"Etude," literally "study" in French, summons thoughts of exercises such as Czerny, Hanon, Sevcik, and other pedagogical staples. Etudes by great composers, however, are for virtuosi with finished techniques, and are everything but teaching pieces. Join us for twenty-three amazing artworks you'd never associate with the word "study."

• Liszt, Feux follets, Harmonies du soir, La campanella
• Thomson, Parallel Chords (Tango), Tenor Lead (Madrigal), Ragtime Bass;
• Schulhoff, Cinq Etudes de Jazz (Charleston, Blues, Chanson, Tango, Toccata sur "Kitten on the Keys"
• Debussy, Douze Etudes

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Obscure masterpieces, startling juxtapositions, and music that you'll want to hear again...including a piece by an Italian composer with the irresistible name "Castelnuovo-Tedesco."

• Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Cipressi
• Other works TBA

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A small sampling, across several centuries and nationalities, of the art music produced by women (currently said to be 49.6 percent of the world's population--and in many countries constituting the majority.)

You'll hear works by:

• Marianna d'Auenbrugg: Sonata per il Clavicembalo o il Forte piano
• Teresa Carreño: Une revue a Prague
• Margaret Bonds: Troubled Water
• Sofia Gubaidulina
• et aliae

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• Details of this program will be announced as plans are finalized.

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Have you ever heard a piece of music--such as Clair de Lune--familiar to the point of universality, and wondered what its context might be? "The Rest Of The Piece" explores entire works known mainly through their one famous section or movement; the surprise is that in every case the entire work is as good as the "famous" part.

• Beethoven, Sonata in C-sharp minor, Opus 27, no. 2
• Chopin, Impromptus
• Debussy, Suite bergamasque
• Gershwin, Preludes
• Rachmaninov, Five Pieces, Opus 3