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11th Season: October 15-25, 2026
New Orleans' premier Classical music festival and outreach organization

The Crescent City Chamber Music Festival (CCCMF) is an outreach/mission-centric festival founded in 2016 by New Orleans native and Artistic Director Luke Fleming in New Orleans, Louisiana. CCCMF's Tenth Anniversary Season, "Novelty and Nostalgia," will be held from October 10-19, 2025. More details at: crescentcitychambermusicfestival.com

Through partnerships with local organizations such as Rayne Memorial United Methodist Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, the University of New Orleans, Urban South Brewery, St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church, and WWNO, CCCMF has since its inception in 2016 presented 50 Free Public Concerts in local venues and over 400 Outreach Performances in nursing homes, retirement communities, homeless shelters, hospitals, schools, churches, and other helping organizations across the Greater New Orleans area. Over the course of CCCMF’s Tenth Anniversary Season in 2025 (October 10-19, 2025), Festival Artists and Ensembles-in-Residence will again visit nursing homes, schools, churches, homeless shelters, mission sites, and other helping organizations in the Greater New Orleans area, providing exciting, interactive musical performances in over 30 different locations. CCCMF will also present seven FREE Public Concerts in both traditional and non-traditional venues in New Orleans during its Tenth Anniversary Season. To receive periodic updates for CCCMF’s Tenth Anniversary Season, the details for which will continue to be announced leading up to the Festival dates (October 10-19, 2025), please sign up for our mailing list by clicking the link below:

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Please also peruse our website to view photos, watch videos, and find out more about CCCMF’s mission in the Greater New Orleans community! www.crescentcitychambermusicfestival.com

The Crescent City Chamber Music Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. To support CCCMF with a 100% tax-deductible contribution, please visit:

https://crescentcitychambermusicfestival.com/donate/

Crescent City Chamber Music Festival
Tenth Anniversary Season
October 10-19, 2025
New Orleans

Luke Fleming, Founding Artistic Director
Escher Quartet, Ensemble-in-Residence
Lott Quartet, Ensemble-in-Residence
Manhattan Chamber Players, Ensemble-in-Residence
Caity Gyorgy and Mark Limacher, Jazz Duo
Seth Grosshandler, Composer-in-Residence
Daniella Greene, Festival Manager

2025 Festival Artists (listed alphabetically):

Jaren Atherholt, Oboe
Adam Barnett-Hart, Violin
Bryan Batt, Narrator
Nanci Belmont, Bassoon
Amelia Clingman, Viola
Josiah Bullach, Horn
Mark Dover, Clarinet
Luke Fleming, Viola
Joshua Gersen, Conductor
Daniella Greene, Violin
Caity Gyorgy, Vocalist
Andrew Janss, Cello
Ida Kavafian, Violin
David Kidd, Trombone
Siwoo Kim, Violin
Krewe de Voix, Chamber Choir
Pierre Lapointe, Viola
Bryan Lee, Violin
Mark Limacher, Piano
Paul Macres, Double Bass
Virginia McDowell, Oboe
Joy Meade, Soprano
Thomas Mitts, Organ
Abigail Monroe, Cello
Grace Park, Violin
Max Paulus, Horn
Kristen Schmitz, Soprano
Claire Shackleton, Mezzo-Soprano
Aaron Smith, Percussion
Shaquille Southwell, Clarinet
Brendan Speltz, Violin
Brook Speltz, Cello
Steven Tenenbom, Viola
Benjamin Thacher, Violin
Alan Tolbert, Trumpet
Kate Walter, Violin
Paul Weber, Conductor/Choirmaster
Hannah Yim, Violin

10/26/2026

Our Eleventh Season has come to a close! We finished off with a wonderful finale concert with music by Ravel, Bridge, Chausson, and Copland’s wonderful Appalachian Spring.

Thank you to ALL who have been involved in our Eleventh Season! We are so grateful to our artists, team, volunteers, and supporters who make our work possible. Stay tuned for information about what’s coming up next!

10/24/2026

What a beautiful evening of music to celebrate the Romantic Era! From the greats like Brahms and Respighi to our very own Composer-in-Residence, Seth Grosshandler, it was a night of music that will not be forgotten.

Make sure your calendars are marked for the CCCMF’s 11th Season Finale Concert with Copland's Appalachian Spring! this Sunday, October 25th at 4pm at Rayne Memorial United Methodist for your last chance to be a part of the Crescent City Chamber Music Festival this year!

