Learning to Listen
About the Series
The Coleman Sisters Learning to Listen Series was established in memory of Elizabeth Coleman Mooney ’48 and in honor of Susan Norton Coleman ’45, who wanted future generations of students to derive the same great pleasure from music that they did. The Series features virtuosic musicians in a salon-like atmosphere with informative conversation.
Learning to Listen 2024-25
Erinys Quartet
The Erinys Quartet, named for the Erinyes (a.k.a. the Furies) from the Greek tragedy Oresteia by Aeschylus, and with roots in Estonia, Lithuania, Greece, the United States, and Finland, the Erinys Quartet was founded in 2018 at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where they worked closely with cellist Marko Ylönen. Since the autumn of 2023, they have been the Nina von Maltzahn String Quartet-in-Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music.
This repertoire for the Learning to Listen Series includes Haydn’s string quartet in B minor Op. 33 No. 1, Debussy’s string quartet in G minor, Op. 10, and Beethoven’s string quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3.
The Erinys Quartet appears by special arrangement with Curtis on Tour, the Nina von Maltzahn global touring initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music.
Learning to Listen 2023-24
- Katelyn Bouska: Fragments from a Life: Reflections on Poetry, War and Immigration by Women Composers
Learning to Listen 2022-23
Learning to Listen 2020-21
Learning to Listen 2019-20
Learning to Listen 2018-19
- Vera Quartet
- The Bearded Ladies Cabaret's John Jarboe and Revolution Winds
- Learning to Listen Bus Trip to Philadelphia Orchestra's performance of Beethoven's Eroica
Learning to Listen 2017-18
- The Glory of Venice with The Princeton Singers
- A Very Open Rehearsal of Jean Françaix's Wind Quintet No. 1 with musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music
- Conjuring the Slavic Soul with the Arcadian Trio
Learning to Listen 2016-17
- The Jasper String Quartet in Shostakovich's 110th Birthday Celebration
- What Makes Music Expressive with John Andrew Bailey
- The Brass Project from the Curtis Institute of Music
Learning to Listen 2015-16
- Erik Satie's 150th birthday celebration with Viktor Valkov (piano) and Luosha Fang (violin)
- A Very Open Rehearsal of Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 18 No. 6 in Bb Major with musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music
- Exploring the Sonority of Strings with Christine Lamprea (cello) and Jordan Dodson (guitar)