Donald Spieth Memorial Awards & Concerts

These concerts are in loving memory of conductor and Techne board member Donald Spieth. Each year one or two ensembles from the Techne Music Festival will be chosen to perform at these events in the following season.

2024 Concerts

Béla Trio
Owen Dodds, piano / Kelsi Doolittle, clarinet / Stephanie Bonk, violin
Performing works by Bartók, Khachaturian, Janáček, Stravinsky, and Owen Dodds

Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Old Chapel of Central Moravian Church
Heckewelder Place and Church Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM
MacDowell Series
19 Pocono Road, Denville, NJ 07834

2025 Concerts

Marinho Quartet
Ryan Keith and Alexander Covelli, violins / Chris Gokelman, viola / Benjamin Holcomb, cello
Performing works by Beethoven, Haydn, and Stephen Koncz

Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Peter Hall at Moravian University
342 Main Street / Bethlehem, PA 18018

Béla Trio
The Béla Trio is quickly distinguishing themselves as unique interpreters of diverse 20th and 21st century repertoire. Composed of violinist Stephanie Bonk, clarinetist Kelsi Doolittle, and pianist Owen Dodds, the trio has gained recognition as part of the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players and as semifinalists in the Coltman Chamber Music Competition. They were recently invited to attend the Techne Music Festival, where they were recipients of the Donald Spieth Memorial Award. The Béla Trio formed at the doctoral program at Stony Brook University and its members currently reside and perform in New York.

Marinho Quartet
Founded in 2024 at the Techne Music Festival in Bethlehem, PA, the Marinho Quartet was named winner of the 2024 Donald Spieth Memorial Award after working closely together for only five days. They have had the opportunity to perform in masterclasses and work with renowned chamber music artists such as Peter Winograd of the American String Quartet and Thomas Kraines of the Daedalus Quartet. They additionally had the privilege to work closely with Techne Music's esteemed faculty, including Sheila Browne, Timothy Schwarz, and Lawrence Stomberg.