The Paramount Chamber Players

05/01/2026

HUGE thanks to Violinist.com for sharing Faces & Masques as part of their weekly round-up!! Link to the full article is in the comments ⬇️

04/28/2026

Our album is LIVE today on Spotify, Apple Music, and all major streaming platforms!! Search "Faces and Masques" on your favorite online streaming platform to listen.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3vNBUk3rtgn9WpCO53YnAY?si=uj-7mD1mQuu9lH-g_Enjzg

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/faces-and-masques/1893353189

04/25/2026

You have one more chance to hear Faces & Masques on Sunday April 26th at 2:00PM in the beautiful Sanctuary of St. John's Episcopal Church, Johnson City, TN!

We have a very special guest joining us for the Sunday performance: 2025 Winner of the TPCP Award at the Bristol Music Club, Scholarship Auditions, William Tran! William will be performing the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 1 together with William Shaub and Ignacy Gaydamovich. He is a very impressive young pianist!!

Here are a few pictures from our performances in Knoxville and Kingsport!

04/23/2026

Here's a sneak peek of what's in store for our Spring concert series, FACES & MASQUES!! Join us TONIGHT at First Presbyterian Church, Kingsport, TN at 7:30PM to hear excerpts from our debut album of music by Clara and Robert Schumann as well as Dvorak's rollicking "Dumky" Piano trio!

We'll be performing three concerts across East Tennessee this weekend as part of our countdown to our album's digital release on April 28th~

5 likes. "Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, II. Sehr lebhaft | William Shaub & Katherine Benson"

04/15/2026

ALBUM COVER REVEAL! 💿📀💿📀 We're under two weeks away from the release of FACES & MASQUES, our debut album
featuring the timeless love story of Clara and Robert Schumann. Special thanks to the amazing Tyler Seaman for his photography and design, which so beautifully capture the spirit of this music.

FACES & MASQUES will be available on Spotify, Apple Music, and all major streaming platforms April 28th, 2026.

Hear music from the album performed LIVE at one of our three performances across East Tennessee, April 23, 24, & 26th!

Visit our website for more details: https://www.paramountchamberplayers.com/faces-masques

03/27/2026

Join TPCP on April 23rd, 24th, and 26th for our Spring Concert Series, FACES & MASQUES, featuring the debut of our FIRST commercial album!

The concert will showcase music from the album by Robert and Clara Schumann, performed by violinist William Shaub (Concertmaster, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra) and pianist Katherine E. Benson (TPCP Artistic Director). One of the greatest love stories of all time, Robert and Clara Schumann are forever connected by their music, and the program will pair Clara's youthful but passionate Romance Op. 22 No. 3 alongside Robert's monumental Violin Sonata No. 2, a work written in the twilight of the composer's life.

Cellist Ignacy Gaydamovich (Professor of Cello, ETSU, and international performing artist) will join the ensemble for Antonin Dvorak's lively Piano Trio No. 4 "Dumky," which will bring a rollicking and cheerful close to the performance.

And Sunday afternoon only, you will have the opportunity to hear the brilliant young pianist and winner of the 2025 Bristol Music Club, TPCP Award ~William Tran~ play a selection from Beethoven's Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 1.

Hear the concert live in one of three locations across East Tennessee! CDs will be available for purchase at the event.

Visit www.paramountchamberplayers.com for more information.

02/25/2026

BIG NEWS! 🎉 The Paramount Chamber Players is releasing our first ALBUM!! 💿📀💿📀 Join us for our album release party and concert series ***April 23rd, 24th, & 26th*** to help us celebrate this important occasion for the ensemble! Copies will be available to purchase at the concert series.

Titled FACES & MASQUES, the album will feature Violinist William Shaub and Artistic Director/pianist Katherine Benson performing Robert Schumann's momentous Violin Sonatas No. 1 and 2 and Clara Schumann's Romance Op. 22 No. 3.

Enjoy this short clip from Clara Schumann's Romance taken from our recording session in January.

01/24/2026

Stay tuned! Will reschedule in early March.

ECHOES OF ROMANCE - January 25 Concert — CANCELED
We have made the difficult decision to cancel the Echoes of Romance concert scheduled for Sunday, January 25. The winter storm is forecast to bring significant snowfall to the Cape Cod regions on January 25/26. With the safety of our musicians and our audience in mind, we believe canceling the concert is the most responsible course of action. We plan to reschedule the performance in Spring and will share details as soon as they are confirmed.

01/17/2026

There are many in the audience of the Paramount Chamber Players that will remember former director, Craig Combs. He lives in Provincetown Massachusetts and his group Red Door Chamber Music is presenting a concert on Sunday, January 25. Details in the post to tune into the broadcast if you’re interested in hearing how things have developed over the years.

📣 BIG NEWS — We’re Going Live! 📣
Red Door Chamber Music will be broadcasting our next concert live!
January 25 concert at 3:00 PM.

👉 Broadcast link:
https://youtube.com/live/Ri4dwiQw360?feature=share

Of course, if you’re here in Ptown on January 25, we’d love to see you in person for this extraordinary program at the Provincetown United Methodist Church on Shank Painter Road—an exciting step forward for our chamber music ensemble and a concert you won’t want to miss.

09/06/2025

SAVE THE DATES! We're back with our 21st Concert Season with a soul-stirring program CONFRONTATIONS WITH FATE! Join us October 17th, 18th, and 19th for two extraordinary piano quartets by Mozart and Brahms.

Featuring Evie Chen, violin; David Kovac, viola; Katherine Benson, piano; and welcoming Ignacy Gaydamovich, cello, in his first performance with TPCP. Specific times and locations will be announced in the coming week!