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Artpark and Modern Disposal Services present Power of Niagara: A celebration of arts, nature and a sustainable future on August 21, 2021. The evening will be a celebration of the environment by some of the best talent, including a performance of Branché by Cirque Barcode & Acting for Climate Montréal, the world premiere of The Power of Niagara by Jon Lehrer Dance Company, performances by Buffalo String Works, and a performance by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO), conducted by JoAnn Falletta. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children, and are available at the Artpark Box Office (Mon-Fri, 10AM-4PM) and ticketmaster.com. A VIP package is also available for $150, including reserved seating for BPO and Buffalo String Works and an after-party reception with JoAnn Falletta. This program is supported by Regional Economic Development Council. Also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Admissions proceeds will support Buffalo String Works and Artpark's Sustainability Program. For details, visit https://www.artpark.net/events/power-of-niagara. On this special day, Artpark & Company and Modern Corporation are announcing a joint commitment toward making Artpark a more sustainable place for nature, art and performance. Join us in celebrating the energy savings achieved through sustainable lighting replacements. With an understanding of the impacts of our decisions on the environment, we endeavor to transform our practices to be the best partners along with artists and park visitors to pass on a thriving and sustainable Artpark to the next generation.  BRANCHÉ by Cirque Barcode & Acting for Climate Montréal 5:30pm-6:30pm, Emerald Grove Stage  Performed in the natural setting of Artpark's Emerald Grove Branché is a collaboration between the companies Cirque Barcode & Acting for Climate Montréal. It is a show to address the climate crisis, created in a way as to have minimal impact during creation and while touring. Designed to be played in parks or forests and centered on group acrobatics, Branché is a celebration of the strength of community and our relationships to each other and to nature. It is a show to get people outside and inspire them as to what is possible if we work together. THE POWER OF NIAGARA by JON LEHRER DANCE COMPANY  7:00pm-8:00pm, "Niagara 1979" Painted Lot World premiere of The Power of Niagara, a piece inspired by the Niagara region with music that evokes the strength and beauty of water. The internationally renowned Jon Lehrer Dance Company (JLDC) will bring edge-of-your seat excitement to Artpark. This breathtaking performance will inspire and entertain, speaking to audiences of all backgrounds and dance experience. The company toured Europe in 2018 and will return in 2022. Galerie Ortenau in Offenburg, Germany declares, "Dynamic, Powerful, Elegant – brings an absolute passion for the dance." BUFFALO STRING WORKS 8:00pm-8:15pm, Artpark Amphitheater  Buffalo String Works' mission is to deliver world class music education to diverse youth that inspires personal and community transformation. We provide rigorous music instruction and a creative home for 96 refugee, immigrant, and historically marginalized youth. They recognize the significance of music as a universal language, and by lifting up the voices of their students and parents, they cultivate youth to be agents of social change. BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by JOANN FALLETTA  8:20pm-9:20pm, Artpark Amphitheater JoAnn Falletta's only live performance in the area this season with The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra will celebrate the nurturing power of connection with the environment we are born into and are responsible for sustaining: Chris Rogerson's Among Mountains, Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral." Proof of vaccination or negative COVID test are not required for this event. Patrons will just be required to maintain social distance and wear a mask if they are not fully vaccinated. The Artpark summer season runs through September 15, 2021. Visit https://www.artpark.net/ for a current schedule. Supported by Modern Corporation, now leading Artpark's commitment to lowering environmental impact in the park and beyond. Artpark's 2021 season is supported by M&T Bank and Cullen Foundation. The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society, Inc. provides a resident, professional, major symphony orchestra of artistic excellence and integrity to enrich the quality of life in Western New York through the presentation of live symphonic music and other musical events which educate and entertain the broadest possible audiences within and beyond the Western New York region. About Buffalo String Works For their students especially, many of whom hail from all over the world, the universal language of music can be a lifeline. They aim to cultivate a positive space that supports our students' development into curious, confident, committed individuals who make a difference in their new home: exemplary musicians who are also exemplary citizens. Through their intensive and thoughtful programming both in the classroom and on stage, they seek to transform our audiences, neighborhoods, and the Western New York community. They strive to foster greater compassion and understanding across the city, offering a sense of belonging to new Americans and those who have long called Buffalo home. Barcode started working together in 2011 when Tristan, Alexandra and Eric met at the National Circus School of Montreal. They toured together for three years with The 7 Fingers as original cast members on the show Sequence 8, thrilling audiences around the world. Soon after they were joined by Eve Bigel, a talented hand to hand flyer from France. Together their careers have produced a string of highlights including a gold medal at SolyCirco festival for Alexandra's hoop act, a bronze medal at the Cirque de Demain festival for both Eric's cigar box juggling and Tristan and Eve's hand to hand acts, and a silver medal for the trio's Russian Bar act, as well as the Audience Choice award. They have performed on France's Got Talent, It's Showtime, and multiple times on Le Plus Grande Cabaret du Monde. In 2019, the team's passion and creative spirit pushed them to co-found, with Sophie Picard, Cirque Barcode. The four artists are at once co-founders, co-artistic directors and artists onstage, with Sophie as co-founder and General Manager of the company. Barcode's first original theatrical show, Sweat & Ink premiered in 2019. Their second show, Branché, a collaboration with the group Acting for Climate, works to realize their goal of more sustainable touring and use their circus to draw attention to the climate crisis. ARTPARK is a park and a cultural institution located in Lewiston, NY along the Niagara Gorge, USA. Established in 1974, Artpark is a collaboration between the New York State Parks and the cultural nonprofit institution Artpark & Company. The picturesque 150 acre performing and visual arts park is located along the historic Niagara River Gorge on land rich in Native American, pioneer and early American history. Approximately 12,000 years ago the majestic Niagara Falls began to work its way upriver from this site to its current location. Artpark's Mainstage theater opened in July of 1974 on land that was once the Lower Landing of the nine mile Niagara Portage that skirted the unnavigable Gorge and Falls. Designated as a National Historic Landmark (in 1998), Artpark includes several archeological sites, including a Hopewell Mound from one of the earliest Native American mound building cultures and the remnants of the much more recent Oak Hill Mansion. Artpark is a National Wildlife Federation Backyard Wildlife Habitat, & National Audubon Society birding site (along the Niagara River Corridor), Artpark is also a popular destination for hiking, picnics, and fishing. As a cultural institution, Artpark attracts over 150,000 audiences over the course of its' summer season (June-August) and serves a population of approximately 1.2 million Western New Yorkers and over 1 million Canadian residents. Over the course of it 40-year history, over 2.5 million persons have attended musical and theater performances at Artpark. In addition to being widely regarded as one of the top rock music Amphitheater stages, under the artistic leadership of President Sonia Kozlova Clark, Artpark has presented a increasingly diverse program including major North American premiers by companies like the Plasticiens Volants (France) with their unique giant inflatable puppetry; the Brazilian modern dance sensation Bale de Rua mixing the traditions of capoeira and B-boy; music acts varying from Boy George to George Clinton and Thievery Corporation; the Native-American DJ duo A Tribe Called Red and Ukranian folk-punk band DakhaBrakha. A new Strawberry Moon Festival has been established in 2019 to celebrate the global influence of the indigenous arts. In 2016 Artpark has developed a unique Artpark Percussion Garden, a new place for sound and nature explorations with interactive installations created by collaboration of visual artists and musicians. Same year we launched a long-term initiative Artpark Laboratory under curatorship of Mary Miss and her City as Living Laboratory, focusing on the exploration of intersections of art, nature, science and technologies and creating awareness on the global climate change crisis. For more information, visit artpark.net.

