Beerthoven's annual holiday tradition returns featuring the Tinsel Singers on the front steps of the Neill-Cochran House Museum for a concert of carols, cocoa, and a cup of good beer.

Beerthoven is proud to partner once again with the Tinsel Singers! Tinsel is not your average group of Christmas carolers. Within Tinsel's roster of professional singers are Grammy®-winners and classically-trained vocalists, entertaining audiences with style and distinction. From classical to contemporary, Tinsel arrangements of holiday favorites are bright and innovative, while respecting tradition and cherished memories.

While the live music is performed we will be serving hot cocoa as well as warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing--at no additional cost! All attendees will also be allowed one free visit to the Neill-Cochran House Museum's exhibits (voucher to be used at a different time than that of the performance, as the performance takes place after museum hours). No need to bring chairs; we'll have everything set up so come as you are!

Beerthoven events are family-friendly; kids are welcome! Student tickets are available for $10 at the door. To purchase student tickets in advance of the concert, email daniel@beerthoven.com with your request. Children 3 and under may attend at no charge.

For this special Christmastime event, the performance will run for 1 hour with no intermission. Drinks and snacks will be served freely throughout.

Dating back to 1856, the Neill-Cochran House is one of the ten oldest buildings in Austin. Its columned, Greek facade and rough, brick exterior is an historic and ideal setting for Beerthoven's mix of refinement and approachability.

This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

Inclement Weather Alternate:

In the event of freezing weather, we will move the event indoors. Seating is limited in this scenario so, in the event that we are over capacity, we will reserve tickets for the first 60 guests who ordered tickets; all others will be offered a refund or, if available, an alternate performance date.

Parking Info:

Limited parking will be available for free on-site in Neill-Cochran House's own lot, accessible via 23rd street in between Leon and San Gabriel. Additional parking can be found on street and at the Quarters Parking Garage in West Campus: 700-898 W 22 1/2 St, Austin, TX 78705

Beerthoven's annual holiday tradition returns featuring the Tinsel Singers on the front steps of the Neill-Cochran House Museum for a concert of carols, cocoa, and a cup of good beer.

Beerthoven is proud to partner once again with the Tinsel Singers! Tinsel is not your average group of Christmas carolers. Within Tinsel's roster of professional singers are Grammy®-winners and classically-trained vocalists, entertaining audiences with style and distinction. From classical to contemporary, Tinsel arrangements of holiday favorites are bright and innovative, while respecting tradition and cherished memories.

While the live music is performed we will be serving hot cocoa as well as warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing--at no additional cost! All attendees will also be allowed one free visit to the Neill-Cochran House Museum's exhibits (voucher to be used at a different time than that of the performance, as the performance takes place after museum hours). No need to bring chairs; we'll have everything set up so come as you are!

Beerthoven events are family-friendly; kids are welcome! Student tickets are available for $10 at the door. To purchase student tickets in advance of the concert, email daniel@beerthoven.com with your request. Children 3 and under may attend at no charge.

For this special Christmastime event, the performance will run for 1 hour with no intermission. Drinks and snacks will be served freely throughout.

Dating back to 1856, the Neill-Cochran House is one of the ten oldest buildings in Austin. Its columned, Greek facade and rough, brick exterior is an historic and ideal setting for Beerthoven's mix of refinement and approachability.

This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

Inclement Weather Alternate:

In the event of freezing weather, we will move the event indoors. Seating is limited in this scenario so, in the event that we are over capacity, we will reserve tickets for the first 60 guests who ordered tickets; all others will be offered a refund or, if available, an alternate performance date.

Parking Info:

Limited parking will be available for free on-site in Neill-Cochran House's own lot, accessible via 23rd street in between Leon and San Gabriel. Additional parking can be found on street and at the Quarters Parking Garage in West Campus: 700-898 W 22 1/2 St, Austin, TX 78705

Beerthoven's annual holiday tradition returns featuring the Tinsel Singers on the front steps of the Neill-Cochran House Museum for a concert of carols, cocoa, and a cup of good beer.

Beerthoven is proud to partner once again with the Tinsel Singers! Tinsel is not your average group of Christmas carolers. Within Tinsel's roster of professional singers are Grammy®-winners and classically-trained vocalists, entertaining audiences with style and distinction. From classical to contemporary, Tinsel arrangements of holiday favorites are bright and innovative, while respecting tradition and cherished memories.

While the live music is performed we will be serving hot cocoa as well as warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing--at no additional cost! All attendees will also be allowed one free visit to the Neill-Cochran House Museum's exhibits (voucher to be used at a different time than that of the performance, as the performance takes place after museum hours). No need to bring chairs; we'll have everything set up so come as you are!

Beerthoven events are family-friendly; kids are welcome! Student tickets are available for $10 at the door. To purchase student tickets in advance of the concert, email daniel@beerthoven.com with your request. Children 3 and under may attend at no charge.

For this special Christmastime event, the performance will run for 1 hour with no intermission. Drinks and snacks will be served freely throughout.

Dating back to 1856, the Neill-Cochran House is one of the ten oldest buildings in Austin. Its columned, Greek facade and rough, brick exterior is an historic and ideal setting for Beerthoven's mix of refinement and approachability.

This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department.

Inclement Weather Alternate:

In the event of freezing weather, we will move the event indoors. Seating is limited in this scenario so, in the event that we are over capacity, we will reserve tickets for the first 60 guests who ordered tickets; all others will be offered a refund or, if available, an alternate performance date.

Parking Info:

Limited parking will be available for free on-site in Neill-Cochran House's own lot, accessible via 23rd street in between Leon and San Gabriel. Additional parking can be found on street and at the Quarters Parking Garage in West Campus: 700-898 W 22 1/2 St, Austin, TX 78705

This November, Beerthoven's recurring guest quartet Invoke will take you on an exploration into the many meanings of Roots: the origins of the string quartet itself, the roots-music influence present throughout the history of classical music, and Invoke’s own roots in the string quartet genre. Featuring Haydn’s buoyant Op. 20 No. 2, alongside a newly composed response by Invoke, and selected works by W. G. Still, Copland, Ravel, and Florence Price.

"Florence Price was the first African American woman to have her music performed by a major symphony orchestra – in 1933. Here’s her story…"

Thanks to our sponsors, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing as well as wine and non-alcoholic beverages--all at no additional cost!

Kids are welcome! Tickets for children as well as students through college age are available for $10. Purchase at the door or email daniel@beerthoven.com for advance student tickets.

This project has been financed in whole or in part by the City of Austin’s Elevate Grant Program.

Details for Backyard Venue

These special backyard concerts will take place in zip code 78746 in the Westview on Lake Austin neighborhood. Out of respect for the privacy of our hosts, the exact performance location will be revealed only to ticket purchasers. On-street parking will be free and available near the home venue. Some light walking on an incline or via stairs will be required to reach the performance seating area. To attend our more accessible performance at Saengerrunde Hall in Downtown ATX, please visit this page.

