Techne Music

Deadline to apply is April 1st! Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to work with some of these great musicians. Tuition free and possible concerts for a winning ensemble. Previous winners are still eligible for the Donald Spieth Memorial Award.

Now accepting applications for the 2026 Techne Music Festival!

Bravo to the Meridian Quintet, the 2025 winners of the Techne Music Donald Spieth Memorial Award! Brilliant performance at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, PA. Second performance today in NJ!

So excited about this concert featuring the 2025 Techne Music winners of the Donald Spieth Memorial Award! Concert is free and open to the public; please come if you are in the Lehigh Valley area.

Techne Music is proud to introduce the MERIDIAN QUINTET! Winner of the 2025 Donald Spieth Memorial Award.
Miriam Smith and Juan Villanueva, violins
Julia Kuzmina, viola / Julian Shively, cello
Yanzhima Tsybikova, piano

FIRST CONCERT
Saturday, October 4, 2025 @ 2:00 PM
Old Chapel of Central Moravian Church
Heckewelder Place and Church Street
Bethlehem, PA 18018

These incredible musicians come from three continents to perform works by Dvořák, Piazzolla, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Free and open to the public!

And a huge congratulations to the Dvořák Piano Quintet for winning this year’s Donald Spieth Memorial Award. They will be performing full programs in Bethlehem, PA and Danville, NJ in early October as part of the prize. Details coming soon!

We’re still all beaming after a remarkable concert to conclude Techne 2025 last night. Congratulations to the students for performances delivered with passion and precision, and to our faculty and guest artist, Todd Phillips, for an inspiring and spirited performance of the Dvořák Op. 51 quartet. Can’t wait for Techne 2026!

Almost time for the final concert for Techne 2025. Student groups are sounding amazing!

Day 4 at Techne was Todd Phillips day! Such a wonderful class for our outstanding student groups, with an upcoming concert tomorrow evening including the Dvořák Op. 51 String Quartet with Todd and our esteemed faculty. In the home stretch of Techne 2025.

Techne Music welcomes the Sequana String Quartet to the 2025 Festival! This is the first time attending Techne Music for all four members. We are excited to work with this talented ensemble as they embark on a career in the chamber music field.

The Sequana String Quartet, based in Eugene, Oregon, is quickly establishing itself as a staple of the Willamette Valley and its surrounding community. The members, Megan Fraser, Madison
Vanderwall, Adam Fishburn, and Austin Bennett met and formed the quartet through a graduate program at the University of Oregon in 2022. Over the past three years, they have been
committed to outreach in their community and to the evolution and success of the ensemble. Sequana has toured central and coastal venues in Oregon, hosted workshops and masterclasses at local high schools, and was invited to present and perform at Pacific University.