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Live Stand Up Comedy DORRIAN’S RED HAND DEC 4, 18, 31 JAN 8, 15, 22, 29 plus DEC 31 SPECIAL NEW YEAR EVE SHOWS Enjoy Laughs, Drinks and Dinner in private event space Featuring comedians from Tonight Show, Netflix, America’s Got Talent, Netflix & more! All Shows Hosted By RICH KIAMCO Howard Stern @RichKiamco opener for Louie Anderson Las Vegas two shows: 7pm + 9pm [extra 11pm show on New Year’s Eve] $15 ADV ONLINE $20 DAY OF [$25 NYE pricing] 2 item minimum per person instagram @TheLaughTour https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-laugh-tour-comedy-show-dorrians-jc-newport-proof-of-vax-req-tickets-195561528797 lineups subject to change without notice INDOOR event requires proof of vaccination or 72hr neg test result to be inside the CURRAGH ROOM for the Comedy Show

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"The American Sirens" deliver a boutique concert experience; a dazzling female fronted vintage cabaret that transports you to the golden age of Hollywood glam through the sounds of classic jazz and expertly finessed vocals. Come hear those close harmonies to all the holiday hits you love!

On Friday, January 14, 2022 at 7pm EST at the Blue Building, Sparks & Wiry Cries presents At the Crossroads, a concert featuring four commissioned works that focus on stories advancing the critical dialogues around the issues of our time. The program includes the live premiere of Ciudad perdida (The Lost City) by Reinaldo Moya, commissioned for the 2021 songSLAM Festival, which will be performed by soprano Maria Brea and pianist Howard Watkins; the live premiere of Ramadan 20 vs COVID 19 by Andrew Staniland, also a 2021 songSLAM Festival commission, performed by soprano LaToya Lain, poet jessica Care moore, and pianist Erika Switzer; two world premieres commissioned for the 2022 songSLAM Festival, After Him by John Glover, performed by baritone and poet Michael Kelly and pianist Howard Watkins, and From the Woolworth Tower by 2021 songSLAM Commission Prize winner Rachel DeVore Fogarty, to be performed by sopranos Maria Brea, Martha Guth, and LaToya Lain, with pianist Myra Huang.

Sparks & Wiry Cries’ songSLAM Festival concludes on Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 7pm EST at the Blue Building with the NYC songSLAM, a unique community event for composer/performer teams to premiere new art songs and compete for cash prizes, determined by audience voting. songSLAM prizes include First Place ($1,000), Second Place ($600), and Third Place ($400). Additionally, one team will be selected by Sparks & Wiry Cries for a paid commission in a future season. Building on the incredible response and broad audience reach of the virtual songSLAM in January 2021, Sparks & Wiry Cries will incorporate both recorded and live elements into the 2022 NYC songSLAM competition. For this hybrid format, all participating teams recorded their entry professionally in November 2021; recordings will be shared virtually on Sparks & Wiry Cries’ website and YouTube channel between January 7 to 15, 2022. This final live performance concludes the voting period. Teams will compete via a text-to-vote function through Give Lively and audiences can vote for as little as $1 starting January 7, 2022 through the Sparks & Wiry Cries website. Teams that raise the most funds will win songSLAM awards. Funds raised during the event are reinvested into larger commissions, future competitions, and new art song initiatives.