About Invoke:

Described as “...not anything but everything: Classical, Folk, Bluegrass, Americana and a sound yet to be termed seamlessly merged into a perfect one” (David Srebnik, SiriusXM Classical Producer), Invoke (Nick Montopoli, violin/banjo/vocals; Zach Matteson, violin/vocals; Karl Mitze, viola/mandolin/vocals; Geoff Manyin, cello/vocals) strives to successfully dodge even the most valiant attempts at genre classification. The multi-instrumental quartet encompasses traditions from across America, including bluegrass, Appalachian fiddle tunes, jazz, and minimalism. Fueled by their passion for storytelling, Invoke weaves all of these styles together to form a unique contemporary repertoire, featuring original works composed by and for the group.

“[Invoke’s music] sounds impeccable without losing its sense of lightness and joy — no small feat.”

– NPR Music

Photo credit: Marshall Tidrick

Our intimate concert experience will feel a bit more Rumi with these works inspired by the Persian poet as well as the Sun, Moon, and Clouds. The Amorsima Trio (violin, viola, and cello) will present vibrant works including Jessica Meyers' I Only Speak of the Sun, Jeffrey Mumford's "in soft echoes...a world awaits", and Kaija Saariaho's Cloud Trio.

Thanks to our sponsors, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing as well as wine and non-alcoholic beverages--all at no additional cost!

This event will take place at the historic Saengerrunde Hall in downtown Austin; home to Austin's oldest cultural institution, the German singing society the Austin Saengerrunde. Experience Beerthoven in the heart of the Live Music Capital of the World!

Kids are welcome! Tickets for children as well as students through college age are available for $10. Purchase at the door or email daniel@beerthoven.com for advance student tickets.

This project has been financed in whole or in part by the City of Austin’s Elevate Grant Program.

Amorsima Trio is a boundary-pushing ensemble that redefines the traditional expectations of a string trio, bringing a fresh and contemporary perspective to the stage. Comprised of violinist Mia Detwiler, violist Michael Capone, and cellist Kourtney Newton, the trio was founded in 2016 through a shared passion for new music. With an unwavering commitment to expanding the string trio repertoire, the Amorsima Trio actively commissions new works, seeking out collaborations with innovative composers. Recent projects include the premiere of 21 miniatures in response to Beethoven's 250th anniversary and performances as a featured ensemble at the University of Louisville New Music Festival, Mise-en Music Festival, and New Music on the Bayou. The name "Amorsima,” which means "that which does not come from fate" was inspired by the Xenakis work Morsima-Amorsima and symbolizes their pursuit to redefine the traditional expectations of the string trio.

Performance at the Neill-Cochran House Museum Saturday, September 28th at 7:00 pm:

If you'd enjoy a smaller crowd and an even more intimate experience, this performance is for you! Visit this page for info on our performance at the Neill-Cochran House Museum.

Attend With Your Beerthoven Season Pass!

This concert is the first of a full season of five Beerthoven events throughout the year. Save yourself a seat and a few bucks by ordering your Season Pass today!

Parking Info:

Look for parking in the state parking garages immediately surrounding the Saengerrunde facilities. During most of our events these are open and free of charge.

Sometimes there is a parking attendant charging $30, especially when concurrent events take place in the Moody Center. In that event, you may look for parking on street or at the Capitol Visitors Parking Garage, three blocks south of the Saengerrunde on San Jacinto (this is typically free). The Bullock Museum also offers an inexpensive parking option.

Beerthoven is thrilled to be part of Austin’s second-annual new music festival Here Be Monsters! Featuring a special performance of the new string quartet “Giddings Remembered” by Austin native David Wilborn. This jazzy quartet was premiered in February, 2024 by Invoke and will be performed again on the first day of the Here Be Monsters Festival, Saturday, April 25th.

HERE BE MONSTERS IS

• A two-day festival of Austin's indie-classical music scene

• Designed to reveal and celebrate the unique culture and identity of Austin's music creators

• Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26 2024

• Doors at 5pm, music from 6 - 11pm at Radio East

HERE BE MONSTERS OFFICIAL LINEUP:

SATURDAY, MAY 25

Beerthoven, Highway Lights, Invoke, Kenken Gorder and Friends, Kraken Quartet, Panoramic Voices, Studio A, Tetractys New Music, Unwound Sound, VAMP

SUNDAY, MAY 26

Austin Unconducted, Density512, Golden Hornet, Goliath Was Bigfoot, Inversion Ensemble, Less Than Ten Music, Line Upon Line Percussion, LOLA, One Ounce Opera, Thomas Echols

Join us for Here Be Monsters, hosted by Tetractys New Music.

KMFA Classical 89.5 is a proud media sponsor of Tetractys New Music's presentation of Here Be Monsters.

If you've ever stepped out of an HEB during the last week of April and felt like you were in an Alfred Hitchcock movie you know that Austin is a place for birds! This April we're raising our glasses to our flying, feathered friends during the peak of their season and ours for the final concert of our Tenth Season; Tequila Mockingbird!

Featuring The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams, the piano trio Bird Oratorio by Indra Riše as well as works by Mozart, Stephen Sondheim, and much more. We're welcoming back returning Beerthoven artists Mikhail Smigelski (bass), Charissa Whillock (soprano), Christabel Lin (violin), and new Beerthoven artist Cory Blais (cello). Beerthoven Director Daniel Swayze will be featured at the piano.

Thanks to our sponsors, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing. In addition, we’re fully embracing our Tequila Mockingbird theme by serving free cocktails (pun intended) with tequila generously provided by locally-owned Casa Distales! Wine and other non-alcoholic beverages will also be served at no additional cost.

In support of local conservation efforts, Beerthoven will contribute 10% of all ticket sales to Travis Audubon for their work in protecting habitats for birds and other wildlife.

Kids are welcome! Tickets for children as well as students through college age are available for $10. Purchase at the door or email daniel@beerthoven.com for advance student tickets.

This event will take place in an intimate upper room at the historic Saengerrunde Hall in downtown Austin; home to Austin's oldest cultural institution, the German singing society the Austin Saengerrunde. Exbeerience Beerthoven in the heart of the Live Music Capital of the World!

This project has been financed in whole or in part by the City of Austin’s Elevate Grant Program.

Intimate Concert Saturday, April 27th at 3:00 pm:

If you'd enjoy a smaller crowd and a more intimate experience, this performance is for you! See this page for info on our special house concert performance in West Austin.

Parking Info:

Look for parking in the state parking garages immediately surrounding the Saengerrunde facilities. If these are unavailable or closed off, try the Texas Capitol Visitors Center, three blocks south of the Saengerrunde on San Jacinto.

