Red Cedar Chamber Music
Upcoming Events
Music by the Gross
Red Cedar Chamber Music presents Music by the Gross, featuring 4 Concerti Grossi for an orchestra of 11, June 18-20, 2021. Core ensemble members and directors Miera Kim, violin and Carey Bostian, cello will be joined by 9 other string players. Red Cedar’s 25th season has focused heavily on emerging artists with concerts that included the directors two sons, Oliver (viola) and Adrian (cello), as well as the inspiring 16-year-old violinist Katya Moeller of Iowa City.
The chamber orchestra for Music by the Gross includes those three teenagers as well as returning Iowa artists Hoi Ting Davidson and Hannah Duncan on violin. Both have been mentored by Red Cedar’s directors during their high school and college years. Other emerging artists will include violinist Andrew Dunlap from Wisconsin, fiancé of Davidson and a former student at Rice University, as well as Austin Vawter, a bassist from Cedar Rapids, former student of Volkan Orhan at the University of Iowa and Principal Bassist of the Peoria Symphony.
Rounding out the ensemble are violinist John Schultz, operator of Schultz Strings and former violin teacher of Hannah Duncan as well as violist Michael Kimber, Red Cedar’s composer-in-residence for 2019-2022.The program includes Concerti Grossi by Vivaldi, Handel, and Corelli as well as a newly commissioned Concerto Grosso by Michael Kimber. Each of the 6 violinists gets a chance at one of the solo parts.
June 18 (Friday) 7 p.m.
Music for Marion: Lowe Park, Klopfenstein Amphitheater, Marion, FREE
No reservations required. No rain date. Bring a chair or a blanket. Individuals who are not fully vaccinated are asked to wear a mask.
June 19 (Saturday) 1 p.m.
Front Porch Concert: 715 E. College St., Iowa City, FREE
No reservations required. No rain date. We will provide some seating, but encourage you to bring your own chair or blanket. Individuals who are not fully vaccinated are asked to wear a mask.
June 19 (Saturday) 3:30 p.m.
Front Porch Concert: 715 E. College St., Iowa City, FREE
No reservations required. No rain date. We will provide some seating, but encourage you to bring your own chair or blanket. Individuals who are not fully vaccinated are asked to wear a mask.
June 20 (Sunday) 3 p.m.
MainStage & Livestream: Englert Theatre, Iowa City, FREE
Watch concert here
Download program here
Please email [email protected] or call 319-338-0307 to reserve a seat.
This event allows for a masked audience of 75 people on the main floor and will be simultaneously live-streamed. Doors open at 2:30. Please reserve seats as noted above.
Recent Events
The Last Quintet
Red Cedar Chamber Music presents The Last Quintet, featuring Schubert’s grand string quintet. Core ensemble members and directors Miera Kim (violin) and Carey Bostian (cello) will be once again joined by their sons Oliver (viola) and Adrian (cello), as well as the incredible emerging artist Katya Moeller, a 16-year-old violinist with an already astonishing resume as a concert artist.
Schubert’s string quintet is one of the most iconic string chamber music works. Scored for 2 violins, a viola, and 2 cellos, and published posthumously, the work is over 50 minutes long and contains some of the most exquisite music ever written. The addition of an extra cello to the string quartet allows for great variety of instrument pairings and colors not possible in a standard string quartet. The work is in 4 movements and composed on a grand scale.
May 29 (Saturday) 1 p.m.
Backyard Breakout: 715 E. College St., Iowa City. FREE
Please email [email protected] or call 319-338-0307 to reserve seats.
May 30 (Sunday) 3. p.m.
MainStage & Livestream: Englert Theatre, Iowa City, FREE
Watch the concert here!
Please email [email protected] or call 319-338-0307 to reserve seats. Masks will be required.
Salon Sundays with Carey
Although these concerts have already been presented, you can still watch these performances at the following links:
Salon Sundays with Carey: Episode 1
Jan 17, 2021 at 7 p.m.
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Salon Sundays with Carey: Episode 2
Jan 24, 2021 at 7 p.m.
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Salon Sundays with Carey: Episode 3
Jan 31, 2021 at 7 p.m.
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Salon Sundays with Carey: Episode 4
Feb 7, 2021 at 7 p.m.
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Salon Sundays with Carey: Episode 5
Feb 14, 2021 at 7 p.m.
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Salon Sundays with Carey: Episode 6
Feb 21, 2021 at 7 p.m.
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Holidays with Wolfgang
Although these concerts have already ben presented, you can still watch the performances at the following links:
Dynamic Duos
Although these concerts have already been presented, you can still watch the performances at the following links:
Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, 7 p.m. CDT
Biber, Bach & Beethoven
Wednesday, June 24, 1 p.m. CDT Click Here to Watch
Thursday, June 25, 7 p.m. CDT Click Here to Watch
Friday, June 26, 7 p.m. CDT Click Here to Watch
Saturday, June 27, 7 p.m. CDT Click Here to Watch
All in the Family
Although these concerts have already been presented, you can still watch the performances at the following links:
Wednesday, May 6, 2020, 1 pm CDT CLICK HERE TO WATCH
Thursday, May 7, 2020, 7 pm CTD CLICK HERE TO WATCH
Saturday, May 9, 2020, 1 pm CDT CLICK HERE TO WATCH
Fresh off our inaugural live-streamed concert series, Swiss Family Bostian, Red Cedar Chamber Music’s directors and core ensemble, violinist Miera Kim and cellist Carey Bostian, once again team up with their two sons, Oliver and Adrian, to bring you a set of 4 performances of an all-new program.
Swiss Family Bostian
Although these concerts have already been presented, you can still watch the performances at the following links:
Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 1pm CDT Click Here
Thursday, April 16, 2020, 7pm CDT Click Here
Friday, April 17, 2020, 7pm CDT Click Here
Saturday, April 18, 2020, 1pm CDT Click Here
“An enjoyable and unique experience. I appreciated the intimacy of the performers and the performance. A delightful evening.”
Miera Kim & Carey Bostian have concertized together since 2000. In 2015 they were invited to become the directors and core ensemble of the 501(c)3 organization Red Cedar Chamber Music, an organization founded in 1997. Red Cedar Chamber Music brings innovative and entertaining concert projects and residency programs to broad and diverse audiences.
Each season, Red Cedar Chamber Music brings nearly 100 enlightening and entertaining performances to audiences in Eastern Iowa and beyond. Most events are free.
The MainStage Concert Series presents three programs each season in formal concerts in both Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
Community Connections brings chamber music into the nooks and crannies of every day life, reaching kids, seniors, workers and families when and where they normally congregate. Community Connections includes Music for Seniors, Music in Libraries, and Music for Kids.
Rural Outreach Concerts enrich small, rural communities with live chamber music.
Red Cedar Chamber Music records exclusively for Fleur De Son Classics (NY). Their most recent disc features the chamber music of composer Harvey Sollberger.
Miera Kim, Executive Director
Carey Bostian, Artistic Director
Phone to (319) 338-0307
Red Cedar Chamber Music
PO Box 154
Marion IA 52302