The 2026 Ciompi Presents summer chamber music series will be held in Baldwin Auditorium, one the of premiere venues for classical music in the Southeast. With its excellent acoustics, audiences will be able to enjoy some of the finest chamber music available in the Triangle. Guest artists, familiar and new, will join Ciompi musicians in three performances that are sure to draw audiences in and celebrate the power of the arts to make real our dream for a beautiful world. Subscription tickets to all three performances are $60 and available until May 22, 2026.

THE UNION FOREVER: IDEAS OF AMERICA
FRIDAY, MAY 22 at 7:00PM
PRESENTED BY ERIC PRITCHARD
Baldwin Auditorium | East Campus, Duke University
Broadside Ballads and Art Songs from Colonial Times by John Hewitt, Frances Hopkinson, Christian Latrobe and Mary Ann Wrighten Pownall arranged for soprano and piano trio by Bill Robinson; Robinson: The Congress; Amy Beach: Piano Trio, Op. 150; Paul Schoenfeld: Piano Trio Cafe Music

ARTISTS
Eric Pritchard, violin
Clara Rottsolk, soprano
Elizabeth Anderson, cello
Brandt Fredriksen, piano

MY BROTHER’S KEEPER: FEELING WITH
THURSDAY, JUNE 11 at 7:00PM
PRESENTED BY CAROLINE STINSON
Baldwin Auditorium | East Campus, Duke University

Bach: Sinfonia, Der Herr denket an Uns; Biber: Mystery Sonatas, 4, 5, 10, & 14; Marais, Sonnerie de Ste Genevieve; Bach, G Major trio sonata, BWV 1039

ARTISTS
Caroline Stinson, cello
Nurit Pacht, violin
Julia Glenn, violin
Andrus Madsen, harpsichord

KIND OF BLUE
THURSDAY, JUNE 18 ay 7:00PM
PRESENTED BY JONATHAN BAGG
Baldwin Auditorium | East Campus, Duke University

Leonard Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata; Derek Bermel: Thracian Sketches for solo clarinet; Jamie Keesecker-Bill Evan: Peacocks for flute and strings; Scott Lindroth: Inner Voices for solo viola; Joan Tower: White Granite for piano and strings

ARTISTS
Jonathan Bagg, viola
Lisa Emenheiser, piano
Ari Streisfeld, violin
Thomas Kraines, cello
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Laura Gilbert, flute

TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are on sale now! Subscriptions are $60. Single tickets are $30 General Public; Duke Employees $20; Duke students/Youth/Non-Duke students/ $10; Senior (65+) $25. Tickets may be purchased online at tickets.duke.edu or at the Duke University Box Office, Bryan Center, Upper Level. Open Online Anytime! The box office phones and windows are open Tuesday-Friday, 11am-4pm, or you may call 919-684-4444, or email tickets@duke.edu. The box office accepts cash, check, credit cards and Duke Card FLEX payments.

Ciompi Presents is sponsored by the Department of Music and the Ciompi Quartet Fund.