During most of our events these are open and free of charge. Sometimes there is a parking attendant charging $7-10, especially when concurrent events take place in the Moody Center.

We cannot guarantee their availability so we would recommend coming early in case you need to use the Capitol Visitors Center garage (14th and San Jacinto) or find on-street parking.

Invoke is taking a look back in time this February through the lens of two new works for their unique quartet; Jonathan Bingham's The Lessons of History and the world premiere of original Austinite David Wilborn's string quartet Giddings Remembered . The program will also feature a set of Invoke originals and a few other surprises.

Described as “...not anything but everything: Classical, Folk, Bluegrass, Americana and a sound yet to be termed seamlessly merged into a perfect one” (David Srebnik, SiriusXM Classical Producer), Invoke (Nick Montopoli, violin/banjo/vocals; Zach Matteson, violin/vocals; Karl Mitze, viola/mandolin/vocals; Geoff Manyin, cello/vocals) strives to successfully dodge even the most valiant attempts at genre classification. The multi-instrumental quartet encompasses traditions from across America, including bluegrass, Appalachian fiddle tunes, jazz, and minimalism. Fueled by their passion for storytelling, Invoke weaves all of these styles together to form a unique contemporary repertoire, featuring original works composed by and for the group.

Thanks to our sponsors, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing as well as wine and non-alcoholic beverages--all at no additional cost!

Kids are welcome! Tickets for children as well as students through college age are available for $10. Purchase at the door or email daniel@beerthoven.com for advance student tickets.

“[Invoke’s music] sounds impeccable without losing its sense of lightness and joy — no small feat.”

– NPR Music

This event will take place in an intimate upper room at the historic Saengerrunde Hall in downtown Austin; home to Austin's oldest cultural institution, the German singing society the Austin Saengerrunde. Exbeerience Beerthoven in the heart of the Live Music Capital of the World!

Photo credit: Marshall Tidrick

This project has been financed in whole or in part by the City of Austin’s Elevate Grant Program.

Intimate Concert Saturday, February 3rd at 3:00 pm in Cedar Park:

If you'd enjoy a smaller crowd and a more intimate experience, this performance is for you! Click here for tickets to our Saturday afternoon performance in Cedar Park.

Parking Info:

Look for parking in the state parking garages immediately surrounding the Saengerrunde facilities (these are typically free to the public after 6 pm weekdays and on weekends). If these are unavailable or closed off, try the Texas Capitol Visitors Center, three blocks south of the Saengerrunde on San Jacinto.

During most of our events these are open and free of charge. Sometimes there is a parking attendant charging $7-10, especially when concurrent events take place in the Moody Center.

We cannot guarantee their availability so we would recommend coming early in case you need to use the Capitol Visitors Center garage (14th and San Jacinto) or find on-street parking.

About Jonathan Bingham's The Lessons of History:

Beerthoven is pleased to be featuring works by two important living composers who are people of color; Jonathan Bingham and David Wilborn.

Jonathan Bingham gives the following notes for his work The Lessons of History on his website:

"Near the completion of their eleven volume book set, The Story of Civilization, Pulitzer Prize winning authors Will and Ariel Durant condensed what they had noted in almost 10,000 pages into one 100 page book, The Lessons of History. The book summarizes the past circa 5,000 years of history through 12 perspectives: geography, biology, race, character, morals, religion, economics, socialism, government, war, growth and decay, and progress. Through these perspectives we’re given examples of past societies and their practices and the results of those practices suggesting future probabilities.

The music composed is structured to mimic the “lessons” of the book. With the book stating, “The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction,” the piece goes back and forth between two contrasting sections each ending at a climax after hearing their respective themes 12 times—12 occurrences representing the 12 perspectives. Though the piece undergoes a repetitive nature it seldom repeats any material entirely the same. “Our knowledge of any past event is always incomplete…Most history is guessing, and the rest is prejudice.” With this in mind many of the repetitions are shortened as “The historian always oversimplifies.” Though repetitions are prevalent, the piece avoids the practices of minimalism. The music repeats in the same way history has repeated, “only in outline and in the large.” With history’s repetitions between time periods and practices, the book rightfully asks, “Is progress real?” The piece is written to ask the same question as nothing in the work, despite its ranges of expression, actually changes. If one were to reduce the work to one line, i.e. one instrument in one voice, they’d hear two musical sentences, one repeating after the other, for as long as the duration of the work.

It is important to note that the music—the motives, themes, and harmonies—was not influenced by the book but the formal structure of the music—the occurrences of the motives and themes. The piece ends with all instruments playing the same pitch signifying the present which is the past rolled up into this moment.

I've dedicated The Lessons of History to my late father, Glen, who was an avid reader and expressed strong interests in history. He likely would agree with Aldous Huxley when the English writer stated, “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.”

Read more here."

About David Wilborn and Giddings Remembered:

Conductor, composer, and trombonist David Wilborn, an Austin native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, currently serves as Associate Professor of Music at Texas A&M University in College Station. Known especially for his works for low brass, Wilborn's new work Giddings Remembered is his first for string quartet. He writes about the inspiration for the quartet, "When I was a kid, my sister and I would visit my grandmother in Giddings (Texas) over the summer. Many times our visit would coincide with a religious revival that would take place. During the revival, there was a particular song that we would sing...When singing the song, everyone in the church would grab their neighbor's hand and sing while moving their arms rhythmically up and down to the music. I remember people singing the words with such power and conviction, and the arm movement matched the intensity of the singing. I have always wanted to try and use this melody as the focus of a new composition."

As a composer, David Wilborn's music compositions are performed and professionally recorded nationally and internationally. He is especially well known for his original compositions for low brass instruments. As a clinician and trombone soloist, Wilborn has presented sessions and performances at conference venues throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and Europe.

Wilborn is the composer of several award-winning works for brass instruments. His “Excursions for Six Trombones” was selected as the winner of the 2003 Allen E. Ostrander Trombone Choir Composition Prize; his brass quintet entitled “Escapades” was selected as one of the winning compositions at the Appalachian State 2004 Brass Chamber Music Festival Composition Contest, and his “Three Movements for Brass Sextet” won second place at the 2005 Humboldt Composition Contest for Brass Chamber Music. In February 2008, Wilborn performed the solo bass trombone part in the New York premiere of his “Concertante Caprice” with the Texas A&M University Wind Symphony in Carnegie Hall. Rorianne Schrade, a music critic for the New York Concert Review, praised the work for its “freshness and excitement.”

Wilborn graduated from the University of Texas and the Eastman School of Music. He studied trombone with Donald Knaub and John Marcellus. He also studied composition with Donald Grantham. He has performed with the Austin Symphony, Amarillo Symphony, Roswell Symphony, and the Texas Chamber Orchestra. He is an artist and clinician for Edwards Trombone instruments

Wilborn’s professional affiliations include the International Trombone Association, College Music Society, National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, Music Teacher’s National Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Teacher’s Association, American Society of Composers Authors, and Publishers, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonians, Phi Beta Mu National Bandmaster’s Fraternity, Pi Kappa Lambda National Honor Society, and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

Beerthoven's annual holiday tradition returns featuring the Tinsel Singers on the front steps of the Neill-Cochran House Museum for a concert of carols, cocoa, and cold beer.

Beerthoven is proud to partner once again with the Tinsel Singers! Tinsel is not your average group of Christmas carolers. Within Tinsel's roster of professional singers are Grammy®-winners and classically-trained vocalists, entertaining audiences with style and distinction. From classical to contemporary, Tinsel arrangements of holiday favorites are bright and innovative, while respecting tradition and cherished memories.

While the live music is performed we will be serving hot cocoa as well as warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing--at no additional cost! All attendees will also be allowed one free visit to the Neill-Cochran House Museum's exhibits (voucher to be used at a different time than that of the performance, as the performance takes place after museum hours). No need to bring chairs; we'll have everything set up so come as you are!

For half an hour prior to the performance on Sunday the 10th, guests will enjoy the feats and wizardry of Dylan Love, performing magic that will amaze and delight.

Beerthoven events are family-friendly; kids are welcome! Student tickets are available for $10 at the door. To purchase student tickets in advance of the concert, email daniel@beerthoven.com with your request.

For this special Christmastime event, the performance will run for 1 hour with no intermission. Drinks and snacks will be served freely throughout.

Dating back to 1856, the Neill-Cochran House is one of the ten oldest buildings in Austin. Its columned, Greek facade and rough, brick exterior is an historic and ideal setting for Beerthoven's mix of refinement and approachability.

This project has been financed in whole or in part by the City of Austin’s Elevate Grant Program.

Inclement Weather Alternate:

In the event of freezing weather, we will move the event indoors. Seating is limited in this scenario so, in the event that we are over capacity, we will reserve tickets for the first 60 guests who ordered tickets; all others will be offered a refund.

Parking Info:

Limited parking will be available for free on-site in Neill-Cochran House's own lot, accessible via 23rd street in between Leon and San Gabriel. Additional parking can be found on street and at the Quarters Parking Garage in West Campus: 700-898 W 22 1/2 St, Austin, TX 78705

Saúde! We're taking a musical trip down to Brazil and Argentina for this concert celebrating tangos, choros, popular songs, and the spirit of passion, heartbreak, and nostalgia that is infused into their insatiable rhythms. The concert will include classics such as El choclo by Ángel Villoldo, Odeon by Ernesto Nazareth, selections by Astor Piazzolla, and much more! Fall in love this Fall with Carna-Fall!

Beerthoven welcomes the violin and cello pairing of Duo-B, made up of Hirono and Philip Borter. Duo-B creates distinct programs of international music in a variety of genres, often through new and original arrangements, and have shared these unique and innovative programs on three continents and in special album releases. The Borters will be making the drive down from Waco, TX where they are string faculty members at Baylor University.

New Addition to the program: Join us 30 minutes before the performance for a special presentation by music theorist Dr. John Turci-Escobar of UT's Butler School of Music, as he will open your minds and ears to the special features of tango music.

During intermissions, guests will enjoy the feats and wizardry of Dylan Love, performing magic that will amaze and delight.

Thanks to our sponsors, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing as well as wine and non-alcoholic beverages--all at no additional cost! Guests will enjoy these tasty treats from an upper patio that overlooks Scholz Garten; the oldest beer garden in America.

This event will take place in an intimate upper room at the historic Saengerrunde Hall in downtown Austin; home to Austin's oldest cultural institution, the German singing society the Austin Saengerrunde. Exbeerience Beerthoven in the heart of the Live Music Capital of the World!

Kids are welcome! Tickets for children as well as students through college age are available for $10. Purchase at the door or email daniel@beerthoven.com for advance student tickets.

This project has been financed in whole or in part by the City of Austin’s Elevate Grant Program.

Intimate Performance at Esquina Tango Saturday, November 18th at 7:30 pm:

We're excited to produce this special program of music from Brazil and Argentina at Austin's home for tango, Esquina Tango, in East Austin! See this page for tickets to this special performance.

Parking Info:

Look for parking in the state parking garages immediately surrounding the Saengerrunde facilities. If these are unavailable or closed off, try the Texas Capitol Visitors Center, three blocks south of the Saengerrunde on San Jacinto.

During most of our events these are open and free of charge. Sometimes there is a parking attendant charging $7-10, especially when concurrent events take place in the Moody Center.

We cannot guarantee their availability so we would recommend coming early in case you need to use the Capitol Visitors Center garage (14th and San Jacinto) or find on-street parking.

"Let's take it from the top!" is what you'll hear said when musicians want to start at the beginning, so we're asking Austin's own harp and oboe ensemble Duo da Capo to start at the very beginning for the opening program of Beerthoven's Tenth Season; From the Top: A Duet for the Beginning of Time.

Featuring Sarah Oliver on harp and Jaleen Seshadri on oboe, this program of romantic and contemporary music will guide you through the story of creation, including works such as Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla, Great Day by Nancy Gustavson, and Song to the Moon by Antonín Dvořák. Creation artwork will provide a visual accompaniment to the performances.

Thanks to our sponsors, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing as well as wine and non-alcoholic beverages--all at no additional cost! Guests will enjoy these tasty treats from an upper patio that overlooks Scholz Garten; the oldest beer garden in America.

This event will take place in an intimate upper room at the historic Saengerrunde Hall in downtown Austin; home to Austin's oldest cultural institution, the German singing society the Austin Saengerrunde. Experience Beerthoven in the heart of the Live Music Capital of the World!

Kids are welcome! Tickets for children as well as students through college age are available for $10. Purchase at the door or email daniel@beerthoven.com for advance student tickets.

Performance at the Neill-Cochran House Museum Saturday, September 23rd at 3:00 pm:

We're excited to continue expanding our offerings by producing house concerts at private venues as well as small public venues around the city. If you'd enjoy a smaller crowd and a more intimate experience, this performance is for you! Visit this page for info on our performance at the Neill-Cochran House Museum.

Attend With Your Beerthoven Season Pass!

This concert is the first of a full season of five Beerthoven events throughout the year. Save yourself a seat and a few bucks by ordering your Season Pass today!

Parking Info:

Look for parking in the state parking garages immediately surrounding the Saengerrunde facilities. If these are unavailable or closed off, try the Texas Capitol Visitors Center, three blocks south of the Saengerrunde on San Jacinto.

During most of our events these are open and free of charge. Sometimes there is a parking attendant charging $7-10, especially when concurrent events take place in the Moody Center.

We cannot guarantee their availability so we would recommend coming early in case you need to use the Capitol Visitors Center garage (14th and San Jacinto) or find on-street parking.

The Beerthoven Concert Series has been bringing high quality, classical chamber music to informal and approachable settings in Austin, TX for over nine years--and we couldn't do it without our volunteers!

Beerthoven Volunteer Crew is a cool and sophisticated bunch that knows how to get the job done and have a great time while doing it. Come take part in this training event so that YOU can be part of bringing great classical music (and beer!) to your community. Please register so we can be sure to have enough beer and snacks on hand for you.

• Returning and new volunteers welcome

• Get an overview of all the roles and opportunity to choose your niche

• Learn how to tap a keg! (optional)

• Connect with other music and beer lovers in the community

• In true Beerthoven style, free beer from Lazarus Brewing and snacks will be provided!

The full 10th season lineup will be announced soon but there will be five programs total in September, November, December, February, and April. Each program takes place over the course of a weekend with performances Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

With the exception of December, performances Fridays and Sundays typically take place at Saengerrunde Hall, 1607 San Jacinto Blvd. Austin, TX 78701. Saturday's performance locations vary program to program in intimate venues around the Austin Metro and will include the Neill-Cochran House and other public and private venues.

The Beerthoven volunteer crew is a critical ingredient in our concerts, allowing us to continue to provide high quality classical music at an affordable price. Being a part of our crew means that you will be helping new audiences enjoy great chamber music in a uniquely approachable format.

Beerthoven volunteers provide the hospitality and serve the refreshments that set the stage for our wonderful musicians. Whether it is moving chairs or greeting guests at the door, you'll enjoy being part of the Beerthoven exbeerience. 

Parking

Parking is available for free on site at Memorial United Methodist Church.

We're headed to Spain for Beerthoven's 9th Season Finale!

Featuring pianist Sohee Kwon, violinist Mariama Acântara, and cellist Daniel Kopp, performing piano trios by Enrique Granados and Gaspar Cassadó. Special guest Liliana Guerrero, one of UT's newest voice faculty at the Butler School of music, will also be joining to sing Manuel de Falla's great song cycle Siete Canciones Populares Españolas.

Thanks to our sponsors, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing as well as wine and non-alcoholic beverages--all at no additional cost!

Kids are welcome! Tickets for children as well as students through college age are available for $10. Email daniel@beerthoven.com for advance student tickets.

Details for Mystery Venue

Out of respect for the privacy of our hosts, we will only reveal the exact location of this performance to ticket purchasers. This program's mystery venue will host our Saturday performance in zip code 78731 (near Camp Mabry). For tickets to our Friday, May 5th and Sunday, May 7th performances at Saengerrunde Hall, please visit this page.

This venue is wheelchair-accessible. Parking will be on-street close to the venue.

What could possibly be better than a concert with our old friends in Invoke? How about adding MORE great string players into the mix!

This February, Beerthoven will feature an expanded Invoke ensemble with violist Ruben Balboa and cellist Denise Ro. On top of a set of works just for the Invoke gang, they'll all come together for the unique quintet Cymbeline for mandolin and string quartet by David Bruce as well as the String Sextet by Peter Schickele. A "string fling" with sextet? We think PDQ Bach would approve.

Thanks to our sponsors, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing as well as wine and non-alcoholic beverages--all at no additional cost!

Kids are welcome! Tickets for children as well as students through college age are available for $10. Purchase at the door or email daniel@beerthoven.com for advance student tickets.

Details for Mystery Venue

Out of respect for the privacy of our hosts, we will only reveal the exact location of this performance to ticket purchasers. This program's mystery venue will host our Saturday performance in zip code 78613 (Cedar Park, TX) near Vista Ridge High School. For tickets to our Friday, February 10th and Sunday, February 12th performances, please visit this page.

While we cannot guarantee full accessibility for those with disabilities at this particular performance, there will be no stairs to enter the space (perhaps with the exception of one or two steps). Parking will be on-street close to the venue. There will be greater access for those with disabilities at our February 10th and 12th performances.

Join us this December on the front lawn of the Neill Cochran House Museum for concert of carols, cocoa, and cold ones.

Beerthoven is proud to partner once again with the Tinsel Singers! Tinsel is not your average group of Christmas carolers. Within Tinsel's roster of professional singers are Grammy®-winners and classically-trained vocalists, entertaining audiences with style and distinction. From classical to contemporary, Tinsel arrangements of holiday favorites are bright and innovative, while respecting tradition and cherished memories.

In addition to the live music, we will be serving hot cocoa as well as warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing--at no additional cost! All attendees will also be allowed one free visit to the Neill-Cochran House Museum's exhibits (voucher to be used at a different time than that of the performance, as the performance takes place after museum hours).

Beerthoven events are family-friendly; kids are welcome! Student tickets are available for $10 at the door. Email daniel@beerthoven.com in advance for advance student tickets.

Parking Info:

Limited parking will be available for free on-site in Neill-Cochran House's own lot, accessible via 23rd street in between Leon and San Gabriel. Additional parking can be found on street and at the Quarters Parking Garage in West Campus: 700-898 W 22 1/2 St, Austin, TX 78705

Safety Protocols:

We encourage all members of our community to get vaccinated and boosted as this is the best way to ensure that our concert can proceed without additional safety requirements. Beerthoven will follow federal and local guidelines closely to determine appropriate safety protocols in the event of another Covid surge. As of this writing, the CDC has determined that the level of risk in Austin is low. If this situation holds we therefore intend to produce the concert without requiring masking or social distancing. In the event of another surge we may adjust our requirements and notify our ticketed guests in advance of the performance.

Budmo! Beerthoven is raising a glass in tribute to our Ukrainian friends, neighbors, and allies in this concert celebrating Ukrainian chamber music.

Come to hear hidden gems from the art song repertoire by composers such as Mykola Lysenko, Boris Lyatoshinsky, and Yakiv Stepovy. We'll also be featuring gorgeous romantic-era works for piano, violin, and cello by Reinhold Glière, Viktor Kosenko, and others. Our featured performers for this event are vocalists Mikhail Smigelski and Elisabeta Racolta, violinist Christabel Lin, cellist Daniel Kopp, and pianist Peir-Shiuan Tang.

As a show of support for survivors of the war in Ukraine, Beerthoven will be donating 10% of ticket sale revenues to the Liberty Ukraine Foundation; an Austin-based nonprofit corporation fundraising for Ukrainian residents, servicemen and women, first-aid workers, medical facilities, and victims of the war in Ukraine, as well as Austin's Ukrainian School, which services refugees who have fled the war. We will also be highlighting ways to donate directly to Liberty Ukraine directly online and on-site at our events.

