2008-2009 special offerings include:
The American String Quartet with pianist Menahem Pressler or Andre-Michel Schub
The Borealis String Quartet with pianist Jean-Francois Latour
The Pacifica Quartet, presenting complete cycles of the quartets of Beethoven, Carter or Mendelssohn, in partnership with the Talich Quartet
The Ying Quartet together with jazz legend Billy Childs, folk hero Mike Seeger, or the Turtle Island String Quartet
The Amelia Piano Trio performing Brahms programs with Eric Ruske, horn; East Meets West with traditional Chinese instumentalists; ChamberDance with Sean Curran; or their new Triple Concerto commission, Orpheus and Eurydice by Daron Hagen
The Aulos Ensemble together with soprano Julianne Baird