Classical performances in and around Richmond, with selected events elsewhere in Virginia and the Washington area. Program information, provided by presenters, is updated as details become available. Adult single-ticket prices are listed; senior, student/youth, group and other discounts may be offered.
* In and around Richmond: The VCU Symphony, Daniel Myssyk conducting, is joined by Caleb Paxton, winner of the orchestra’s Concerto Competition, for William Walton’s Viola Concerto, on a program also featuring Sibelius’ First Symphony, March 3 at Virginia
Commonwealth University’s Singleton Arts Center. . . . Orli Shaham plays Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Steven Smith and the Richmond Symphony, in concerts also featuring Mussorgsky’s “St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain” (the choral version of “Night on Bald Mountain”) with the Richmond Symphony Chorus and Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony, March 5-6 at the Carpenter Theatre of Dominion Arts Center (formerly Richmond CenterStage). . . . Eight organists, the Greater Richmond Children’s Choir and flutist Christine Ertell celebrate the 331st anniversary of the birth of J.S. Bach in the annual “Bach Marathon” presented by the Richmond chapter of the American Guild of Organists, March 6 at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Bon Air. . . . Jennifer Kloetzel, cellist of the acclaimed Cypress String Quartet, joins Peter Wilson and the Richmond Philharmonic in Elgar’s Cello Concerto,
on a program also featuring music of Shostakovich and Korngold, March 13 at Deep Run High School in Glen Allen. . . . Organist Bruce Stevens plays works by J.S. Bach, Buxtehude, Böhm and Rheinberger, March 14 at Cannon Memorial Chapel, University of Richmond. . . . Lawrence Brownlee, the acclaimed bel canto tenor, performs in recital on March 19 at UR’s Modlin Arts Center. . . . The Horszowski Trio – pianist Reiko Aizawa, violinist Jesse Mills and cellist Raman Ramakrishnan – play Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Fauré in a Rennolds Chamber Concert program on March 19 at VCU’s Singleton Center. . . . Pianists Yin Zheng and Laurens Patzlaff and percussionists Justin Alexander and Jim Jacobson play Bartók’s rarely performed Sonata for two pianos and percussion, March 26 at VCU’s Singleton Center.* Noteworthy elsewhere: eighth blackbird, the new-music sextet in residence at the University of Richmond, introduces David T. Little’s “Ghostlight” and plays works by David Lang, Bryce Dessner and Ted Hearne, March 7 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. . . . Harpsichordist Andreas Staier samples works of the early baroque from France and Germany, March 9 at the Library of Congress in Washington. . . . Jean-
Yves Thibaudet plays Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra, on a program also featuring the premiere of “Opera without Words” by Tobias Picker and Brahms’ Third Symphony, March 10-12 at the Kennedy Center.. . . Organist Cameron Carpenter joins JoAnn Falletta and the Virginia Symphony for Poulenc’s Organ Concerto and Saint-Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony, March 12-14 at venues in Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Newport News. . . . Kent Nagano conducts the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, with pianist Daniil Trifonov, in a program of Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Debussy, March 14 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Joshua Bell leads the Academy of
St. Martin in the Fields in works by Mendelssohn and plays Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4, March 17 at the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville and March 18 at Strathmore in the Maryland suburbs of DC. . . . Yuri Temirkanov returns to conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in a program of Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky with pianist Denis Matsuev, March 17 at Strathmore. . . . Minnesota Orchestra maestro Osmo Vänskä guest-conducts the National Symphony, with pianist Nicolai Lugansky, in a program of Brahms 
and Beethoven, March 17-19 at the Kennedy Center. . . . The Oratorio Society of Virginia leads a community sing-in performance of the Fauré Requiem, March 19 at First Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville. . . . James Galway and his wife and flute-duet partner, Jeanne Galway, perform on March 20 at the Kennedy Center. . . . Quatuor Ébène, the celebrated French string quartet, plays Haydn, Debussy and Beethoven, March 22 in Old Cabell Hall of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. . . . Pianist Emanuel Ax plays an all-Beethoven program, March 24 at the Virginia Tech Arts Center in Blacksburg.March 1 (8 p.m.)
Recital Hall, Black Music Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Grove Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
American Trombone Quartet
program TBA
free
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music
March 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Symphony
Daniel Myssyk conducting
Walton: Viola Concerto
Caleb Paxton, viola
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor
$7 in advance, $10 at door
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music
March 3 (7 p.m.)
