Journey for Love, Music for Oboe and Strings

This chamber music recital features oboe, English horn, and strings and showcases music from across the centuries. The program includes a new arrangement of a Telemann Baroque trio sonata and the Mozart oboe quartet, a pinnacle of the oboe and string trio repertoire.

In honor of the concurrent ASO American Music Festival, the recital includes two works by local living composers: a trio by Mark Ferri and a quartet by Brett Wery. Mark Ferri is a recent graduate of SUNY Schenectady; his trio was first performed on a student recital at SCCC. Journey of Orpheus by Brett Wery inspired the title for this recital and provides musical images of the myth of Orpheus and Euridice. Audiences will hear the love song of Orpheus as well as the barking three-headed Cerberus, the suffering Sisyphus, and the regal music of the court of the Underworld. The recital concludes with Francaix's lighthearted quartet for English horn and strings, whose bouncy rhythms and quirky harmonies evoke a Parisian street scene on a bright spring day.

The Hosmer Ensemble is made up of performers with the Albany Symphony. Besides playing with the ASO, Karen Hosmer (oboe and English horn) is a music professor at SUNY Schenectady and a member of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Massachusetts. Originally from the somewhat notorious Flint, Michigan (she left before the lead water issues!), Karen studied at the Oberlin Conservatory and earned her DMA at Temple University. Jamecyn Morey (violin) and Andrew Snow (viola) both freelance and teach in the Capital District. Hikaru Tamaki (cello) is based in New York City, where he freelances and teaches.

• For adults.
• Registration is required for this event.
• Registration will open on May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm.

Co-sponsor: Music Performance Trust Fund, arranged by Local 14.