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Celebrate a Taft Tradition with Concerts Throughout the Year
Museum founders Anna and Charles Taft were devoted supporters of music for the community—join us to carry on their legacy!
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Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra String Quartet, courtesy of Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. Details added from: Balthasar van der Ast (Dutch, 1593/4–1657), Still Life with Tilted Basket of Fruit, Vase of Flowers, and Shells, about 1640–45, oil on panel. Taft Museum of Art, 2000.1
Chamber Music Series | Walk This Way
On-Site & Online Program
Sunday, May 16
3–4 p.m.
Join the Taft Museum of Art and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra for the 68th annual Chamber Music Series which is inspired by the art and history of the Taft Museum of Art.
We guarantee to have your toes tapping as Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra principal second violinist Manami White leads a program inspired by the Taft Museum of Art’s special exhibition Walk This Way | Footwear from the Stuart Weitzman Collection of Historic Shoes. From Art Deco masterpieces to Jazz Age flappers’ footwear to shoes worn by suffragettes fighting for women’s rights, this collection – and concert – promise to walk you through hundreds of years of musical hits that pay tribute to the women who wore these striking shoes.
Update: On-site tickets have SOLD OUT!
This is a FREE event! Due to the popularity of these concerts, reservations are required for on-site tickets. Museum and special exhibition admission sold separately. Timed tickets are available in advance.
Join us online instead!
To join us online, tune in for the live concerts on our Facebook event page each Sunday.
Questions? Contact education@taftmuseum.org.
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra String Quartet, courtesy of Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. Details added from: Balthasar van der Ast (Dutch, 1593/4–1657), Still Life with Tilted Basket of Fruit, Vase of Flowers, and Shells, about 1640–45, oil on panel. Taft Museum of Art, 2000.1
Chamber Music Series | Summer Pastorales
On-Site & Online Program
Sunday, June 20
3–4 p.m.
Join the Taft Museum of Art and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra for the 68th annual Chamber Music Series which is inspired by the art and history of the Taft Museum of Art.
Recreating a sense of peace and well-being that comes with summer and views of the countryside, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra principal flutist Rebecca Andres welcomes the season with a performance of airy wind quintet music in the beautiful environs of the Taft Museum of Art’s historic garden! Enjoy repertoire that will have you transported and inspired by the sloping hills of Cincinnati with music by Gershwin, Beach, Still, Mozart and more in an afternoon of pastorales and other summertime selections.
Update: On-site tickets have SOLD OUT!
This is a FREE event! Due to the popularity of these concerts, reservations are required for on-site tickets. Museum and special exhibition admission sold separately. Timed tickets are available in advance.
Join us online instead!
To join us online, tune in for the live concerts on our Facebook event page each Sunday.
Questions? Contact education@taftmuseum.org.
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra String Quartet, courtesy of Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. Details added from: Balthasar van der Ast (Dutch, 1593/4–1657), Still Life with Tilted Basket of Fruit, Vase of Flowers, and Shells, about 1640–45, oil on panel. Taft Museum of Art, 2000.1
Chamber Music Series | In a New Light
On-Site & Online Program
Sunday, July 18
3–4 p.m.
Join the Taft Museum of Art and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra for the 68th annual Chamber Music Series which is inspired by the art and history of the Taft Museum of Art.
Get ready to see the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra in a new light! In honor of the Taft’s newest bicentennial exhibition In a New Light | Treasures from the Taft, CCO principal second violinist Manami White will lead a program that brings together unique pairings of instruments from across the orchestra as well as unique orchestrations of familiar compositions.
Update: On-site tickets have SOLD OUT!
This is a FREE event! Due to the popularity of these concerts, reservations are required for on-site tickets. Museum and special exhibition admission sold separately. Timed tickets are available in advance.
Join us online instead!
To join us online, tune in for the live concerts on our Facebook event page each Sunday.
Questions? Contact education@taftmuseum.org.
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra String Quartet, courtesy of Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. Details added from: Balthasar van der Ast (Dutch, 1593/4–1657), Still Life with Tilted Basket of Fruit, Vase of Flowers, and Shells, about 1640–45, oil on panel. Taft Museum of Art, 2000.1
Chamber Music Series | 200 Years of the Historic Taft House
On-Site & Online Program
Sunday, August 22
3–4 p.m.
Join the Taft Museum of Art and Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra for the 68th annual Chamber Music Series which is inspired by the art and history of the Taft Museum of Art.
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra principal trumpeter Ashley Hall leads the CCO brass quintet in an afternoon of music celebrating the 200th birthday of the Taft historic house as they perform repertoire from composers including Cait Mishimura, Wolfgang Amadeux Mozart, Jean Bellen, William Grant Still, Zhou Tian and Alexander Arutunian.
Update: On-site tickets have SOLD OUT!
This is a FREE event! Due to the popularity of these concerts, reservations are required for on-site tickets. Museum and special exhibition admission sold separately. Timed tickets are available in advance.
Join us online instead!
To join us online, tune in for the live concerts on our Facebook event page each Sunday.
Questions? Contact education@taftmuseum.org.
Support Provided By
The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation in loving memory of Holly Ann Herschede