Opera Saratoga and Proctors Collaborative announce a free New Year's Eve concert at Universal Preservation Hall (UPH) in Saratoga Springs, featuring Broadway and Opera Star Zachary James with pianist Laurie Rogers. The festive concert, which will take place at 7pm on Friday, December 31, 2021 will feature a variety of popular, Broadway, and classical favorites and will culminate in Opera Saratoga's much anticipated announcement of its 2022 Summer Festival Programming. https://www.operasaratoga.org/new-years-eve-celebration. Bass Baritone Zachary James is well known to local audiences for his remarkable portrayal of the title role in Opera Saratoga's production of Man of La Mancha this past summer on the SPAC Amphitheater Stage. On Broadway, Zachary created the role of Lurch in The Addams Family, and has also been seen in South Pacificand Coram Boy, while his Off-Broadway credits include The Most Happy Fella, Irma La Douce, Sweeney Todd,and The Pirates of Penzance. On the opera stage, Zachary has performed across the globe, including at the Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, Teatro Real, Opera Philadelphia, LA Opera, Opera Queensland, Arizona Opera, Virginia Opera, Nashville Opera, Anchorage Opera, Central City Opera, and more. Zachary has recorded multiple solo albums including his most recent Christmas release, Wonder and Joy.  Zachary will be joined by pianist Laurie Rogers, who recently celebrated her tenth anniversary as Opera Saratoga's Head of Music Staff and Director of the company's Young Artist Program. Laurie has served as Associate Conductor with LA Opera and has prepared productions for San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, the Canadian Opera Company, Minnesota Opera, American Lyric Theater, Wolf Trap Opera, Utah Opera, Arizona Opera, and Washington National Opera, among many others. In addition to her role at Opera Saratoga, she currently serves as the Music Director for Opera at The Peabody Institute, and conducts and concertizes nationally.  Speaking about Opera Saratoga's new partnership with Proctors Collaborative, Opera Saratoga's Artistic and General Director Lawrence Edelson explained that "the richness of the arts is immeasurably deepened through collaboration. It has been so heartening to see arts organizations of all sizes increasingly find ways to work together to provide our community with more opportunities to connect, to be entertained, and to enjoy the transformative power of live performance – especially after a period when we were all so isolated. Together with UPH, Opera Saratoga is thrilled to be able to offer this free concert to the community, to thank them for their ongoing support, and to bring us together as we look forward to the year ahead... a year in which you will see Opera Saratoga collaborating with even more organizations across the region!" "We are the Proctors Collaborative because we love to partner with our neighbor cultural organizations. This is a great way to open the New Year and restart what we hope will be an ever-expanding relationship with Opera Saratoga," Philip Morris, CEO of Proctors Collaborative. Tickets for A NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION WITH ZACHARY JAMES are available online at www.operasaratoga.org or www.universalpreservationhall.org. Tickets are free, but seating is limited, and advance reservations are highly recommended. All attendees will be required to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 to enter UPH and must remain masked at all times in the venue. ABOUT OPERA SARATOGA Opera Saratoga, formerly known as Lake George Opera, began with a production of Die Fledermaus at the Diamond Point Theatre on July 5, 1962, playing to an audience of 230. The Company now calls Saratoga Springs home and performs for more than 25,000 people annually. Opera Saratoga celebrates its 60thAnniversary this season. The company serves the communities of Saratoga Springs, the Lower Adirondack and New York State Capital areas by providing access to world-class opera through the production of an annual Summer Festival, as well as year-round activities including extensive educational programs, mentorship of emerging operatic artists, and unique opportunities for the public to experience opera in both our home theater and non-traditional venues that leverage and embrace the unique cultural, historic, and natural resources of the area. To date, the