The 92nd Street Y announced today the release of composer Gregory Spears' "Seven Days," a cycle of piano pieces that use music to point our attention to the present moment and the passing of the week. The cycle begins each Monday morning and will be distributed in the form of a custom app produced by the 92Y. Using the app on their phones, listeners are invited to listen to a different movement at three intervals throughout the day — one in the morning, one in the afternoon, and another in the evening — for a total of 21 movements over seven days. The music is performed by Pedja Muzijevic and presented alongside paintings by Gloria Maximo. The app is available for FREE at https://www.92y.org/gregory-spears-seven-days. "'Seven Days' was shaped by a year spent in relative isolation due to the pandemic," said Gregory Spears. "While it is a work composed during a time of quarantine, it will be experienced first by an audience in the process of returning to a more normal world. In that sense, it is an artwork born out of a year of relatively cloistered existence that seeks to preserve aspects of that experience as we move forward." The work is designed as a listening experience that tunes us into the passing of time, connecting us both to the present moment as well as the cycle of the week. The experience invites music to inhabit and structure our everyday — to find us where we are in the world. The morning-afternoon-evening schedule is meant to focus participants on the dawn-to-dusk cycle as well as to create a communal listening ritual. It is also an experiment in large-scale form, designed to draw attention to musical material developing across a week-long expanse, interspersed with vast silences.  The piece was also inspired by the work of Morton Feldman and Chantal Akerman, whose large-scale works consider time, process, and stillness. Their art struck Spears with a fresh relevance during the silent stretches of the pandemic year 2020. It was also a year in which writings about time, penned by contemplatives like Henry David Thoreau and Thomas Merton, held new weight. All of this in turn resonated with Gloria Maximo's profound paintings, which Spears has long admired.  "Seven Days" is an artwork we are invited to "do" — using music to point our attention to the present moment, the everyday, and the seemingly mundane. It is a piece that listeners are also asked to live within as it unfolds over a week rather than to witness it live. The key players here are time and the listener's own surroundings, starring together alongside music and art in a wordless drama.  "One of the major aspects of music is time and how we perceive time," said pianist Pedja Muzijevic. "Greg Spears goes a step further and explores specific times of each day in his 'Seven Days' and poses a very simple question - do we hear music differently at different times? These 21 pieces encompass a great range of emotions and expressions, as wide ranging as anyone's seven days can be. Meaning of music is a conversation between the composer, performer and a listener, so the fun part is not guessing what these works mean to Greg, but what they evoke in each one of us. I let my imagination roam freely and found myself immersed in images of desolate rocks, storms and even a love duet. So, what's your Wednesday morning like?"  How to Listen "Seven Days" is a week-long listening experience that audiences are invited to live within. Begin the week on Monday by listening to Monday Morning. Return that afternoon to listen to Monday Afternoon and then again at night for Monday Evening. Repeat this schedule Tuesday through Sunday to experience a new Morning, Afternoon, and Evening movement for each day. The aim is to tune in to the passing of the week and, in the words of Thomas Merton, "the 'now' that cuts Time like a blade." If you miss or wish to revisit an installment, you can always scroll back to a movement from earlier in the schedule. The cycle repeats again each Monday morning indefinitely.  Composer Gregory Spears; Pianist Pedja Muzijevic; Artist Gloria Maximo; Presented by the 92Y; Producer Nicholas Russotto; Publisher Schott Music  App Design Echoes.xyz; Sound Engineer Edwin Huet; Mixing Rick Jacobsohn; Editing Gregory Spears; Studio Oktaven Audio; Piano Hamburg Steinway D; Music © 2021 Schott Helicon Music (BMI), New York; Recording ℗ 2021 Gregory Spears  Gregory Spears is a New York-based composer whose music has been called "astonishingly beautiful" (The New York Times), "coolly entrancing" (The New Yorker), and "some of the most beautifully unsettling music to appear in recent memory" (The Boston Globe). He has been commissioned by The New York Philharmonic, Bang on a Can, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Seraphic Fire, The Crossing, BMI/Concert Artists Guild, Vocal Arts DC, New York Polyphony, The New York International Piano Competition, the JACK Quartet, and the New York Youth Symphony among others. His music is published by Schott Music and Schott PSNY. His latest opera "Castor and Patience" was written in collaboration with former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith. Commissioned by Cincinnati Opera, it will premiere in summer 2022. Spears' opera Fellow Travelers, written in collaboration with Greg Pierce, premiered at Cincinnati Opera in 2016 and has been produced by the Prototype Festival (NYC), The Lyric Opera of Chicago, Minnesota Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Madison Opera, and Arizona Opera with productions this season at Florida Grand Opera and Opera Columbus. It was hailed as "one of the most accomplished new operas I have seen in recent years" (Chicago Tribune) and an opera that "seems assured of lasting appeal" (The New York Times). The premiere was featured in The New York Times' Best in Classical Music for 2016, and Cincinnati Opera released a commercial recording in 2017. Other operas include Jason and the Argonauts written with Kathryn Walat and Paul's Case, (also written with Walat), which was described as a "masterpiece" and a "gem" (New York Observer) with "ravishing music" (The New York Times). A recording of Paul's Case was released in 2019. His Requiem was released on New Amsterdam records in 2011.  Pianist Pedja Muzijevic has performed with the Atlanta Symphony, Dresden Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica in Montevideo, Residentie Orkest in The Hague, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Santa Fe Pro Musica and Shinsei Nihon Orchestra in Tokyo. He has played solo recitals at Alice Tully Hall, 92Y and The Frick Collection in New York, Terrace Theater at Kennedy Center, Dumbarton Oaks, Phillips Collection and National Gallery in Washington, DC, Casals Hall and Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo. His Carnegie Hall concerto debut playing Mozart Concerto K. 503 with Oberlin Symphony and Robert Spano was recorded live and has been released on the Oberlin Music label. Pedja's interdisciplinary projects include touring with Mikhail Baryshnikov and the White Oak Dance Project throughout the United States, South America, Europe and Asia and with Simon Keenlyside in Trisha Brown's staged version of Schubert's Winterreise at Lincoln Center in New York, Barbican in London, La Monnaie in Brussels, Opera National de Paris, as well as Holland, Lucerne and Melbourne festivals. Highlights of the pandemic 2020/21 season are virtual solo recitals for 92Y, Spoleto Festival USA, Maverick Concerts and Orchestra of St. Luke's Bach Festival, chamber music for Schubert Club in St. Paul and Chopin and Mozart piano concertos with Atlanta and Billings Symphonies. In the summer of 2021, Pedja returned to Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, Verbier Festival Academy and Bay Chamber Concerts in Maine. Highlights of 2021/22 season are performances of Framing Time, staging of Morton Feldman's Triadic Memories with lighting design by Burke Brown and choreography by Cesc Gelabert in Barcelona and Madrid, concerts for Castleton Festival, Bay Chamber Concerts, Orchestra of St. Luke's and Chamber Music Chicago, as well as Beethoven Fourth Piano Concerto with Battle Creek Symphony and Anne Harrigan for the Gilmore Piano Festival. As the artistic administrator at Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York and artistic advisor at Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana, Pedja curated and produced film shoots for dozens of musicians at various locations in New York City and Boston.  Gloria Maximo lives and works in Queens, NY. Her work has been presented at the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, Chicago, IL; Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York; Simone Subal Gallery, New York; Metro Pictures, New York; The FLAG Art Foundation, New York; The Queens Museum, New York; MoMA PS1, New York; among others. Her work has been written about in publications including Portable Gray, The Offing, The New Yorker Magazine, and CURA Magazine. She has participated in artist residencies including the Queens Museum Studio Program and the Shandaken Paint School Fellowship. Maximo currently teaches at SUNY Purchase.  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. 

