Gretna Music will present concerts by Concordian Dawn on Sunday, Aug. 25, at 7:30 p.m.; the Tesla Quartet with pianist Joel Fan on Sunday, Sept. 1, at 3 p.m.; and the Manhattan Chamber Players on Saturday, Sept. 7, at 3 p.m. The concerts will be held at the Mt. Gretna Playhouse, 200 Pennsylvania Ave., Mount Gretna.

Each concert will be preceded by a First Listen program. The series offers free, 20-minute mini concerts by students. On Aug. 25, oboist Lydia You will present a mini concert at 6:45 p.m., and doors will open at 6:30 p.m. The other two First Listen programs will be held at 2:15 p.m. with doors opening at 2 p.m.; the performers will be violinist Mio Amai on Sept. 1 and cellist Isabel Morales on Sept. 7.

Concordian Dawn specializes in 12th-century through 14th-century vocal repertoire. 

The Tesla Quartet and Joel Fan will perform String Quartet No. 4 by Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz; Quintet for Piano and Strings by Sophia Gubaidulina, which pays homage to Dmitri Shostakovich; and Shostakovich's Piano Quintet in G Minor, a five-movement work.

The Manhattan Chamber Players' program will feature Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring." The group will also perform three other works: "Adagio" by Samuel Barber, "Ciaccona (Clarinet Quintet)" by Chris Rogerson, and Piano Quintet by Andrea Casarrubios.

The Tesla Quartet consists of Ross Snyder and Michelle Lie on violin, Edwin Kaplan on viola, and Austin Fisher on cello. The group's ever-expanding repertoire ranges from contemporary works to established masterpieces. The quartet seeks to amplify underrepresented voices and to encourage the proliferation of an equitable and just future for society as well as a hospitable climate for posterity.

Fan is known for his virtuosity and his wide-ranging repertoire that embraces piano classics along with contemporary and world music. He has made numerous recordings.

The Manhattan Chamber Players is a chamber music collective of New York-based musicians who share the common aim of performing the greatest works in the chamber repertoire at the highest level. Formed by founding artistic director Luke Fleming, the group includes musicians who come from the tradition of music making at the Marlboro Music Festival, Steans Institute at Ravinia, Music@Menlo, Yellow Barn and Kneisel Hall chamber music festivals, and Perlman Music Program. Many of the group's members are former students of the Curtis Institute, Juilliard School, Colburn School, New England Conservatory, and Yale School of Music.

Hailing from Clarksville, Md., You is a rising senior at River Hill High School, where she is involved in multiple ensembles. Outside of school, she is a member of the Peabody Youth Orchestra, Howard County Youth Orchestra, and the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra. She was also principal oboist of the Maryland All-State Orchestra this past year and participates in intensives at Interlochen and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. You has received accolades from various musical competitions and organizations.

Amai made her debut as a soloist with the New York Session Symphony at the age of 9, followed by several other orchestras. She has won first prize in national and international competitions, and she received a full scholarship from the Starling Foundation for the 2024 Meadowmount School of Music. Amai is also the principal second violin of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and she plays chamber and orchestral music in the Center for Gifted Young Musicians Program at Temple University.

Morales is a senior at Girard Academic Music Program where she is the principal cellist in the orchestra. She is also co-principal cellist in the Youth Chamber Orchestra at the Temple University Center for Gifted Young Musicians and has performed with the group in Philadelphia and in Iceland. She has won various accolades.

For tickets and more information, visit http://www.gretnamusic.org or call 717-361-1508.