UP COMING:

December 8th, 2024

Venue: Chiesa Valdese di Piazza Cavour, Roma in the L’Aula Magna, Rome Italy

Recital with Fabio Fornaciari, piano

Time: 19:00/7 pm

Event details: https://bartshields.com/december-8th-2024-recital/

January 5th, 2025

Venue: Alsace Lutheran Church, Reading PA, United States

Concerto performance of J.S. Bach Double Violin Concerto, Vivaldi Concerto in F minor “Winter”, op. 8 no. 4, RV 297 and Sibelius Humoresques Op. 87, No. 2 and Op. 89, No. 4

with the Vilacello Young Artist Chamber Orchestra and violinist, Filippo Bogdanovic

Time: 7 pm

January 7th, 2025

Rocky Ridge Music Center on Tour, with Steinway Artist, Hsing-ay Hsu, piano

Venue: Kaufman Music Center – Posner-Ackmann Hall, New York City, NY, United States

Address: Abraham Goodman House, 129 West 67th Street (btw Broadway and Amsterdam), New York, NY 10023

Time: 6:30 pm

Works: TBA

February/March, 2025

Venue: Love²Arts Gallery Management Representation, Antwerp, Belgium

Works: TBA

Cost: €20

June 16th-20th, 2025

Sheva Collection Album Recording

Venue: Studio Steinway Recording, Lincolnshire, England

Works: Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major Op. 100, Franck Violin Sonata, and Gabriel Fauré Romance, Op. 28, with Chan Mi Jean, piano

June 23rd – 27th, 2025

Solo and Chamber Music performances at the Vilacello String and Piano Festival, with violinist, Timothy Chooi and pianist, Chan Mi Jean

Venue: Hotel Terme Rosapepe 1907, Contursi, Italy

Website: https://www.termerosapepe.com/

Works: TBA

July 6th, 2025

Time: 3 pm

Rocky Ridge Music Center’s Music in the Mountains Recital Series

Venue: Rocky Ridge Music Center, Estes Park, Colorado, United States

Works: TBA

Event details: https://bartshields.com/july-6th-2025-recital/

August 11 – 17th, 2025

The Vilacello String and Piano Festival Solo and Chamber Performances

Venue: Alsace Lutheran Church, Reading PA, United States

With: Chan Mi Jean, Timothy Chooi, Holly Nelson, Julia Choi, Jennifer Choi, Zoë Martin-Doike, and Maria Dell’Orefice

PAST:

October 14th, 2024

Time: 2 pm

University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON K1N 6N5, Canada

Visiting Guest Artist

October 9, 2024

Time: 7 pm

Venue: EL SISTEMA COLORADO

2980 Curtis Street
Denver, CO 80205

(Parking on the street and around the park)

BrahmsViolin Sonata in G Major, Op 78

SchubertRondo Brillant in B Minor, D. 895

with Chan Mi Jean, piano

October 9th, 2024

Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver CO, USA

Visiting Guest Artist

Time: 2:30 pm

Venue: The King Center Recital Hall

Paganini – Caprice 17

Masterclass

September 10 – 14th, 2024

2024 Classic Violin Olympus International Competition, Rome Italy

Venue: Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, Studio 1

September 1 – 8th, 2024

The 30th anniversary of the International Johannes Brahms Competition, Pörtschach, Austria

 Venue: Congress Center Pörtschach, Hauptstraße 203, 9210 Pörtschach am Wörthersee

August 17th, 2024

Time: 3:30 pm

Alsace Lutheran Church 

2201 Kutztown Rd, Reading, PA 19605, USA

Vilacello String and Piano Festival

Faculty Chamber Music Recital

Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13

  • Ariel Horowitz, violin 1
  • Holly Nelson, violin 2
  • Bartholomew Fortino-Shields, viola
  • Atticus Mellor-Goldman, cello

César Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor

  • Timothy Chooi, violin 1
  • Bartholomew Fortino-Shields, violin 2
  • Florrie Marshall, viola
  • Atticus Mellor-Goldman, cello
  • Chan Mi Jean, piano

August 14th, 2024

Time: 6 pm

Alsace Lutheran Church 

2201 Kutztown Rd, Reading, PA 19605, USA

Vilacello String and Piano Festival

Faculty Solo Showcase Recital

Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100

August 10th, 2024

Time: 3:30 pm

The Highlands at Wyomissing, Wyomissing PA, USA

Johannes Brahms  – Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100

Gabriel Fauré – Romance for Violin and Piano Op. 28

César Franck – Violin Sonata

with Chan Mi Jean, piano

August 9th, 2024

Time: 7 pm

An die Musik LIVE, Baltimore MD, USA

Johannes Brahms  – Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100

Gabriel Fauré – Romance for Violin and Piano Op. 28

César Franck – Violin Sonata

with Chan Mi Jean, piano

July 22nd – 23rd, 2024

Musica d’Estate Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo at Bardonecchia, Italy

