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2013 Winter Festival
MusicWeb International
James Ehnes—Not Just a Pretty Bow Arm, January 30, 2013
Seattle Weekly:
Going for Baroque, January 16, 2013
The Seattle Times:
A Symphony presence in Seattle Chamber Music Society’s 2013 Winter Festival, January 13, 2013
At chamber-music fest, program and performance in harmony, January 22, 2013
The Sun Break:
At Winter Chamber Music Festival, Britten and Reich Mingle with Beethoven, January 21, 2013
From Brahms to Bartók at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, January 22, 2013
Seattle Chamber Music Society Goes for Baroque, January 26, 2013
2012 Summer Festival
Crosscut:
James Ehnes is subtly changing the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, July 24, 2012
KING.ORG:
Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival, July 9, 2012
MusicWeb International:
Extremes in varying proportion open Seattle festival, July 6, 2012
Seriousness and fun from Seattle Chamber Music Society, July 20, 2012
SCMS in premiere by Gary Kulesha, July 23, 2012
Seattle Weekly:
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Cello, gorgeous, July 17, 2012
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Resistant to conventional wisdom, July 21, 2012
Ear supply: A change is gonna come, June 27, 2012
The Seattle Times:
My best bets of summer, May 19, 2012
James Ehnes, happy at the helm of SCMS, July 1, 2012
Scorching Bartok opened Seattle chamber-music festival, July 3, 2012
Free chamber music recitals can be worth their weight in gold, July 9, 2012
Chamber music evening full of great composers, July 12, 2012
SSO cellist Efe Baltacigil shines in chamber-music fest, July 18, 2012
The Romantic, the modern at SCMS Festival, July 25, 2012
Seattle chamber-music fest closes with truly great finale, July 30, 2012
The Sun Break:
Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Summer Festival Opens Fortissimo, July 5, 2012
Catching a stellar “Trout” at the Summer Chamber Music Festival, July 6, 2012
2012 Winter Festival
Crosscut:
A new era begins for Seattle chamber music, January 31
MusicWeb International:
SCMS Winter Festival Showcases Brahms Quartets, February 7
The Seattle Times:
Chamber-music fest opens on exciting note, February 3
The Sun Break:
2011 Summer Festival
KING.ORG:
Melinda Bargreen on KING.ORG, July 25
Melinda Bargreen on KING.ORG, August 10
MusicWeb International:
Grieg, Schumann, Mozart, Schubert and Debussy, July 14
Not quite a concert, more a Seattle anniversary, August 5
The Gathering Note:
Music matches context this past Sunday, July 19
The Seattle Times:
Departing Toby Saks: Chamber Music Festival is Rolling Smoothly, July 4
Chamber Music Fest: A little dessert, double helping of piano, July 7
Debussy’s sole string piece makes for singular moment, July 14
Summer Festival presents concert of darkness, light, July 28
A moving musical tribute, July 30
Chamber music fest opens Eastside concerts, August 4
The Sun Break:
Seattle’s Chamber Music Festival now in progress, July 7
Crowds arrive for summer chamber music festival, July 13
2011 Winter Festival
Crosscut:
A transcendent start to a chamber music week, January 28
The Gathering Note:
It’s Back: SCMS returns to Benaroya Hall, January 28
Brahms, Brahms and more Brahms, January 29
Faure’s First Piano Quintet a winner at SCMS Winter Festival, February 6
The Seattle Times:

