Token Creek Chamber Music

In the News

2018

Summer leftovers, one last helping: Token Creek #3 – Harbison’s offer a potent potpourri.
Blog: What Greg Says, September 28, 2018

Summer leftovers: Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, Concert #2.
Blog: What Greg Says, September 24, 2018

Token Creek Chamber Music Festival: Ripe and ready for the 29th time.
Blog: What Greg Says, August 29, 2018

A harvest of Bach.
Isthmus, August 28, 2018

The Token Creek Festival will “harvest” gardens of music from next Saturday through Sept. 2…
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, August 20, 2018

A season of “harvest” at Token Creek Chamber Music Festival
Sun Prairie Star, August 18, 2018

Token Creek Chamber Festival closes out another summer: 29 years on, intimate concert series cherished.
Madison Magazine, August 13, 2018

2017

Token Creek CMF dances the summer away: The 28th Festival’s final program gives us “Waltz”
Blog: What Greg Says, September 6, 2017

Token Creek CMF: It is necessarily so: A Schubert program inspires anew.
Blog: What Greg Says, September 1, 2017

The Token Creek Festival splendidly captures the poignancy and intimacy of late Schubert through songs and smaller piano works.
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, September 1, 2017

You can hear Schubert’s last songs at Token Creek Chamber Music Festival.
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, August 30, 2017.

Composer-performer John Harbison explains why the Token Creek Chamber Music Festival is revisiting “The Musical Offering” by Johann Sebastian Bach for a third time.
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, August 25, 2017.

Summer’s coda: Token Creek Festival is a gentle way to end the classical music season.
Isthmus, August 24, 2017

Token Creek Chamber Music Festival explores “necessary music”: 28th Token Creek Chamber Music Festival starts August 26
Sun Prairie Star, August 22, 2017

What classical music do you find necessary and why?
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, August 19, 2017.

This year’s Token Creek Chamber Music Festival will explore “Necessary Music” by Bach, Schubert, Schumann, Ravel, Harbison and other composers from Aug. 26 – Sept. 3.
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, August 17, 2017.

Don’t go anywhere, August is going to be classic: Stay for concerts, “Pinafore” and Token Creek Fest.
Madison Magazine, August 2, 2017.

John Harbison is “buoyant and bursting with purpose.”
Wisconsin Gazette, July 27, 2017

2016

Songs and chamber music about water and nature by Franz Schubert flow with drama and assertiveness to conclude this year’s Token Creek Festival
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, September 14 2016

Old music and new music mingle superbly at the Token Creek Chamber Music Festival through a concert with viols, a countertenor and a new composition by John Harbison.
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, September 1, 2016

Water Music: Token Creek Festival presents a blend of classic and new.
Isthmus, September 1, 2016

Token Creek restored — and at flood stage, musically speaking: 27th season of the Token Creek Chamber Music Festival overflows (artistically) in opening concert
Blog: What Greg Says, August 30, 2016

2015

Masterful chamber music in a gorgeous setting: Token Creek Chamber Music Festival is a late summer highlight
Isthmus, August 24, 2015

2014

Belated bravos for the finale of the Token Creek Chamber Festival’s 25th Season
Madison Magazine, September 3, 2014

The Token Creek Chamber Music Festival’s exploration of keyboard miniatures by Chopin and Scarlatti proves beautifully compelling…
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, August 29, 2014

The 25th Token Creek Chamber Music Festival: Happy anniversary from start To finish
Madison Magazine, August 25, 2014

A thought-provoking work by C.P.E. Bach kicks off the 2014 Token Creek Chamber Music Festival
Isthmus, August 25, 2014

Token Creek Chamber Music Festival celebrates 25 Years in the Barn
Madison Magazine, August 21, 2014

The 2014 Token Creek Chamber Music Festival celebrates two Bachs and two anniversaries
Isthmus, August 20, 2014

The Token Creek Chamber Music Festival starts Saturday…
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, August 18, 2014

2013

Token Creek Chamber Music Festival concludes its 2013 program with thrilling pairings
Isthmus, September 4, 2013

Completing some unfinished business at the Token Creek Chamber Music Festival
Madison Magazine, September 3, 2013

A little Stratford-on-Token, spoken and sung
Madison Magazine, August 30, 2013

2013 Token Creek Chamber Music Festival upcoming events
DeForest Times-Tribune, August 22, 2013

Classical music Q&A: Composer and violinist Andrew Waggoner talks about the importance of improvisation and his upcoming concerts at the Token Creek Chamber Music Festival…
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, August 21, 2013

The Token Creek Chamber Music Festival opens this Wednesday and runs through Sept. 1…
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, August 19, 2013

After 25 years,Token Creek festival remains serious about serious music
Wisconsin Gazette, August 9, 2013

2012

Token Creek Chamber Music Festival bridges seasons and centuries
Madison Magazine, September 2, 2012

Final program of Token Creek Chamber Music Festival provokes thought
77 Square, September 2, 2012

Music and nature collide at Token Creek Chamber Music Festival
Sun Prairie Star, August 22, 2012

Around the Bubbler: Token Creek Chamber Music Festival
77 Square, August 22, 2012

This year’s Token Creek Chamber Music Festival
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, August 21, 2012

Music festival starts Aug. 25
DeForest Times-Tribune, August 15, 2012

Audio: Robert Levin discusses the Mozart reconstructions
Wisconsin Public Radio’s All Things Considered, February 16, 2012

2011

Token Creek Chamber Festival performances meet the challenge of Mozart, mostly
77 Square, August 28, 2011

2011 Token Creek Chamber Music Festival premieres a Mozart might-have-been
Isthmus, August 28, 2011

Token Creek Chamber Music Festival a diverse experience
77 Square, August 25, 2011

Classical Music Q&A: Harvard scholar Robert Levin
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, August 25, 2011

Classical Music Q&A: Composer John Harbison, Part 2 of 2
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, August 24, 2011

Classical Music Q&A: Composer John Harbison, Part 1 of 2
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, August 23, 2011

Sounds of the summer
Isthmus, June 9, 2011

Token Creek Chamber Music Creek to expand this summer
Blog: The Well-Tempered Ear, March 3, 2011