UPCOMING 2019-2020 SEASON CONCERTS & MASTER CLASSES / ACADEMY EVENTS:

• December 15 [3:00 PM]

Elaris Duo perform BRAHMS Double Concerto, Op. 102 with Highland Park Strings Orchestra (Chicago)
Double Your Pleasure

http://www.highlandparkstrings.org/pgs/december.html

• September 27, 2019 [7:30 PM]
  • Georgia Southern University Faculty Showcase Recital, Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Statesboro, GA

• September 24, 2019 [7:30 PM]
  • Georgia Southern University Faculty Showcase Recital, Fine Arts Hall, Armstrong Campus, Savannah, GA

• September 21/22, 2019 [4:00  PM] 
  • Boulder Chamber Series – “NO NOTE LEFT BEHIND”  1195 Linden Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80304 (RSVP to j.bein@comcast.net or 303-898-8636) Suggested contribution: $25 

• December 17-20, 2018
  • Elaris Duo Master Classes & Recital, Jerusalem Academy of Dance and Music, Jerusalem, Israel

• December 11-13, 2018
  • Elaris Duo Lecture Recitals, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

• May 06, 2018 [3:00 PM (CDT)]
  • Elaris Duo performs with Noah Geller & Friends, Pierce Hill Performing Arts, Viroqua, WI
  • https://events.ticketprinting.com/event/Noah-Geller-Friends-28294

• July 1-5, 2018
  • Elaris Summer String Academy, Georgia Southern University – Armstrong Campus, Savannah, GA
  • http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/elarissummer/

• July 14-21, 2018
  • Elaris Duo. at the Omaha Conservatory of Music Summer Institute, Omaha, NE
  • http://www.omahacm.org/programs-events/omaha-conservatory-of-music-summer-institute-2018

• July 22-29, 2018
  • Steven Elisha Cello Intensive Seminar, Summit Music Festival, Pleasantville, NY
  • https://summitmusicfestival.org

• August 23 & 25, 2018 [7:30 PM (EST)]
  • Steven and Larisa Elisha perform at the Savannah Music Festival, Savannah, GA
  • http://savannahvoicefestival.org

• October 21, 2018 [5:00 PM (EST)]
  • Elaris Duo Performance, Arts on Skidaway Concert Series, Skidway Island United Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway, Savannah, GA 31411
  • https://www.siumc.org/concert-series

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2017 Season:

• Master Classes and Chamber/Solo Performances, Summit Music Festival, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York
• Omaha Conservatory of Music Orchestral Institute and Summer Festival, Steven Elisha solo recitals and Cello Master Classes
• Elaris Duo Violin and Cello Master Classes at Charleston International Music School Summer Festival
• Steven Elisha performance, St. Johns Episcopal Church, Savannah, GA
• Larisa Elisha Violin Recital, with Karla Rocker, piano, Messiah Lutheran Church, Savannah, Georgia
• Larisa Elisha Faculty Violin Recital, with Karla Rocker, piano, Georgia Southern University Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Statesboro, GA
• Steven Elisha presentation and pedagogic session, American String Teachers Association National Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
• Steven Elisha Faculty Cello Recital, Georgia Southern University Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Statesboro, GA
• Steven Elisha Solo Cello Recital, East Carolina University, Greensville, North Carolina
• Steven Elisha Cello Master Class, East Carolina University, Greensville, North Carolina

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PAST SEASONS:

2016 

• Elaris Duo recital, First United Methodist Church Family Life Center, Presented by the Arts Center of Appling County, Baxley, Georgia
• Elaris Duo recital, Northbrook Public Library Chamber Music Series, Northbrook (Chicago), Illinois
• Elaris Duo/Mr. Cello Stories, Artists-in-Schools Residency, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL
• Steven Elisha, Lecture Presentation, American String Teachers Association National Conference, Tampa, Florida
• Elaris Duo, American String Teachers association National Conference College Fair, Tampa, Florida
• Steven Elisha, GSU Faculty Recital (Complete Suites for unaccompanied cello – J. S. Bach), Carol A. Carter Recital Hall (Foy Building), Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
• Elaris Duo, Strings at Southern Chamber Music Festival, Faculty recital – Chamber concert – Gala concert, Carol A. Carter Recital Hall (Foy Building), Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
• Elaris Duo Concerto performance (Brahms Double Concerto), Washington Square Music Festival Orchestra, New York, New York
• Elaris Duo Master Classes, Charleston International Music School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
• Elaris Duo Recital, Bard College Conservatory of Music, Redhook, New York
• Elaris Duo Presentation at Stringendo Mid-Hudson Performing Arts College Fair, Hyde Park, New York

