Cora Swenson Lee, Cello
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2020-2021 Season

Illinois Chamber Music Festival
Virtual Faculty Recital
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
Published Sunday, July 19th 2020
Saygun "Partita for Solo Cello"
click here to watch!

West Virginia University
Guest Artist Recital and Masterclass
September 27th and 28th 2020
Cassado "Suite for Solo Cello"
Tcherepnine "Suite for Solo Cello"
Saygun "Partita for Solo Cello"


Illinois State University
Virtual Faculty Concert
Friday October 9th, 2020

Illinois State University Popper (+) Cello Day 
Technique Class, Masterclass, Cello Studio Recital, Meet&Greet
Sunday October 18th, 2020

Illinois State University
Faculty Artist Recital
Tuesday February 2nd, 2020

Dame Myra Hess Radio Broadcast Series
Works for Cello and Piano
Wednesday February 17th, 2020

2019-2020 Season


Bucknell University Choir and Camerata Homecoming Concert
Weis Center for Performing Arts
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Saturday, October 5th 2019, 7:30pm
Caroline Shaw's "Its Motion Keeps"



Rochester Early Music Festival
St. Anne Church, 1600 Mt. Hope Ave, Rochester, NY
Thursday, November 7th 2019
Rameau's "Le Berger Fidele"


Williamsport Chamber Players
Community Arts Center, Lycoming College
220 West 4th Street, Williamsport, PA
Sunday, January 19th 2020 4:00pm
Dvorak Serenade op. 44
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Abbandonata e condotta a morire: Handel in Italy
Casa Italiana, New York  University
24 W 12th Street, NYC
Thursday, February 13th 2020, 7:00pm
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Spotlight on Faculty
Hochstein School of Music Performance Hall
50 Plymouth Ave, Rochester, NY
Thursday, February 27th 2020, 7:00pm
Schubert's "Arpeggione Sonata"
Warner Iverson, guitar ~ Cora Swenson Lee, cello
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Noon Hour Recitals at King's Chapel
Tremont and School Streets, Boston MA
Tuesday, March 10th 2020, 12:00pm
Solo Cello Recital
Vox Humana: 20th Century Works for Unaccompanied Cello

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Bach@Bucknell *Cancelled*
Weis Center for Performing Arts
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Saturday, April 4th 2020, 7:30pm


"Music in Secret" with Schola Antiqua *Cancelled*
St. Clement Church
642 W Deming Pl, Chicago, IL 60614
Friday April 24th 2020, 7:30pm
AND
Episcopal Chapel of St. John the Divine
University of Illinois
1011 S Wright St #6286, Champaign, IL 61820
Saturday April 25th 2020, 7:30 pm
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Live from Hochstein Radio Broadcast *Cancelled*
Hochstein School Performance Hall
50 Plymouth Ave, Rochester, NY
Wednesday, May 6th 2020, 12:00pm
String Fantasies: 20th Century Works for Violin and Cello
Soo Yeon Kim, violin ~ Cora Swenson Lee, cello
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Beethoven 250: At Beethoven's Hearth *virtual concert*
St. Chrystomom's Church, Chicago IL
Friday, May 22nd 2020, 7:00pm
AND
All Saint's Church, 4550 N Hermitage, Chicago IL
Saturday May 23rd 2020 7:00pm
presented by Ars Musica Chicago

Hannah De Priest, soprano ~ Allison Monroe, violin
Cora Swenson Lee, cello ~ Michael Pecak, fortepiano

2018-2019 Season

Marsh Chapel Concerts
Saturday October 27th, 7:30pm
Boston University Marsh Chapel, Boston MA
Mozart Mass in C Minor

Live from Hochstein with Trio Speranza
Wednesday October 31st, 12:15pm
Hochstein Performance Hall, Rochester NY
A Grande European Tour

Live from Hochstein
Wednesday November 14th, 12:15pm
Hochstein Performance Hall, Rochester, NY
Brahms Sextet

Spotlight on Faculty
Thursday November 15th, 7:30pm
Hochstein Performance Hall, Rochester NY
"A Century of Chamber Music"- Kodaly, Cairns, Schoenfield

Emmanuel Music
Sunday December 15th, 10am
Emmanual Church, Boston MA
Bach Cantata BWV 136

Trio Speranza and Ars Musica Chicago
Friday February 22nd, 12:15 pm
Chicago Temple, Chicago IL
"With Harp and Voice"

Spotlight on Faculty
Friday March 29th, 7:30pm
Hochstein Performance Hall, Rochester NY
Hochstein String Faculty Recital

Emmanuel Music
Thursday April 11th, 12pm
Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Boston MA
John Harbison's Suite for Solo Cello

Cathedral Concerts with Schola Antiqua
Friday, April 26, 2019, 8pm
Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, MO
"Music in Secret"
2017-2018 Season

Schola Antiqua in Chicago: Music in Secret

Friday, October 20, 7:30pm
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
5850 South Woodlawn Ave. | Chicago, IL

Saturday, October 21, 8pm
St. Clement Church
642 W. Deming Pl. | Chicago, IL

Schola Antiqua in Upstate NY: Music in Secret
Thursday, October 26, 2017 | 7:30 pm
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Emmanuel Music:

