Tiverton roots for Music on the Hill pianist

Pianist Lisa Raposa Millar, a native of Tiverton, will perform in a chamber music concert May 29, with Music on the Hill's sixteenth chamber music festival. With her husband Gregory Millar, Lisa performs, teaches and records as the Millar Piano Duo, based in Toronto. They will perform highlights of the four-hands piano repertoire May 29, including works by Brahms and Clara Schumann, and "Flight of the Bungled G" by Christopher Kies.

Tickets are just $30 in advance or at the door, and free for students with I.D. For information and tickets, visit www.musiconthehillri.org.

The festival begins on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27 at 3:00 pm.

We're Bach!

Monday, May 27, 3:00pm at First Baptist Church, 30 Peirce St, East Greenwich

Memorial Day afternoon, Bach’s masterpieces to soothe the soul… and loop pedal violin surprises.
Anton Miller, violin; Trevor Handy, cello; Sarah Whitney, loop pedal violin

Three Divas

Tuesday, May 28, 7:00pm St Luke's Episcopal Church, 99 Peirce St., East Greenwich

From the world’s great opera houses and concert halls, the three divas are back with favorites by Delibes, Mozart, Rossini, Tchaikovsky and more.

Lori Phillips, soprano; Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano; Judith Lynn Stillman, piano

Four Hands

Wednesday, May 29, 7:00pm at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 99 Peirce St., East Greenwich

Duets for four-hands piano and percussion, as much fun to watch as they are to hear. Brahms, Steve Reich, and more.

Peter Ferry and Piero Guimaraes, percussion

Millar Piano Duo: Lisa Raposa Millar and Gregory Millar

Narragansett Brass Quintet

Sunday, June 2, 3:00pm at Clouds Hill Museum, 4157 Post Rd, Warwick

Rhode Island’s favorite brass quintet, on the lawn at beautiful Clouds Hill. Brass music from Gabrieli to Gershwin. Bring lawn chairs and picnics!

Joseph Foley & Richard Kelley, trumpets; Kevin Owen, French horn; Alexei Doohovskoy, trombone; Tom Gregory, tuba

Mendelssohn Octet

Wednesday, June 5, 7:00pm at St Luke's Episcopal Church, East Greenwich

Sparkling jewels for string quartet and soprano, and Mendelssohn’s epic Octet for Strings.

Anton Miller, Ertan Torgul, Lina Bahn, Kristen Pellegrino, violins; Rita Porfiris and Sebastian Ruth, violas; Jennifer Kloetzel and Trevor Handy, cellos; Diana McVey, soprano

String Quartets

Thursday, June 6, 7:00pm at First Baptist Church, 30 Peirce St., East Greenwich

Internationally acclaimed Quartet ES performs string quartets by Haydn and Ravel.

Quartet ES: Anton Miller and Ertan Torgul, violins; Rita Porfiris, viola; Jennifer Kloetzel, cello

(S)Heroes

Saturday, June 8, 7:00pm at St Luke's Episcopal Church, 99 Peirce St., East Greenwich

The popular trio IonSound Project returns to share an adventurous new program devoted to women composers.

IonSound Project: Kathleen Costello, clarinet; Elisa Kohanski, cello; Jack Kurutz, piano

Since 2008, Music on the Hill has welcomed thousands of chamber music lovers to concerts across Rhode Island, from our hometown of East Greenwich to Providence, Warwick, Cranston, Jamestown, Wickford, Westerly and more. Our ensemble includes professional musicians native to Rhode Island with international careers, as well as their friends and colleagues who have come to see Rhode Island as their home away from home, with many returning to the Ocean State each summer. Music on the Hill’s adventurous programs combine highlights of chamber music repertoire with less familiar gems. Concerts are offered in intimate venues where the audience sits up close to the action. Musicians play in a variety of ensembles in multiple concerts through the festival. Music on the Hill’s festival is made possible by support from The Aaron Roitman Fund for Chamber Music, The Carter Family Charitable Trust, and Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.