2026 Techne Music Festival

Celebrating our 14th Year!
June 7th - 11th

2025 Donald Spieth Memorial Award

MERIDIAN QUINTET

Miriam Smith and Juan Villanueva, violins
Julia Kuzmina, viola / Julian Shively, cello
Yanzhima Tsybikova, piano

Works by Piazzolla, Rimsky-Korsakov and Dvořák

Saturday, October 4, 2025 @ 2:00 PM
Old Chapel of Central Moravian Church
Heckewelder Place and Church Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018

Sunday, October 5, 2025 @ 3:00 PM
MacDowell Series
19 Pocono Road
Denville, NJ 07834

2026 Festival Final Concert: Thursday, June 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM

Peter Hall at Moravian College
342 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018
Free and open to the public. No tickets required.

2026 Schedule
All events are subject to change

Sunday, June 7th
11:00 - 12:00 Dorm check-in
12:30 Welcome!
12:45 - 1:45 Groups B and C rehearse on their own / Group A: Abramovic
2:00 - 3:15 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Abramovic / Group B: Stomberg / Group C: Browne
3:30 - 4:20 Beyond the Music: What presenters need to hire you
Ryan Ghose, Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
4:30 - 5:30 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Schwarz / Group B: Browne / Group C: Stomberg

Monday, June 8th
9:00 - 11:00 All groups rehearse
11:15 - 12:30 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Suzuki / Group B: Stomberg / Group C: Browne
12:30 Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Browne / Group B: Schwarz / Group C: Stomberg
3:30 - 4:15 Special Topic: Four Signs Your Quartet is Getting a Divorce
Timothy Schwarz
4:30 - 5:30 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Schwarz / Group B: Browne / Group C: Stomberg

Tuesday, June 9th
9:00 - 9:20 Technique Class (Schwarz)
9:30 - 11:00 All groups rehearse
11:15 - 12:30 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Schwarz / Group B: Winograd / Group C: Browne
12:30 Lunch
2:00 - 2:45 Groups work on presentation for Donald Speith Memorial Award
3:00 - 4:00 Chamber Music Coaching
4:00 - 4:30 Break
Group A: Winograd / Group B: Browne / Group C: Stomberg
4:30 - 5:45 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Schwarz / Group B: Stomberg / Group C: Winograd
6:00 - 6:30 Ensembles give presentation for Donald Spieth Memorial Award

Wednesday, June 10th
9:00 - 11:00 All groups rehearse
11:15 - 12:30 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Schwarz / Group B: Winograd / Group C: Browne
12:30 Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 Chamber Music Coaching
Group A: Winograd / Group B: Browne / Group C: Stomberg
3:30 - 5:30 Run-through of concert

Thursday, June 11th
9:00 - 11:30 Coaching as needed
12:00 Lunch
1:30 - 2:15 Special Topic: How to Apply for a College Teaching Position
2:30 - 4:00 Solo masterclasses (optional)
7:00 Final Concert

Friday, June 12th
9:00 Check out of dorms (students may leave after the Thursday concert if they want to)

Ensembles

Group A
Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat
Varick Clarinet Trio
Violin: Da Young (Rachel) Lim
Clarinet: Guilherme Batalha
Piano: Kevin Kyaw

Group B
Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92 "Kabardinian"
Violin I: Veronika Sveshnikova
Violin II: Olive Wang
Viola: Maren Savino
Cello: Nicholas Bedway

Group C
Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden"
Violin I: Leonid Zuy
Violin II: Ian Carr
Viola: Anthony Oviedo
Cello: Son Nguyen

2026 Faculty

Peter Winograd, violin
Timothy Schwarz, violin
Sheila Browne, viola
Lawrence Stomberg, cello
Rié Suzuki, clarinet
Charles Abramovic, piano
Ryan Ghose, special guest lecturer

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