North Country Chamber Players

Community Performance Series, Part of Colonial Theatre’s Kids! @ The Colonial, 7.23
2025-07-23 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Colonial Theater, 2050 Main Street, Bethlehem, NH, 03574
The North Country Chamber Players have been delighting the North Country for over forty-seven years and are recognized as one of New England’s finest musical ensembles. The North Country Chamber Players are thrilled to collaborate with The Colonial Theatre and add this free Wednesday morning concert into their six-week Summer Festival.
As a part of The Colonial Theatre’s Kids! @ The Colonial series, this interactive concert is especially geared towards children, their families, friends, and the curious of all ages. One of the Players’ greatest joys is sharing the chamber music repertoire with newbies to this musical genre.
Free and open to the public, RSVP’s requested.
Event Co-Sponsored by Cheryl and Chris Jensen
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Baroque Brass: featuring Louis Hanzlick, trumpet and Bernhard Scully, horn
2025-07-20 16:00 | Dow Pavilion, 150 Academy Street, Franconia, NH, 03580
Virtuoso Concertos by Antonio VIVALDI, Georg Friedrich HANDEL, Georg Philipp TELEMANN and others
Brass instruments played distinct and important roles in both life and music during the 17th and 18th centuries. Trumpets and horns were originally used for signaling in hunting, military, and ceremonial contexts, symbolizing power and high social status. Technical innovations and the genius of masters like Vivaldi, Handel and Telemann, all featured on this program, elevated them from outdoor clarions to virtuosic and expressive musical powerhouses in all settings.
The North Country Chamber Players have adopted a “Pay-What-You-Wish” ticket pricing for concerts. Seating is limited, so attendees are asked to make free online reservations.The recommended ticket price is $25, payable at the door, but there is no minimum ticket price required for entry.
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Baroque Brass, featuring Louis Hanzlick, trumpet and Bernhard Scully, horn
2025-07-19 16:00 | Dow Pavilion, 150 Academy Street, Franconia, NH, 03580

OPEN REHEARSAL | All Saints Church | 7.18
2025-07-18 14:00 - 15:00 | All Saints Episcopal Church -Littleton N.H., 35 School St, Littleton, NH, 03581
Join the North Country Chamber Players as they prepare for the weekend’s concerts: Baroque Brass.
During the 47 years that the North Country Chamber Players have shared their artistry with northern New Hampshire residents and visitors, their reach has extended far beyond the concert hall. One of their great pleasures is to introduce the joys of music to young students and newcomers to chamber music of all ages in places where they live, learn, work, shop and play.
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Community Performance Series, Littleton Senior Center, 7.18
2025-07-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Littleton Senior Center, 77 Riverglen Lane, Littleton, NH, 03561
The Summer 2025 Community Performance Series will feature 45 minute musical programs of two to five musician, designed to be relaxed, inspiring and fun – free and open to the community.
These interactive concerts are especially geared towards children, their families, friends, and the curious of all ages. One of the Players’ greatest joys is sharing the chamber music repertoire with newbies to this musical genre.
The settings are conducive to movement to the music and interaction with the musicians.
During the 47 years that the North Country Chamber Players have shared their artistry with northern New Hampshire residents and visitors, their reach has extended far beyond the concert hall. One of their great pleasures is to introduce the joys of music to young students and newcomers to chamber music of all ages in places where they live, learn, work, shop and play.
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Community Performance Series, Franconia Library, 7.17
2025-07-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Franconia Library, 439 Main Street, Franconia, NH, 03580

Community Performance Series, Colebrook Recreation Department at Tillotson Center, 7.16
2025-07-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Colebrook Recreation Department at Tillotson Center, 14 Carriage Lane, Colebrook, NH, 03576, United States

Community Performance Series, Lisbon Library, 7.16
2025-07-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Lisbon Public Library, 45 School St, Lisbon, NH, 03561, United States

