2026 Festival August 8-16
“Looking Back, Looking Forward; our

25th Year of Great Music!”

A celebration of the ones responsible for theses 25 years of great performances), sponsored by Barbara Bankoff & Robert Crandall.

• Zosia Glashauser, violin “Tzigane” by Maurice Ravel
• Wesley Baldwin, cello “Variations on a Roccoco Theme” by Piotr Illych Tchaikovsky
• Nic Orbovich, violin, co-founder, Artistic Director, “Rondo” from Violin Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven
• Melisa Barrick Baldwin & Kimberly Jones (operatic duet, TBA)
• Robert Auler, piano, First movement of Piano Concerto Edvard Grieg
• Jasmin Arakawa, piano, Finale from 2nd piano concerto by Sergei Rachmaninov

A reprise of our 2017 programs

• (Ascending Bird for string quartet by Jacobsen/Aghaei (Nic, Zosia, viola, Wesley)
• Song of the Birds by Pablo Casals (Wesley, soloist; Nic, Zosia, Viola, Rob)
• Nicky’s Trio, trio for piano and strings by Carter Pann (Nic, Wesley, Rob)
• Trout quintet by Franz Schubert (Zosia, viola, Wesley, double-bass, Jasmin)

A delightful program using Franz Schubert’s “Die Forelle” art song, and his famous instrumental variations on that same theme. Education Director/co-founder Sunny Gardner Orbovich leads as narrator and emcee, with MCCMF musicians performing!

 A reprise of our 2020 & 2006 program ideas, sponsored by Dr. Mark & Judith Jacobi.

• Kreutzer” sonata by L.v. Beethoven (Nic & Rob)

• Horn sextet for French horns & strings (Zosia, Nic, viola, Wesley, 2 French horns)

• Trio for piano & strings, TBA

• Monarch by Jessica Carter, piece for violin & viola (Nic & viola)

• Four Songs music by AndrePrevin/text by Toni Morrison, for Soprano, cello, and piano

• String quartet #8, opus 110 by Dmitri Shostakovich

Over the past 25 years, the MCCMF has had an influence in starting off countless young people in their music education! Today, many of them return to perform for you in an unforgettable concert! Sunny Gardner Orbovich hosts!

Grand finale highlights from 25 years

• Song performed by Melisa Barrick Baldwin, TBA
• “Nocturne” from string quartet #2 by Alexander Borodin (in memory of Enedina Marcia Rodriguez-Orbovich)
• Concerto for 5 string electric viola by Rudolf Haken
• Quintet for piano & strings by Johannes Brahms