BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//RiverArts - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:RiverArts X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://riverarts.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for RiverArts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T165330 CREATED:20241024T202049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241101T132505Z UID:13658-1732453200-1732464000@riverarts.org SUMMARY:2024 Chamber Music Benefit DESCRIPTION:2024 Chamber Music Benefit\nSunday November 24th1–4pmThe Newington-Cropsey Foundation25 Cropsey Lane Hastings-on-Hudson\, NY 10706In-advance ticket sales only\, not available at-the-door \n \n Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n We are delighted to invite you to our 7th annual Chamber Music Benefit Concert. Enjoy a wonderful afternoon of music\, followed by a reception\, at the unique\, art-filled venue of the Newington Cropsey Foundation in Hastings. \nThis year’s concert will consist of 3 pieces: Bach’s “Italian” Concerto\, played on the piano; Mozart’s celebrated Divertimento in Eb for string trio; and Brahms’ Piano Quintet in f minor. \nVIP ticket holders are treated to an intimate\, guided tour of the Foundation’s art collection featuring works by renowned Hudson River School painter\, Jasper Cropsey. Limited tickets are available for this special experience. \n\n\nAbout the Artists:Muneko Otani [violin] As the first violinist of the Cassatt String Quartet Muneko Otani has appeared in the US\, Canada and Mexico as well as in Europe and Asia. Major venues have included Lincoln Center\, the Kennedy Center\, the Library of Congress\, Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Bastille Opera House. The quartet has over 40 recordings\, and were named three times to Alex Ross’ 10 best classical recordings of the year in The New Yorker magazine. Her numerous awards with the Cassatt Quartet include the Wardwell Chamber Music Fellowship at Yale (where they served as teaching assistants to the Tokyo Quartet)\, two top prizes at the Banff International String Quartet Competition\, two CMA/ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming\, a recording grant from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust\, and commissioning grants from Meet the Composer and the National Endowment for the Arts. As a chamber musician\, she has collaborated with Paul Katz\, Colin Carr\, Ursula Oppens\, Eliot Fisk\, Walter Trampler\, Martin Lovett\, Marc Johnson\, Kazuhide Isomura\, Masuko Ushioda and Lawrence Lesser. \nDaniel Panner [viola] enjoys a varied career as a performer and teacher. As violist of the Mendelssohn String Quartet\, he has concertized extensively throughout the United States and Israel. He has performed at music festivals in Marlboro\, Tanglewood\, Aspen\, and on National Public Radio’s Performance Today\, and has collaborated with members of the Cleveland\, Emerson\, Guarneri\, and Juilliard String Quartets. As a member of the Whitman String Quartet\, Panner received the 1998 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award. He currently teaches at The Juilliard School\, the Mannes College of Music\, SUNY Stonybrook\, and the Queens College Conservatory of Music. He has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center\, Musicians from Marlboro\, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. He has served as the principal violist of such orchestras as the New York City Opera and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. An active performer of new music\, he is a member of Sequitur and the Locrian Ensemble and has performed as a guest artist with Speculum Musicae\, the Da Capo Chamber Players\, and Transit Circle. \nPeter Seidenberg [cello and Artistic Director] “Totally enchanting\, inspired performances\, brimming with natural\, spontaneous musicianship”\, raves Gramophone Magazine about cellist Peter Seidenberg. Mr. Seidenberg has played in major halls throughout the US\, Europe\, and Asia\, and served as principal cellist with the Century Orchestra of Osaka. He was a founding member of the critically acclaimed Elements Quartet which created groundbreaking commissioning projects involving over 30 composers. He has collaborated with members of the Cleveland\, Tokyo\, Juilliard and Emerson Quartets and has participated in the Marlboro\, Aspen\, Caramoor\, Casals and Norfolk festivals. Currently\, he is the cellist for the Oracle Trio\, the Queen’s Chamber Band\, and the New York Chamber Soloists. Peter concertizes frequently in collaboration with pianist Hui-Mei Lin. The duo have performed together throughout the US to much acclaim. \nCalvin Wiersma [violin] Calvin Wiersma has appeared throughout the world as a soloist and chamber musician. He was a founding member of the Meliora Quartet\, winner of the Naumberg\, Fischoff\, Coleman\, and