Community Performance Series, Copper Cannon Camp, 7.16
2025-07-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Copper Cannon Camp, 231 Gale River Road, Bethlehem, NH, 03574, United States
The Summer 2025 Community Performance Series will feature 45 minute musical programs of two to five musician, designed to be relaxed, inspiring and fun – free and open to the community.
These interactive concerts are especially geared towards children, their families, friends, and the curious of all ages. One of the Players’ greatest joys is sharing the chamber music repertoire with newbies to this musical genre.
The settings are conducive to movement to the music and interaction with the musicians.
Copper Cannon Camp performances must reserve seats.
For specific information about Copper Cannon Camp email info@coppercannon.org.
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Summer Romance, Part 1
2025-07-13 16:00 | Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, 101 Mountain View Road, Whitefield, NH, 03598
Robert SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in Eb and Camille SAINT SAENS Septet for piano, trumpet and strings
Few romances in music history, if any, have come close to producing as many important works as that of Robert and Clara Wieck Schumann. Clara, one of the greatest pianists of her time, was the beneficiary of Robert’s wild five days of inspiration, in the fall of 1842, when he penned the first Romantic Piano Quintet. This masterpiece would serve as a model for Brahms, Dvorak and Franck. Part concerto, part chamber work, the piece is at once bold, dramatic, brilliant and expressive.
The North Country Chamber Players have adopted a “Pay-What-You-Wish” ticket pricing for concerts. Seating is limited, so attendees are asked to make free online reservations.The recommended ticket price is $25, payable at the door, but there is no minimum ticket price required for entry.

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Summer Romance, Part 1
2025-07-12 16:00 | Sugar Hill Meeting House, 1411 Route 117, Sugar Hill, NH, 03580

Community Performance Series, Copper Cannon Camp 7.9
2025-07-09 11:00 - 12:00 | Copper Cannon Camp, 231 Gale River Road, Bethlehem, NH, 03574, United States
The Summer 2025 Community Performance Series will feature 45 minute musical programs of two to five musician, designed to be relaxed, inspiring and fun – free and open to the community.
These interactive concerts are especially geared towards children, their families, friends, and the curious of all ages. One of the Players’ greatest joys is sharing the chamber music repertoire with newbies to this musical genre.
The settings are conducive to movement to the music and interaction with the musicians.
Copper Cannon Camp performances must reserve seats.
For specific information about Copper Cannon Camp email info@coppercannon.org.
During the 47 years that the North Country Chamber Players have shared their artistry with northern New Hampshire residents and visitors, their reach has extended far beyond the concert hall. One of their great pleasures is to introduce the joys of music to young students and newcomers to chamber music of all ages in places where they live, learn, work, shop and play.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO RESERVE YOUR SEATS

Gala Fundraiser, Concert and Dinner
2025-06-01 17:30 | Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, 101 Mountain View Road, Whitefield, NH, 03598
Join us for an unforgettable evening in which we celebrate Musical Friendships, how performers and composers use music to forge friendships, foster dialogues, and inspire creative learning opportunities, both in person and across time and space.
An ensemble to include piano, flute, oboe, horn, violin, viola, ‘cello and double bass will perform the music of J.S. Bach and others!
How fitting then that this evening will be a tribute to Bernard Rose an exemplary musical friend. We will honor pianist Bernard Rose’s four decades of artistic excellence, tireless commitment and personal dedication to the North Country Chamber Players and the communities they serve.
We will also honor a new friend, Sam Natti, Principal, Lisbon High School with the Fritz and Eleonore Kramer Award for the Advancement of Music Education in the North Country.

About the Seating: Tables can accommodate 8-10 people. We will assign you to a table or kindly convey any preferences and table configurations with your ticket purchase, or email director@northcountrychamberplayers.org at time of reservation. Please know that during the concert portion of the evening, some may prefer to move their chairs to better enjoy the performance, or shift to concert style seating available.
How the Evening will Flow: Doors to the Crystal Ballroom will open at 5:15; enjoy the company, try the signature event cocktail/mocktail FRIENDS FOREVER and peruse the raffle items. At 6pm the concert will begin followed by dinner. The evening will end with raffle drawings.
Make a night of it! Mountain View Grand Resort and Spa is extending a special rate ($159 plus tax) to guests who would like to stay the evening of Sunday, June 1. To reserve and secure this rate please call (855) 837-2100 and ask for the North Country Chamber Players – Gala – Special Room Rate.
About the Flowers: the centerpieces will be created by our friends at the White Mountain Garden Club sharing the bounties of native flora.