company has performed 106 different fully staged works by 66 different composers, including 42 works by American composers and 14 premiere productions. In 2014, the Board of Directors appointed Lawrence Edelson Opera Saratoga's Artistic and General Director. Edelson's leadership has marked a new chapter in the company's history, with increased emphasis on community partnerships throughout the year, diversification of the company's repertoire, and a reaffirmed commitment to both the presentation of American opera and the mentorship of emerging artists as core activities in the company's programs each season. For more information, visit www.operasaratoga.org ABOUT UNIVERSAL PRESERVATION HALL (UPH) The Universal Preservation Hall, located at 25 Washington Street in Saratoga Springs, is a year-round arts and community events venue. It reopened Feb. 29, 2020, after extensive renovations to the former church. Shortly after opening, COVID-19 hit. As with many venues across the country, UPH had to close their doors briefly before opening again during the pandemic with a brand-new exhibit in July 2020. For more information, visit www.universalpreservationhall.org 

The 92nd Street Y, one of New York's leading cultural venues, announces its spring classical concert season. With 18 concerts, the spring season includes two appearances by world-renowned pianist Angela Hewitt; two performances by The Knights as 92Y's inaugural Ensemble in Residence; the eagerly anticipated New York City main stage debut of pianist Eric Lu; the Grammy Award-nominated Israeli mandolin wizard Avi Avital; two co-presentations with the New York Philharmonic; and the return of guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas. Concerts are for fully vaccinated audiences. For more information, including purchasing tickets and COVID-19 protocols for in-person performances, please visit 92Y.org/Concerts. The season will feature one of the first NYC performances of the Gateways Music Festival, co-presented by 92Y, presenting works reflecting on the theme of enslavement; the New York premiere of 92Y co-commission, Dido Reimagined by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Melinda Wagner, performed by the Brentano String Quartet and soprano Dawn Upshaw; the world premieres of Cazon's Revenge by Gonzalo Grau and Arum der Fayer by Osvaldo Golijov, both for mandolin and string quartet, performed by Brooklyn Rider; the New York premiere of A Shattered Vessel by Richard Danielpour, performed by an ensemble from the Curtis Institute of Music; the New York premiere of Acabris! Acabras! Acabram! written and performed by Stewart Goodyear; and award-winning composer Joel Thompson's In Response to the Madness, performed by the New York Philharmonic String Quartet.  The Tisch Spring 2022 Classical Concert Season: THE KNIGHTS ERIC JACOBSEN, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano Wednesday, January 19, 2021, 7:30 PM Pianist Aaron Diehl joins The Knights for a pair of works probing the interconnectivity of jazz and classical music: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Mary Lou Williams' Zodiac Suite. The program also features The Knights' coupling of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 with selections from Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin. Stravinsky's Firebird Suite closes this program. Eric Jacobsen, conductor Aaron Diehl, piano BACH: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 RAVEL: Selections from Le Tombeau de Couperin  GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Atkinson) Mary Lou WILLIAMS: Selections from Zodiac Suite  STRAVINSKY: Firebird Suite (arr. Atkinson) STEVEN ISSERLIS, cello CONNIE SHIH, piano Thursday, January 27, 2022, 7:30 PM World-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis and award-winning pianist Connie Shih perform a rich program of Russian jewels including two of the great works for cello – Shostakovich's D-minor Sonata, and the sonata by Rachmaninoff. Opening the concert is Kabalevsky's 1962 sonata, written for Mstislav Rostropovich. KABALEVSKY: Cello Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 71 SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40 RACHMANINOFF: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 CURTIS INSTITUTE AT 92Y IDA KAVAFIAN, violin LUN LI, violin CARA POGOSSIAN, viola PETER WILEY, cello FRANCIS CARR, cello Friday, February 18, 2022, 7:30 PM In