The 2024-2025 Season
Season Ticket
Get ready for an extraordinary musical journey with a Season Ticket. Save $25 when you purchase a season ticket, compared to individual ticket purchase. In addition, you will receive one complimentary guest ticket!
Enjoy five captivating performances featuring world-class musicians. Don't miss a single concert – get your season ticket today and be part of our vibrant musical community.
Please note: Ames Town & Gown Musicale is not included in the Season Ticket
A Musical Homecoming: Town & Gown Alumni Concert
Saturday, November 9, 2024 | 7:30 PM
Ames City Auditorum
A remarkable musical community, Ames has produced numerous outstanding professional musicians. For our special 75th season, Ames Town & Gown has invited five such instrumentalists – all with strong ties to Ames schools, Iowa State University, and Ames Town & Gown – to reconnect and perform for us, as individuals and together.
We welcome back Sarah Shin, flute; Maureen Hurd Hause, clarinet; Caleb Hans Polashek, violin; Yeil Park, cello; and Aaron Lott, piano.
This performance is supported by an Ames Commission on the Arts Special Project Grant and the Greater Iowa Credit Union corporate giving program.
36th Annual Ames Town & Gown Musicale
Our unique fundraiser offers a sparkling musical collage featuring an array of central Iowa’s most talented performers from the community at large and Iowa State University. A sumptuous buffet of gourmet delicacies and warm camaraderie follow the concert. “My favorite night of the year!” exclaims one audience member.
Zhenni Li-Cohen, solo piano
Zhenni Li-Cohen has been hailed as “a magnetic pianist -- with fire and poetry,” “an artist … who fascinates even as she provokes,” and “a thrillingly good pianist.” Her solo recital will bring riches from different cultures, reflecting her amazing life story, broad interests, and talents.
Kevin Zhu, violin
Kevin Zhu’s astonishing technical mastery and artistic sensibility have earned him major honors and accolades worldwide. Praised for his “awesome technical command and maturity” and “absolute virtuosity, almost blinding in its incredible purity,” Kevin has performed on the world’s largest stages.
A Musical Homecoming: Town & Gown Alumni Concert
Ames Town & Gown has invited five outstanding musicians with strong ties to Ames to reconnect and perform for us. We welcome back Sarah Shin, flute; Maureen Hurd Hause, clarinet; Caleb Hans Polashek, violin; Yeil Park, cello; and Aaron Lott, piano.
The Isidore String Quartet
The Isidore String Quartet cultivates joyful, accessible, and intimate experiences that create community through in-depth relationships and explore the power of the collective to uplift the individual. The Quartet’s philosophy is to “approach the established as if it were brand new, and the new as if it were firmly established.”
75th Season Opening Concert: A Celebration in Song
This concert will feature three remarkable winners of the Young Concert Artist International Competitions: Chelsea Guo, soprano and piano; Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano; and Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone accompanied by Ye In Kwak, piano.