Chopin & Schumann on the Bluff, Year Two

The Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University is proud to present the second season of Chopin & Schumann on the Bluff, featuring beloved favorites and rarely-heard gems composed by two of the most popular classical composers. Artistic Director David Allen Wehr will again lead a cast of musicians from the faculty of the Mary Pappert School of Music, members of the Pittsburgh Symphony, and international guest artists in four programs exploring the rich artistic legacy of Chopin and Schumann’s piano solo and chamber music works.

All concerts will be on Sunday afternoons at 3:00 p.m. and will be preceded at 2:30 p.m. by a pre-concert discussion.

Upcoming Bluff Series Events

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Chopin & Schumann On the Bluff - Concert VII: Fantasy

About this Concert This will be the fourth appearance of Schumann’s Fantasy-Pieces on...

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Chopin & Schumann On the Bluff - Concert VIII: Folk Style

About this Concert Chopin was intensely patriotic about his Polish homeland and wrote...

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Admission to the Bluff Series

Individual Concert Admission ($20/seat)

Seats may be reserved for individual concerts. Please click below to reserve your seat(s) for the appropriate event:

Parking

Parking is available in the Forbes Avenue Parking Garage. You may also park in the Locust Street Parking Garage by crossing over on the seventh floor of the Forbes Avenue Parking Garage (only lease holders may enter at the Locust Garage entrance). In the event that a higher event rate is enforced during a Bluff Series concert, the School of Music will provide patrons an Affiliated Rate Ticket, which will reduce the parking rate to standard weekend/evening rate.

Admission Information

All Music on the Bluff concerts are held in PNC Recital Hall, which is located on the first floor of the Mary Pappert School of Music.

Questions About Attending a Bluff Series Concert?

We're always happy to help. Please call during regular business hours or email us anytime.

Concert Information

Inside the Bluff Series

Prior to each concert this year, David Allen Wehr will talk on stage with one of the concert's performers about the music the you will hear. This inside look at the repertoire will provide a deeper understanding of the music, how and why the composer chose to write what they wrote, and even give you a peek inside the preparation our musicians go through prior to the concert.

Livestream Information

This year, we will be using our IEMMA Broadcast Network (Institute of Entertainment, Music, and Media Arts) to livestream each of the Bluff Series concerts and their preceding pre-concert talks. To watch, click the button below at 2:30 p.m. on each concert day.

Meet & Greet the Artists

After each performance, you are invited to join us in the PNC Recital Hall Lobby to meet and talk with our amazing musicians. Light refreshments will be served.

David Allen Wehr

Artistic Director

David Allen Wehr serves as Dean of the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University, where he holds the Jack W. Geltz Distinguished Piano Chair. He has performed over 1,300 concerts in 30 countries as soloist and chamber music artist since winning the Gold Medal at the 1987 Santander International Piano Competition in Spain. He is Artistic Director of the popular Music on the Bluff chamber music series at Duquesne. Wehr’s discography consists of over 20 albums, including the complete Beethoven Sonata Cycle.