MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2012
Songs of the Past, Sounds of Today
Jointly presented by Ronen and the IHC and will help to celebrate the re-opening of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation's (IHC) newly renovated Sanctuary. This concert will be open to the public and free of admission charge.

IHC's Cantor Janice Roger will be featured both as singer and narrator in this program. Prokofiev's Overture on Hebrew Themes for Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano is an audience favorite and will serve as the concert's opener. A Divertimento for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano by D. Schiff extracted from his opera “ Gimpel The Fool ” includes highly evocative program music describing scenes from Jewish life such as “The Rabbi's Advice,” “The Wedding Song” and “Mazel Tov.” Other brief instrumental and vocal works will also be heard on this program. Musicians for this program include: Janice Roger, soprano; David Bellman, clarinet; Phil Palermo, violin, Nancy Agres, viola; Ingrid Fischer-Bellman, cello; Gregory Martin piano.

Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation
6501 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis
7:30 pm

TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013
Masterpieces and Young Masters
On the opening work of this program, the young high school musician chosen by Ronen's artistic directors will perform side-by-side with Ronen musicians. The second work on this concert will be the rarely heard Serenata by A. Casella for clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin and cello. The B Major, Op. 8 Piano Trio of Brahms will close this concert.

Guest violinist Areta Zhulla, a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, will perform with Ronen co-artistic director Ingrid Fischer-Bellman in this much loved late romantic masterwork. Musicians for this concert will include: Areta Zhulla, violin; Ingrid Fischer-Bellman, cello; David Bellman, clarinet; Oleksiy Zakharov, bassoon. 

Wood Room, Hilbert Circle Theatre
Monument Circle, Indianapolis
7:30 pm

With our third performance, Ronen will once again partner with the UIndy music department and perform in Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center on the UIndy Campus.

The Brahms masterwork featured in this program is his Clarinet Trio (Op. 114), a heartfelt work full of beautiful melodies from Brahms' final years of composing. C. Neilsen's Quintet for Winds and a work for flute and piano will also be performed. Musicians for this concert will include Richard Ratliff, piano; Rebecca Arrensen, flute; Pamela French, David Bellman clarinet; oboe; Mark Ortwein, bassoon; Ingrid Fischer-Bellman, cello. This concert will be open to the public and free of admission charge.

Ronen's annual collaboration with the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) will be a very special occasion this season. An IVCI Laureate from 1998, violinist Svetlin Roussev, will perform in chamber works along with Ronen musicians including Schubert's much loved "Trout" Quintet. A brand new work has been commissioned for the occasion by Hoosier composer James Beckel (ISO principal trombonist). Beckel is composing a Quintet for violin, clarinet, percussion, double bass and piano. Pianist Chih-Yi Chen will be featured in the "Trout" Quintet and will also perform in the Beckel Quintet.