We are MOSSO – Springfield Chamber Players - a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2021. Mosso, the Italian musical term for rapid or animated, is an apt metaphor for the rapid growth of our organization. MOSSO – SPC is now a core presence in Springfield and Western Massachusetts, presenting exciting and diverse programming with world-class musicianship and artistry.
MOSSO – SCP 2024 -2025
MOSSO Update 11/5/2024:
Springfield Chamber Players Westfield Athenaeum Series
2024-25
Thursday, February 27, 2025 7PM
SCP Clarinet Quintet
Christopher Cullen, clarinet
Masako Yanagita, violin
Miho Matsuno, violin
Yuko Naito-Gotay, viola
Patricia Edens, cello
Works by Vaughan Williams, Borodin, Chihara, and Herrmann
Thursday, March 27, 2025 7PM
Quartetto Mosso
Beth Welty, violin
Ronald Gorevic, violin
Delores Thayer, viola
Yoonhee Ko, cello
Works by Grant Still, Price, Gershwin, Dvořák, and Mancini
Thursday, April 10, 2025 7PM
SCP Oboe Quartet [Ensemble Debut!]
Kirsten Lipkens, oboe and English horn
Marsha Harbison, violin
Dani Rimoni, viola
Richard Mickey, cello
Works by Britten, Françaix, Mozart, and Belinda Reynolds
All programs and players subject to change
Westfield Athenaeum 6 Elm Street, Westfield, MA
Pre-concert chat with Guy McLain at 6PM. Concert at 7PM
Tickets on sale January 6, 2025 www.westath.org
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MOSSO Update 10/19/2024:
Saturday, October 26 8:00PM
Season Opener!
Springfield Chamber Players Clarinet Quintet (Tickets available now!)
Bernard Herrmann won an Oscar for his film scores of Alfred Hitchcock thrillers. Hear his Souvenirs de Voyage for Clarinet Quintet, in addition to Paul Chihara’s [Duke] Ellington Fantasy, and works by Vaughan Williams and Borodin.
We are pleased to present our inaugural season at our new home 52 Sumner. The new performance facility, operated by Springfield Performing Arts Ventures, is located at 52 Sumner Avenue and Fort Pleasant Avenue in Springfield, MA. The building is fully accessible. Free parking is available across the street at the site of the old Friendly’s. Food and drink are available before and during performances. The on-site box office opens 2 hours prior to performance. Doors open one hour prior to performance. All seating is General Admission.
Saturday, October 26 8:00PM
Season Opener!
Springfield Chamber Players Clarinet Quintet (Tickets available now!)
Bernard Herrmann won an Oscar for his film scores of Alfred Hitchcock thrillers. Hear his Souvenirs de Voyage for Clarinet Quintet, in addition to Paul Chihara’s [Duke] Ellington Fantasy, and works by Vaughan Williams and Borodin.
Sunday, December 8 3:00PM
Johnny Appleseed Plus (Tickets available now!)
A family-friendly holiday program for kids 8 to 80+! Enjoy Clifton J. Noble’s folk cantata about the legendary Johnny Appleseed (who grew up in Longmeadow). Also on the program: Ferdinand the Bull, The Swan from Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals, and Peter Schickele’s The Boston Wonder about a flute who goes rogue. “A lively and euphonious afternoon”...In the Spotlight
Sunday, February 9 3:00PM
Quartetto Mosso
The All-American Program (Tickets available now!)
Listen to two works by African-American composers; the “American” string quartet by Antonin Dvořák; plus music from Broadway’s George Gershwin and Hollywood’s Henry Mancini (in honor of his Centennial).
Saturday, March 22 8:00PM
Last Night’s Fun (Tickets available now!)
Classical and Celtic flutist Ellen Redman and her trio perform music from the Emerald Isle.
Saturday, April 26 8:00PM
Broadway with Strings Attached (Tickets available now!)
Quartetto Mosso and timpanist/actor Marty Kluger celebrate Broadway, as reenvisioned for a string quartet. What would Fiddler on the Roof be without a fiddler? Did Richard Rodgers write No Strings with no strings?