March 4 (8 p.m.)
March 5 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”)
Bruch: “Scottish Fantasy”
Ray Chen, violin
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
March 4 (7:30 p.m.)
Virginia Tech Arts Center, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
March 5 (7:30 p.m.)
Berglund Performing Arts Theatre, Orange Avenue at Williamson Road, Roanoke
Roanoke Symphony
David Stewart Wiley conducting
Wagner: “Lohengrin” – Act 3 Prelude
Barber: Violin Concerto
Akemi Takayama, violin
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor
$25-$52
(540) 343-9127
http://rso.com
March 5 (8 p.m.)
March 6 (3 p.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony
Steven Smith conducting
Mussorgsky: “St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain”
Richmond Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Orli Shaham, piano
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6
$10-$78
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com
March 5 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Markus Stenz conducting
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
Brahms: “A German Requiem”
Lisette Oropesa, soprano
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
University of Maryland Concert Choir
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org
March 6 (3 p.m.)
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 8706 Quaker Lane, Bon Air
Richmond chapter, American Guild of Organists:
Albrecht von Gaudecker, Daniel Stipe, Paula Pugh Romanaux, Cheryl Van Ornam, Tom Bailey, Larry Robinson, Grant Hellmers & Bruce Stevens, organ
Greater Richmond Children’s Choir
Hope Armstrong Erb & Crystal Jonkman directing
Christine Ertell, flute
“Bach Marathon,” celebrating 331st anniversary of J.S. Bach’s birth
program TBA
free
(804) 272-0992
http://richmondago.org/chapter-programs
March 6 (3 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
José-Luis Novo conducting
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Lynn Harrell, cello
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major
$10-$30
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org
March 7 (7 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
eighth blackbird
David Lang: “diet coke”
Ted Hearne: “By-By-Huey”
David Lang: “grind”
David T. Little: “Ghostlight” (premiere)
David Lang: “wed”
Bryce Dessner: “Murder Ballades”
$45
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
March 9 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington
Andreas Staier, harpsichord
Froberger: Suite XXX
D’Angelbert: “Pièves de clavecin” Book 1 (excerpts)
Fischer: “Urania” Suite,” “Ariadne Musica” (excerpts)
Louis Couperin: 6 keyboard pieces
Clérambault: “Pièves de clavecin” Book 1 (excerpts)
Muffat: “Apparatus Musico-Organisticus” – Passcaglia
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/concerts
March 10 (7 p.m.)
March 11 (11:30 a.m.)
March 12 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conducting
Tobias Picker: “Opera without Words” (premiere)
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major
Brahms: 3 Hungarian dances
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
March 11 (8 p.m.)
Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, First Street at Independence Avenue N.E., Washington
Talea Ensemble
George Aperghis: “Wild Romance”
Julian Anderson: “Van Gogh/Blue”
Anthony Cheung: “Synchronicities”
Brian Ferneyhough: “Contracolpi” (premiere)
free; tickets required
(703) 573-7328 (Ticketmaster)
http://www.loc.gov/concerts
March 12 (8 p.m.)
Wilder Arts Center, Virginia State University, 700 Park Ave., Norfolk
March 13 (2:30 p.m.)
Sandler Arts Center, 201 S. Market St., Virginia Beach
March 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Ferguson Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News
Virginia Symphony
JoAnn Falletta conducting
Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor (“Organ”)
Cameron Carpenter, organ
$25-$110
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org
March 12 (8 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
Luke Frazier conducting
Mary Michael Patterson & Hayley Travers, vocalists
“Some Enchanted Evening: The Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein”
$34-$58
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu/calendar
March 12 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Markus Stenz conducting
Beethoven: “Leonore” Overture No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
Lars Vogt, piano
Beethoven: “Egmont” Overture & incidental music
Kwame Kwei-Armah, narrator
$35-$99
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org
March 13 (4 p.m.)
Deep Run High School auditorium, 4801 Twin Hickory Road, Glen Allen
Richmond Philharmonic
Peter Wilson conducting
Korngold: “Military March” in B flat major
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor
Jennifer Kloetzel, cello
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
$8 in advance, $10 at door
(804) 673-7400
http://www.richmondphilharmonic.org
March 13 (7 p.m.)
Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax
Jeffrey Siegel, piano & speaker
“Keyboard Conversations: Splendor from Silence”
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op. 111
Smetana: polkas
Fauré: Nocturne in B minor
$24-$40
(888) 945-2468 (Tickets.com)
http://cfa.gmu.edu/calendar
March 14 (7:30 p.m.)
Cannon Memorial Chapel, University of Richmond
Bruce Stevens, organ
Buxtehude: Praeludium in F-sharp Minor
Böhm: Partita, “Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend”
J.S. Bach: Trio Sonata in G Major, BWV 530
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 546
Rheinberger: Sonata in E-flat Major, op. 161
free
(804) 289-8980
http://www.modlin.richmond.edu
March 14 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Kent Nagano conducting
Debussy: “Jeux”
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Stravinsky: “Le sacre du printemps”
$50-$120
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org
March 15 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Colleen Potter Thorburn, harp
Apple Orange Pair, harp & French horn
program TBA
free
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music
March 16 (7 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Simon Ghraichy, piano
program TBA
$20-$40
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
March 16 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
Paul Jacobs, organ
J.S. Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 29, “Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir”
J.S. Bach: Trio Sonata No.4 in E minor BWV 528
Brahms: Chorale Prelude, “O, wie selig seid ihr doch”
Brahms: Prelude and Fugue in G minor
Brahms: Chorale Prelude, “Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen”
Reger: “Fantasia and Fugue on B-A-C-H”
Mozart: Andante in F minor K. 616
Julius Reubke: “Sonata on the 94th Psalm”
$15
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
March 17 (8 p.m.)
Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Charlottesville
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell directing
Mendelssohn: “Hebrides” Overture
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
Joshua Bell, violin
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major (“Italian”)
$49.50-$250
(434) 979-1333
http://www.theparamount.net
March 17 (7 p.m.)
March 18 (8 p.m.)
March 19 (8 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä conducting
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor
Nicolai Lugansky, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”)
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
March 17 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov conducting
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Denis Matsuev, piano
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor
$45-$105
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org
March 18 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Women’s Choir
Rebecca Tyree directing
Longwood University Women’s Choir
Pamela McDermott directing
program TBA
$5
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music
March 18 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Joshua Bell directing
Mendelssohn: “Hebrides” Overture
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
Joshua Bell, violin
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major (“Italian”)
$55-$175
(301) 581-5100
http://www.strathmore.org
March 19 (11 a.m.)
Carpenter Theatre, Dominion Arts Center, Sixth and Grace streets, Richmond
Richmond Symphony LolliPops
Ankush Kumar Bahl conducting
School of the Richmond Ballet members
Daniel Stipe & Charles Staples, pianos
Saint-Saëns: “Carnival of the Animals”
$12-$17
(800) 514-3849 (ETIX)
http://www.richmondsymphony.com
March 19 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Neal Fitzpatrick, guitar
works TBA by Villa-Lobos, Leo Brouwer, Johann Kaspar Mertz, Fernando Carulli, others
free
(804) 646-7223
http://www.richmondpubliclibrary.org
March 19 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor
pianist TBA
works TBA by Mozart, Liszt, Ginastera, Joseph Marx, Ben Moore; African-American spirituals
$40
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu
March 19 (8 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Horszowski Trio
Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, op. 120
Beethoven: Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No.1 (“Ghost”)
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor Op. 49
$34
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music
March 19 (8 p.m.)
Chrysler Hall, 215 St. Paul’s Boulevard, Norfolk
Virginia Symphony Pops
George Daugherty conducting
“Bugs Bunny at the Symphony”
$25-$95
(757) 892-6366
http://www.virginiasymphony.org
March 19 (4 p.m.)
First Presbyterian Church, 500 Park St., Charlottesville
Oratorio Society of Virginia
Michael Slon directing
Jeremy Thompson, organ
Fauré: Requiem (community sing-in performance)
Stanford: Magnificat
Stanford: “Nunc dimittis”
Franz Biebl: “Ave Maria”
choral workshop, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
$10
(434) 295-4385
http://www.oratoriosociety.org
March 20 (3 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Richard Becker & Doris Wylee-Becker, pianos
works TBA by Schumann, Ravel, others
free
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu
March 20 (4 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
VCU Guitar Alumni:
Andrew McEvoy, Ron Alig, Denver Walker, Nathan Mills, guitars
John Bullard, banjo
Thomas Beekman, mandolin
program TBA
$15
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music
March 20 (4 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
James Galway, flute
Jeanne Galway, flute
Philip Moll, piano
program TBA
$30-$100
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org
March 21 (7:30 p.m.)
