The healing and sustaining power of music. Works by artists who wrote music in order to mend their own broken spirits: Arvo Pärt, Sergei Rachmaninov, Morten Lauridsen, Antonín Dvorák, and Hildegard von Bingen. Featuring violinist Patrice Calixte, cellist Annie Jacobs-Perkins, and pianist Michelle Schumann. Taking place January 19 and 20.

Austin Chamber Music Center’s Friday Intimate Concerts are an up-close-and-personal setting for chamber music, taking place at KMFA. Tickets include complimentary drinks and light bites served at a post-concert reception with the artists. A second performance will take place at the First Unitarian Church on that Saturday. Amazing messages, amazing music. Inspired by the sublime and poignant messages of poets and philosophers, the Austin Chamber Music Center explores the emotional music that continues where words leave off. For more information, season packages, and individual tickets, please visit https://austinchambermusic.org/concert-season/.