Summerfest 2011 season

The 2011 Summerfest Concert four-week series schedule begins July 9 and 10 with guest soprano Gwen Coleman Detwiler, singing Lester Trimble's Four Fragments from the Canterbury Tales and songs by Henry Purcell. The program also includes Elizabeth Brown's Liguria and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478.

Week Two, July 16-17, continues with the Kansas City premiere of Thomas Albert's 13 Ways, a piece for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion and Alessandro Scarlatti's Sonata No. 2, in A Minor; Jean Francaix's Scarlatti 5 Sonatas; and Vivaldi's Bassoon Concerto in E Minor, RV 484.

Week Three, July 23-24, will include Haydn's String Quartet in G major Op. 9, No. 3, Hob.III:21; Carlos Chavez's Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp; Liebermann's Fantasy on a Fugue by J.S. Bach, op. 27; and Martinu's Musique de chambre, No. 1, H. 376.

The fourth and final week of the series, July 30-31, will include Muzio Clementi's Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in D Major, Op. 32#2; Karim Al-Zand's Three Character Pieces for Bassoon and Viola (2006); Joan Tower's Petroushskates; and Brahms' Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11.

Saturday concerts are at White Recital Hall, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, MO. Sunday concerts are held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 1307 Holmes St., Kansas City, MO. Ticket options include a 4 concert subscription, a 3 concert flex pass, or single concert. Call the Central Ticket Office, 816.235.6222 or purchase online at summerfestkc.org. Ticket subscriptions go on sale in March with single tickets following in May. All concerts include the complimentary "Meet the Musicians" receptions and free parking.