The Santa Barbara Chamber Players invites the community to a fundraising concert, 3 p.m. Sunday, June 8 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 909 N. La Cumbre Road, Santa Barbara.

Tickets are $20, and all proceeds and donations will support the Chamber Players’ upcoming season.

The afternoon of chamber music includes the Santa Barbara Chamber Players Woodwind Quintet performing American composer Eric Ewazen’s “Cumberland Suite.”

In the suite, Ewazen use four movements in “baroque spirit” to convey imagery of the Cumberlands. Featured in the performance will be Nancy Mathison (clarinet), Simon Knight (bassoon), Carol Houchens (flute), Pam Johnston (oboe), and Johann Trujillo (horn).

Also on the program is Carl Nielsen’s “Serenata in vano,” a lighthearted depiction of a failed courtship.

The music opens with a showy, and somewhat stiff, serenade by two gentlemen hoping to entice a lady to her balcony. When this fails, they attempt a more romantic approach.

In the end, they are rejected, and return home to the tune of a march, which they play for their own entertainment, rather than mourning their failure.

“Serenata in vano” will be played by Mathison, Knight, Johann Trujillo, Mia Paul (cello), and Todd Hartwig (double bass).

Following intermission, the ensemble will perform Franz Schubert’s “Octet in F Major,” a cornerstone of the chamber repertoire.

Schubert modeled his “Octet” on Beethoven’s “Septet.” Schubert stole liberally, copying Beethoven’s instrumentation (adding a violin) and his layout of movements.

“It is an incredible piece full of emotion, from dark operatic themes to high spirited good times,” according to the Chamber Players.

The “Octet” will be performed by Junia Work (violin I), Daniel Munoz (violin II), Tom Turner (viola), Mia Paul (cello), Hartwig (double bass), Mathison (clarinet), Knight (bassoon), and Sherry Trujillo (horn).

For more about the concert and tickets, visit https://sbchamberplayers.org/.