Experience an intimate chamber music recital performed by some of the extraordinary soloists featured in full GSO orchestra concerts. Recitals are performed in the elegant ballroom of Galveston’s historic Moody Mansion.

2022-23 Moody Mansion Recital Tickets

Seating is limited and recitals often sell out. Reservations required.

$35 advance / $40 at the door

Ticket includes complimentary glass of wine.

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Upcoming Recitals

FEBRUARY 24 | 7:00 pm

Trond Saeverud, violin

Since 1990, conductor and violinist Trond Saeverud has conducted professional and community orchestras in Denmark, Norway and the USA – most recently in Maine, where he is the founder and artistic director of the Passamaquoddy Bay Symphony Orchestra with players from New Brunswick, Canada and Washington County, Maine.

Trond has been soloist with major orchestras in Europe and in the US, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at the Lincoln Center, New York. He has produced CDs as soloist with orchestras in Norway and Denmark and regularly premieres new works that are written for him. Trond’s solo CD “Ghosts” received the Norwegian equivalent of a Grammy Award (1997). His recital CD “Hika” was editor’s choice, Strad Magazine, (2002).

MARCH 31 | 7:00 pm

Anton Nel, piano

First Prize winner of the Naumburg International piano competition at Carnegie Hall, Anton Nel, has performed as soloist with US orchestras that include the Cleveland, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle and Detroit symphonies. Overseas, he has appeared at Wigmore Hall, London, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Suntory Hall, Tokyo as well as major venues in China, Korea and South Africa.

Mr.Nel holds the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair at the University of Texas at Austin and is also visiting professor at the Manhattan School of Music, New York.

MAY 12 | 7:00 pm

Andrew Staupe, piano

with Trond Saeverud, violin

Pianist Andrew Staupe is emerging as one of the distinctive voices of a new generation of pianists. Andrew has appeared as soloist with the Baltimore Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Utah Symphony, Arkansas Symphony, Tallahassee Symphony, and many other orchestras throughout the United States.

An avid chamber musician, Andrew has jammed with legendary vocalist Bobby McFerrin, played Tangos with the Assad Brothers, and has performed with Chee-Yun, Sharon Robinson, Martin Chalifour, Jessica Rivera, Desmond Hoebig, James Dunham, and Joseph Swensen. Andrew has a keen interest in performing new music and has premiered a number of works for solo piano and chamber ensemble by composers Howard Shore, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Christopher Walczak, Christopher Goddard, among numerous others. Other notable performances include concerts at the Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress in Washington DC, and Steinway Hall in New York City. He has performed twice on American Public Media’s “Performance Today,” and on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” in 2004.

Trond Saeverud has been soloist with major orchestras in Europe and in the USA, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at the Lincoln Center, New York. He has produced CDs as soloist with orchestras in Norway and Denmark and regularly premieres new works that are written for him. Trond’s solo CD “Ghosts” received the Norwegian equivalent of a Grammy Award (1997) and his recital CD “Hika” was editor’s choice, Strad Magazine, (2002).

Past Performances

NOVEMBER 11, 2022| 7:00 pm

MOZART & BRAHMS!

Galveston Symphony Orchestra and The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University bring TWO string quartets to the Moody Mansion Music recital series. Come and spend a relaxing evening listening to the next generation of great artists!

PROGRAM

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) – String Quartet No.19 in C major, K. 465 “Dissonance” (1785)

Hannah Corbett, Violin I

Astrid Nakamura, Violin II

Gabe Galley, Viola

Chris Ellis, Cello

J. Brahms (1833-1897) – String Quartet Op.51 No. 2 in A minor (1873)

Rinat Erlichman, Violin I

Connor Chaikowsky, Violin II

Tovin Allers, Viola

Gali Knaani, Cello

OCTOBER 7, 2022 | 7:00 pm

SOLD OUT!

The Smith Chen Family ‘Music Together’

Brinton Smith, cello

American cellist Brinton Averil Smith has been the principal cellist of the Houston Symphony since 2005, and and is also a faculty member of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and the Aspen Music Festival. Learn more

Evelyn Chen, piano

Co-founder of Moody Mansion Music, Evelyn Chen was hailed by The New York Times, as “a pianist to watch,” praising her “brilliant technique, warm, clear tone, and exacting musical intelligence.” Learn more

Calista Smith, soprano

A vocalist who is also trained as a violinist, Calista Smith has performed with Houston Young Artists’ concerts, at music festivals at Tanglewood, and even in a chorus for John Williams and the Boston Pops.