Music on the Hill’s 16th Chamber Music Festival

Music on the Hill will celebrate its sixteenth chamber music festival in the West Bay with seven concerts as summer begins. Concerts pair familiar works by Bach, Mozart, and Brahms with exciting new favorites. The ensemble of 20 artists includes musicians born and raised in Rhode Island. Tickets are just $30 in advance or at the door (cash/check only), and free for students. For information and tickets, visit www.musiconthehillri.org.

Festival highlights:

• Memorial Day, Monday, May 27 at 3:00 pm, an afternoon mostly-Bach concert at First Baptist Church.

• “Three Divas” reunites twin vocalists Lori Phillips and Mary Phillips with pianist Judith Lynn Stillman, May 28.

• Virtuoso percussionist Peter Ferry shares the May 29 program with the Millar Piano Duo.

• June 2, Narragansett Brass Quintet will perform on the lawn at Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum, 4157 Post Road in Warwick, RI. Audience members should bring lawn chairs or blankets. The casual one-hour concert is Sensory-Friendly, perfect for all ages and experiences.

• Internationally acclaimed Quartet ES makes their Ocean State debut, June 6.

• Sebastian Ruth joins the ensemble for Mendelssohn’s Octet, June 5.

• IonSound Project devotes a concert to work of women composers, June 8.

• The annual free education concert for elementary students will take place on May 31.