Paganini – Caprice 15, J.S. Bach Partita No. 1 in B minor, and Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major

April 24th, 2024

Time: 7 pm

Hotel Terme Rosapepe, Contursi, Italy

Sala dei Cristalli

Works by Bach, Ysaye, Beethoven and Hubay

with Stefano Musso, piano

https://www.artconcerto.it/concerti/duo-fortino-shields-musso

March 7th, 2024

Recording at L’Ammonite – Campagnano di Roma, Italy

Béla Bartók – Sonata for violin solo, Sz 117, Movs 3-4

February 16th, 2024

Recording at Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo-Torino, Italy

Franz Schubert – Rondo Brillant in B minor, D 895

with Stefano Musso, piano

December 29th, 2023

Vilacello Winter Workshop

Masterclass

Time: 8 am – 10 am

New Life Bible Fellowship Church, Oley, Pennsylvania, United States

Chamber Music Recital with Vilacello Alumni & Friends

Time: 4 pm

Felix Mendelssohn – String Symphony No. 7 in D minor, movs 1 & 4

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings, Op. 48

December 16th, 2023

Time: 5 pm

Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo, Pinerolo-Torino Italia

Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, op. 108

with Alessandro Mosca, piano

December 14th, 2023

Time: 6 pm

Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, Roma Italia

Niccolo Paganini – Caprices 16 & 19

J.S. Bach – Sonata No. 2 in A minor (S.1003), Andante

June 9th, 2023

Time: 3:30 pm

Reformation Lutheran Church

3670 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19606

Vilacello Festival Chamber Music Recital

Bartholomew Fortino Shields, violin

Florrie Marshall, viola

Arlen Hlusko, cello

Chan Mi Jean, piano

Bohuslav Martinu – Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H. 313, Poco allegro

Ernő Dohnányi – Serenade for String Trio, op. 10

Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8

June 5th, 2023

Time: 3:30 pm

Reformation Lutheran Church

3670 Perkiomen Ave, Reading, PA 19606

with Chan Mi Jean, piano

Fritz Kreisler – Recitativo und Scherzo, Op. 6

Niccolo Paganini – Caprice No. 23

Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 9 “Kreutzer”, Op. 47

June 2rd, 2023

Time: 7 pm

The Highlands at Wyomissing

2000 Cambridge Ave, Wyomissing, PA 19610

with Chan Mi Jean, piano

Program:
Fritz Kreisler – Recitativo und Scherzo, Op. 6
Niccolo Paganini – Caprice No. 23

Bartholomew Fortino Shields, violin

Robert Schumann/Franz Liszt – Widmung
Franz Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp Minor

Chan Mi Jean, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 9 “Kreutzer”, Op. 47
I. Adagio sostenuto – Presto – Adagio
II. Andante con variazioni
III. Presto

Bartholomew Fortino Shields, violin and Chan Mi Jean, piano

March 21st, 2023

Time: 7:30 pm

St. Mark’s Church, 1625 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

with Chan Mi Jean, piano

Buy Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.event&eventID=68CEC3EC-9FE1-F9D2-CCECF99AF990E8F6

Henryk Wieniawski – Polonaise Brillante No. 2 in A major, Op. 21

César Franck – Violin Sonata in A major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Twelve Variations on “Ah vous dirai-je, Maman,” K. 265/300e

Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor “Appassionata,” Op. 57

February 18th, 2023

Time: 7:30 pm

St. Mark’s Church, 1625 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

with Grace Takeda, viola

Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni – Duo No.1 in E-flat major

Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni – Duo No. 2 in G minor

Johan Halvorsen – Sarabande con variazioni, theme de Handel

Johan Halvorsen – Passacaglia 

Live stream link: https://www.youtube.com/live/93F8Aq728tw?feature=share

May 4, 2022

7:30 PM

Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University

Peabody Institute Chamber Music Recital Series 

Cohen-Davison Family Theatre 1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202

7:30 pm  Wednesday, May 4  FREE

Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 2 in A maj, Op. 26

Bartholomew Fortino Shields, violin

Margaret Eklund Klucznik, viola

John Sample, cello

Chloe Desouza, piano

April 10, 2022

 3:30 PM

Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Hilda and Douglas Goodwin Recital Hall

Master of Music Violin Recital

with Allison Freeman, piano

Eugène Ysaÿe – Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 27, No. 3, “Ballade”

Ernest Chausson – Poème, Op. 25

Richard Strauss – Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Improvisation (Andante cantabile)
III. Finale (Andante-Allegro)