Music Director David Alan Miller and the musicians of your Albany Symphony celebrate the end of David's 30th year as the Capital Region's maestro with a special season finale featuring innovative new music from two of America's premier living composers: Pulitzer Prize-winner John Corigliano and Hollywood's most lauded film music creator, John Williams. The concert, which also features a work by the late Pulitzer Prizewinner Steven Stucky and the Albany Symphony debut of composer Gabriella Smith will be presented in the historic Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy, N.Y., on Saturday, June 4, at 7:30pm, and will also be streamed live online.

"Our season will culminate in a magnificent evening of absolutely incredible recent orchestral music. Pulitzer Prizewinner John Corigliano's dazzling new Saxophone Concerto, 'Triathlon,' features astounding virtuoso and old friend of the Symphony Timothy McAllister, who will play a different member of the sax family—soprano, alto, and baritone—in each movement of the work. We are also deeply honored that the legendary John Williams has allowed us to give the American Premiere of his new 'Prelude and Scherzo' for Piano and Orchestra with my dear friend Gloria Cheng as soloist. A fabulous new work by Gabriella Smith, 'Field Guide,' celebrating birdsong, and Steven Stucky's luminous 'Radical Light' round out this engaging program," said Music Director Miller.

Timothy McAllister, whose virtuosity as a soloist and advocacy for contemporary music have made him one of the leading saxophonists of today, played the world premiere of Corigliano's "Triathlon" in April 2022 with the San Francisco Symphony. "It grabbed a listener's attention from the first notes, and lingered long in the memory after everything else had passed," wrote the San Francisco Chronicle's Joshua Kosman in his review. "McAllister gave a fluent demonstration of what his instrument—all his instruments—can do. He tore his way nimbly through intricate passagework, shaped lyrical melodies with the grace of an opera singer, and gave the piece all the theatrical panache it wanted."

Grammy and Emmy Award-winner Gloria Cheng is similarly a champion of new music who has collaborated with scores of composers, including John Williams on both movie music and his concert music, and with Steven Stucky. On Thursday, June 2, Cheng will present a solo piano recital in Troy Music Hall that includes several works written by Stucky's friends and former students that she recorded in 2018 as a tribute to the late composer. Cheng's recital, along with the Albany Symphony Season Finale Concert and several other events that week, are part of the Symphony's 2022 American Music Festival: TrailBlaze NY. After the festival week, the Symphony goes on tour across the New York State Capital Region and Upper Hudson Valley to present free outdoor concerts in communities along the Empire State Trail. Learn more at TrailBlazeNY.org. 

TICKETS AND STREAMING INFORMATION
Tickets and livestream access for the Albany Symphony Season Finale: TrailBlaze! ($20-$62) on Saturday, June 4, at 7:30pm as well as access to the Season Finale online livestream ($37 per household) are available at 518-594-3300 and AlbanySymphony.com. After the event and livestream, all patrons will have access to the concert recording on demand for 30 days. Tickets for the Gloria Cheng recital ($10 general admission) and other 2022 American Music Festival events are also available. See the complete event schedule at TrailBlazeNY.org.

ABOUT THE ALBANY SYMPHONY
The Albany Symphony celebrates our living musical heritage through its adventurous programming, commissioning and recording of new work, and broad community engagement beyond the concert hall. 
Recognized as one of the American's most innovative and creative orchestras, the two-time GRAMMY® Award-winning Albany Symphony is renowned for virtuosic performances featuring classic orchestral favorites, lesser-heard masterworks, and a diverse array of new music from leading and emerging voices of today. The Symphony has received more ASCAP Awards than any other orchestra in America, as well as several GRAMMY® nominations, including the orchestra's most recent win in 2021. Led by Music Director David Alan Miller, now in his 30th year, the Symphony presents a core classical series throughout the region, each featuring a world-premiere or recent composition; a multi-day American Music Festival that celebrates established and emerging living composers; performances by its cutting-edge new music chamber ensemble, the Dogs of Desire; and a family series and holiday concerts in collaboration with youth performing arts groups. The Albany Symphony's award-winning education programs serve all ages, from Tiny Tots concerts to library talks and pre-concert Classical Conversations. Symphony in Our Schools brings musicians into classrooms for interactive music education, and Literacy-through-Songwriting, its in-school composer residency program, empowers youth to tackle issues of diversity and self-expression through songwriting, storytelling, improvisation, and teamwork. Founded in 1930 in New York's Capital Region, the Albany Symphony serves a diverse regional audience covering more than seven counties and parts of three states. In addition to an eight-concert subscription season, an annual multi-day American Music Festival including performances by the orchestra's genre-bending ensemble Dogs of Desire, and a host of education and community outreach events, the Albany Symphony regularly serves as an ambassador for new music and Upstate innovation beyond the Capital Region. The Symphony is the only organization to have made multiple appearances at Carnegie Hall's invitational Spring for Music festival, and past special Symphony initiatives include 2017's Water Music NY tour, which drew nearly 25,000 people to concert events in seven towns along the historic Erie Canal. In each of the canal towns, the Symphony commissioned emerging composers to collaborate with local arts organizations to create a new orchestral piece to express each town's unique heritage. As a leader in the creation, performance, and recording of new orchestral music, the Albany Symphony is reshaping the nation's musical legacy.