Camp Concert Hall, Modlin Arts Center, University of Richmond
Neumann Lecture on Music:
J. Peter Burkholder
“From Improvisation to Symphony: Charles Ives as organist and Composer”
free
(804) 289-8980
http://modlin.richmond.edu
March 21 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
performers TBA
“Birdsong/Bachsong,” in celebration of the anniversary of J.S. Bach’s birth
program TBA
free
(434) 924-3052
http://music.virginia.edu/events
March 22 (7:30 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Tuesday Evening Concerts:
Quatuor Ébène
Haydn: Quartet in C major, Op. 20, No. 2
Debussy: Quartet in G minor
Beethoven: Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131
$12-$35
(434) 924-3376
http://www.tecs.org
March 22 (7 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Sharon Robinson, cello
Anna Polonsky, piano
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 5, No. 1
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2
Beethoven: “Twelve Variations ‘See the conqu’ring hero comes’ from Handel’s ‘Judas Maccabaeus’ ”
Beethoven: Cello Sonata in A major, Op. 69
$45
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
March 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Connor Stevens, percussion
program TBA
free
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music
March 23 (7:30 p.m.)
Virginia Tech Arts Center, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
Alex Hassan, piano
“Between Salon and Swing: The World of Novelty Piano”
program TBA
free
(540) 231-5100
http://www.artscenter.vt.edu
March 24 (7:30 p.m.)
Virginia Tech Arts Center, 190 Alumni Mall, Blacksburg
Emanuel Ax, piano
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 (“Pathétique”)
Beethoven: “Six Variations on a Theme in F major,” Op. 34
Beethoven: Sonata in G major, Op. 31, No. 1
Beethoven: Polonaise in C major, Op. 89
Beethoven: Sonata in F minor, Op. 57 (“Appassionata”)
$40-$75
(540) 231-5100
http://www.artscenter.vt.edu
March 26 (2 p.m.)
Gellman Room, Richmond Public Library, First and Franklin streets
Fran Coleman & Margaret Elizabeth Taylor, sopranos
Michelle Huang, piano
“Music of Women Composers”
program TBA
free
(804) 646-7223
http://www.richmondpubliclibrary.org
March 26 (7 p.m.)
Vlahcevic Concert Hall, Singleton Arts Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Park Avenue at Harrison Street, Richmond
Yin Zheng & Laurens Patzlaff, pianos
Justin Alexander & Jim Jacobson, percussion
Bartók: Sonata for two pianos and percussion
free
(804) 828-6776
http://arts.vcu.edu/music
March 26 (2 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Joseph Moog, piano
Beethoven “Eroica Variations”
Liszt: “Deux Légendes” – “St. Francois d’Assise – La prédication aux oiseaux,” “St. Francois de Paule – Marchant sur les flots”
Tchaikovsky: Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 37a
$48
(202) 785-9727 (Washington Performing Arts)
http://www.washingtonperformingarts.org
March 28 (8 p.m.)
Old Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
David Sender, violin
Shelby Sender, piano
Ysaÿe: Ballade
Grieg: Sonata in G Major, Op.13
Jennifer Higdon: “String Poetic”
$15
(434) 924-3376
http://music.virginia.edu/events
March 28 (7 p.m.)
Terrace Theater, Kennedy Center, Washington
Pro Musica Hebraica:
Mark Glanville, Mathias Hausmann & Anthony Russell, basses
Alan Mason, piano
“Wandering Stars: Three Generations of European Jewish Song”
works TBA by Zemlinsky, Mahler, Eisler, Korngold, Solomon Sulzer, Eric Zeisl, others
$39
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
March 31 (7 p.m.)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington
National Symphony Orchrestra
Christian Macelaru conducting
Fauré: Pavane
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
Pierre Jalbert: “In Aeternam”
Debussy: “La Mer”
$15-$89
(800) 444-1324
http://www.kennedy-center.org
March 31 (8 p.m.)
Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Pops
Jack Everly conducting
Christina Bianco, N’Kenge, Kristen Plumley & Mandy Gonzalez, vocalists
“Broadway Divas”
$45-$110
(877) 276-1444 (Baltimore Symphony box office)
http://www.strathmore.org