The Candlelight Concert Society

CHAMBER MUSIC – FAMILY SERIES – COMMUNITY OUTREACH – EDUCATION

The Candlelight Concert Society (Candlelight) is a Maryland based concert presenter, offering professional world-class chamber music concerts, children’s programs, community outreach programs, master classes, and pre-concert lectures and discussions.

Chamber Music Series:

Since 1972, The Candlelight Concert Society has presented the finest in Chamber Music concerts. It is now ranked among the best professional series in the United States. Based in Columbia, Maryland, Candlelight has grown into a nationally recognized cultural institution. The Candlelight Concert Society is recognized and respected by musicians, arts managers, and classical radio listeners nationwide.

Candlelight is proud to support rising young stars of the classical music world and is privileged to be among the first to present first prizewinners of several international competitions such as:

Borciani International String Quartet Competition

Chesapeake International Chamber Music Competition

Naumburg International Competition

Young Concert Artists International Auditions

Performing Arts for Children

Candlelight offers imaginatively conceived programs to spark a child’s interest in the performing arts. From its inception, Candlelight has presented a variety of performing arts programs for children and their families. Chamber music, puppetry, mime, theatre, and ballet performances provide opportunities for young audiences to experience the pleasures of the performing arts.

Educational Programs

Candlelight presents music performances and lecture-demonstrations for elementary, middle school, and high school students. These programs offer opportunities to meet, hear the music and speak with outstanding musicians. Informative pre-concert lectures or open rehearsals give concert audiences insights into the evening’s repertoire.

Community Outreach Program

Candlelight’s community outreach program offers mini concerts in venues outside the formal concert hall, such as hospitals, schools for exceptional children, public libraries, senior centers, and retirement communities.

Among the renowned musicians who performed for the Candlelight Concert Society are:

Beaux Arts Trio

Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

Brazilian Guitar Quartet

Concertante

Dame Emma Kirkby

Dawn Upshaw, Soprano

Emerson String Quartet

Eroica Trio

Fine Arts Quartet

Guarneri String Quartet

Leipzig Gewandhaus Quartet

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

Marilyn Horne, Mezzo-Soprano

Menahem Pressler, Pianist

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Violinist

New York Chamber Soloists

Pacifica Quartet

Philharmonia Quartett Berlin

Quartetto Gelato

Red Priest – Early Music Ensemble

Richard Goode, Pianist

Richard Stoltzman, Clarinetist

Tempesta di Mare – Early Music Ensemble

The Billy Taylor Trio

The Waverly Consort – Early Music Ensemble

Tokyo String Quartet

Ying Quartet

Yo-Yo Ma, Cellist