METAMORPHOSES: ORPHEUS IN OEDIPUS
Friday, February 23, 2018 at 8:00 PM
With the Harvard Glee Club
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
more information here

Sunset Concerts, Rochester NY
June 15, 7pm
St. Joseph's Park, Rochester, NY
(Rain date, Sunday, June 17, at Christ Church in downtown Rochester)

June 16, 7pm
Stone Tolan House, Rochester, NY
(Rain location, Christ Church in downtown Rochester)

Eastman Cello Institute Faculty Recital
Saturday July 14, 7:30pm
Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

Ars Musica Chicago "A Baroque Cabinet of Curiosities"
Friday August 3rd, 7:30pm
All Saints Episcopal Church, 4550 N. Hermitage Ave., Chicago

Trio Speranza and Friends in "Music and Poetry of Baroque Poland"
presented by The Landowska Harpsichord Society
Saturday August 4th, 6pm
Piper Hall, Loyola University, 970 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago


2016-2017 Season

July 30th, 4pm
Trio Speranza in Wisconson
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Ft. Atkinson, WI

July 15th, 7:30pm
Eastman Cello Institute at Hatch Recital Hall
Faculty Concert

July 8th, 7:30pm
Eastman Cello Institute at Hatch Recital Hall
Faculty Concert

June 16th, 12:15pm
Trio Speranza at BEMF- Viva Italia
Trinity Church, Copley Square

May 18th, 7:30pm
Third Thursday Concerts at the MAG
Baroque cello with the Italian Baroque Organ

May 10th, 12pm
Eastman Cello Ensemble, Live at Hochstein

April 23rd, 4pm
Emmanuel Music Mendelssohn/Wolf Chamber Music Series
Mendelssohn Piano Quartet Op.3

March 16th, 7pm
Trio Speranza at Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester
Candlelight Concert Series

February 23rd, 7pm
Second Doctoral Recital at Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music

November 13th, 4 pm
Publick Musik at Christ Church, Rochester
Weckmann Cantata, viola da gamba

October 22, 12:30 pm
Bach Cello Suites at Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music
Suite No. 6 in D Major, on 5-string piccolo cello

October 1 &2
Emmanuel Music: Apollo

Past Seasons
Marsh Chapel
Bach St. Matthew Passion
Saturday Feb. 27th at 7:30pm

Eastman School of Music
Solo Doctoral Recital
Friday March 4th at 3:30pm, Kilbourn Hall

Emmanuel Music
Bach Solo Suite no. 2 in d minor
Thursday March 10th, 12 noon

Emmanuel Music
Bach Reinvented
Saturday April 9th at 8pm

Boston Baroque
Mozart's "The Magic Flute"
Friday April 15th and Satruday April 16th at 7:30pm, Jordan Hall

Emmanuel Music
Bach Solo Suite no. 2 in d minor
Tuesday June 7th at 12 noon, Boston Atheneum
Emmanuel Music- OCT. 3rd and 4th
BACH REARRANGED
Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 8 PM

LORD NELSON MASS, Haydn
Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 10am service

Bach Solo Suites- studio of Alan Harris, Eastman School of Music
Friday and Saturday October 23/24. 7pm
Trio Speranza- collaboration with Early Music Michigan and the Michigan Sacred Music Festival
Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 8pm
First Congregational Church, Kalamazoo MI

Emmanuel Music- Sunday Jan 25, 10am
    Bach Cantata

Boston Public Quartet at Fox Hill Village- Saturday Feb 21, 2:30pm

Cambridge Concentus- Sunday Feb 22, 3pm at First Church Cambridge
    Dances with Corelli
Italian Cantatas and Duets- Sunday March 1 3:30pm, First Unitarian Church, Providence RI

Boston Public Quartet- Community Music Center of Boston, 7pm
    First and Last: Beethoven String Quartets

Boston Public Quartet- Hibernian Hall, 2pm

Boston Public Quartet- Newton Free Library, 2pm

Trio Speranza in Chicago!- Stylus Phantasticus: music of the German Baroque
    Tuesday March 17- 1pm, UIC Recital Hall
    Saturday March 21- 7:30pm DankHaus Skyline Lounge
    Sunday March 21- 4pm Byron Colby Barn

Emmanuel Music- April 12, 4pm
    Mendelssohn Octet

Boston Public Quartet- Anual Gala! Thursday April 23, 7pm Emmanuel Church

Boston Public Quartet- May 2, 4:30pm at Church of the Holy Spirit

Emmanuel Music- Saturday May 9th, 8pm
    Mozart: Abduction from the Seraglio

Emmanuel Music- Sunday May 10th, 10am
    Bach Cantata

Trio Speranza- Thursday June 4, 7pm Press Coffee Rochester NY
    Pegasus Rising Series: Stylus Phantasticus
Trio Speranza at the Boston Early Music Festival- Friday June 12, 12:15 pm Trinity Church
    Stylus Phantasticus

Youth and Muse Festival- 8/14 (Friday) 6pm, Faculty Chamber Music Concert
    Beethoven String Quartet Op. 74

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