Chatter Sunday

Specialties

Live chamber music performances

History

Established in 2008.

Chatter /​Ensemble Music New Mexico presents a full spectrum of chamber music in the classical idiom — from Baroque through the 21^st century, with attention to American composers. 60+ unique concerts are presented each year. Chatter performs in unconventional, intimate venues; fosters curiosity about and understanding of today’s composers by juxtaposing and weaving together new and traditional classical music. In its three series, Chatter offers adventuresome programming and informative engagement between musicians and audience plus challenging opportunities for professional musicians. Chatter brings music and poetry together each Sunday and brings youth to the stage and to the audience.

Meet the Manager

David F.

Manager

David Felberg, Albuquerque native, violinist and conductor, is Artistic Director and co-​founder of Chatter Sunday, Chatter Cabaret, Chatter 20 – 21. He is Concertmaster of the Santa Fe Symphony and Music Director of the Albuquerque Philharmonic. He also teaches contemporary music at the University of New Mexico, and is the associate concertmaster of the NM Philharmonic. He maintains a robust conducting and concert soloist career, performing throughout the southwest. He made his New York debut in Merkin Hall in spring 2005. David received a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Arizona and a Master of Music in Conducting from the University of New Mexico. He has taken advanced string quartet studies at the University of Colorado with the Takacs Quartet, and worked with Harold Farbermann at the Bard Conducting Institute. David plays a J.B.Vuillaume 1829 violin.