this first concert in a new alliance between 92Y and the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music, an ensemble comprising esteemed faculty – including Ida Kavafian on violin and Peter Wiley on cello – and recent alumni of Curtis perform Schubert's C-Major Quintet. The quintet is followed by the New York premiere of a new work by another member of Curtis' faculty, with Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour's A Shattered Vessel. Written 190 years after the Schubert work for the same instrumentation of two violins, viola and two cellos, A Shattered Vessel contemplates crisis and struggle, loss and healing, renewal and gratitude. Curtis on Tour is the Nina von Maltzahn Global Touring Initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music. RICHARD DANIELPOUR: A Shattered Vessel (NY Premiere) SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 KIRILL GERSTEIN, piano GARRICK OHLSSON, piano Friday, February 25, 2022, 7:30 PM World-renowned piano virtuosos Kirill Gerstein and Garrick Ohlsson combine forces for a two-piano concert featuring great showpieces of the duo-piano repertoire. Their program includes Busoni's transcription of the finale of Mozart's F-Major Piano Concerto, the two-piano version of Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, Busoni's Fantasia Contrappuntistica – conjuring Bach with a 20th century sensibility – and Ravel's La Valse in its two-piano version. THOMAS ADÈS: Powder Her Face Suite RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances BUSONI: Fantasia Contrappuntistica  RAVEL: La Valse ANGELA HEWITT, piano BACH ODYSSEY XI Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 7:30 PM World-renowned pianist Angela Hewitt returns to 92Y's stage for the final two concerts in her acclaimed – and pandemic-interrupted – four-year Bach Odyssey, performing all of the composer's keyboard works. For this penultimate concert, Hewitt performs two of Bach's best-known keyboard works, his monumental French Overture and the iconic Italian Concerto, homages to the musical style of each country, along with several of his small works, including the "little" preludes. BACH: Four Duets, BWV 802-805  Eighteen "Little" Preludes Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 944  Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971  French Overture in B Minor, BWV 831 ANGELA HEWITT, piano BACH ODYSSEY XII The Art of Fugue Saturday, March 5, 2022, 8 PM The long-awaited finale in the four-year Bach Odyssey that Angela Hewitt began in 2016 presents the composer's ultimate and final masterpiece, The Art of Fugue. Hewitt brings new revelations to Bach at his most complex in this culminating presentation in the odyssey of the Bach pianist of our time. BACH: Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 MUSICIANS FROM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC GILLES VONSATTEL, piano SHERYL STAPLES, violin REBECCA YOUNG, viola EILEEN MOON-MYERS, cello Sunday, March 6, 2022, 3 PM 92Y continues its collaboration with the New York Philharmonic with an extension of the orchestra's new Schumann Connection series centered on the music of Robert Schumann and new works reflecting on the Robert-Clara relationship. This intimate chamber music concert, featuring musicians from the New York Philharmonic and award-winning pianist Gilles Vonsattel, explores the intimacy of the Clara Schumann/Brahms connection. Featuring a selection of Clara Schumann's solo piano works and her Three Romances, Op. 22, juxtaposed with Brahms' C-Minor Piano Quartet, which magnificently captures his unrequited love for Clara in music. Also on the program, an early Beethoven work, the composer's G-Major String Trio.  C. SCHUMANN Notturno, Op. 6, No. 2 C. SCHUMANN Scherzo No. 2, Op. 14 BEETHOVEN: String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1  C. SCHUMANN: Three Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 22  BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60  BROOKLYN RIDER AVI AVITAL, mandolin Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 7:30 PM Grammy-nominated Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital teams up with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider (two of its four members are also with The Knights) for a program that traverses late 18th century Spanish-inflected Boccherini, a powerful contemporary statement about the US-Mexico border crisis by Matan Roberts, selections by Bach, a world premiere by internationally renowned Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov and more, concluding with a tarantella by Lev "Lyova" Zhurbin, BOCCHERINI: La Musica Notturna Ritratta di Madrid  SOLLIMA: Prelude for solo mandolin MATANA ROBERTS: borderlands...  