Thanks to our sponsors, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing as well as wine and non-alcoholic beverages--all at no additional cost!

Kids are welcome! Tickets for children as well as students through college age are available for $10. Purchase at the door or email daniel@beerthoven.com for advance student tickets.

Additional Performance Saturday, November 5th at 3:00 pm

We're excited to continue expanding our offerings by producing house concerts at private venues as well as small public venues around the city. If you'd enjoy a smaller crowd and a more intimate experience, this performance is for you!

Out of respect for the privacy of our hosts, we will only reveal the exact location to ticket purchasers. This program's mystery venue will host our Saturday performance in zip code 78746 (West Lake Hills, Austin). Visit this page for tickets to this special house concert performance.

Parking Info:

Look for parking in the state parking garages immediately surrounding the Saengerrunde facilities. If these are unavailable or closed off, try the Texas Capitol Visitors Center, three blocks south of the Saengerrunde on San Jacinto.

During most of our events these are open and free of charge. Sometimes there is a parking attendant charging $7-10, especially when concurrent events take place in the Moody Center.

We cannot guarantee their availability so we would recommend coming early in case you need to use the Capitol Visitors Center garage (14th and San Jacinto) or find on-street parking.

Safety Protocols:

We encourage all members of our community to get vaccinated and boosted as this is the best way to ensure that our concert can proceed without additional safety requirements. Beerthoven will follow federal and local guidelines closely to determine appropriate safety protocols in the event of another Covid surge. As of this writing, the CDC has determined that the level of risk in Austin is low. If this situation holds we therefore intend to produce the concert without requiring masking or social distancing. In the event of another surge we may adjust our requirements and notify our ticketed guests in advance of the performance.

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If Beethoven ever appeared as clean and put-together as most historic imagery of him suggests, it was only after he'd been pressured into a bath and his friends had switched out the dirty clothes in his closet for clean ones. A man who was constantly changing lodgings and was once even arrested for what others mistook for vagrancy, Beethoven was a wild one!

We're celebrating Beethoven's wild ways in the first program of Beerthoven's Ninth Season: The Wild Rover! Featuring a quartet first performed at a tavern known as The Wild Man; Beethoven's Op. 132 String Quartet in A Minor. Music from other wild men on the program includes Hugo Wolf's Italian Serenade and Debussy's one and only string quartet.

Our featured ensemble is the all-Korean, all-female string quartet Risus; winners of the prestigious Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the current Young Professional String Quartet in Residence at the University of Texas at Austin.

Thanks to our sponsors, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing as well as wine and non-alcoholic beverages--all at no additional cost!

Kids are welcome! Tickets for children as well as students through college age are available for $10. Purchase at the door or email daniel@beerthoven.com for advance student tickets.

Register

The Beerthoven Concert Series has been bringing high quality, classical chamber music to informal and approachable settings in Austin, TX for over eight seasons--and we couldn't do it without our volunteers!

Just as the first step in any good brew is to mill the grain, releasing fermentable sugars for the brewing process, the first step in making a great Beerthoven season is to gather our Team. Come show us your sweet side and take part in this brief training event so that YOU can be part of bringing great classical music (and beer!) to your community. Please register so we’ll have enough pretzels and beer for you.

• Returning and new volunteers welcome

• Get an overview of all the roles and opportunity to choose your niche

• Learn how to tap a keg! (optional)

• Connect with other music and beer lovers in the community

• In true Beerthoven style, free beer from Lazarus Brewing and snacks will be provided!

Concert events this season will take place on the following dates:

• Friday, September 30th at 7:30 pm at Saengerrunde Hall

• Saturday, October 1st at 5:00 pm at the Neill-Cochran House Museum

• Sunday, October 2nd at 3:00 pm at Saengerrunde Hall

• Friday, November 4th at 7:30 pm at Saengerrunde Hall

• Saturday, November 5th at 3:00 pm (location TBA)

• Sunday, November 6th at 3:00 pm at Saengerrunde Hall

• Sunday, December 11th evening (exact time TBA)

• Sunday, December 18th afternoon (exact time TBA)

• Friday, December 23rd evening (exact time TBA)

• Friday, February 10th at 7:30 pm at Saengerrunde Hall

• Saturday, February 11th (exact time and location TBA)

• Sunday, February 12th at 3:00 pm at Saengerrunde Hall

• Friday, May 5th at 7:30 pm at Saengerrunde Hall

• Saturday, May 6th (exact time and location TBA)

• Sunday, May 7th at 3:00 pm

With the exception of December, performances Fridays and Sundays typically take place at Saengerrunde Hall, 1607 San Jacinto Blvd. Austin, TX 78701. Saturday's performance locations vary program to program and will include the Neill-Cochran House and other public and private venues.

The Beerthoven volunteer team is a critical ingredient in our concerts, allowing us to continue to provide high quality classical music at an affordable price. Being a part of our team means that you will be helping new audiences enjoy great chamber music in a uniquely approachable format.

Beerthoven concert volunteers provide the hospitality and serve the refreshments that set the stage for our wonderful musicians. Whether it is moving chairs or greeting guests at the door, you'll enjoy being part of the Beerthoven exbeerience. 

For this special summer Beerthoven-Inversion collaboration occasion, Inversion Ensemble's in-house composers put a new spin on traditional drinking songs! The tunes originally sung with bubbly fervor in the old pubs of Ireland, Germany, and even the early U.S., find new life in modern choral music through the voices of Inversion's 50+ ensemble Coda. Come grab a custom stein (or bring your own) and be ready to fill it and swing it!

Thanks to our sponsors, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing as well as wine and non-alcoholic beverages--all at no additional cost!

Kids are welcome! Tickets for children as well as students through college age are available for $5. Purchase at the door or email daniel@beerthoven.com for advance student tickets.

Parking Info:

Look for parking in the state parking garages immediately surrounding the Saengerrunde facilities. If these are unavailable or closed off, try the Texas Capitol Visitors Center, three blocks south of the Saengerrunde on San Jacinto.

During most of our events these are open and free of charge. Sometimes there is a parking attendant charging $7-10, especially when concurrent events take place in the Moody Center.

We cannot guarantee their availability so we would recommend coming early in case you need to use the Capitol Visitors Center garage (14th and San Jacinto) or find on-street parking.

Safety Protocols:

We encourage all members of our community to get vaccinated and boosted as this is the best way to ensure that our concert can proceed without additional safety requirements. Beerthoven will follow federal and local guidelines closely to determine appropriate safety protocols in the event of another Covid surge. As of this writing, the CDC has determined that the level of risk in Austin is medium. If this situation holds we therefore intend to produce the concert without requiring masking or social distancing. In the event of another surge we may adjust our requirements and notify our ticketed guests in advance of the performance.

