After a sold out 2015-16 season, the University of Delaware Master Players Concert Series has announced that single tickets are now available for purchase for the 2016-17 season.

Titled “Opus 13” in celebration of its 13th season, the series will present eight concerts in its signature variety of creative presentations performed by high caliber classical and world musicians.

Tickets are available for purchase by phone by calling the REP box office at 302-831-2204 from noon-5 p.m. weekdays, by order form (mail or fax), online or in person at the REP Box Office.

Click here to view the Master Players 2016-17 season brochure.

Single tickets are $25 for adults; $20 for senior adults, staff, faculty and alumni; and $10 for students. The Emerson String Quartet special event is $50 for all buyers.

Due to the ensemble’s strong support from the Delaware Korean-American Association, a sponsor of Master Players, the Ahn Trio concert on Feb. 18, 2017 has already sold out.

Seven-concert subscriptions are now sold out, but discounted six concert subscriptions are still available. Click here to learn more.

‘Opus 13’

• Saturday, Oct. 1, Xiang Gao and Friends: Season Opening Gala, 3p.m., Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts. In this traditional chamber music concert featuring works by Mozart, Faure, Schumann and other beloved Romantic composers, Master Players’ founding artistic director Xiang Gao, Trustees Distinguished Professor of Music, will perform alongside internationally renowned guest artists. This concert is co-sponsored by the UD Institute for Global Studies.

A free cello and chamber music master class with concert artist Jeffery Solow will be presented on Friday, Sept. 30, from 1:25-2:15 p.m. in Gore Recital Hall. A free oboe and woodwind chamber music master class with concert artist Katherine Needleman will be presented on Saturday, Oct. 1, from 1-2 p.m. in Gore Recital Hall.

• Saturday, Oct. 22, Latin Voyages: The Sphinx Virtuosi, 3 p.m., Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts. The Sphinx Virtuosi, led by the Catalyst Quartet, is one of the nation's most dynamic professional chamber orchestras. The group features 18 of the nation's elite black and Latino classical soloists, and these extraordinary artists come together each fall during their annual concert tour as cultural ambassadors to reach new audiences. A free master class with the Catalyst Quartet of Sphinx will be held on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. in Gore Recital Hall.

• Saturday, Nov. 5, Women in Rhythm: A Percussion Concert, 3 p.m., Mitchell Hall. Directed and co-produced by UD faculty percussionist Harvey Price, Women in Rhythm brings four leading female percussionists from a wide range of backgrounds to Delaware including Angela Zator Nelson, associate principal timpani for the Philadelphia Orchestra; steel pan virtuoso Jeannine Remy from Trinidad and Tobago; Valerie Naranjo, percussionist in the Saturday Night Live band for 20 years; and Ezgi Elkirmis, traditional Turkish drummer. Master classes to be announced.

• Saturday, Dec. 10, A Mozart Celebration: The Curtis Chamber Orchestra, 3 p.m., Mitchell Hall. More than 20 years after the last appearance of the Curtis Orchestra on the UD campus, this concert features two selected Curtis soloists performing two of Mozart’s most famous violin concertos, followed by Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante (Concerto for violin and viola) featuring Curtis faculty and virtuoso violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi and Curtis president and virtuoso violist Roberto Díaz. A free viola master class with Roberto Díaz will be held on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 10:30 a.m.-noon in Gore Recital Hall.

• Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017: Sold out. Great Musical Families: The Ahn Trio. Born in Seoul, Korea, and educated at the Juilliard School, the members of the Ahn Trio — sisters Maria, Lucia and Angella — are redefining chamber music, breathing new life into the standard piano trio literature with commissioned works from contemporary visionary composers. A free master class with the Ahn Trio will be held on Friday, Feb. 17, from 1:25-2:15 p.m. in Gore Recital Hall. This concert is co-sponsored by the Delaware Korean American Association in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Korean School of Delaware. A free of charge pre-concert Korean cultural presentation in the Roselle Center for the Arts’ Puglisi Orchestra Hall from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, is open to the public.

• Saturday, March 4, 2017: iMusic X: Encore! - A World Music Pops Concert, 3 p.m., Mitchell Hall. After a successful decade of innovative iMusic concerts conceptualized and performed by iMusic creator Gao and featuring creatively mixed musical styles, uniquely blended art forms, multimedia elements and inter-disciplinary collaborations, iMusic X celebrates all that iMusic has stood for with a pops and world music concert that is bigger and better than ever before. The special ticket price of $5 for children ages 14 and under has been made possible by a private gift.

• Sunday, April 9, 2017: Rachmaninoff and Beyond: A Piano Recital by Jon Kimura Parker, 3 p.m., Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts. Known for his passionate artistry and engaging stage presence, Jon Kimura Parker, one of the world’s leading solo pianists, will perform a well-rounded program including two beloved Rachmaninoff preludes, Beethoven’s F minor Piano Sonata, Ravel’s lovely and mysterious Jeux d’Eau, and three contemporary works – William Hirtz’s Bernard Hermann Fantasy and Fantasy on The Wizard of Oz and Alexina Louie’s Scenes from a Jade Terrace. A free master class will be held on Sunday, April 9, from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. in Gore Recital Hall.

• Sunday, April 30, 2017: The Art of the String Quartet IV: The Emerson String Quartet, 3 p.m., Gore Recital Hall in the Roselle Center for the Arts. Formed in 1976 and based in New York City, the Emerson String Quartet has accumulated an unparalleled list of achievements over three decades: more than 30 acclaimed recordings, nine Grammys (including two for Best Classical Album), three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher Prize, Musical America’s "Ensemble of the Year" and collaborations with many of the greatest artists of our time. A free master class with a member of the Emerson String Quartet will be held on Sunday, April 30, from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. in Gore Recital Hall. The Art of the String Quartet is a special event and is not eligible to be included in any subscription. All tickets will be priced at $50.

Program support

This program is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Other sponsors include Vita Nova restaurant at the University of Delaware, the Marriott’s Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware and Zoroi Media. (See a complete list of sponsors on the website.)