Sunday, May 18 3:00PM
The Champlain Trio (Tickets available now!)
Vermont’s piano trio, co-founded by SSO cellist Emily Taubl, returns to the Springfield Chamber Players series by popular demand. Hear works by Haydn, Liebmann and Clara Schumann.
Doors open an hour prior to each concert. Arrive early. Food and drink will be available before the concert. Meet our musicians after the concert.
Tickets for our 2024-25 Season go on sale September 2nd on EventBrite. Join us for one or all of our upcoming performances!
See you at 52 Sumner!
MOSSO Update 7/22/2024: Listen to Mark G. Auerbach and Angela Park talk about the new partnership between Springfield Chamber Players and 52 Sumner on New England Public Media’s The Fabulous 413.
MOSSO Update 6/25/2024: The Springfield Chamber Players (MOSSO) and the nonprofit Springfield Performing Arts Ventures, Inc. (SPAV) announce their partnership to present the Springfield Chamber Players at 52 Sumner, the new performance venue at 52 Sumner Avenue, Springfield. The Springfield Chamber Players (SCP) will present a six-concert series, beginning in October, to launch the 2024-25 season. 52 Sumner is located on the corner of Sumner and Ft. Pleasant Avenues in the Forest Park section of Springfield. The venue is in the former Faith Church, and has ample parking and easy access to I-91. We'll be announcing the season in late summer, and those on our mailing list will have the first opportunity to purchase tickets. Learn more about 52 Sumner and add your name to our eblast list.
Photo courtesy of Fred Gore
MOSSO Update 2/15/2024: BusinessWest announced today that the Springfield Chamber Players and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO) have been selected to be in the Class of 2024 of Difference Makers. Read about it here.
MOSSO – SCP 2023 -2024
EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH CONCERTS
*Free and Open to the Public
SPRINGFIELD CHAMBER PLAYERS
PRESENT
The Quartetto Mosso
Beth Welty, violin
Ron Gorevic, violin
Carol Hutter, viola
Yoonhee Ko, cello
Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Community Music School of Springfield
127 State Street
Springfield, MA
*Free and Open to the Public
LONGMEADOW
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
Johnny Appleseed
The Springfield Chamber Players
with
Clifton J. Noble, Jr.
Michael Nix
Patrick Berry
and the First Church of Christ Children’s Choir
Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 3:00pm
First Church of Christ
763 Longmeadow Street
Longmeadow, MA 01106
March Reveries
The Springfield Chamber Players Clarinet Quintet
Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 3:00pm
First Church of Christ
763 Longmeadow Street
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Harmonia V
The MOSSO – SCP presents a Holiday Concert with Harmonia V!
Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 3:00pm
First Church of Christ
763 Longmeadow Street
Longmeadow, MA 01106
WESTFIELD ATHENAEUM
CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES
Springfield Chamber Players String Trio
Ron Gorevic, violin
Delores Thayer, viola
Yoonhee Ko, cello
The SCP String Trio will perform works by Boccherini, Emmy Frensel Wegener, and Beethoven!
Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Springfield Chamber Players Piano Trio
Marsha Harbison, violin
Boris Kogan, cello
Sofya Shainskaya, piano
The SCP Piano Trio will perform a program of all female composers, including Amy Beach, Jennifer Higdon, and more!
Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Springfield Chamber Players String Quartet
Robert Lawrence, violin
Miho Matsuno, violin
Peggy McAdams, viola
Patricia Edens, cello
The SCP String Quartet will perform works by Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Elgar, and Britten!
Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Bing Productions presents
MOSSO – SCP String Quartet
The MOSSO – SCP String Quartet will perform a program of Mozart, Elgar, and more!
Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 7:30pm
Trinity United Methodist Church
Asbury Hall
361 Sumner Avenue
Springfield, MA 01108
MOSSO – SCP Horn Trio
The MOSSO – SCP Horn Trio will perform a program of Brahms, a newly-commissioned piece, and more!
Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 7:30pm
Trinity United Methodist Church
Asbury Hall
361 Sumner Avenue
Springfield, MA 01108
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MOSSO Update 5/4/2023: The Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO) today announced in a joint statement with Local 171 of the American Federation of Musicians that they have reached a labor agreement with musicians on a two-year collective bargaining agreement. The new agreement starts in the upcoming 2023-24 season and extends through the following season.
The new labor agreement guarantees six Classical concerts and two Pops concerts, a total minimum of eight concerts, for the coming two seasons. If additional funding can be identified, other community and educational concerts will be produced as well.
Musicians will receive a raise over each of the two years of the contract and the agreement calls for an average of 64 musicians at each of the Classical concerts.
As part of the agreement, a pending unfair labor practice complaint by the musicians’ union registered with the National Labor Relations Board will be dropped by the musicians.
In a separate agreement with the union, MOSSO - the Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, the organization formed by musicians, will transition into a newly named entity to be called the Springfield Chamber Players (SCP). The SCP will assume the role of creating chamber music concerts, including the long-standing Longmeadow Chamber Series, and provide outreach that will bring elements of the Springfield Symphony to the community. Under the agreement, the SCP will not compete with the SSO on fundraising. The SSO will continue to produce full symphony concerts and chamber orchestra opportunities.
About the agreement, Paul Lambert, President & CEO of the SSO, said, “This is a great day for Springfield and for the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. For the SSO to survive and thrive we need all parties working in harmony and in the same direction to bring this magnificent music and our talented musicians to the entire community. The agreement will result in the SSO and our musicians working together to grow our audience and build the philanthropic and business support we need in order to be sustainable.”
According to Beth Welty, President of Local 171, “The SSO musicians are very happy to begin a new chapter in our beloved orchestra’s history. Local 171 of the American Federation of Musicians, which represents the SSO members, congratulates all involved for their hard work in securing this new agreement. The musicians are eager to collaborate with the board and SSO staff, under the inspired leadership of Paul Lambert, in order to realize our shared dream of an orchestra that fully serves Springfield and Western Massachusetts. The SSO belongs to everyone and we are committed to making our music available to all.”
MOSSO Update 2/1/2023: We are thrilled about the appointment of Paul Lambert as President and CEO of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. We congratulate him and wish him all the best for years to come!
MOSSO Update 1/31/2023: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has once again issued a complaint against the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO), acting on the case brought last June by the musicians of the SSO, members of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 171. A trial date has been scheduled for May 9, 2023 in Boston. The NLRB found this time that the SSO had compounded its earlier violations by unilaterally breaking off contract negotiations on the false premise that there was no more room to negotiate. The SSO then improperly imposed employment terms upon its musicians. Read the Complaint.
MOSSO Update 11/29/2022: Danny Boyle, who was the longtime Box Office manager for the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, recently suffered a devastating electrical fire at his newly renovated mobile home. MOSSO will be contributing to this GoFundMe campaign to help Danny in his time of need. We hope you will, too.
MOSSO Update 11/4/2022: On his radio/TV program ArtsBeat today, Mark Auerbach (MOSSO Marketing and PR Director) revealed that he is seeking an organ donor. During Mark’s interview of Patrick Berry (MassAppeal), Mark announced that he is in need of a kidney. Click here to watch and listen to the program. If you or someone you know would like to donate a kidney to Mark, go to Massachusetts General Hospital. For more information on kidney donations and transplants, go to National Kidney Foundation. Mark has contributed his time, energy, experience, and love of the arts to MOSSO for which we cannot thank him enough. We love you, Mark, and hope that you’ll receive a kidney soon!
MOSSO Update 11/1/2022: The Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, despite not having reached a new contractual agreement with the SSO, agreed to play an abbreviated 2022-2023 season. This unfortunate situation arose because the SSO had broken off contract talks with our Orchestra Committee in June of this year. The Musicians have urged the SSO Board to return to the table in order to reach a new multi-year agreement. The SSO can only chart a vibrant future with such an agreement in place.
MOSSO players are proud members of Local 171, American Federation of Musicians. Local 171 does not administer nor fund MOSSO.
