Saturday, January 9th, 2010, at 7:30 PM

JP Concerts presents an intimate evening of chamber music old and new, with Jennifer Bewerse (cello), Meghan Kerley (clarinet), Joseph Turbessi (piano) and Shuo Wang (violin), graduates of the Boston Conservatory. The musical program will include the Sonata in F minor for clarinet and piano, op. 120 no. 1, by Johannes Brahms ( ); Boston premier of Transience #1 and #2 for clarinet and piano by Patrick Wilkins; Rhapsody #1 for clarinet and piano, by Claude Debussy; and two works by James Kallembach: the Boston premier of Two Movements for cello and piano, and the world premier of Jeder Engel ist schrecklich for piano trio. JP Concerts tickets are $10 general admission at the door.

Bios for two of the performers were available at press time. Joe Turbessi comes from Western Michigan; he has received degrees in piano performance from Hope College and the Boston Conservatory. He is active in the Boston area as a pianist, organist, chamber musician, and accompanist. Joe currently serves as staff accompanist at the Boston Conservatory, and accompanist to the Boston Conservatory Women's Chorus and the MIT Concert Chorus. As a member of Juventas, a Boston ensemble specializing in the works of young composers, Joe has helped premier a number of chamber works. In July 2009, he worked with young composers from across the country as a performer in the Oregon Bach Festival Composers' Symposium. He is a winner of the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition and a two-time winner of the Hope College Concerto Competition. Joe is also an accomplished organist and studied with Dr. Huw Lewis of Hope College. He currently serves as organist to First Congregational Church of Somerville and is a member of the American Guild of Organists. Joe lives in Jamaica Plain. Meghan Kerley was born and raised in New England. As a young child she studied violin and clarinet but decided to pursue clarinet as her career because of its versatility and beautiful tone. Kerley studied clarinet at Boston University on a performance scholarship with Ian Greitzer and also studied bass clarinet with Craig Nordstrom. After graduating from Boston University, Kerley worked as an EMT and taught clarinet and saxophone lessons while she attended Northeastern University, where she became a paramedic. In 2008 Mrs. Kerley graduated from Boston Conservatory with a Master of Music in clarinet performance. Kerley is an active orchestral, chamber, and solo player and lives in Burlington, Massachusetts with her husband Chris, and daughter Ciara.

Patrick Wilkins has been writing songs with the help of pianos since he was a wee lad. He alternates his time between 6-month sets of conservation work and composing, and 6-month sets of backpacking, bicycling, and general rambling. James Kallembach is Senior Lecturer in Music and Director of Choral Activities at the University of Chicago where he conducts the University Chorus, Motet Choir, and Rockefeller Chapel Choir. Prior to his appointment, he was Assistant Director of Choirs at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, and served as Assistant Director of the Richmond Symphony Chorus and Director of the Kokomo Symphony Chorus. Kallembach completed a doctorate of music degree in choral conducting in March 2008 at Indiana University, Bloomington. He has studied conducting with Paul Hillier, Jan Harrington, Carmen Téllez, Melinda O'Neal, and John Poole; he has also studied composition with Sven-David Sandström, Augusta Reed Thomas, Claude Baker, and Don Freund. His works have been premiered at the 1997 ALEA III International Composition Competition and published by Corda Music in the United Kingdom. He has lectured at the Oregon Bach Festival and published a recent article in Opera News Online. He is currently working with Swedish composer Sven-David Sandström to form the Choral Institute of Chicago, an organization dedicated to promoting vocal music, especially choral music, of young and established composers.