About Beerthoven:

The critically-acclaimed Beerthoven Concert Series is a down-to-earth, approachable celebration of classical song, chamber music, and beer; a quirky mixture of Bach and Doppelbock in unique and intimate settings. Beerthoven finds its inspiration in the musical and festive events of the Austin Saengerrunde as well as the private "salon" concerts of Beethoven's time. Beerthoven events feature live classical music, free beer, and other refreshments and snacks in an all-inclusive manner. There is no backstage here; audience members may even find themselves standing in line for beer with the performers.

Programming is intentionally diverse in tone, instrumentation, and featured performers. Beerthoven supports local artists by offering fair compensation and unique performance venues. Audience members will find our prices at the very low end of typical classical concerts--especially for students and especially given the high quality of the exbeerience. Visit www.beerthoven.com for details.

About Inversion:

Inversion is a collection of vocal ensembles dedicated to commissioning and performing timely new works by living composers.

Inversion presents themed concerts on myriad topics, including LGBTQIA+ rights, racial justice, immigration, climate change, and democratic rights as well as space exploration, philosophy, natural science, and the ancient elements. Inversion advocates for inclusion through outreach with local public schools, college partners, and annual emerging composer contests.

Inversion is a proud member of the C4 Network and its C4 Music Catalog. Visit https://www.inversionatx.org/ for details.

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From nursery lullabies to bedtime stories, to keeping us from falling off the roof, yet encouraging us to fly and hold fast to our dreams, moms are there for so much in our lives that we think they deserve a toast!

Join us this Mother's Day weekend as we present a program written by, for, and about moms! Featuring songs by Johannes Brahms and Eric Whitacre, instrumental works by Clara Schumann and Antonín Dvořák, an original song cycle by Austin-based composer Stephanie K. Andrews, and much more. Beerthoven Founder and Executive Director Daniel Swayze will be at the piano accompanying vocalist Samantha Balboa and violist Ruben Balboa.

Thanks to our sponsors, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing as well as wine and non-alcoholic beverages--all at no additional cost!

Beerthoven events are family-friendly; kids are welcome! Tickets for children as well as students through college age are available for $10. Purchase at the door or email daniel@beerthoven.com for advance student tickets.

House Concert Saturday, May 7th:

We're excited to continue expanding our offerings by producing house concerts at private venues as well as small public venues around the city. If you'd enjoy a smaller crowd and a more intimate experience, this performance is for you!

Out of respect for the privacy of our hosts, we will only reveal the exact location to ticket purchasers. This program's mystery venue will host our Saturday performance in zip code 78746 (West Lake Hills, Austin). Visit this page for tickets to this special house concert performance.

Parking Info:

Look for parking in the state parking garages immediately surrounding the Saengerrunde facilities. If these are unavailable or closed off, try the Texas Capitol Visitors Center, three blocks south of the Saengerrunde on San Jacinto.

During most of our events these are open and free of charge. Sometimes there is a parking attendant charging $7-10, -especially when concurrent events take place in the Erwin Center.

We cannot guarantee their availability so we would recommend coming early in case you need to use the Capitol Visitors Center garage (14th and San Jacinto) or find on-street parking.

Safety Protocols:

We encourage all members of our community to get vaccinated and boosted as this is the best way to ensure that our concert can proceed without additional safety requirements. Beerthoven will follow federal and local guidelines closely to determine appropriate safety protocols in the event of another Covid surge. As of this writing, the CDC has determined that the level of risk in Austin is low. If this situation holds we therefore intend to produce the concert without requiring masking or social distancing. In the event of another surge we may adjust our requirements and notify our ticketed guests in advance of the performance.

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Chamber music featuring Mozart, magic, imbibing, and bowling!

About this event

Legend has it Mozart wrote his trio for piano, clarinet, and viola after a rousing game of nine pins. Decades later, Schumann wrote a magical trio for the same instrumentation. We sensed a theme so we're taking a few pages out of Rip Van Winkle's book for this concert of music, magic, imbibing, and bowling, featuring Mozart's "Kegelstatt" Trio, Schumann's "Fairy Tales" trio and Muczynski's Time Pieces. We're pleased to welcome back violist Luis Bellorin (formerly of the Thalea String Quartet), pianist Linda Angkasa, and clarinetist Luz Sarmiento as our featured artists. Guests who attend Friday and Sunday, the 25th and 27th, will enjoy the performance at the Austin Saengerrunde, upstairs from their historic bowling alley. Our Saturday, March 26th performance will take place at a private mystery venue (details below). This is one program you won't want to sleep through!

To celebrate our return to our musical home (and our Rip Van Winkle theme), we will be offering BOWLING on the Saengerrunde's historic lanes before and after our performance on Sunday, the 27th. Bowling will take place before the show from 2 to 3 pm and after the show 5 to 6 pm.

An additional special feature in this program will be local magician Dylan Love, performing dazzling tricks that will capture your imagination during our two intermissions at each performance.

Thanks to our sponsors, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing--at no additional cost!

Beerthoven events are family-friendly; kids are welcome! Student tickets are available for $10 at the door. Email daniel@beerthoven.com in advance for tickets for children.

House Concert Saturday, March 26th:

We're excited to continue expanding our offerings by producing house concerts at private venues as well as small public venues around the city. If you'd enjoy a smaller crowd and a more intimate experience, this performance is for you!

Out of respect for the privacy of our hosts, we will only reveal the exact location to ticket purchasers. This program's mystery venue will host our Saturday performance in zip code 78612 (Cedar Park). *Note: Eventbrite only allows us to list one venue for a given program; if you purchase a ticket for Saturday the 26th, please ignore them when they give the Saengerrunde as the location.

Parking Info:

Look for parking in the state parking garages immediately surrounding the Saengerrunde facilities. If these are unavailable or closed off, try the Texas Capitol Visitors Center, three blocks south of the Saengerrunde on San Jacinto.

During most of our events these are open and free of charge. Sometimes there is a parking attendant charging $7-10, -especially when concurrent events take place in the Erwin Center.

We cannot guarantee their availability so we would recommend coming early in case you need to use the Capitol Visitors Center garage (14th and San Jacinto) or find on-street parking.

Safety Protocols:

Beerthoven will follow federal and local guidelines closely to determine appropriate safety protocols in the event of another Covid surge. As of this writing, the CDC has determined that the level of risk in Austin is low. If this situation holds we therefore intend to produce the concert without requiring masking or social distancing. In the event of another surge we may adjust our requirements and notify our ticketed guests in advance of the performance. We encourage all members of our community to get vaccinated and boosted as this is the best way to ensure that our concert can proceed without further safety requirements.

Join us LIVE and in person this December on the front lawn of the Neill Cochran House Museum for concert of carols, cocoa, and cold ones.