Cleveland Quartet competitions. Mr. Wiersma was also a founding member of the Figaro Trio and is currently a member of the Manhattan String Quartet. In addition to worldwide touring with the Quartet\, Mr. Wiersma’s wide range of musical activities have included performances at Bargemusic and Merkin Hall\, and national and international tours with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and his contemporary music ensemble Cygnus. He has appeared at numerous Music Festivals including Aspen\, Vancouver\, Rockport\, Bard\, Portland\, Crested Butte\, North Country\, Central Vermont\, New Hope\, and Interlochen. A noted performer of contemporary music\, Mr. Wiersma is a member of Cygnus and the Locrian Chamber Ensemble\, has toured extensively with Steve Reich\, and has appeared with Speculum Musicae\, Ensemble 21\, Parnassus\, and NYNME. Mr. Wiersma is an Assistant Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at the Ithaca College School of Music. \nShai Wosner [piano] has attracted international recognition for his exceptional artistry\, musical integrity\, and creative insight. His performances of a broad range of repertoire—from Beethoven and Schubert to Ligeti and the music of today—reflect a degree of virtuosity and intellectual curiosity that has made him a favorite among audiences and critics\, who note his “keen musical mind and deep musical soul” (NPR’s All Things Considered). Wosner is a recipient of Lincoln Center’s Martin E. Segal Award\, an Avery Fisher Career Grant\, and a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. As a concerto soloist in North America\, Wosner has appeared with the major orchestras of Atlanta\, Baltimore\, Berkeley\, Chicago\, Cleveland\, Dallas\, Indianapolis\, Los Angeles\, Milwaukee\, Philadelphia\, Pittsburgh\, Ottawa\, San Francisco\, St. Louis\, and Toronto\, among others. He was in residence with the BBC as a New Generation Artist\, during which he appeared frequently with the BBC orchestras\, including conducting Mozart concertos from the keyboard with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Wosner has worked with such conductors as Daniel Barenboim\, Jiří Bělohlávek\, James Conlon\, Alan Gilbert\, Gunther Herbig\, James Judd\, Zubin Mehta\, Peter Oundjian\, Donald Runnicles\, Leonard Slatkin\, Jeffrey Tate\, and Yan Pascal Tortelier. Widely sought after by colleagues for his versatility and spirit of partnership\, Wosner has collaborated as a chamber musician with numerous artists\, including Martha Argerich\, Martin Fröst\, Lynn Harrell\, Dietrich Henschel\, Ralph Kirshbaum\, Jennifer Koh\, Cho-Liang Lin\, Christian Tetzlaff\, Orion Weiss\, and Pinchas Zukerman. \nAbout The Newington-Cropsey FoundationThe Newington-Cropsey Foundation was founded in 1977 by Barbara and John Newington to collect and promote works of Barbara’s great-grandfather\, Hudson River School artist Jasper Cropsey. The Foundation hosts a large collection of paintings and is considered the leading authority on Jasper Cropsey. Along with the Gallery of Art completed in the mid ’90’s\, the foundation maintains Cropsey’s final home\, Ever Rest\, on the property. They graciously host an annual Chamber Music benefit for RiverArts in the gallery.   \nAbout RiverArts Chamber SeriesFounded in 2016\, the RiverArts Chamber Music Series under the Artistic Direction of Peter Seidenberg and producer Doug Coe\, is devoted to bringing the finest Chamber Music\, both classical and contemporary\, to the Rivertowns. The Series consists of three concerts each season\, with one being a gala hosted by The Newington-Cropsey Foundation. \nVisit the Chamber Music Series site to learn more and see past and current programming.https://riverarts.org/programs/music/chamber-music-series/  \n\n\n \n Tickets for Performances\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n  \n#RiverArtsChamberMusic URL:https://riverarts.org/event/chamberbenefit2024/ LOCATION:Newington-Cropsey Foundation\, 25 Cropsey Lane\, Hastings-on-Hudson\, NY\, 10706\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,In-person,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://riverarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Untitled-design.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="RiverArts":MAILTO:info@riverarts.