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Explorers Concert
2025-05-31 16:00 | Lisbon Regional School, 25 highland ave, Lisbon, NH, United States
The Explorers Concert will celebrate musical friendships. An inside look at how performers and composers use music to forge friendships, foster dialogues, and inspire creative learning opportunities, both in person and across time and space. The Explorers Concert is designed for children, their family and friends, and the curious of all ages!
NEWCOMERS TO CHAMBER MUSIC WELCOME!!!
There will be interaction with the musicians and opportunities to dive into surprise aspects of chamber music.This event is free and open to the community. Please reserve a seat so we can plan for a successful and fun event.To be held at Lisbon Regional School.

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Performance Workshop, Woodwind Quintet and Youth Chorus
2025-03-04 16:00 - 17:00 | All Saints Episcopal Church -Littleton N.H., 35 School St, Littleton, NH, 03581
A woodwind quintet of the North Country Chamber Players will work with the White Mountain Youth Voices. The two groups will collaborate on a piece.
This event is free and open to the community. Reservations are requested.

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Winter Winds
2025-02-23 14:00 | Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, 101 Mountain View Road, Whitefield, NH, 03598
Come celebrate Winterlude 2025 with the North Country Chamber Players as they debut a new concert space with a program that illuminates the beauty and versatility of woodwinds and brass instruments over three centuries. Beethoven’s magnificent Quintet for piano and winds was one of his own signature pieces as a performer and, during the past 47 seasons, it has become one of the Chamber Players’ important signature pieces, as well. Inspired by Mozart’s work, composed only ten years earlier, for the same combination, the young, pre-symphonic Beethoven infused this piece with his own singular personality, featuring some of the thrilling, rhapsodic and often humorous qualities that marked many of his subsequent works. The French Romantic composer, Paul Taffanel, won an important composition competition with his Woodwind Quintet in 1876, a work that was praised for its elegant melodies, rhythmic drive, brilliant virtuosity and compelling timbral combinations. Harvard-trained Randall Thompson’s charming, neoclassical Suite for oboe, clarinet and viola, will round out this uplifting afternoon.
The North Country Chamber Players have adopted a “Pay-What-You-Wish” ticket pricing for concerts. Seating is limited, so attendees are asked to make free online reservations.The recommended ticket price is $25, payable at the door, but there is no minimum ticket price required for entry.

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Winter Winds
2025-02-22 14:00 | Rocks Estate
Come celebrate Winterlude 2025 with the North Country Chamber Players as they debut a new concert space with a program that illuminates the beauty and versatility of woodwinds and brass instruments over three centuries. Beethoven’s magnificent Quintet for piano and winds was one of his own signature pieces as a performer and, during the past 47 seasons, it has become one of the Chamber Players’ important signature pieces, as well. Inspired by Mozart’s work, composed only ten years earlier, for the same combination, the young, pre-symphonic Beethoven infused this piece with his own singular personality, featuring some of the thrilling, rhapsodic and often humorous qualities that marked many of his subsequent works. The French Romantic composer, Paul Taffanel, won an important composition competition with his Woodwind Quintet in 1876, a work that was praised for its elegant melodies, rhythmic drive, brilliant virtuosity and compelling timbral combinations. Harvard-trained Randall Thompson’s charming, neoclassical Suite for oboe, clarinet and viola, will round out this uplifting afternoon.
The North Country Chamber Players have adopted a “Pay-What-You-Wish” ticket pricing for concerts. Seating is limited, so attendees are asked to make free online reservations.The recommended ticket price is $25, payable at the door, but there is no minimum ticket price required for entry.