Beerthoven is proud to partner once again with the Tinsel Singers! Tinsel is not your average group of Christmas carolers. Within Tinsel's roster of professional singers are Grammy®-winners and classically-trained vocalists, entertaining audiences with style and distinction. From classical to contemporary, Tinsel arrangements of holiday favorites are bright and innovative, while respecting tradition and cherished memories.

In addition to the live music, we will be serving hot cocoa as well as warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing--at no additional cost! All attendees to our Friday performance at the Neill-Cochran House will also be allowed one free visit to the Neill-Cochran House Museum's exhibits (voucher to be used at a different time than that of the performance, as the performance takes place after museum hours).

Beerthoven events are family-friendly; kids are welcome! Student tickets are available for $10 at the door. Email daniel@beerthoven.com in advance for tickets for children.

Parking Info:

For our Neill-Cochran House performance, limited parking will be available for free on-site in Neill-Cochran House's own lot, accessible via 23rd street in between Leon and San Gabriel. Additional parking can be found at the University Towers garage at 706 W. 23rd St.

Safety Protocols:

These performances and intermissions will all take place outdoors. For entrance inside the museum (including use of restroom), attendees must follow Neill-Cochran House Museum policy, which may include a mask requirement (subject to change by the Museum). If Covid-19 cases remain in Stage 3 or lower, Beerthoven will not require masking or social distancing during the performance. In the event of a rise to Stage 4, seating for the event will be distanced and social distancing and masking encouraged during intermissions. In the event Stage 5 is reached, masking and social distancing may be required for all attendees.

Beerthoven is thrilled to join up once again for two live outdoor performances with the bowed and fretted string quartet invoke! The program will feature invoke originals and Oktoberfest-themed selections that are sure to pair well with a pint or two.

In addition to the live music, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing--at no additional cost! All attendees to our Friday performance at the Neill-Cochran House will also be allowed one free visit to the Neill-Cochran House Museum's exhibits (voucher to be used at a different time than that of the performance, as the performance takes place after museum hours).

For our Friday performance: Order in advance online and save! General Tickets at the door will be charged $30.

Student Rush Tickets will be sold at the door the day of the show for $10 until capacity is reached.

Our Saturday, October 2nd performance will take place in a beautiful backyard mystery* venue located in the hills of West Austin, zip code 78746 (ignore the address listed for December 2nd in the pop up window when you hit "Select A Date"--the Saturday performance will not be at Neill-Cochran).

*For sake of preserving the privacy of our hosts, the exact location of our Saturday performance is to be revealed only to ticketed guests. Tickets for this performance will be available for advance purchase only; tickets will not be available at the door. Call or email in advance for student tickets to this performance.

Beerthoven events are family-friendly--kids are welcome!

Safety Protocols:

The performance and intermissions will all take place outdoors with socially-distant seating, grouped according to ticket orders (if you'd like to sit close to a friend, please order your tickets together and arrive together). Masking is strongly encouraged when social distancing is not possible (e.g. in the beer line) and required at all times when entering indoors (e.g. when using the restroom).

About invoke:

Described by one pretty important radio guy as “not classical…but not not classical” (David Srebnik, SiriusXM Classical Producer), Invoke continues to successfully dodge even the most valiant attempts at genre classification. The multi-instrumental band’s other not-nots encompass traditions from across America, including bluegrass, Appalachian fiddle tunes, jazz, and minimalism. Invoke weaves all of these styles together to create truly individual music, written by and for the group. Equally at home in a collaborative setting, Invoke has performed with musicians from widely varying genres, from the Ensō Quartet, to chamber rock powerhouse San Fermin, to beatboxer/rapper/spoons virtuoso Christylez Bacon. Invoke’s two albums Souls in the Mud and Furious Creek both feature original works composed by and for the group, plus the quartet has also performed and recorded numerous world premieres. Invoke believes in championing diverse American voices, including their ongoing commissioning project American Postcards, which asks composers to pick a time and place in American history and tell its story through Invoke’s unique artistry. https://www.invokesound.com/

Parking Info:

For our Neill-Cochran House performance, limited parking will be available for free on-site in Neill-Cochran House's own lot, accessible via 23rd street in between Leon and San Gabriel. Additional parking can be found at the University Towers garage at 706 W. 23rd St.

For our Saturday residential performance, on-street parking will be available at no additional cost.

Covid throw off your groove?

It's time to Get Your Groove Bach!

Join us on the front lawn of the Neill-Cochran House Museum evenings June 25th to 27th for three LIVE (yes, that's IN-PERSON) performances by Austin's own Bel Cuore Saxophone Quartet! They'll have some saxy selections to share with you including J.S. Bach's Chaconne from Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, selections from Marc Mellits' Groove Machine, Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, Piazolla's Histoire du Tango, and more.

In return to our usual format, we will be serving warm pastries and cold beer generously provided by Easy Tiger and Lazarus Brewing--at no additional cost! In addition, all attendees will be allowed one free visit to the Neill-Cochran House Museum's exhibits (voucher to be used at a different time than the day of performance, as the performance takes place after museum hours).

Tickets available on Eventbrite.

About Bel Cuore:

Lauded for their “high-energy” and “impressive” performances, the Bel Cuore Quartet (BCQ) has been sharing visceral and compelling chamber music with audiences since 2009. Twice nominated for “Best Classical Ensemble” by the Austin Critics’ Table, the quartet focuses on works by living composers to create engaging and memorable experiences for audiences.

BCQ has performed concerts all over the world, including engagements at the SXSW music festival, the Sibelius Academy for Music in Helsinki, Finland, the Contagious Sounds series in New York City, Marfa Public Radio, KQUE Hum Tum Radio in Houston, and the Fast Forward Festival for new music. BCQ has worked closely with leading composers such as Jennifer Higdon, John Corigliano, Steven Snowden, Ian Dicke, Donald Grantham, Christopher Stark, Victor Marquez, Asha Srinivasan, David Biedenbender, and Robert Honstein in various chamber and large ensemble configurations.

They have been featured as performers on several commercial recordings on the Naxos, Mark Masters, and Longhorn labels, including Over the Rainbow and Bach Again, Tex Sax Next Generation and Circus Maximus, all available on iTunes. Visit https://www.belcuorequartet.com/ for more info.

About Beerthoven:

Beerthoven's mission is to create enriching musical experience through down to earth means. This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department. Beerthoven is a Fiscally-Sponsored Project of the Austin Creative Alliance.

Please support Beerthoven by becoming a Benefactor! Check out options at www.beerthoven.com/benefactors

Parking Info:

Limited parking will be available for free on-site in Neill-Cochran House's own lot, accessible via 23rd street in between Leon and San Gabriel. Additional parking can be found at the University Towers garage at 706 W. 23rd St.