The Chamber Music Gym Jam is coming to dinner!

Join us on Canada Day, July 1 at East Africa Cafe on Ontario St. at Charles in Kitchener for casual classical chamber music with your delicious Ethiopian meal between 5 and 8pm as a part of the local business community's evening festivities culminating in the nearby big outdoor concert in the square.

Email info@chambermusicgym.com with questions or if you've got or know of a restaurant or cafe you think would be a perfect place to host some live casual classical chamber music performed by talented local professional-caliber musicians.

Come on out and relax with your family and friends while enjoying the beautiful melodies and thrilling spontaneity of live classical chamber music, expertly - yet casually - performed in the intimate studio space at Amma Yoga! Hosted by Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Assistant Principal Violist (and former member of the internationally acclaimed Cypress String Quartet) Ethan Filner, the Chamber Music Gym Jam is a fun and unique opportunity to experience some of the greatest music ever written, publicly sight-read by talented professional players in Amma’s family-friendly environment. World-class musicians from the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and their freelancing colleagues from around the GTA will bring the skills and good humour - you bring your open minds and hungry ears, and your curious kids if you’ve got ‘em! BYO seating and nosh; the adjacent play space will be available for particularly restless little ones; coffee and snacks available for purchase.

July 29, 2018 2-4pm will feature string chamber music by the likes of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms.

Suggested donation: $5, or $10/family.

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Chamber music performed by KW Symphony Musicians

Lance Ouellette and Anita Walsh, violins; Ethan Filner, viola; Sarah Gans and Rebecca Morton, Cellos

Program:

Debussy String Quartet

William Bolcolm Three rags for String Quartet
  Poltergeist, Graceful Ghost, Incinerator Rag

**INTERMISSION**

Schubert Cello Quintet in C major, Op.163

Wednesday October 3rd, 8pm

The Music Room: 57 Young St. W, Waterloo

Zemlinsky String Quartet with Ethan Filner, viola

A program of music by Dvorak including the Viola Quintet Op.97 with special guest violist, Ethan Filner

Details TBC; more info coming soon

Zemlinsky String Quartet with Ethan Filner, viola

A program of music by Dvorak including the composer's Viola Quintet Op.97 with special guest violist, Ethan Filner

Details TBC; more info coming soon.

October 25, 2018, 12pm

Walter Hall, University of Toronto
80 Queens Park Blvd.

Marie Brerard, violin
Ethan Filner, viola
Joseph Johnson and Britt Riley, cellos

Hour-long Noontime Concert Program to include:
A. Arensky - Quartet for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos

Chamber music performed by KW Symphony Musicians

Lance Ouellette and Anita Walsh, violins; Ethan Filner, viola; Sarah Gans, Cello

Wednesday November 7th, 12pm

Conrad Grebel Chapel - 140 Westmount Road, Waterloo

Program:

Debussy String Quartet

William Bolcolm Three rags for String Quartet
  Poltergeist, Graceful Ghost, Incinerator Rag

Aaron Schwebel (NBoC concertmaster) and Cecily Ward (former first violin, CSQ), violins with Ethan Filner, viola

Music for one, two, and three by Elena Ruehr, Mozart, Dvorak, and more. Program details TBA

Thursday November 8, 2018 at 8pm

Venue details TBA, in Toronto

Aaron Schwebel (NBoC concertmaster) and Cecily Ward (former first violin, CSQ), violins with Ethan Filner, viola

Music for one, two, and three by Elena Ruehr, Mozart, Dvorak, and more. Program details TBA

Monday November 12, 2018 at 8pm

The Music Room: 57 Young St., Waterloo Ontario

Viola 1919 Centennial Recital
Celebrating 100 Years of iconic viola sonatas.

12:00pm on March 14, 2019

Walter Hall, University of Toronto
80 Queens Blvd., Toronto

Ethan Filner, viola
Jamie Parker, piano

Program:
Paul Hindemith - Viola Sonata Op.11 No.4
Elena Ruehr - Viola Sonata (2017) *World Premiere
Rebecca Clarke - Viola Sonata

Ethan Filner and Jody Davenport, viola

Celebrating 100 years of the great works for viola written in 1919 by Rebecca Clarke, Ernest Bloch, and Paul Hindemith. Featuring the world premiere of a new Viola Sonata by composer Elena Ruehr, faculty at MIT.

More details TBA

Celebrating 100 Years of iconic viola sonatas.

7:30pm on March 26, 2019
Kutztown University
Kutztown, PA

Ethan Filner, viola
Daniel Immel, piano

Program:
Rebecca Clarke - Viola Sonata

Elena Ruehr - Viola Sonata (2017) *US Premiere

Paul Hindemith - Viola Sonata Op.11 No.4