ABOUT DAVID ALAN MILLER
Two-time Grammy Award winning conductor David Alan Miller has established a reputation as one of the leading American conductors of his generation. As music director of the Albany Symphony since 1992, Miller has proven himself a creative and compelling orchestra builder. Through exploration of unusual repertoire, educational programming, community outreach, and recording initiatives, he has reaffirmed the Albany Symphony's reputation as the nation's leading champion of American symphonic music and one of its most innovative orchestras. He and the orchestra have twice appeared at "Spring For Music," an annual festival of America's most creative orchestras at New York City's Carnegie Hall, and at the SHIFT Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Other accolades include Columbia University's 2003 Ditson Conductor's Award, the oldest award honoring conductors for their commitment to American music, the 2001 ASCAP Morton Gould Award for Innovative Programming, and, in 1999, ASCAP's first-ever Leonard Bernstein Award for Outstanding Educational Programming. Frequently in demand as a guest conductor, Miller has worked with most of America's major orchestras, including the orchestras of Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco, as well as the New World Symphony, the Boston Pops, and the New York City Ballet. In addition, he has appeared frequently throughout Europe, the UK, Australia, and the Far East as guest conductor. Since 2019, Miller has served as Artistic Advisor to the Little Orchestra Society in New York City, and, from 2006 to 2012, served as Artistic Director of "New Paths in Music," a festival of new music from around the world, also in New York City. Miller received his most recent Grammy Award in 2021 for his recording of Christopher Theofanidis' Viola Concerto, with Richard O'Neill and the Albany Symphony, and his first Grammy in 2014 for his Naxos recording of John Corigliano's "Conjurer," with the Albany Symphony and Dame Evelyn Glennie. His extensive discography also includes recordings of the works of Todd Levin with the London Symphony Orchestra for Deutsche Grammophon, as well as music by Michael Daugherty, Kamran Ince, Michael Torke (London/Decca), Luis Tinoco, and Christopher Rouse (Naxos). His recordings with the Albany Symphony include discs devoted to the music of John Harbison, Roy Harris, Morton Gould, Don Gillis, Aaron J. Kernis, Peter Mennin, and Vincent Persichetti on the Albany Records label. He has also conducted the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic in three acclaimed recordings on Naxos. A native of Los Angeles, David Alan Miller holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a master's degree in orchestral conducting from The Juilliard School. Prior to his appointment in Albany, Miller was associate conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. From 1982 to 1988, he was music director of the New York Youth Symphony, earning considerable acclaim for his work with that ensemble. Miller lives in Slingerlands, New York, a rural suburb of Albany.