2015 

• Elaris Duo Recital, Steven and Larisa Elisha Master Classes, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
• Elaris Duo Performance, Focus on the Arts, Highland Park, Wisconsin
• Elaris Duo Gala Concert, Statesboro Trinity Episcopal Church, Strings at Southern Chamber Music Festival, Statesboro, Georgia
• Elaris Duo with Joel Feigin, pianist/composer, Newtown Promise Benefit, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, New York
• Elaris Duo Recital, Messiah Lutheran Church, Savannah, GA

2014 

• Drs. Larisa and Steven Elisha gave featured presentations at the 2015 American String Teachers Association National Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah;  They also participated in the ASTA College Fair as part of the National Orchestra Festival, which hosted over 600 string students from across the United States.
• The Elaris Duo with Perry Mears II, piano: University of Memphis; Composers Concert at the College Music Society Southern Regional Conference at Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, Mississippi; World Premiere of Malcolm J. Solomon Piano Trio, University of St. Thomas
• Elaris Duo with Karla Rocker, piano, “Love Songs Without Words-A Valentine’s Evening of Romantic Music,” Georgia Southern University, Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Statesboro, GA
• Elaris Duo Chamber Music Recital, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
• Elaris Duo Recital, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
• Steven Elisha with Philip Pan and members of the Jacksonville Philharmonic (Florida): Jacksonville Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, Florida; Fleet Landing, Atlantic Beach, Florida
• Elaris Duo, Summit Music Festival, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York
• Elaris Duo Faculty Recital, Strings at Southern Chamber Music Festival, Georgia Southern University Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Statesboro, GA
• Larisa Elisha Violin Recital, “French Musical Impressions,” (with Michael Braz -piano and Steven Elisha-cello), Georgia Southern University Faculty Recital, Georgia Southern University Carol A. Carter Recital Hall, Statesboro, GA
• Larisa Elisha Violin Recital, “French Musical Impressions,” (with Michael Braz -piano and Steven Elisha-cello), Vidalia United Methodist Church (Sponsored by Art Guild 280), Vidalia, Georgia
• Elaris Duo performance, Hilton Head Symphony League, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
• Elaris Duo Benefit Recital, “Strings for Strings,” Trinity Episcopal Church, Statesboro, Georgia

2013 

• Elaris Duo Concert for Hilton Head Symphony
• Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Performance (with Susan Merdinger), Summit Music Festival, Purchase, New York
• Steven Elisha, Summit Music Festival, Purchase, New York
• Elaris Duo Concert, Newtown Arts Festival, Newtown, Connecticut
• Steven Elisha Solo Cello Kol Nidre, Congregation Mickve Israel, Savannah, Georgia
• Steven Elisha Conductor, Strings at Southern Chamber Music Festival Chamber Orchestra, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
• Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Performance (with Mary Watanabe McKee), St. Peter’s Episcopal Church community Concert Series, Savannah, Georgia
• Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Performance (with Susan Merdinger), Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
• Elaris Duo Performance, Highland Park FOCUS ON THE ARTS, Highland Park, Illinois
• Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Performance (with Susan Merdinger), University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin
• Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Performance (with Susan Merdinger), University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Performance (with Susan Merdinger), Northbrook Public Library Series, Chicago, Illinois
• Elaris Duo Performance,  International Symposium on Performing Arts, National Taiwan University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
• Steven Elisha Solo Cello Lecture-Recital, National Taiwan University of the Arts,Taipei, Taiwan
• Larisa Elisha Duo Lecture-Recital, National Taiwan University of the Arts,Taipei, Taiwan
• Elaris Duo Collaboration with GSU Voice faculty of J. S. Bach’s “Coffee Cantata,” Fundraiser for Savannah Friends of Music, Savannah, Georgia
• Steven Elisha Conductor, Larisa Elisha Solo violin (Adrian Gnam Solo-Oboe, Michael Braz-Harpsichord), GSU Sinfonietta, Statesboro, GA (J. S. Bach
• Double Concerto in c minor)
• Steven Elisha Solo Cello Recital, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska
• Steven Elisha Conductor, Nebraska High School Honor Chamber Orchestra Festival, Hastings Nebraska
• Steven Elisha with Michael Braz, Cello-Piano Faculty Recital, GSU, Statesboro, Georgia
• Steven Elisha Solo Cello Recital, Trinity Episcopal Church, Statesboro, Georgia
• Larisa Elisha Solo Violin Performance, Jewish Educational Alliance of Savannah, GA
• Elaris Duo, Multiple Radio Broadcasts, Classical Broadcaster & Programmer at FM 92.9 “The Grand,” Canada

