Pre-Concert Talks

These informative and entertaining 30-minute talks are complimentary for ticket holders.

Pre-concert talks are usually presented 45 minutes before the concert begins. These informative and entertaining 30-minute talks are complimentary for ticket holders. You are welcome to sit wherever you would like for the Pre-concert talks – front and center, even!

2026-2027 Pre-Concert Talk Schedule:

October 16 – Modigliani String Quartet at St. Paul Episcopal – Pre-Concert Talk with Dr. Paul Laird

October 21 – Gabriela Montero, Art of the Piano at the Folly Theater – Pre-Concert Talk with Dr. Paul Laird

November 20 – Jupiter Ensemble at Atonement Lutheran – Pre-Concert Talk with Dr. Paul Laird

December 15 – Bach’s Musical Offering at the Folly Theater – Pre-Concert Talk with Dr. Paul Laird

January 30 – Sir Stephen Hough, Art of the Piano – Pre-Concert Talk with Dmitri Atapine and Hyeyeon Park

February 24 – Balourdet String Quartet, New Horizons at the 1900 Building – Pre-concert talk with the performing artists

March 19 – The Mad Lover at Grace & Holy Trinity – Pre-Concert Talk with Dr. Paul Laird

April 24 – Great Clarinet Quintets at Grace & Holy Trinity – Pre-Concert Talk with Dr. Paul Laird