The 92nd Street Y, one of New York's leading cultural venues, today announced The Bach-Mendelssohn Connection,a ten-day festival of concerts and salons that will explore the unexpected or hidden connections between Johann Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn. The festival will feature Jeremy Denk, Steven Isserlis, the Emerson String Quartet, and more. Each performance and evening will explore the inspiration and influence in the world of two genius composers. Tickets are available at https://www.92y.org/bach-festival. "The Bach-Mendelssohn Connection is the vision of our beloved colleague Hanna Arie-Gaifman," said Amy Lam, Vice President, Tisch Music, 92Y. "We're grateful to Hanna for continuing to share her deep musical intellect and passion with us, and for bringing some of classical music's most acclaimed artists to our stage this summer." "This festival seeks to discover lesser-known connections between two composers from different eras," said Hanna Arie-Gaifman, Director Emeritus, Tisch Center for the Arts, 92Y. "The salons pay tribute to two seldom recognized salonieres - Sara Levi and Fanny Mendelssohn - musicians, composers and performers of rare quality who created the intimate human musical experiences we all crave these days." A full list of performances and dates are listed below. 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. Concerts EMERSON STRING QUARTET CALIDORE QUARTET  Wednesday, June 1, 2022, 7:30 PM Kaufmann Concert Hall/Online The Emerson String Quartet takes the stage for the first appearance of their highly anticipated final concert season and their final performance in Kaufmann Concert Hall.  The quartet opens the festival with selections from Bach's The Art of Fugue – a work that fueled Mendelssohn's compositional inspiration and points the way to the apex of the program in Mendelssohn's Octet. Joining is the Calidore Quartet, the young ensemble mentored by the Emerson's members. This program of Bach and Mendelssohn's single most representative chamber works is performed by chamber ensembles of two generations. J.S. BACH: The Art of Fugue Nos. 1, 3, 5, 9, 18 BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131, first movement MENDELSSOHN: Fuga from Four Piece for String Quartet Op. 81 MENDELSSOHN: Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20 STEVEN ISSERLIS, cello  MISHKA RUSHDIE MOMEN, piano  Saturday, June 4, 2022, 8 PM Kaufmann Concert Hall/Online Cellist Steven Isserlis performs selections from Bach's Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello. Illuminating Isserlis' performance: a reading from his acclaimed book, The Bach Cello Suites, A Companion. Isserlis is joined for the remainder of the program by Mishka Rushdie Momen. They perform two Mendelssohn works, including the composer's D-Major Sonata – a work Fanny Mendelssohn frequently programmed in her salons, and an ideal platform for Isserlis and Rushdie Momen's artistry.  J. S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor, BWV 849 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I) J. S. BACH: Selections from Unaccompanied Cello Suites Reading from Isserlis' The Bach Cello Suites – A Companion MENDELSSOHN: Variations Concertantes for Cello and Piano, Op.17 MENDELSSOHN: Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58 MARIA WLOSZCZOWSKA, violin  JEREMY DENK, piano  Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 7:30 PM Kaufmann Concert Hall/Online World-renowned pianist and MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient Jeremy Denk joins violin sensation and 2018 Bach International Violin Competition winner Maria Wloszczowska to perform Bach's intimate and wondrous Six Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard – music that was presented in the historical chamber music series Mendelssohn organized in Leipzig, and also in Fanny Mendelssohn's salons. Denk, who regularly collaborates with several of today's premier violinists, believe Wloszczowska to be one of the instrument's most exciting young artists. She makes her NY debut with this concert.  J.S. BACH: Six Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard, BWV 1014-1019 BRANDON PATRICK GEORGE, flute  MAHAN ESFAHANI, harpsichord  Friday, June 10, 2022, 7:30 PM  Kaufmann Concert Hall/Online Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord, joins Brandon Patrick George, flute, for works by J.S. and C.P.E. Bach. The flute and harpsichord were crucial to Mendelssohn's musical education, and though he composed no piece featuring them, these works had a clear influence on his writing. In this final mainstage concert of the festival, George and Esfahani conjure Bach's time and share a source of Mendelssohn's inspiration.  J.S. BACH: Sonata in C Major for Flute and Basso Continuo, BWV 1033 C.P.E. BACH: Sonata in A Minor for Solo Flute, Wq.132 J.S. BACH: Sonata in A for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV 1032 C.P.E. BACH: Harpsichord Sonata in A Minor, Wq. 49/1, "Württemberg" J.S. BACH: Sonata in B Minor for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV 1030 Salons Homage to the Salons of Sara Levy  ELIZABETH MANN, flute  MAHAN ESFAHANI, harpsichord  Friday, June 3, 2022, 6:30 PM Arader Galleries  Sara Levy – keyboard virtuoso, patron, student of Bach's eldest son, great aunt of Felix Mendelssohn, and a critical JS Bach revivalist – was at the helm of one of the most influential music salons of Enlightenment Berlin. Flutist Elizabeth Mann and harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani reconstruct the rich, inclusive musical spirit of her famed Berlin salons.  