MOSSO 2022-2023
MOSSO and Friends:
A Holiday Musicale
MOSSO violinist Marsha Harbison and MOSSO cellist Boris Kogan perform with pianist Sofya Shainskaya and baritone John Thomas. Program to include Bach, Beethoven, Broadway, and holiday favorites.
Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 4:00 PM
This concert is generously sponsored by Mark & Debby Teed.
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This program is also supported in part by a grant from the Longmeadow Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
MOSSO at the Athenaeum 2022-2023 Series
Thursday, February 23, 2023: MOSSO and Friends
Thursday, March 23, 2023: Champlain Trio
Thursday, April 20, 2023: Harmonia V
All programs begin at 7:00 PM
Pre-concert lecture at 6:00 PM by Guy McLain
Tickets: $25.00 per person
MOSSO 2021-2022
Bing Productions presents
MOSSO’s Mix and Match: A Chamber Music Medley
The MOSSO Chamber Players will perform a program of Mozart, Brahms, Schubert, and more!
Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 7pm
Trinity United Methodist Church
Asbury Hall
361 Sumner Avenue
Springfield, MA 01108
MOSSO Brass Quintet
On Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 3pm MOSSO will present a FREE concert of the MOSSO Brass Quintet! The performance is generously sponsored by the Recording Industry’s Music Performance Trust Fund.
Check out the events page for more details.
Kevin Rhodes, Conductor
MOSSO: The Return of the Rhodes
On Thursday, July 21, Maestro Kevin Rhodes will return to Springfield to conduct a program of film music by John Williams on Thursday, July 21, at 7:30 PM in Springfield Symphony Hall. MOSSO will perform excerpts from Williams’ scores to ET, Schindler’s List, Superman, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and more. Some popular classics, including Rossini’s Overture to The Barber of Seville, Massenet’s Meditation from Thaïs, and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite open the program. Maestro Rhodes will be joined by guest soloist, violinist Yevgeny Kutik. This will be a benefit concert for MOSSO, so that the nonprofit organization can continue to deliver professional symphonic music to Greater Springfield and Western Massachusetts.
Check out the event page for more details.
Sponsors to date: Lyman Wood, The Republican and MassLive, Sheraton Springfield at Monarch Place, BusinessWest and Healthcare News, WWLP-22News and The C.W. Springfield, and New England Public Media.
Broadway Conductor Tim Stella
Celebrating Stephen Sondheim
On Thursday, June 23, MOSSO celebrated the music of the late, legendary Broadway composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim, who penned the words and music to A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, and others. Broadway conductor Tim Stella (of The Phantom of The Opera and Hello, Dolly!) lead the program, joined by some major Broadway stars. The program will be announced later this month.
Broadway stars Hugh Panaro (The Phantom of the Opera, Side Show, Les Misérables) and Lisa Vroman (The Phantom of The Opera) with him! Ron Raines (Follies) and Florence Lacey (The Grand Tour, Hello, Dolly! and Follies) also joined Tim Stella and the Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra.
Check out our Events page for more details.
Sponsors to date include: The Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and The Republican and MassLive, BusinessWest and Healthcare News, WWLP-22News and The C.W. Springfield, Sheraton Springfield at Monarch Place, The Bolduc Schuster Foundation, New England Public Media and Musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
DISCLAIMER
MOSSO IS NOT A SUBSIDIARY OF NOR AFFILIATED WITH, EMPLOYED BY OR ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SPRINGFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. ANY CONCERTS OR OTHER EVENTS AT WHICH MOSSO MEMBERS PERFORM ARE ON BEHALF OF MOSSO AND NOT THE SPRINGFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. ANY DONATIONS MADE TO MOSSO WILL BE USED BY MOSSO TO PROMOTE LIVE, PROFESSIONAL, SYMPHONIC AND CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCES WITHIN SPRINGFIELD AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. MOSSO IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION OWNED, GOVERNED, AND OPERATED BY MUSICIANS WHO REGULARLY PERFORM OR HAVE PERFORMED AS MEMBERS OF THE SPRINGFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. THE SPRINGFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY WAY IN THE GOVERNANCE OR ACTIVITIES OF MOSSO.