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Musical Royalty, featuring Reiko Uchida on piano
2024-11-17 14:00 | Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, 101 Mountain View Road, Whitefield, NH, 03598
Throughout the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods in western Europe, all professional musicians were employed either by the Church or a Royal Court and were considered part of the servant class. In the spirit of the French Revolution, Beethoven was the first musician, or artist of any kind, to reject the notions of birthrights and social hierarchies and pave the way for future generations, like the 19th century German composer, Carl Reinecke, to be honored and appreciated for their talents and accomplishments alone. Edward Elgar, perhaps the culmination of this journey towards respect, was knighted at Buckingham Palace in July 1904. On this program, listeners will hear an early Piano Sonata of Beethoven’s described by one famous critic as “an exquisite little work,” and Reinecke’s melodic and lyrical Trio that showcases the oboe and horn in their best light. Finally, Sir Edward’s unabashedly romantic Piano Quintet is often lush, sometimes ghostly or serene, but always eloquent and dramatic.
Reiko Uchida, “Refined and exquisite”
— The New York Times
Reiko Uchida is a pianist of rare poetic quality. While she commands a formidable technique, it is always her spiritual connection to the music that projects.
The North Country Chamber Players have adopted a “Pay-What-You-Wish” ticket pricing for concerts. Seating is limited, so attendees are asked to make free online reservations.
The recommended ticket price is $25, payable at the door, but there is no minimum ticket price required for entry.

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Musical Royalty, featuring Reiko Uchida on piano
2024-11-16 14:00 | Omni Mt Washington Resort, 310 Mount Washington Hotel Road, Bretton Woods, NH, 03575
Throughout the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods in western Europe, all professional musicians were employed either by the Church or a Royal Court and were considered part of the servant class. In the spirit of the French Revolution, Beethoven was the first musician, or artist of any kind, to reject the notions of birthrights and social hierarchies and pave the way for future generations, like the 19th century German composer, Carl Reinecke, to be honored and appreciated for their talents and accomplishments alone. Edward Elgar, perhaps the culmination of this journey towards respect, was knighted at Buckingham Palace in July 1904. On this program, listeners will hear an early Piano Sonata of Beethoven’s described by one famous critic as “an exquisite little work,” and Reinecke’s melodic and lyrical Trio that showcases the oboe and horn in their best light. Finally, Sir Edward’s unabashedly romantic Piano Quintet is often lush, sometimes ghostly or serene, but always eloquent and dramatic.
Reiko Uchida, “Refined and exquisite”
-The New York Times
Reiko Uchida is a pianist of rare poetic quality. While she commands a formidable technique, it is always her spiritual connection to the music that projects.
The North Country Chamber Players have adopted a “Pay-What-You-Wish” ticket pricing for concerts. Seating is limited, so attendees are asked to make free online reservations.
The recommended ticket price is $25, payable at the door, but there is no minimum ticket price required for entry.

Reserve your seat here!

Brahms’ Personal Favorite: Viola Quintet in F
2024-09-01 16:00, 2024-08-31 16:00 | Dow Pavilion, 150 Academy Street, Franconia, NH, 03580
Brahms’ Viola Quintet in F might not be considered his most famous chamber work, but it was his own personal favorite, writing to his publisher, Simrock, upon submission, “You have never before had such a beautiful work from me!” Following the example of Mozart, he added a second viola to a string quartet and created a spirited work of bright cheerfulness that features a radiant first movement, a stately and deeply expressive slow movement and a powerful finale that has been described by critics as the “crown of this work, a magnificent masterpiece.” The program opens with a charming work by a Mozart contemporary, Antonin Vranický, that also features two violas, as well as flute and oboe. A sublimely meditative Sarabande from the ‘Phantasy Quintet’ of the English master, Ralph Vaughn Williams, completes the offerings.
The North Country Chamber Players have adopted a “Pay-What-You-Wish” ticket pricing for concerts. Seating is limited, so attendees are asked to make free online reservations.
The recommended ticket price is $25, payable at the door, but there is no minimum ticket price required for entry.

Glory of Bach – Brandenburg Concertos, Featuring Kenneth Weiss, Harpsichord
2024-08-11 16:00, 2024-08-10 16:00 | Dow Pavilion, 150 Academy Street, Franconia, NH, 03580
Three hundred years after they were written, Bach’s Six Concertos for multiple instruments stand as a monument of instrumental music.
During the Baroque Era, for the wealthy, the Concerto Grosso was a popular music genre. Trying to capitalize, Bach probably wrote this set of pieces as a job application, which failed miserably. 150 years later, they became known as the Brandenburg Concertos, several of which were not performed in major capitals, like London or Paris, until the early 20th century.