2012

• Larisa Elisha Solo Violin Performance, Christ Episcopal Church, Savannah, Georgia
• Steven Elisha Solo Cello Faculty Recital, GSU, Statesboro, Georgia
• Elaris Duo Recital, Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy, Vilnius, Lithuania
• Elaris Duo GSU Faculty Showcase performance, Statesboro, Georgia
• Elaris Duo with Richard Mercier Piano Trio Recital, Georgia University, Milledgeville, Georgia
• Elaris Duo Recital, Summit Music Festival, Purchase, New York
• Elaris Duo Recital, Temple Mickve Israel Music Series (Inaugural), Savannah, Georgia
• Steven Elisha Conductor, GSU Sinfonietta Spring Chamber Concert (Foy), Statesboro, Georgia
• Steven Elisha Conductor, GSU Sinfonietta Spring Chamber Concert, Christ Episcopal Church, Savannah, GA
• Steven Elisha Conductor, GSU Sinfonietta Fall Chamber Concert (Carol A. Carter Recital Hall), Statesboro, Georgia
• Elaris Duo and Trio Lecture-Recital (with Susan Merdinger), University of Wisconsin-Parkside Concert Series, Kenosha, Wisconsin
• Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Recital (with Susan Merdinger), The Pianoforte Salon Series, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Illinois
• Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Recital (with Susan Merdinger), The Family Piano Company, Waukegan, Illinois
• Elaris Duo and Piano Trio Recital (with Susan Merdinger), Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, Illinois
• Larisa Elisha GSU Faculty Violin Recital with Richard Mercier, Statesboro, Georgia
• Larisa and Steven Elisha GSU Faculty Recital (with Linda Cionitti), Statesboro, Georgia
• Elaris Duo In-Conference performance at GMEA, Savannah, Georgia
• Elaris Duo Lecture/Performance at  International Conference on Arts and Humanities (Honolulu, Hawaii)
• Elaris Duo with James Rivers Kansas Public Radio, Rebroadcast, Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Sunflower Chamber Orchestra

2011:

• Steven Elisha GSU Faculty Solo Cello Recital, Statesboro, Georgia
• Elaris Duo with Richard Mercier GSU Faculty Piano Trio recital, Statesboro, Georgia
• Elaris Duo GSU Faculty recital, Statesboro, Georgia
• Elaris Duo GSU Faculty Showcase performance, Statesboro, Georgia
• Elaris Duo (2) Performances at Statesboro Rotary Club, Statesboro, Georgia
• Steven Elisha, Eight Solo Cello Recitals, Harvest Festival, Troy, New York
• Steven Elisha Solo Cello Recital, Topeka Shawnee County Public Library Recital Series (World Premier of original composition composed for Kansas Sesquicentennial), Topeka, Kansas
• Elaris Duo Concerto Performance (Beethoven Triple Concerto), GSU Symphony Orchestra, Statesboro, Georgia
• Elaris Duo performance for GSU Provost Gala, Statesboro, Georgia
• Larisa Elisha Chamber and Orchestra performances, Sunflower Music Festival, Topeka, Kansas
• Elaris Duo with Kyoko Hashimoto, pianist in live performance on KANU (Kansas Public Radio)
• Elaris Duo with Kyoko Hashimoto trio performance, Hiawatha Church, Hiawatha, Kansas
• Elaris Duo and Friends recital, Grace Cathedral ‘Great Spaces’ Series, Topeka, Kansas
• Steven Elisha Solo Cello Performance, Holocaust Memorial (Kansas Historical Museum), Topeka, Kansas
• Steven Elisha Chamber Music Performance, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
• Steven Elisha Concerto Performance, Dvorak Cello Concerto, Hastings Symphony Orchestra, Hastings, Nebraska
• Larisa Elisha Concerto Performance, Brahms Violin Concerto, Hastings Symphony Orchestra, Hastings, Nebraska
• Elaris Duo Concerto Performance, Brahms Double Concerto, Hastings Symphony Orchestra, Hastings, Nebraska