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250309T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250309T180000 DTSTAMP:20260427T165330 CREATED:20250206T171217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T191922Z UID:13853-1741536000-1741543200@riverarts.org SUMMARY:Chamber Music Concert: Double Cello Quintets of Schubert and Brahms DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, March 9 4–6pmAndrus on Hudson185 Old BroadwayHastings on Hudson\, NY 10706 \n \n \n \n \n \n   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join us for an afternoon performance of two exceptional Chamber Music masterpieces: The Double Cello Quintets of Schubert and Brahms. \nOn Sunday\, March 9 at 4:00 PM\, at Andrus on Hudson\, 185 Old Broadway\, Hastings-on-Hudson\,  RiverArts will present two glorious Chamber Music masterpieces- Double Cello Quintets of Schubert and Brahms. The Double Cello Quintets\, scored for two violins\, viola\, and two cellos\, provide a rich\, fuller sound than traditional string quartets. The Brahms is the same piece we heard in November as the Piano Quintet in f minor\, its more familiar scoring. But Brahms; first version of the piece was as a double cello quintet\, recently completed by Terry King. This concert will be a rare opportunity to hear the piece as Brahms first conceived it\, as well as Schubert’s astounding masterpiece scored for the same group of instruments. \nRiverArts’ Chamber Music Series under the artistic direction of cellist Peter Seidenberg has developed a reputation for its varied programming of 19th and 20th century touchstones of the chamber music repertory\, alongside contemporary compositions including several commissions\, performed by a varied roster of extraordinary musicians. For this concert he will be joined by violinists Laura Bossert and Fritz Gearhart\, violist Sarah Adams\, and cellist Elizabeth Anderson. \nAbout the ArtistsLaura Bossert [violin] was a Silver Medalist in the Henryk Szeryng International Violin Competition. She has earned recognition for her artistry as a soloist\, chamber musician\, and pedagogue\, is on the faculty of Wellesley College\, the Longy School of Music\, and in the summer months\, The Quartet Program and LyricaFest. Ms. Bossert has appeared in collaboration with Elmar Oliveira\, Joseph Silverstein\, Paul Neubauer\, Kim Kashkashian\, and with ensembles such as the Muir and Lark String Quartets\, Amelia\, Raphael and Mirecourt Piano Trios. She has toured as a jazz violinist with David Amram and Chuck Mangione\, and is a frequent guest artist\, with The Cello Chix. \nFritz Gearhart [violin] has performed for audiences from coast to coast. He has appeared in major halls  including the Kennedy Center\, the 92nd Street Y in NYC\, Alice Tully Hall\, and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie. He is heard frequently on National Public Radio\, including live broadcasts on WFMT Chicago\, WQXR in New York\, KQAC in Portland Oregon\,  as well as Public Radio’s nationally syndicated program Performance Today. A sampling from the press: “…a sizzling performance…”(The Wall Street Journal)\,  “…supple and imaginative…”(The New York Times)\, “…a superlative evening of musicmaking…”(New York Concert Review)\, and “Gearhart is a bold assertive player…”(Strad). Gearhart taught at the university level for most of his career\, including appointments at University of Colorado Boulder\, University of Oregon\, East Carolina University and Indiana University at South Bend. In addition to his many performing and teaching activities\, Gearhart has also appeared as a guest conductor at several string festivals around the country\, \nSarah Adams [viola] performs widely in the New York area with ensembles including the New York Chamber Ensemble\, American Ballet Theatre\, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra\, the American Symphony Orchestra\, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. She is principal violist of the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Riverside Symphony and the violist of the Roerich Quartet. Ms. Adams has been teaching viola and chamber music at Columbia University since 1993. \nElizabeth Anderson [cello] has performed in major concert venues of the world in China\, Japan\, Australia\, Italy\, Germany\, Finland\, Mexico and the US. As a founding member of the Naumburg Award winning Meliora Quartet\, Ms. Anderson made numerous appearances on the world’s most prestigious chamber music series and recorded the Mendelssohn Octet for Telarc with the Cleveland Quartet. She has also performed and recorded extensively with the Cassatt String Quartet\, VC3 Cello Trio\, and as cellist in the New York City Opera Orchestra at Lincoln Center. A frequent music festival guest\, she has appeared in the US at the Aspen\, and Spoleto Charleston festivals and internationally at the Spoleto Festivals of Italy and Australia\, Inkoo\, Finland\, and the Moon Beach Okinawa Festival. \nPeter Seidenberg [cello and Artistic Director] “Totally enchanting\, inspired performances\, brimming with natural\, spontaneous musicianship”\, raves Gramophone Magazine about cellist Peter Seidenberg. Mr. Seidenberg has played in major halls throughout the US\, Europe\, and Asia\, and served as principal cellist with the Century Orchestra of Osaka. He was a founding member of the critically acclaimed Elements Quartet which created groundbreaking commissioning