MoCA\CT Presents: Time for Three

  Date: Thursday, April 29, 2027 · 7:00 PM

  VIP: $120 · includes the pre-concert VIP reception and premium reserved table seating

  General Admission: $85

  Senior: $65

MoCA\CT Members receive a 10% discount on tickets.

VIP reception 6:00 PM · Concert 7:00 PM · MoCACT, 19 Newtown Turnpike, Westport, CT

“Simply put, they’re a knockout.” — Sir Simon Rattle

Forget what you expect from a string trio. Grammy- and Emmy-winning Time for Three defies convention, merging classical virtuosity with Americana and singer-songwriter craft into a sound entirely its own — three classically trained musicians who, as the Chicago Sun-Times put it, “look and act more like an indie rock band.” From Carnegie Hall to MoCA\CT’s galleries, violinists Nicolas Kendall and Charles Yang and bassist Ranaan Meyer play and sing with an infectious joy that turns a concert into an event — and in a room this intimate, you’re not so much in the audience as in the band.

Their album Letters for the Future, recorded with The Philadelphia Orchestra, won the Grammy for Best Classical Instrumental Solo and reached the Billboard classical top 10. Fresh from the world premiere of Emily – No Prisoner Be with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, the trio brings its virtuosity, original songwriting, and bold reimaginings to Westport for an evening of pure, exhilarating artistry.

THE VIP EXPERIENCE

Arrive at 6:00 PM for an exclusive pre-concert reception in Gallery A — a private hour among the contemporary art with complimentary wine, craft cocktails, and a selection of artisanal hors d’oeuvres. Then settle in for the performance at your own reserved, lamplit bistro table. Wine, food, and the best seats in the house — the concert at its most luxurious.

ABOUT TIME FOR THREE

Time for Three (Tf3) is a classically trained string trio that explores a variety of musical genres. The members of the group are Nicolas (Nick) Kendall (violin), Charles Yang (violin, guitar), and Ranaan Meyer (double bass). Because of their eclectic musical tastes, ranging from classical to bluegrass to rock to jazz to hip-hop, and their usual casual dress, even while performing at Carnegie Hall, the group refers to itself as a “classically trained garage band”. The trio won the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo.

The charter members of Time for Three met while students at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Initially, they discovered a mutual interest in bluegrass and country fiddling, and Meyer added jazz and improvisation to the mix as the three were “…playing together for fun…” Meyer and DePue were performing as members of the Philadelphia Orchestra when a thunderstorm knocked out the electricity. As electricians scurried to remedy the problem, they stepped up and played an acoustic jam session in the dark. The impromptu session’s folk and country selections sparked interest in their eclectic work with Kendall and led to the trio becoming a professional unit.

Since becoming a formal performance ensemble in 2003, Time for Three has appeared alone and with symphonic and chamber orchestras all across the U.S.A. and in Europe. Tf3 has also played such diverse venues as Yoshi’s, Indianapolis Colts games, the Indianapolis 500, and on the aircraft carrier museum ship USS Intrepid (CV-11) in New York Harbor. Time for Three entered into a three year term as the first artists-in-residence with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 2009 and continued that residency for a full decade, until April, 2019, performing with and away from the orchestra and developing programs to widen the orchestra’s appeal in the local community.

ABOUT MoCA\CT PRESENTS

MoCA\CT Presents is the flagship concert series of the Museum of Contemporary Art Connecticut (MoCA\CT) — bringing Grammy and Emmy winners and internationally acclaimed artists to perform within our contemporary art galleries, here in Fairfield County. It is rare for a town the size of Westport to host artists of this caliber, and rarer still to experience them this close: the kind of evening you would expect in Manhattan, offered minutes from home. World-class artistry, intimately staged — Fairfield County’s premier destination for contemporary art and live performance.

Refund & Weather Policy

Tickets are transferable to another concert of your choice or other individuals. If a concert is cancelled due to weather conditions, tickets will be valid for the rescheduled date. Please consider the price of unused tickets as a donation. No refunds will be issued.