P. D. Q. Bach: String Quartet in F Major “The Moose” S.Y2K
J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

The North Country Chamber Players have adopted a “Pay-What-You-Wish” ticket pricing for concerts. Seating is limited, so attendees are asked to make free online reservations.
The recommended ticket price is $25, payable at the door, but there is no minimum ticket price required for entry.

OPEN REHEARSAL- Glory of Bach
2024-08-09 16:00 | All Saints Episcopal Church -Littleton N.H., 35 School St, Littleton, NH, 03581
The community is welcome and there is no fee!
The North Country Chamber Players open rehearsals so the audience can take a peak at their creative process. The fourth wall tumbles down as the Players pause and engage the audience.
At this rehearsal the musicians are preparing for the weekends’ performance of Glory of Bach – Brandenburg Concertos, Featuring Kenneth Weiss, Harpsichord.

Colebrook, NH Library Interactive Concert
2024-08-09 10:30 | Colebrook Public Library, 126 Main St, Colebrook, NH
The North Country Chamber Players will put on an interactive performance, hosted by the Colebrook Public Library.
Special invitation to Children, their families and friends.

Whitefield, NH Public Library Interactive Concert
2024-08-08 13:00 | Whitefield Public Library, 8 Lancaster Rd, Whitefield, NH, 03251
The North Country Chamber Players will put on an interactive performance, hosted by the Whitefield Public Library.
Special invitation to Children, their families and friends.

Summer Serenade
2024-08-04 16:00 | Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, 101 Mountain View Road, Whitefield, NH, 03598
The earliest serenades were usually sung at night to express love and devotion.
This tradition continued through the Baroque and Classical periods, but really reached its pinnacle with the sophisticated multi-movement works of the Romantic era performed for larger audiences. In Brahms’ Serenade in D, he channels Mozart, Haydn and Schubert, but never sets aside his own Romantic sensibilities. This expansive, jubilant, song-like, somber, stately and galloping piece is contrasted on the program by Carl Nielsen’s brief and humorous Serenata in vano.

Franz Schubert/Abrahamson: Four Moments Musicaux for winds and strings
Carl Nielsen: Serenata in vano for clarinet. bassoon, horn, ‘cello and double bass
Johannes Brahms/Nex: Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11

The North Country Chamber Players have adopted a “Pay-What-You-Wish” ticket pricing for concerts. Seating is limited, so attendees are asked to make free online reservations.
The recommended ticket price is $25, payable at the door, but there is no minimum ticket price required for entry.

Summer Serenade
2024-08-03 16:00 | Omni Mt Washington Resort, 310 Mount Washington Hotel Road, Bretton Woods, NH, 03575

OPEN REHEARSAL -Summer Serenade. -All Welcome!
2024-08-02 16:00 | NH
The North Country Chamber Players open rehearsals so the audience can take a peak at their creative process. The fourth wall tumbles down as the Players pause and engage the audience. At this rehearsal the musicians are preparing for the weekends’ performance of Summer Serenade, Brahms Serenade in D and more.
This performance weekend is sponsored by Kate and Tim Vaughan, Omni Mount Washington Resort and Badger, Peabody & Smith Realty.

Masterpiece-Shostakovich Piano Quintet
2024-07-28 16:00 | Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa, 101 Mountain View Road, Whitefield, NH, 03598
Today, we define a masterpiece as a creation, done with extraordinary skill, that has received much critical praise; a supreme intellectual and artistic achievement.
The Piano Quintet of Dmitri Shostakovich checks all those boxes and more. From the massive Bach-like opening Prelude and Fugue, to the fantastic scherzo, the surprising Intermezzo and the breezy, uplifting Finale, Shostakovich maintains a clarity of texture and form that is nothing short of brilliant.
Alexander Borodin: Nocturne for string quartet
Mily Balakirev: Octet for flute, oboe, horn, strings and piano, Op. 3
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 The North Country Chamber Players have adopted a “Pay-What-You-Wish” ticket pricing for concerts.
Seating is limited, so attendees are asked to make free online reservations.
The recommended ticket price is $25, payable at the door, but there is no minimum ticket price required for entry.