Works by J.S. Bach, W.F. Bach, C.P.E. Bach and J.C.F. Bach MOZART: Sonata in C Major, K. 14  J.S. BACH: Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 J.C.F. BACH: Sonata No. 6 in E-flat Major W.F. BACH: Flute Sonata in E Minor J.S. BACH: Flute Sonata in A Major, BWV 1032 J.S. Bach Before and After: Predecessors and Sons in the Salon MAHAN ESFAHANI, clavichord Monday, June 6, 2022, 6:30 PM Arader Galleries Mahan Esfahani celebrates the history and revival of the clavichord, with works by Spanish Renaissance composer Antonio Cabezon, German Baroque composer Johann Jakob Froberger, and J.S. Bach and his two eldest sons. Selections include J.S. Bach's French Suite No. 2 in C Minor. Esfahani wrote about the clavichord in a New Yorkerfeature in 2020, noting that some believe it to have been Bach's favorite instrument. ANTONIO CABEZON: Diferencias sobre "El Canto Llano del Caballero" JOHANN JAKOB FROBERGER: Toccata in F Major JOHANN JAKOB FROBERGER: Tombeau de Monsieur Blancrocher  W.F. BACH: Fantasia in E Minor, Fk. 21 J.S. BACH: Prelude in C Minor, BWV 990  J.S. BACH: "French" Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813  C.P.E. BACH: Fantasia in F-Sharp Minor, Wq. 67 Homage to the Salons of Fanny Mendelssohn  MISHKA RUSHDIE MOMEN, piano  Thursday, June 9, 2022, 6:30 PM Arader Galleries A celebration of Fanny Mendessohn's hugely influential salons, and a microcosm of the kind of program she herself would have presented, with works by Bach, Beethoven and Chopin, and including a sampling of her own underrepresented compositions. Featuring pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen, and including a brief reading from the letters between Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn.  FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Songs Without Words, Op. 62, No. 5    FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Variations Sérieuses, Op. 54 J.S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue in F Major, BWV 880 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II)  BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata in F Major, Op. 10 No. 2  FANNY MENDELSSOHN: Hensel - from Das Jahr, Nos. 1, 6, 13 BACH: Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 846 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)   CHOPIN: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posthumous. 66 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. 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Bloomingdale School of Music announces a community concert and spring benefit A New Bloom on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 6:30pm at The Riverside Church Assembly Hall, 490 Riverside Drive, NYC. A New Bloom honors the legacy of Timothy McCullough, Bloomingdale School of Music Resident Teaching Artist and longtime faculty member, who passed away on November 22, 2021. https://www.bsmny.org/ Each year, Bloomingdale School of Music organizes a spring benefit punctuated with inspiring performances by BSM students and faculty. This year's event includes a variety of performances including a tribute performance for Timothy McCullough, as well as performances by students from the Music Access Program, the PS75 Partnership, and guest star Angela Birchett. This annual event raises money for Bloomingdale's programs and Student Scholarship Fund to provide access to music education for students who otherwise would not be able to afford it, and this year is more important than ever. For those wishing to get involved; you can donate directly to the event or participate in a raffle, which will be announced in the coming weeks.  Pianist Tim McCullough, a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, was not only a talented educator, performer and accompanist, but a supportive colleague and wonderful friend. He was a member of the piano faculty at BSM from 2008-2021. His untimely passing has been a tremendous loss for the BSM community, but BSM looks forward to honoring him for his longtime service to the school and celebrating his legacy that will last for many years to come. Tim was born in Cardiff, Wales into a musical family. "I am fortunate to have a father who is a very accomplished pianist. By the time I was about six weeks old I had already heard a whole host of beautiful piano literature. As a result I grew up swimming in the sound of piano music." At age eight his family relocated to Dallas, Texas and Tim later moved to New York to pursue graduate piano studies. Although Tim also studied trumpet and viola in high school, "I always seemed to drift back to the piano. There is just so much great literature for this instrument." Tim's relationships with his students and their families was incredibly special. In his honor, BSM will raise up our their families with gratitude for their resilience, adaptability, flexibility, and commitment to music learning throughout the course of the past two years. Tim was comfortable teaching students of all ages. "The great thing about teaching one-on-one lessons is that I can adjust to the individual needs of each student." Tim worked to create a solid foundation of reading skills and technique with all his students. "I also think it is of great importance for the student to have a structured routine in their everyday practice so that they can progress naturally. I want to teach my students to learn how to practice effectively at home." Although he couldn't choose one favorite composer, Tim particularly enjoyed playing the music of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and Messiaen. He cited his father as one of his biggest musical influences. "He taught me how to read music and gave me a solid foundation for a good technique. Ruth Laredo showed me that practicing the poetry of the music is more important than only practicing the right notes! And seeing great artists and experiencing all the culture that New York has to offer has certainly left an imprint on me as well." In his free time Tim enjoyed practicing, cooking, and eating, "particularly great sushi!" "During the last 57 years, New York City has moved through so many chapters of triumph, sorrow, and uncertainty, but Bloomingdale has been here through it all as a pillar for music, learning, joy, and community," said Erika Atkins, Executive Director, Bloomingdale School of Music. "Music is not only a vital form of creative expression but a form of support and inspiration that brings us together every day. I am thrilled to bring our community together to remember Tim McCullough and celebrate the power of music in our lives."    Program Performances by BSM Trumpet Ensemble Program Leader: Brandon Vasquez  Performers: Sal Liebman, Kai Cooper, Calvin Lang, Araxi Kuhn Selection Title: "Spanish Voices" by James Olcott Performances by Students from A4TY Program Leader: Margo Cantor Performers: Angela Lau Selection Title: "The Suspicious Painting" by Arman Bruat Tribute Performance by faculty members Naho Parrini and Marc Peloquin, with guest artists Aundrey Mitchell and Margalit Cantor Performers: Naho Parrini (violin), Audrey Mitchell (viola), Margalit Cantor (cello), Marc Peloquin (piano) Selection Title: Schumann Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47, III. Andante Cantabile Members of the Music Access Project with Guest Star Angela Birchett  Program Leader: Naho Parrini Performers: Aaron Nichols (cello, composer), Layton Yang Zhang (piano), Julian Walther (violin) Selection Title: "Feeling Good" from Roar of The Grease Paint - The Smell of the Crowd Performances by Students from PS75 Partnership Program Leader: Onagama Mhlontlo Everyone is invited to join Bloomingdale for an evening filled with music and the celebration of the community. All proceeds go towards supporting and providing access to Bloomingdale's music programs, financial aid, and the Tim McCullough Scholarship Fund.  $25 - Livestream Ticket  $100 - Single Ticket - Unreserved seating $500 - Sunflower Sponsor - Table for four during the pre-performance cocktail hour and listing as Sunflower Sponsor in the program $1,000 - Tulip Sponsor - Table tor six during the pre-performance cocktail hour, listing as Tulip Sponsor in the program, and a quarter page ad in the program $2,500 - Lily Sponsor - Table for eight during the pre-performance cocktail hour, priority seating for the performance, listing as Lily Sponsor in the program, and a half page ad in the program $5,000 - Rose Vice Chair Sponsor - Reserved table for ten during the pre-performance cocktail hour, concierge table service, priority seating for the performance, verbal acknowledgment from the stage, listing as Rose Vice Chair Sponsor in the program, and a full page ad in the program $10,000 - Orchid Chair Sponsor - Reserved table for twelve during the pre-performance cocktail hour, concierge table service, priority seating for the performance, verbal acknowledgement from the stage, listing as Orchid Chair Sponsor in the program, and a full page ad in the program Angela Birchett is a seasoned lead vocalist, session singer, live music host, actor, songwriter, educator and clinician. She hails from Detroit, Michigan. Angela made her Broadway debut in the 2015 Tony Award®-winning revival of The Color Purple and has several regional and touring credits, including: The Color Purple first national tour, Dreamgirls as Effie White, Once On This Island as Asaka, Smokey Joe's Café as BJ, and Hairspray national tour as Motormouth. Her television credits include CBS's Kevin Can Wait and NBC's Blindspot. Most recently she starred in Lifetime's movie event The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel as Jacky Clark Chisholm which reached 11 million viewers in its opening weekend, making it the most-viewed premiere on cable television of 2020! Angela is the founder of AB Creative, Inc., and has created educational programming and one-on-one development programs that encourage individuality, celebrate black culture through the performing arts, and equip students and aspiring artists with a "toolkit" to best tackle and seize their place in an ever-changing entertainment industry. 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. Bloomingdale School of Music gratefully acknowledges the support of the Baisley Powell Elebash Fund, Edwin Caplin Foundation, New York Community Trust, the Bay and Paul Foundations, the Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, Con-Edison Arts and Culture Grants, the New York Landmarks Conservancy, the Hyde and Watson Foundation, the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, Columbia Community Service, the Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, New York State Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell, New York City Council Members Helen Rosenthal and Mark Levine, the Manhattan Borough President, Con-Edison, the Turrell Fund, the Libby Holman Foundation, the Associated Chamber Music Players, the M&T Charitable Fund, the TD Bank Charitable Foundation, and Apple Bank.

Welcome to the newest jazz club in town -- JAZZ in the Annex! Every third Thursday of the month, the JAZZ HOUSE @ Montclair (NJ) presents a new monthly jazz gig featuring a performance of some of our favorite regional artists followed by a two-hour jam session where all musicians are welcome. Bring your instruments and come check it out!

Location: JAZZ HOUSE Annex, 2nd floor of JAZZ HOUSE KiDS | Main entrance is through the rear parking lot on North Willow near Bloomfield Avenue. Doors open at 6:30 pm with open act at 7:00, main act at 7:30 pm, followed by open jam until 10:30 pm.

Cover: $10 at the door
Current JAZZ HOUSE students are free

The Radam Schwartz Trio kicks off our first evening on March 23 with opening act, the JAZZ HOUSE Organ Messengers

Radam Schwartz - Organ, dir. of JAZZ HOUSE Organ Messengers
Anthony Ware - Alto Sax
Ron Jackson - Guitar
Alvester Garnett - Drums

About Radam Schwartz:
Jazz organist and pianist Radam Schwartz has built his reputation over the last 40 years playing with such great musicians as Arthur and Red Prysock, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Al Hibler, David Fathead Newman, Jimmy Ford, Tommy Gryce and Cecil Brooks III. He continues to make music history today playing with renowned artists Russell Malone, the Spirit of Life Ensemble, TK Blue, Conrad Herwig, Iron City Organ Ensemble and a number of others. Radam’s prolific career has led to many successful recordings, many making the national charts. In all, he has been on over 40 recordings, seven as leader and two as a co-leader. Some of the artists that he has recorded with are Don Braden, Jay Hogard, Russell Gunn, Ed Cherry, Andy McCloud, Bill Saxton, Bruce Williams, Frank Lacy, Paul Beaudry, Alvester Garnett, Jeff Hackworth, Rodney Jones, Miles Griffith, Clifford Adams and Sonny Fortune. His recording Organized (Muse,1996) is listed in the Hammond Organ Bible as one of the top 200 essential Organ recordings of all time. His latest recordings, Two Sides of the Organ Combo on Arabesque Records was released in 2018, made the JazzWeek and NACC Jazz Charts and his latest recording, the Radam Schwartz Organ Big Band, is the first big band recording where the organ plays the bass line throughout the session in the organ’s traditional role.

About the JAZZ HOUSE Organ Ambassadors:
This advanced student ensemble plays the music of the Organ Jazz Scene, a subgenre of jazz. This music was prevalent in African-American venues from the 1950s-1980s and still has a place on today’s jazz scene. In class, students spend time exploring the connection of the blues to modern jazz through patterns and seeing harmonic implications. This group features a bass player instead of an organist playing bass parts to emphasize the unique groove that organ jazz has.

The National Championship 2023 will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Monday, January 9, 2023. The game will kick off on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. ET.  The Peach Bowl winner and Fiesta Bowl Winner will meet in College Football National Championship game. This year CFP Final race will be more exciting and competitive than the previous year.

Who will come out on top this year?  Whether you're a Bulldogs or a Horned Frogs fan or you just want to catch the action-packed last game of the season, you'll want to find out for yourself, live and in person.  Check out the info below to learn more, and score your National Championship Game 2023 Tickets right away!

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The National Championship 2023 is the exciting conclusion of the 2022 college football season, and this website can help you catch the excitement live at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles!  We don't know who will face off this January 9th, but we do know that the closer we get to kickoff, the fewer sets will be left on the market.

Who will come out on top this year?  Whether you've got a good feeling about your team's chances or you just want to catch the action-packed last game of the season, you'll want to find out for yourself, live and in person.  Check out the info below to learn more, and score your National Championship Game 2023 Tickets right away!

The 2022-23 College Football Playoff schedule includes two semifinal games on New Year's Eve followed by the title game on Jan. 9, 2023. Check out everything you need to know below, including bowl game information for the CFP locations. Click here for live updates during the Michigan-TCU Fiesta Bowl and here for the Georgia-Ohio State Peach Bowl.

The CFP national championship will be played at 7:30 p.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Below is a complete history of the College Football Playoff national championship game.

2023: Los Angeles (Los Angeles Stadium at Hollywood Park, Inglewood, California) - Jan. 9
2024: Houston (NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas) - Jan. 8
2025: Atlanta (Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA) - Jan. 6
2026: Miami (Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida) - Jan. 5

The four teams selected to the 2022-23 College Football Playoff were announced on Sunday, Dec. 4. Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State are in as the top four teams. Click or tap here to see the final committee rankings.

The National Championship 2023 is the exciting conclusion of the 2022 college football season, and this website can help you catch the excitement live at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles!  The Georgia Bulldogs and the TCU Horned Frogs will face off this January 9th, but we do know that the closer we get to kickoff, the fewer sets will be left on the market.