Friends of Chamber Music: Stockton

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A wonderful organization providing quality chamber music to the greater Stockton area. Since 1956, Stockton's Friends of Chamber Music of Stockton has been serving Stockton and the surrounding communities for more than a half a century. The organization was founded by Walter H. Perl in 1956 with support from local donations and a Ford Foundation grant for the promotion of chamber music. The initia

l Board of Directors was a small group of chamber music enthusiasts, primarily faculty of what was at the time the College of the Pacific. In 1986, the Board membership was increased and expanded to reflect community members with a broad range of backgrounds, geographical locations, and interests. The Executive Committee, Board Members, and Artist Selection Committee are all volunteers. Friends of Chamber Music has consistently maintained the highest musical standards, presenting such well-known groups as the Beaux Arts and Amadeus Trios, the Julliard, Guarnieri, Tokyo, and Kronos Quartets, as well as many other groups from the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Season Announcement!We're thrilled to announce the lineup for our 65th season:Third Coast Percussion – Sept. 20Poiesis Q...
03/30/2026

Season Announcement!

We're thrilled to announce the lineup for our 65th season:

Third Coast Percussion – Sept. 20
Poiesis Quartet – Nov. 1
Akropolis Reed Quintet – Feb. 7
Les Delices – Feb. 28
Vega Quartet – Apr. 4

Plus: we'll be celebrating the musical legacy of Dr. Michael Spencer with a free concert by the Ying Quartet on Nov. 15. Dr. Spencer passed away earlier this spring and was a longtime board member and past-President of FOCM.

Season Tickets Available Now!The start of the 2025-26 FOCM season is right around the corner.  Our season consists of fi...
07/21/2025

Season Tickets Available Now!

The start of the 2025-26 FOCM season is right around the corner. Our season consists of five wonderful chamber groups, but your season ticket comes at a 20% discount!

Visit https://www.chambermusicfriends.org/ to purchase yours today!

Bringing World Class Music to Stockton since 1956

03/24/2025

ANNOUNCING OUR 2025-2026 SEASON

FOCM is excited to announce the artists performing in 2025-2026 as part of our 69th season bringing world-class chamber music to Stockton!

Sept. 14, 2025 - Telegraph Quartet
Oct. 5, 2025 - Neave Trio
Nov. 2, 2025 - Seraph Brass
Feb. 15, 2026 - Trio 180
Apr. 19, 2026 - Erinys Quartet

Stay tuned for information about purchasing your season tickets!

Announcing our 2024-25 Season!
04/13/2024

Announcing our 2024-25 Season!

Chamber Music continues for a 68th season! Since its founding in 1956, Friends of Chamber Music has brought world-class classical musicians to Stockton to the delight of audiences from around the Central Valley.  From presenting established artists to highlighting up-and-coming musical talents, the...

01/13/2024

Our next concert: VIDA Guitar Quartet! Join us Sunday, Jan. 28 @ 2:30 pm at Faye Spanos Concert Hall at UOP!

VIDA Guitar Quartet brings together four guitarists of exceptional artistry who share a passion for chamber music. Since forming in 2007 VIDA GQ has performed to critical acclaim in major UK venues including Kingʼs Place (London), The Purcell Room (London), The Sage (Gateshead) and St Georgeʼs (Bristol). They are sought-after festival artists throughout the UK, Europe and North America. Since making their US débuts in Los Angeles and New York in 2012 they have appeared on some of North America’s most prestigious stages for classical guitar.

Scheduled Program:
• Sérgio Assad, Uarekena
• Antonio Vivaldi, I. Allegro (Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, Op. 3 No. 10)
• Johann Sebastian Bach, I. Allegro (Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048)
• Franz Schubert, Fantasy in F minor, D.940 (arr. Mark Eden)
• Francis Poulenc, Sonata for Piano Four Hands (arr. Chris Stell)
• Joaquín Turina, La Oración del Torero (arr. Colin Downs)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Aria
• Leonard Bernstein, West Side Story (arr. Amanda Cook / Mark Ashford)

See the first comment for the link to tickets.

07/15/2023

Excited to announce our 2023-24 season!

Since its founding in 1956, Friends of Chamber Music has brought world-class classical musicians to Stockton to the delight of audiences from around the Central Valley. From presenting established artists to highlighting up-and-coming musical talents, the range of concert programming we’ve offered over the years has made a positive impact on the state of the arts in our community. We firmly believe that our 67th season continues that work, and we’re excited to share the lineup of the new season with you!

Pro Arte Quartet
September 17, 2023

Tesla Quartet
October 29, 2023

Thalea String Quartet
November 19, 2023

Vida Guitar Quartet
January 28, 2024

Strata
April 8, 2024

Learn more about these great artists and purchase your season ticket: http://www.chambermusicfriends.org/current-season

Join us this afternoon at 2:30 at Faye Spanos Concert Hall for the Marian Anderson String Quartet!On Being Enslaved:• Rh...
04/30/2023

Join us this afternoon at 2:30 at Faye Spanos Concert Hall for the Marian Anderson String Quartet!

On Being Enslaved:

• Rhiannon Giddens, “At the Purcheser’s Option”
• Jonathan McNair, “Follow the Drinking Gourd”
• Samuel Adler, “Crucifixion/In Memoriam: Marian Anderson”
• David Wallace, “In Honor of Marian Anderson”
• Antonin Dvorak, String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, “American”
• John Rosamond Johnson, “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”

Tickets at the door or online at

April 30, 2023 Faye Spanos Concert Hall, University of the Pacific 2:30 pm FOCM is pleased to conclude the season with the first appearance by the renowned Marian Anderson String Quartet. Formed in 1989 as the Chaminade Quartet, the group won the 1991 International Cleveland Quartet Competition, b....

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