projects involving over 30 composers. He has collaborated with members of the Cleveland\, Tokyo\, Juilliard and Emerson Quartets and has participated in the Marlboro\, Aspen\, Caramoor\, Casals and Norfolk festivals. Currently\, he is the cellist for the Oracle Trio\, the Queen’s Chamber Band\, and the New York Chamber Soloists. Peter concertizes frequently in collaboration with pianist Hui-Mei Lin. The duo have performed together throughout the US to much acclaim. \n \n Purchase Tickets URL:https://riverarts.org/event/double-cello-quintets/ LOCATION:Andrus on Hudson\, 185 Old Broadway\, Hastings on Hudson\, 10706\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,In-person,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://riverarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/crop-cello-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="RiverArts":MAILTO:info@riverarts.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T213000 DTSTAMP:20260427T165330 CREATED:20250320T215556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T210453Z UID:14010-1748719800-1748727000@riverarts.org SUMMARY:Chamber Music Concert: Celebrating Great American Composers & the Hudson Valley DESCRIPTION:Purchase Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n Saturday\, May 317:30-9pm (Doors: 7pm)Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns42 North BroadwayTarrytown\, NY 10591 \n \n \n \n \n \n RiverArts will present an evening of music celebrating great American composers: Aaron Copland\, Samuel Barber\, Charles Ives\, Gian Carlo Menotti\, and (a RiverArts 2018 commission) David Macdonald. All these composers lived a significant portion of their lives in the Lower Hudson Valley: Ives lived in Hartsdale\, Menotti and Barber shared a home in Mount Kisco from 1943-1970\, Copland lived in Cortland Manor from 1960 until his death in 1990 and contemporary composer David Macdonald continues to live in Pleasantville\, NY. \nAbout the Artists:Sylvia Danburg [violin] is Associate Principal Second Violin of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra. She made her New York solo debut at Alice Tully Hall in 1996\, where she was praised by the New York Times for “beautiful tone — both lyricism and virtuosity”. Sylvia plays with the MET Chamber Ensemble concert series at Carnegie Hall\, and has performed a wide variety of classical and cross-over music both here and abroad. \nApril Johnson [violin] has performed throughout the U.S. as soloist\, chamber musician and orchestral freelancer. She has appeared as concertmaster with the NY Chamber Soloists Orchestra\, Jupiter Symphony\, the Galatea Ensemble\, the Queens Oratorio Society and the Canton Symphony (OH). She has also performed with the Norwalk Symphony\, the Ridgefield\, Bridgeport\, New Haven\, Fairfield\, Harrisburg Symphony Orchestras\, and the Pennsylvania Philharmonia. As a member of the New York Chamber Soloists\, Solace Quartet and the Oracle Trio she has performed throughout North and South America. She teaches at the Hoff Berthelson School of Music\, and serves as Associate Dean \nSarah Adams [viola] performs widely in the New York area with ensembles including the New York Chamber Ensemble\, American Ballet Theatre\, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra\, the American Symphony Orchestra\, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. She is principal violist of the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Riverside Symphony and the violist of the Roerich Quartet. Ms. Adams has been teaching viola and chamber music at Columbia University since 1993. \nPeter Seidenberg [cello and Artistic Director] “Totally enchanting\, inspired performances\, brimming with natural\, spontaneous musicianship”\, raves Gramophone Magazine about cellist Peter Seidenberg. Mr. Seidenberg has played in major halls throughout the US\, Europe\, and Asia\, and served as principal cellist with the Century Orchestra of Osaka. He was a founding member of the critically acclaimed Elements Quartet which created groundbreaking commissioning projects involving over 30 composers. He has collaborated with members of the Cleveland\, Tokyo\, Juilliard and Emerson Quartets and has participated in the Marlboro\, Aspen\, Caramoor\, Casals and Norfolk festivals. Currently\, he is the cellist for the Oracle Trio\, the Queen’s Chamber Band\, and the New York Chamber Soloists. Peter concertizes frequently in collaboration with pianist Hui-Mei Lin. The duo have performed together throughout the US to much acclaim. \nAnton Rist [clarinet] was recently appointed Principal Clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He has performed with the American Ballet Theater\, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s\, the Louisiana Philharmonic\, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. He has performed at the Verbier\, St. