ChamberPalooza! 2026
ChamberPalooza! 2026
Sunday, September 27, 2026 | 12 noon to 4 pm
Cincinnati Art Museum, Lower Level
953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Every year since 2006, except for during the Covid pandemic in 2020-2021, Chamber Music Network has sponsored ChamberPalooza! - a day of free chamber music performed by area musicians at the Cincinnati Art Museum. For the past several years, we have commissioned new works to promote classical music in the Tri-State region.
This year we commissioned a World Premiere piano quartet by Austin Jaquith, composer of concert and film music, as well as a conductor and music professor at Cedarville University, Ohio. Quartet performers were Sonya Szabo-Reynolds, piano, Gayna Mandelbaum Bassin, violin, Rose Reidmiller Gowda, viola, and Michael G. Ronstadt, cello.
The Whirlwinds woodwind sextet also gave a World Premiere for "Queen City Scenes" by Wes Flinn.
11:58 am Trumpet fanfare by Peter J. Boylan, trumpet
12:00 pm Café de Moem – classical guitar & saxophone
12:25 pm Moyen Age - music of the 13th - 15th centuries
12:50 pm Cincinnati Flute Society
1:15 pm Heri et Hodi - Yesterday and Today, a capella voices
1:40 pm Becki Chesnes - Jazz quartet
2:05 pm The Whirlwinds woodwind sextet - World Premiere "Queen City Scenes" by Wes Flinn
2:30 pm Queen City Klezmorim
2:55 pm Liberty Arts Trio
3:25 pm "Eclipse" Piano Quartet by Austin Jaquith - CMN Commissioned World Premiere
Antonio Violins and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra volunteers staffed the always popular Instrumental Petting Zoo, where visitors of all ages can try various musical instruments. There were raffles and prizes at various times all afternoon.
Our generous sponsor of this event was Western & Southern Financial Group.
About Austin Jaquith
Austin Jaquith is a composer of concert and film music, as well as a conductor and music professor at Cedarville University. With many films and two full length ballets to his credit, he has established a reputation for visceral and emotive scores that provide powerful sonic metaphors for visual storytelling.
Notable projects include ‘The Challenger Disaster’ with Nathan Vonminden (feature film), ‘Dracula: Bloodlines’ (feature ballet) with Karen Russo-Burke, and ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ (feature ballet) also with Karen Russo Burke.
Austin has had many performances by ensembles including the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Springfield Symphony (Ohio). His music has also been recognized by awards from The American Prize, Music Teachers National Association, Indiana University, and many others.
