The Nancy Frampton Rising Artists Series

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Upcoming Concerts - 2027 Season

Emma Robertson, Soprano

Leona Cheung, piano

Sunday, February 28, 2027
3:00 p.m.

Marietta, GA native Emma Robertson and celebrated pianist Leona Cheung present The Space Between Us, a recital featuring works by Finzi, Gounod, Respighi, Sondheim, Strauss, and more.

Praised by OperaWire for her “outstanding range” and as “a gifted performer,” Robertson is a full-time chorister at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. She has also performed principal roles with Bronx Opera, Opera 5, Vincéro Vocal Academy, Cambridge Chamber Ensemble, and Opera Maine.

Oak Trio, Piano Trio

Joshua Brown, violin
Leland Ko, cello
Evren Ozel, piano

Sunday, May 2, 2027
3:00 p.m.

The New York-based Oak Trio presents Finding Home, an exploration of the many ways music imagines the idea of home as a landscape of memory, identity, and shared experience through works by Brahms, Grime, Huỳnh, and Schumann.

This trio of acclaimed musicians is not to be missed. Pianist Evren Ozel is “an absolute wow” (Third Coast Review) and “an artist capable of lifting everyone to another level” (La Scena Musicale). Violinist Joshua Brown is praised for his “richness of sound, elegance of reading” and “commitment of every moment at the service of the work…” (La Libre). Cellist Leland Ko is described as “one of those artists who defy analysis, because words simply cannot describe the powerful emotions they evoke” (RTBF).

Chamber Cartel

Sunday, September 26, 2027
3:00 p.m.

Atlanta-based Chamber Cartel, an ensemble of gifted musicians with flexible instrumentation, presents The Beauty of New Music, a program dedicated to finding the rare, wonderful, imaginative, and beautiful in contemporary chamber music. Hailed as “the darlings of Atlanta’s [New Music] scene” and “contemporary classical heavyweights” by the Goat Farm Arts Center, Chamber Cartel has performed more than sixty concerts of unique programming since 2012, commissioned twenty new works, and given Atlanta premieres of multiple pieces. They have performed in Illinois, Georgia, Florida, and Maryland. To date, Chamber Cartel has produced three studio albums and an EP.

About

Established in 2021, the Nancy Frampton Rising Artists Series is a concert series featuring solo recitals, chamber music, and large ensemble performances. In addition to concerts, we invite all patrons to join us following each performance for unique Artist Meet-and-Greet Receptions, featuring hors d'oeuvres, conversation, and the opportunity to meet the performers.

The Nancy Frampton Rising Artists Series at Morningside Presbyterian Church celebrates the spirit and ethos of music. By providing a vibrant platform for emerging preeminent musicians, many with ties to Atlanta and Georgia, NFRAS serves as a bridge to connect rising artists and audiences through outstanding performances that unite, uplift, and transcend in an exceptional acoustic setting. Dedicated to the memory of late arts enthusiast Nancy Walker Frampton, this series continues her passionate legacy for music and the arts.

It takes a community to create and sustain programs like the Nancy Frampton Rising Artists Series, which is why our focus is on accessibility, creating opportunities, and building community. Past artists have gone on to perform with the Metropolitan Opera, solo with the Minnesota Orchestra, participate in the Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, and perform with the Opéra de Rouen Normandie in France, to name a few. Our audiences heard and then met these artists here first in our intimate performance space and at our Artist Meet-and-Greet Receptions.

Creating opportunities like this would not be possible without the partnership of donors like you, and we are extremely grateful for your support. If you value the role of music in fostering connection, reflection, and shared experience, your donation helps make performances like this possible for our congregation, neighborhood, and the wider Atlanta community.

Please consider supporting live music in your community at one of the below Benefactor levels, or in any amount that fits your needs.

All donations are tax-deductible.

Gold Level Benefactor: Benefactors at the $500+ level receive two tickets to each performance of the corresponding season and recognition in each performance's concert program. Donations may be made in memory or in honor of someone and will be published in each concert program.

Silver Level Benefactor: Benefactors at the $250–$499 level receive one ticket to each performance of the corresponding season and recognition in each performance's concert program. Donations may be made in memory or in honor of someone and will be published in each concert program.

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