COLIN JACOBSEN: Time and Again BACH: selected Sinfonias and Inventions GONZALO GRAU: Cazon's Revenge, world premiere for mandolin and string quartet  OSVALDO GOLIJOV: Arum der Fayer, world premiere for mandolin and string quartet LEV ZHURBIN: Love Potion, Expired RAFAŁ BLECHACZ, piano Tue, Mar 29, 2022, 7:30 pm Young Polish pianist and International Chopin Competition winner Rafał Blechacz returns to the 92Y stage with a program of works moving from Bach to early and middle Beethoven, chronicling a musical evolution of works composed in C minor before an exploration of B-minor works, with Bach-inspired Franck building to one of Chopin's all-time great piano compositions, his Third Sonata. BACH: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 BEETHOVEN: Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1 BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations on an original theme in C Minor, WoO.80 FRANCK: Prelude, Fugue and Variations in B Minor, Op. 18 (trans. Bauer) CHOPIN: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 PABLO SAINZ-VILLEGAS, guitar Saturday, April 2, 2022, 8 PM Pablo Sainz-Villegas returns to the stage that launched his US career. Performing selections by Granados, Rodrigo, Tárrega, Albéniz and more, this program showcases the brilliant technique, deep musicality and passionate intensity that define the Spanish guitar artform. ALBÉNIZ: Sevilla GRANADOS: Danza Española No. 10, "Danza Melancólica"       Danza Española No. 5, "Andaluza" RODRIGO: Invocación y Danza    Homage to Manuel de Falla – TÁRREGA: Capricho Árabe      Lágrima    Adelita  ALBÉNIZ: Torre Bermeja - Piezas Características    Mallorca, "Barcarola"    Asturias, "Leyenda"    Suite Española  GIMENEZ: La boda de Luis Alonso BRENTANO STRING QUARTET DAWN UPSHAW, soprano DIDO REIMAGINED  Sunday, April 3, 2022, 3 PM Dido – the proud, heroic mythological figure brought down by love – is the inspiration behind this musical exploration of her story and character by the Brentano Quartet and soprano Dawn Upshaw. The program begins with songs by Purcell and his Baroque contemporaries, including "Dido's Lament," interspersed with string quartet iterations of early English works for consort of viols. The program then leaps forward nearly 350 years to the New York premiere of a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Melinda Wagner. Dido Reimagined is Wagner's new consideration of Dido, looking anew at her psyche, her vulnerability, her strength, and her choices. The concert continues the Brentano Quartet's artistic collaboration with Dawn Upshaw and the unusual pairing of soprano and string quartet. PURCELL: Oh let me weep PURCELL: Fantasia No. 5 LOCKE: Suite No. 2 for four viols: Fantazie DOWLAND: Come again, sweet love doth now invite LOCKE: Suite No. 2: Courante DOWLAND: Can she excuse my wrongs LOCKE: Suite No. 2: Ayre DOWLAND: Weep you no more, sad fountains LOCKE: Suite No. 2: Saraband TOMKINS: Aleman  BYRD: Though Amaryllis dance in green JOHNSON: The Witty Wanton PURCELL: Fantasia No. 7 PURCELL: Dido's Lament MELINDA WAGNER: Dido Reimagined (NY Premiere; 92Y co-commission) STEWART GOODYEAR, piano Saturday, April 9, 2022, 8 PM Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear returns to the 92Y stage to perform the New York premiere of his own composition, Acabris! Acabras! Acabram!, modeled on a French-Canadian folktale; Beethoven's Diabelli Variations; Bach's French Suite in G Major; and Joseph Bologne's Adagio in F minor. STEWART GOODYEAR: Acabris! Acabras! Acabram! (NY Premiere) BOLOGNE: Adagio in F minor BACH: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 BEETHOVEN: 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 TAKÁCS QUARTET JULIEN LABRO, bandoneon  Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 7:30 PM Bandoneon player Julien Labro joins the Takács Quartet for a program blending new works with a Ravel masterpiece. Labro joins the quartet for new works by contemporary composers Bryce Dessner and Clarice Assad, and performs a short solo set displaying the heartbeat of tango. The Takács is featured in Ravel's String Quartet. BRYCE DESSNER: Circles for bandoneon and string quartet (NY Premiere) JULIEN LABRO: Meditation #1 for bandoneon and string quartet (NY Premiere) SELECTED SOLO WORKS for bandoneon and accordina RAVEL: String Quartet in F Major CLARICE ASSAD: Clash for bandoneon and string quartet (NY Premiere) THE MARIAN ANDERSON STRING QUARTET Co-presented with the GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL  Friday, April 22, 2022, 7:30 PM In collaboration with the renowned Eastman School of Music's Gateways Music Festival's "Around the Town" Series, the award-winning Marian Anderson String Quartet presents a concert in the intimate Buttenwieser Hall. The critically-acclaimed all-female ensemble has performed at presidential inaugurations, the Library of Congress and more, making history in 1991 when they won the International Cleveland Quartet Competition – the first African American ensemble to win a classical music competition. "On Being Enslaved" RHIANNON GIDDENS: At the Purchaser's Option with Variations (arr. J. Garchik)      JONATHAN MCNAIR: Follow the Drinking Gourd                                      SAMUEL ADLER: In Memoriam: Marian Anderson     DAVID WALLACE: In Honor of Marian Anderson                                                         ANTONIN DVOŘÁK: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 "American"     JOHN ROSAMON JOHNSON: Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing (arr. J.W. Johnson) THE KNIGHTS ERIC JACOBSEN, conductor EDGAR MEYER, double bass  Saturday, April 30, 2022, 8 PM Double bassist and composer Edgar Meyer earned a MacArthur "Genius" Award for his work fusing classical and bluegrass forms and styles into his own uniquely American music. He joins The Knights for the New York premiere of his second concerto. The concert opens with a performance of Jamaican-born British composer Eleanor Alberga's Shining Gates of Morpheus. Closing it and continuing the American character of Meyer's work is Copland's Appalachian Spring. Eric Jacobsen, conductor Edgar Meyer, bass David Byrd-Marrow, French horn ELEANOR ALBERGA: Shining Gates of Morpheus EDGAR MEYER: Concerto No. 3 in E Major for Double Bass and Orchestra  COPLAND: Appalachian Spring DOVER STRING QUARTET (Curtis) Friday, May 6, 2022, 7:30 PM Works of Mozart, Tania León, and more. ERIC LU, piano Friday, May 20, 2022, 7:30 PM Twenty-four-year-old Leeds Competition first prize winner and Chopin Competition prizewinning pianist Eric Lu makes his eagerly anticipated New York City main stage debut with this recital. The centerpiece of his program is Schubert's A-Major Sonata. CHOPIN: Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1 SCHUMANN: Waldszenen, Op. 82 BRAHMS: Theme with Variations in D Minor, Op. 18b SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959 THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC STRING QUARTET BEATRICE RANA, piano Tuesday, June 7, 2022, 7:30 PM 92Y's second co-presentation with the New York Philharmonic this season features the New York Philharmonic String Quartet joined by Beatrice Rana. Their program spans nearly 250 years and focuses on music written in response to dark times and ideas. The concert opens with award-winning contemporary composer Joel Thompson's In Response to the Madness, his quartet capturing the angst of our early 21st century universe. Mozart's "Dissonance" Quartet follows. The program's final work features Rana in her first appearance on the 92Y stage, following her pre-pandemic Carnegie Hall debut. JOEL THOMPSON: In Response to the Madness  MOZART: String Quartet in C Major, K. 465 "Dissonance"  SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57  About 92nd Street Y:  The 92nd Street Y (92Y) is a world-class center for the arts and innovation, a convener of ideas, and an incubator for creativity. 92Y offers extensive classes, courses and events online including live concerts, talks and master classes; fitness classes for all ages; 250+ art classes, and parenting workshops for new moms and dads. The 92nd Street Y is transforming the way people share ideas and translate them into action all over the world. All of 92Y's programming is built on a foundation of Jewish values, including the capacity of civil dialogue to change minds; the potential of education and the arts to change lives; and a commitment to welcoming and serving people of all ages, races, religions, and ethnicities. For more information, visit www.92Y.org. 

