 2027. Discounted tickets are available through August 31.

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The season opens and closes with concerts in ASC's trademark Soirée series. These intimate 4:00 p.m. Sunday and Monday concerts, presented in the one-of-a-kind music room of the Fischer/Weisenborne residence, give the audience the opportunity to get up-close-and-personal with the musicians. Trio Sinfonia – Grand Prize winner of the 2026 Coltman Chamber Music Competition Senior Division String and Piano category – opens the season October 11-12 with an “all Romantic” program that features Brahms' Trio in B Major and Mendelssohn's Trio in C Minor. March 28-29, the Prized Partners concert pairs rising stars Nathan Meltzer (violin) and Evren Ozel (piano) for sonatas by Beethoven and Fauré, and Schubert's Fantasy in C Major. Cello-bration! closes the season May 16-17. Joseph Johnson (cello), Chiao-Wen Cheng (piano), and Daniel Jordan (violin) come together for a program that includes Prokofiev's Sonata in C Major, Opus 119 and music by George Gershwin . Refreshments are served following each performance. The Soirée series is sponsored by Sora Yelin and Josh Yelin in loving memory of Cary F. Yelin.

The Sunday Best concerts are presented at First Presbyterian Church in Sarasota at 4:00 p.m. and are followed by a reception with the artists. The series opens October 18 with Synchrony Quartet, a Chicago-based saxophone quartet that won the Grand Prize of the 2026 Coltman Chamber Music Competition Senior Division/Mixed Instrumental category. Their program includes works by Caroline Shaw , Anton Webern, and Astor Piazzolla . 94 Strings, on November 22, features harpists Cheryl Losey Feder and Phoebe Powell playing Debussy's Dances for Harp and Strings, and Caplet's Masque of the Red Death for harp, string quartet and narrator. Against All Odds, on January 24, features violinist Hyun Jae Lim who was well on her way to an impressive solo career when an accident left her seriously injured. Four years later she was able to pick up her instrument again and one year after that she won First Prize in the 2025 Seoul International Music Competition, and then the 2026 Elmar Oliveira International Competition. The Borromeo Quartet has the reputation of being one of the most important ensembles of our time, hailed for “edge-of-the-seat performances” by the Boston Globe. Their program, on May 9, includes works by Bach, Dvořák, and Beethoven's String Quartet, Opus 127.

The Top Shelf Tuesdays series offers 7:30 p.m. concerts at First Congregational United Church of Christ. The Ehnes Quartet with special guest Jonathan Vinocour, viola, opens the series on November 3. Led by superstar violinist James Ehnes, the ensemble performs Brahms' String Quintets, Op. 88 and Op. 111. Ehnes returns on February 9 with violinist Tessa Lark for Ehnes and Lark, featuring works by Ysaye, Bartók, Prokofiev, and Bruch. On March 23, violinists Daniel Jordan and Shawn Weil and violist Philip Payton join cellist Bjorn Ranheim and pianist Marina Radiushina for Take Five, a collaboration with the Miami Chamber Music Society featuring piano quintets by Dohnányi and Brahms. The series concludes April 20 with La Voix, showcasing soprano Liv Redpath and pianist Georg Fu in works by William Walton, André Previn, and Gabriel Fauré. The Top Shelf Tuesdays series is sponsored by Jan and Bill Farber, and The Lara and Mark D'Agostino Family Fund and MD Behavioral Health.

The Lunch and Listen series at the Sarasota Yacht Club offers concerts at 11:00 a.m. followed by lunch. Caroline Campbell – Without a Net opens the series on November 12, with the virtuoso violinist performing arrangements from The Magic Flute, West Side Story, and Pirates of the Caribbean alongside pianist Joseph Holt . On December 17, Sarasota Opera's Virginia Mims (soprano), Jake Stamatis (baritone), and Jesse Martins (piano) present Lifted in Song, a program of opera arias, art song, operetta, and holiday favorites. Sticks and Strings, on January 14, features Marcelina Suchocka (mallet percussion) and Helen Liu Gerhold (harp). On March 11, clarinetist Bharat Chandra and flutist Martha Conwell Long present Higher Ground, exploring the upper reaches of the sonic spectrum. The April 29 finale, Sweet & Low, features Nate Seman (tuba) and Jason Donnelly (euphonium) in works by Vaughan Williams , Bizet, and others. The Lunch and Listen series is sponsored by Jo Ann and Don Burhart and Kandy Kaak.

The popular Lighter Fare series offers concerts outdoors at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Downtown Campus and indoors at Plantation Golf & Country Club in Venice, where dinner follows each performance. The series opens November 17 at Selby Gardens with Biribá Union, whose original compositions blend hip-hop, Brazilian traditions, American roots music, and jazz. PROJECT Trio returns by popular demand on December 8 at Plantation Golf & Country Club, bringing its genre-spanning repertoire from Mozart and Bach to Bernstein, Grieg, and The Beatles. On February 16, Selby Gardens hosts Bach in the Americas, led by Spanish violinist Leticia Moreno. The series concludes March 2 with Atlys Quartet, a high-energy crossover ensemble whose program includes two original works by composer Ari Barack Fisher: The Sonnenberg Suite and Mahzorim: Jewish Cycles.

Daniel Jordan, ASC's director of artistic planning, has included three special events this season. The first is Schmaltz & Pepper on January 5 at The Ora, featuring a chamber ensemble inspired by klezmer, Yiddish swing, jazz, and classical music. Next is Piano Grand VI on January 30 at Church of the Palms, featuring sisters Michelle Cann and Kimberly Cann, Joseph Holt , and Thomas Purviance. The final special event, Heartstrings, takes place April 11 at the Historic Asolo Theater. Trailblazing ensembles ArcoStrum and Empire Wild join forces for a vibrant multicultural musical adventure spanning genres, cultures, and eras.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/sarasota/article/Artist-Series-Concerts-of-Sarasota-to-Launch-31st-Season-With-24-Concerts-20260611)._