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The Ames Town & Gown Chamber Music Association presents five chamber music concerts featuring artists of international renown, as well as its annual Musicale--a gala fundraising event featuring esteemed local musicians. It also brings chamber musicians to the larger community through various outreach events for school children, university students, senior citizens, and many others. Our association is affiliated with Chamber Music America
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2011-2012 SEASON
Saturday evening, February 11 at 7:30 p.m.
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 2338 Lincoln Way
23rd ANNUAL TOWN & GOWN MUSICALE
This gala evening -- Town & Gown’s annual fundraiser -- sparkles with talent as varied as the splendid array of sweets and savories enjoyed by all,
following the concert.
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Friday evening, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. 
Tye Recital Hall, Music Hall, Iowa State University
KIRILL GERSTEIN, solo piano
One of today’s most intriguing young musicians, Russian-born Kirill Gerstein was awarded the First Prize at the 2001 Arthur Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv; was chosen as Carnegie Hall’s “Rising Star” for the 2005-06 season; and in 2010 was the recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award. His current performance schedule includes the world’s major music centers and festivals. Gerstein has been celebrated for his masterful technique, musical curiosity, and probing interpretations that have led to explorations of both classical music and jazz.
NYTimes ARTS | June 30, 2011
Music Review: A Fresh Take Adds a Jolt to a Standard
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
The Russian-born pianist Kirill Gerstein joined the conductor Bramwell Tovey for a New York Philharmonic Summertime Classics concert.
Program: Bach English Suite #6, Mozart-Busoni Gigue, Bolero, and Variations, Knussen Ophelia's Last Dance (2010), Weber Invitation to the Dance, Schumann Carnaval, Schubert-Liszt Soirees de Vienne
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 Thursday evening, April 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Tye Recital Hall, Music Hall, Iowa State University
MUSICIANS FROM MARLBORO
Two years ago, Town & Gown proudly began a partnership with the touring extension of the world-famous Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont. Our Marlboro concert that season confirmed Time magazine’s declaration that the Marlboro Festival may present “the most exciting chamber music in the U.S.” Our program next April, featuring chamber a piano trio, a string quartet, and a piano quintet, will include two artists who have performed on our stage before -- pianist Anna Polonsky and cellist Peter Wiley – along with violinists Hye-Jin Kim and Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu; and violist Philip Kramp.
Program: Haydn Trio in E flat major, Hob. XV:29, Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13, Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
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Saturday evening, May 12 at 7:30 p.m. 
Tye Recital Hall, Music Hall, Iowa State University
JORGE CABALLERO, solo guitar
At age 19, Peruvian native Jorge Caballero was the youngest musician ever to win the prestigious Naumburg International Competition. The next year he was an exciting part of Town & Gown’s 1997-98 season. Since that time, his dazzling virtuosity, intense musicality, and spellbinding performances have amazed audiences, critics, and colleagues alike. Renowned guitarist Eliot Fisk described him as “a great virtuoso of the mind as well as of the fingers . . . [possessing] an extraordinary musical intelligence coupled with deep feeling.” His programs include an enormous range of repertoire, including his own transcriptions of major musical masterpieces.
Program: J.S. Bach Sonata BWV 1003, Albeniz Selections from Iberia, Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
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