Bloomingdale School of Music presents their free annual holiday concert on Friday, December 17, 2021 at 7pm at the David Greer Recital Hall at 323 W. 108th Street, as part of its Faculty Concert Series. Join BSM for a curated concert, celebrating a host of winter holidays and cultures, featuring faculty and students in music of the season. This concert will be dedicated to longtime Resident Teaching Artist Tim McCullough, who recently passed in November. Attendees MUST RSVP as Covid Guidelines have reduced seating capacity in the hall. There will be a small reception following the concert. For more information and to RSVP, visit bsmny.org/events. The concert will also be livestreamed; please RSVP here for access to the stream; https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-streaming-holiday-concert-tickets-223042575347. The program for the evening includes: Song by André Previn Naho Parrini, violin Marc Peloquin, piano "Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky Naho Parrini, violin Marc Peloquin, piano   Prelude and Fugue from Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor by Bach Molly Aronson, celloj   Vocal selection Christine Browning, soprano Marc Peloquin , piano   "The Show Must Go On" from Curtains by Kander & Ebb BSM Broadway Ensemble   "Winter" from The Seasons by Piazolla Naho Parrini, violin Molly Aronson, cello Marc Peloquin, piano   Folk Songs from South Africa Ongama Mhlontlo, vocal and piano "White Christmas" Erika Atkins, vocalist Marc Peloquin, piano Holiday Medley Brandon Vazquez, trumpet Eli Asher, trumpet BSM Trumpet Ensemble "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson (arr. Eli Asher) Brandon Vazquez, trumpet Eli Asher, trumpet BSM Trumpet Ensemble The holiday concert also serves as a fundraising event to support BSM's transition back into their brownstone as they evolve their programming to meet the current community needs. Support provided at the concert will help lay the groundwork necessary for Bloomingdale's next chapter as a champion for the recovery of music education in New York City, providing quality hybrid classes, free community concerts, and other exciting events.  For over 20 years Bloomingdale has presented its faculty, as well as guest artists, in concerts including classical music, jazz, and world music designed specifically for children. This FREE concert series has established itself a vital part of the musical life of the Upper West Side. After a year of virtual concerts, this season will take place in-person in our newly renovated recital hall. These concerts are part of Bloomingdale School of Music's 50-year commitment to cultivating a sense of unification and equality in their community and providing access to high quality music with its highly accomplished faculty performing. "Our faculty are excited to be back and perform for a live audience again. The last year has been difficult for professional performing artists in the NYC area and we are thrilled to be able to present such talented artists from our own school," says Executive Director, Erika Atkins. "This series offers our neighborhood as well as the school community the opportunity to experience professional performances in the intimate setting of Bloomingdale's David Greer Concert Hall – for no cost." Founded in 1964, Bloomingdale School of Music is dedicated to the belief that music changes lives and everyone should have access to high-quality music education regardless of economic status, race, religion, ability level, or gender. Bloomingdale is a music-driven community center where all are welcome to join and learn about music from top faculty. We are dedicated to our mission – to make music education accessible to all who want to learn – and remain focused on supporting this mission through our values. www.bsmny.org/ 

Singer/composer John "Giovanni" Padovano will bring his solo show to 1st Cup Coffeehouse on Sunday , January 9th from 2:00 - 4:00 PM. Padovano is also known as The Ironbound Crooner and aka The Coffeehouse Performer. His music is strongly influenced by his very early years in the Ironbound Section of Newark, NJ. Padovano will perform songs from his original song collections that include the titles: "Dusty Road Session" "solo recordings at Baroque Park," " Poesia and Chanson," "The Coffeehouse Performer," and "Wandering Square Impromptu no. 12". John "Giovanni" Padovano has in the past performed locally at Middletown Public Library, Princeton University and at other places in Princeton. His music is called "Poesia and Chanson".

Doc Ashton and the Root Canals expand their group to a 20 piece jazz big band for the Doc Ashton and the Root Canals Christmas Big Band Extravaganza at St James United Methodist Church in Danville. The program is all Christmas big band music. The free concert is on Sunday, December 19th at 3:00 and 6:30pm. Several vocalists will perform with the band. This family friendly program is great holiday fun! Cookies and holiday punch will be served after each performance. See you there!