"If Music Be The Food..." Sukkot Chamber Music Concert to Benefit the Weinberg Food Pantry of JFS

Violist Margaret Dyer Harris and cellist Chloe Hong join violinist Sheila Reinhold in a joyful and varied program of music from Bach to the 21st century for Temple Emanuel's fourth annual IMBTF concert to benefit the Weinberg Pantry of Jewish Family Service. 

Details of our program coming soon!

7:00-8:30 pm

Feiner Family Memorial Chapel, Temple Emanuel Denver

51 Grape Street, Denver CO 80220

Admission: Please bring non-perishable food items and/or monetary donations for the Weinberg Food Pantry by cash/check. Or donate online 

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"If Music Be the Food..." (IMBTF) is a national collection of benefit concerts to raise awareness and support for the hungry in local communities through the sharing of great music donated by professional musicians. The endeavor is entirely volunteer and there is no fixed price for admission -- the audience is invited to bring non-perishable food items or monetary donations of any amount for the partnering food bank. The complete quote from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is "If music be the food of love, play on!"  IMBTF strives to help provide food for our bodies as well as music and community for our souls.

Temple Emanuel Denver is proud to host this joyful annual concert to benefit the Weinberg Food Pantry of Jewish Family Service during the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot.

Violist Margaret Dyer Harris has crafted an eclectic career as a recording artist, entrepreneur, chamber musician, arts advocate, and educator. She is assistant principal viola for The Santa Fe Opera Orchestra and a member of the New York City–based orchestra The Knights, and was a founding member of the Grammy-nominated chamber orchestra A Far Cry. Ms. Harris has performed with ensembles such as the Moscow, Orpheus, and Saint Paul chamber orchestras, and is in frequent demand as a guest principal violist. She has a strong passion for cultural collaboration and community involvement, and in 2010, she was granted a fellowship position in Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect program, created by Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. Ms. Harris has also been a guest artist and teacher at the Guildhall School of Music in London, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, and she has given master classes in Mexico City, Lima, Abu Dhabi, and cities across the United States. 

Cellist Chloe Hong joined the Colorado Symphony as Assistant Principal Cello in 2019. She began her multifaceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer in her native Southern California at the age of eight and made her solo debut with the South Coast Symphony at the age of eleven. Chloe’s passion for orchestral and chamber music has led her to perform in some of the great halls of the world including Carnegie Hall and David Geffen Hall, and to study in the Perlman Music Program and the Colburn School’s Ed and Mari Chamber Music Institute. Chloe performed for Juilliard’s Chamberfest and Focus! Festival and was principal of the Juilliard School Orchestra under the batons of Alan Gilbert and John Adams. She served as principal cellist at the Verbier Festival Orchestra for three summers, where she worked with renowned conductors including Sir Simon Rattle and Esa-Pekka Salonen, among others, and additional festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival, New York String Orchestra Seminar, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. Chloe received her Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Joel Krosnick.

Sheila Reinhold, curator of this concert, first performed as violin soloist with orchestra in her native New York City at age nine. At fifteen, she joined Jascha Heifetz’s master class, where she studied for five years. Her career has included chamber music with Heifetz and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, appearances as a soloist with major orchestras and premieres of works for both violin and viola. Her varied career has also included work on major films and Broadway productions, and appearances in concert and on recordings with popular artists such as the late Tony Bennett and Aretha Franklin. She has had a lifelong dedication to teaching, serving as adjudicator, guest teacher and chamber music coach at, among others, the Juilliard School, Mannes College, Manhattan School of Music, Eastman School of Music and Columbia University, in addition to her private teaching, and in the summer she is on the faculty of the Chamber Music Conference and Composers Forum of the East at Colgate University. She has taught courses for adult music lovers through the University of Denver, and was the founder and Music Director of Intimate Voices, a chamber music series in New York City, which presented chamber music concerts and community outreach events from 2009 to 2026.