10/22/2026

What an amazing evening of music at LSU New Orleans School of the Arts with Mark Dover, Faylotte Joy Dover, Oscar Rossignoli, and members of the Manhattan Chamber Players 🎶🎶 Where else can you hear a concert featuring classical art songs and tunes inspired from the jazz scene right here in NOLA?

There’s no concert tonight, but make sure your calendars are marked for TOMORROW for Free Public Concert No. 6 - “The Romantic Era” with the Manhattan Chamber Players at 7pm in Dixon Concert Hall!

10/21/2026

Another fun night at Urban South Brewery with great music and b**r pairings! We love this annual tradition with one of our original partners, and one of the best parts is being able to interact with all our audience members in this setting!

Next up tonight is Free Public Concert No. 5 - Mark Dover and Friends with Mark Dover at University of New Orleans with an exciting program of classical and jazz. You won’t want to miss it!

10/20/2026

A night off concerts doesn’t mean a day off work - our artists went out into the community yesterday for a full day of outreach performances to close out Week One! Make sure your calendars are marked for our next four concerts, including tonight at Urban South Brewery!

You can also check out some behind-the-scenes photos from some of our rehearsals last week - can you tell which pieces are being rehearsed in each photo?

10/19/2026

We had a lovely "Celebration of Strings" at St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church to close out Week 1 of our Eleventh Season!

We still have four great concerts coming up this week, with the next one on Tuesday, October 20th at 7pm for our Free Public Concert No. 4 - Urban South Brewery at Urban South Brewery . You won't want to miss great music paired with a special b**r flight!

10/17/2026

What an incredible performance yesterday evening! We were thrilled to have JP Jofre back with us this year for an evening of unforgettable music.

Our next concert is Sunday, October 18th at 4pm at St Charles Ave Presbyterian - you won’t want to miss an afternoon of Dvorak and Tchaikovsky!

10/16/2026

Our Eleventh Season Opening Night Concert is complete! What a joy to hear music by Britten and Tchaikovsky, as well as a solo by our Artistic Director, Luke Fleming .

If you missed last night, don't worry - we have more tonight! Come out to University of New Orleans for our Free Public Concert No. 2 - JP Jofre with the Manhattan Chamber Players. You won't want to miss this special guest artist!

10/15/2026

The day of our Eleventh Season Opening Night concert has arrived! We’ve been hard at work the last few days with rehearsals and outreach performances, and we can’t wait to share some beautiful music with you tonight.

Come on out to Trinity Episcopal Church New Orleans at 7:30pm for CCCMF's 11th Season Opening Night Concert with music by Britten and Tchaikovsky, featuring our very own Artistic Director Luke Fleming as a soloist!

10/14/2026

The Crescent City Chamber Music Festival's 11th Season opens TOMORROW NIGHT, and we are thrilled to be welcoming Joshua Gersen back to New Orleans to conduct the Festival Chamber Orchestra in our Opening Night AND Season Finale Concerts! 🎶⁠
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An artist of impeccable musical credentials, Joshua Gersen is widely respected as an engaging and inspiring conductor, able to communicate effortlessly with both young and established orchestras internationally. A native of the New York area, he made his debut as a conductor at the early age of 11 and has established himself as a dynamic presence on the podium, and is certainly no stranger to New Orleans audiences through numerous appearances with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and during previous seasons of CCCMF.
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Join us tomorrow at 7PM for CCCMF 2026's Opening Night Concert! Set in the gorgeous sanctuary of Trinity Episcopal Church, Ensemble-in-Residence the Manhattan Chamber Players will join forces with members of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra to bring you to bring you a performance of Benjamin Britten’s delightful and infectious Simple Symphony and his poignant and powerful Lacrhymae (in a rare presentation of its full version for viola and strings), concluding with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s towering Serenade for Strings, all led by Joshua!⁠
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We asked him to to tell us a little more about himself with a few questions:⁠
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🎵 What about being in New Orleans this October are you most looking forward to?⁠
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"Getting to perform with some of my closest friends, which I seldom get to do. And also oyster happy hours!"⁠
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✨️ What's a fun fact about you that we wouldn't know by reading your bio?⁠
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"If I hadn’t become a musician I would have wanted to be a sports radio talk show host."⁠
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🎶 Name a non-Classical artist or band whose music you enjoy listening to, and tell us why!⁠
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"Radiohead, because one of their albums got stuck in my cd player and I listened to it over and over again for an entire summer." ⁠
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Read more about Joshua, the CCCMF 2026 Festival Artists, and our upcoming concerts, all at: https://crescentcitychambermusicfestival.com/

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