1985–86 Season
October 1985
| 6 | Richard Stoltzman, clarinet and Richard Goode, piano |
| 19 | Georg Friederich Schenck, piano |
November 1985
| 10 | Kurt Moll, bass with Jeffrey Goldberg, piano |
| 11 | Guarneri String Quartet |
December 1985
| 3 | Andre Watts, piano |
| 8 | The Canadian Brass |
January 1986
| 10 | The Emerson String Quartet |
| 17 | American Ballroom Theater |
| 18 | American Ballroom Theater |
February 1986
| 4 | The Los Angeles Piano Quartet |
| 10 | Ivo Pogorelich, piano |
March 1986
| 2 | The Cambridge Buskers |
| 11 | Electric Phoenix |
| 19 | Jon Vickers, tenor with Peter Schaaf, piano |
| 22 | The Muir String Quartet with Carol Wincenc, flute |
April 1986
| 15 | Gidon Kremer, violin and Valery Afanassiev, piano |
| 16 | Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra with Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano |
| 29 | Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano with Warren Jones, piano |
May 1986
| 2 | David Gordon/Pickup Co. |
| 3 | David Gordon/Pickup Co. |
| 22 | ODC/San Francisco and Kronos Quartet |
| 23 | ODC/San Francisco and Kronos Quartet |