The Omaha Chamber Music Society announces its Summer Concert Series with promotional artwork inspired by open skies, natural landscapes, and the expressive spirit of live chamber music.
By Gabriel Escalera
Chamber Music Society Presents Second Summer Concert
June 12th, 2026
The Omaha Chamber Music Society will continue its summer concert series Sunday with a performance featuring Omaha Symphony musicians Federico Montes and Nate Olson, alongside five other performers at the Omaha Conservatory of Music.
The concert marks the second event in the organization’s summer series and offers audiences a chance to hear two familiar Omaha Symphony musicians in a smaller chamber music setting.
Montes, the Omaha Symphony’s associate principal trumpet, helped shape the program, which moves through a variety of styles and culminates in a contemporary trumpet concerto accompanied by strings.
“We’re starting very kind of on the classical side, people will expect it will sound a little bit more orchestral,” Montes said. “Then we go into a little bit more of a jazzy feel, a lot of syncopation, and then we’ll end with a newer trumpet concerto and strings.”
The program opens with a work by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns, written during a period when valve trumpets were becoming standard. Montes said chamber music allows him to focus on blending and tone color in ways that differ from orchestral performance.
“I get to think about how I’m going to blend with the color of whoever I’m playing with, how I can complement these sounds when it’s not just a trumpet melody,” Montes said. “It’s a higher risk, but it’s a higher reward.”
For Olson, principal bass of the Omaha Symphony, chamber music provides opportunities that are uncommon for bass players in large ensembles.
“As bass players, we really don’t get a ton of chamber music opportunities,” Olson said. “It’s just one bass, trying to blend with different instruments, whether it’s other strings or the trumpet. It gives you more freedom, more flexibility, more individual creativity.”
The performance will take place at the Omaha Conservatory of Music concert hall, where the smaller venue allows audiences to experience the music up close and hear the interaction among performers.
The Omaha Chamber Music Society’s summer series continues through June. Tickets are available online and at the door, with no additional fees for day-of-purchase admission.
