“As a professional violinist and string professor, I started Techne Music because I had excellent students and wanted to further their education,” says Timothy Schwarz, Techne Music Artistic Director.

“I wanted to focus on string quartets, self-leadership skills and prepare students for a career in music so I created the Techne Music Festival,” Schwarz says.

Techne Music presents “Donald Spieth Memorial Concert: Marinho Quartet,” 4 p.m. Feb. 16, Moravian University Peter Hall, Bethlehem.

“As a member of the Techne Music Festival Board of Directors, Donald Spieth decided that the level of participants was so advanced that rather than just a five-day festival we should have a few concerts throughout the year,” says Schwarz. Techne is the Greek goddess of art, craft and technical skill.

Spieth’s recommendation of adding concerts for festival participants includes the upcoming performance of the Marinho Quartet, participants in the 2024 summer festival.

Concert selections include “String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33 No. 5” by Franz Josef Haydn; “String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74, Harp” by Ludwig van Beethoven, and “A New Satiesfaction” by Stephan Koncz.

The 12th annual Techne Music Festival, held for five days in June at Moravian University, includes faculty and concertmasters of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Baltimore Symphony, faculty from the Curtis Institute of Music, Rowan University and the Juilliard School, and members of Orion, Daedalus, Vega, Uptown and Serafin String Quartets.

“Don’s tremendous influence on the musical life in the Lehigh Valley did not end with his passing in 2023,” says Schwarz. “His legacy continues with the next generation of musicians who perform in his memory.”

“Donald Spieth Memorial Concert: Marinho Quartet,” 4 p.m. Feb. 16, Peter Hall, 342 Main St., Moravian University, Bethlehem; Tickets: at the door; 610-861-1650; https://www.moravian.edu/music/concert-schedule

“Our first concert was July 1990 and we liked what we did so we made it permanent,” says Agnès Maurer, Executive Director and Founder, Gabriel Chamber Ensemble.

Adds Gabriel Chamber Ensemble Assistant Artistic Director Dana Allaband, “For this concert we present the tuneful music of Telemann, Bach, Barber and Tchaikovsky with selections that are happy, spirited, peaceful, serene and simply beautiful.”

Gabriel Chamber Ensemble presents its “35th Anniversary Concert,” 3 p.m. Feb. 23, Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Schuylkill Haven.

The concert opens with the “Concerto for 4 violins in D Major TWV 40: 202” by popular German Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767).

Next is “Adagio for Strings Op. 11, composed in 1936 by West Chester, Chester County, native Samuel Barber, which he described as “a piece that expresses a deep, emotional journey, starting with a sense of sorrow, building to a powerful climax, and finally reaching a state of serene acceptance, often interpreted as reflecting a sense of grief or profound human emotion.”

The concert’s first half closes with Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Concerto for Two Violins in D minor.”

The concert concludes with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings Op. 48,” composed in 1880.

“We go on a musical journey together which spans nearly 300 years and experience how the sound of classical music evolved through the centuries,” says Allaband.

Gabriel Chamber Ensemble, “35th Anniversary Concert,” 3 p.m. Feb. 23, Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 252 Dock St., Schuylkill Haven; Tickets: 570-385-2657; https://gabrielensemble.org/calendar/

“Classical View” is a column about classical music concerts, conductors and performers. To request coverage, email: Paul Willistein, Focus editor, pwillistein@tnonline.com