Concert Series 2025-2026
Fall 2025
Friday, September 26, 7 p.m.
Senior Recital: Aimee Co, violin
Aimee Co (HMC ’26) performs with guest musicians Wei-Shu Wang Co, violin, Darren Co, cello, and Erick Co, piano.
Sunday, October 26, 7 p.m.
The Los Angeles Clarinet Choir: Clarinet Fiesta!
The Los Angeles Clarinet Choir returns to HMC with a sizzling program of original works and arrangements from Latin America for clarinet ensemble, including favorites by Zequinha de Abreu, Lorenzo Barcelata, Astor Piazzolla, Álvaro Carrillo, and more.
Sunday, November 9, 7 p.m.
The Eclipse Quartet with William Kanengiser: British Invasion
The Eclipse Quartet is joined by guitarist William Kanengiser of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet for a concert featuring reimagined works of hit songs by iconic musicians from across the pond, including The Beatles, John Dowland, Sting, and Led Zeppelin.
Sunday, November 23, 7 p.m.
The HMC American Gamelan
HMC’s ensemble of metallophones and gongs ring out in performances of works by Lou Harrison and Bill Alves.
Tuesday, December 2, 7 p.m.
Student Recital
Sunday, December 7, 7 p.m.
Student Electronic Music
Students of the Electronic Music Composition class present their final projects.
Spring 2026
Sunday, February 8, 7 p.m.
Brightwork Ensemble: Music from the Ring of Fire
The renowned Los Angeles chamber group returns to Claremont with new music for piano, clarinet, and strings.
Sunday, March 1, 7 p.m.
French Music for Piano Quartet
Rachel Huang, Cynthia Fogg, Tom Flaherty, and Stephan Moss perform Gabriel Fauré’s first Piano Quartet and the “Spanish” quartet of Louise Héritte-Viardot.
Sunday, March 29, 7 p.m.
Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble: “Spirit Child”
The LA vocal ensemble interweaves an adaptation of a Mexican pastorela with music of the Mexican Renaissance and Baroque in a heartwarming story chronicling the shepherds’ journey to the newborn Christ Child, ultimately celebrating the triumph of good over evil.Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble: “Spirit Child”
Sunday, April 5, 7 p.m.
Sarah-Nicole Ruddy: “A Matter of Britain: Myth and Mythos of the British Isles”
Mezzo-Soprano Sarah-Nicole Ruddy presents songs by Purcell, Strauss, and Sullivan as well as selections from Swann’s song cycle “The Road Goes Ever On” (with text by J.R.R. Tolkien), exploring Arthurian legend, folktales, and legends from the British isles.
Sunday, April 12, 7 p.m.
Jenny Soonjin Kim, piano: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”
Fresh from her performances in Vienna of Beethoven’s complete piano concertos with the Savaria Symphony, Kim returns to HMC to perform the majestic “Emperor” Concerto in a compelling two-piano version.
Sunday, April 26, 7 p.m.
HMC Early Music Ensemble
Come and enjoy the crumhorns, shawms, cornettos, and recorders of the HMC Early Music Ensemble performing music from the European Middle Ages and Renaissance.
HMC Early Music Ensemble
Come and enjoy the crumhorns, shawms, cornettos, and recorders of the HMC Early Music Ensemble performing music from the European Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Thursday, May 7, 7 p.m.
Student Recital