MUSIC

Brigid enjoys a multi-faceted performance career as a chamber musician, soloist and recitalist.

Image: Dimitri Mais

Brigid is the violinist and a founding member of the critically acclaimed, US-based Merz Trio. Winners of the Naumburg Competition as well as the Fischoff and Concert Artists’ Guild awards, Merz Trio’s debut album INK launched at #2 in the classical charts. The trio maintains a busy performance schedule in North America and Europe and is represented by Epstein Fox Performances.

To view more of Brigid’s work with the trio, visit www.merztrio.com

Calendar

2024-2025 Season

April 11 Madison, IN - Madison Performing Arts with Merz Trio

April 5 Bryn Mawr, PA - Salon with Merz Trio

April 2 Granville, OH - Denison University Series with Merz Trio

March 31 Houston, TX - Da Camera Chamber Music Society with Merz Trio

March 28 Reading, PA - Reading Chamber Music Society with Merz Trio

March 23 Port Townsend, Washington State - Centrum Performing Arts with Merz Trio

February 21-23 Hobart, Australia - Epsom House Music Festival with Ensemble Liaison

February 14-16 Hepburn Springs, Australia - Music By The Springs Chamber Music Festival

February 5-9 Bendigo, Australia - Bendigo Chamber Music Festival

November 21, 24 Melbourne, Australia - guest principal with Melbourne Chamber Orchestra

November 9 - Melbourne, Australia - Ligeti and Brahms horn trios with Nicolas Fleury, horn and Kristian Chong, piano

October 25 - Brisbane, Australia - solo recital

September 24-October 8 - Annaghmakerrig, Ireland - Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency

September 15 - Stamford, NY - friends of Music Stamford with Merz Trio

September 13 - Newport, RI - Newport Classical with Merz Trio

September 8 - Falls Village, CT - Music Mountain Summer Festival with Merz Trio

August 25 - Melbourne, Australia - Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 77 with Stonnington Symphony

August 19 - Melbourne, Australia - Violin Masterclass at Loreto Toorak

August 6 - Melbourne, Australia - guest speaker for Australian National Academy of Music

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2023 - 2024 Season

June 16 - Jamesport, NY - Rites of Spring with Merz Trio

June 15 - South Kingston, RI - Core Memory with Merz Trio

June 7 - Green Lake, WI - Green Lake Festival of Music with Merz Trio

April 16 - NYC - Music Middays with Merz Trio

April 14 - North Branford, CT - Evergreen Woods with Merz Trio

April 7 - Beacon, NY - Howland Chamber Music Circle with Merz Trio

March 27-28 - Joplin, MO - Pro Musica with Merz Trio

March 23 - Scottsdale, AZ - Arts at the Rocks with Merz Trio

March 22 - Phoenix, AZ - Sagewood with Merz Trio

March 19 - Sarasota, FL - Pelican Cove Cultural Concerts with Merz Trio

March 17 - Key West, FL - Impromptu Classical Concerts with Merz Trio

March 11 - Norfolk, VA - Feldman CMS with Merz Trio

February 17 - Ashland, OR - Chamber Music Concerts with Merz Trio

February 11-12 - Dallas, TX - Dallas Chamber Music Society with Merz Trio

February 4 - Northampton, MA - Valley Classical with Merz Trio

January 23 - New Orleans - New Orleans Friends of Music with Merz Trio

January 21 - Pasadena, CA - Coleman Chamber Music Association with Merz Trio

January 2 - Mornington Peninsula, Australia - Peninsula Summer Music Festival with Kristian Chong, piano

October 22 - Somers, NY - Heritage Hills with Merz Trio

October 21 - Manchester, CT - Friends of Music Emanuel Chamber Music Series with Merz Trio

October 19 - NYC - Salon di Virtuosi Gala, Merkin Hall with Merz Trio

October 15 - Boston, MA - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Concert with Merz Trio

October 12-13 - Brookfield, WI - Residency and Performance with Merz Trio

October 7 - Durham, NC - Duke Performances with Merz Trio

September 24 - Urbana, IL - Krannert Center with Merz Trio

September 16 - Fishtail, MT - Tippet Rise with Merz Trio

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2022 - 2023 Season

May 21 - Raleigh, NC - Chamber Music Raleigh with Merz Trio

May 19 - Boston, MA - Harvard Musical Association with Merz Trio

May 14 - North Branford, CT - Evergreen Woods with Merz Trio

May 11 - Ogden, UT - Onstage Ogden with Merz Trio

May 7 - Fairmont, WV - Fairmont Chamber Music Society with Merz Trio

May 6 - Columbus, OH - Chamber Music Columbus with Merz Trio

Apr. 17 - New York, NY - Carnegie Hall Naumburg Recital with Merz Trio

Apr. 16 - Long Island, NY - East Meadow Library with Merz Trio

Mar. 21 - Duluth, MN - Matinee Musicale with Merz Trio

Mar. 19 - Louisville, KY - Chamber Music Society of Louisville with Merz Trio

Mar. 12 - San Antonion, TX - San Antonio Chamber Music Society with Merz Trio

Feb. 19 - Wolfeboro, NH - Friends of Music with Merz Trio

Feb. 11 - Washington, D.C. - Dumbarton Concerts with Merz Trio and Jordan Bak

Jan. 26 - Baltimore, MD - Music in the Mansion, Strathmore with Merz Trio

Jan. 25 - Lake Worth, FL - Palm Beach State College with Merz Trio

Jan. 23 - Fort Myers, FL - Shell Point with Merz Trio

Jan. 21 - Temple, TX - Central Texas Orchestral Society with Merz Trio

Jan. 17 - Houston, TX - Chamber Music Houston with Merz Trio

Jan. 15 - Mobile, AL - Mobile Chamber Music with Merz Trio

Jan. 13 - Oxford, AL - Oxford Performing Arts Center with Merz Trio

Jan. 8 -Amsterdam, Netherlands - Het Concertgebouw with Merz Trio

Jan. 1-7 Netherlands Tour with Merz Trio

Nov. 20 - Morrow, GA - Spivey Hall with Merz Trio

Nov. 17 - Lewisburg, PA - Bucknell University Concert with Merz Trio

Nov. 17 - Annville, PA - Lebanon Valley College with Merz Trio

Nov. 13 - St. Paul, MN - Schubert Club with Merz Trio

Nov. 6 - Wilmington, NC - Chamber Music Wilmington with Merz Trio and Oskar Espina Ruiz, clarinet

Nov. 5 - Morehead City, NC - American Music Festival with Merz Trio and Oskar Espina Ruiz, clarinet

Oct. 28 - Detroit, MI - Chamber Music Society of Detroit with Merz Trio

Oct. 26 - Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia Chamber Music Society with Merz Trio and Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano

Sept. 22-23 - Hartford, CT - Garmany Series at the Hartt School with Merz Trio

Sept. 18 - Dorchester, MA - Ashmont Hill Chamber Music with Merz Trio

Sept. 7-11 - San Francisco, CA - Noe Music with Merz Trio

Sept. 4-17 - Boscawen, NH - Avaloch Farm Residency with Merz Trio

Sept. 3-4 - Falls Village, CT - Music Mountain with Merz Trio and Oskar Espina Ruiz, clarinet

July 28-August 8 - Townsville, Australia - Australian Festival of Chamber Music

July 9 - Austin, TX - Austin Chamber Music Center with Merz Trio

July 7 - Winona, MN - Minnesota Beethoven Festival with Merz Trio

June 18 - Quogue, NY - Quogue Chamber Music with Merz Trio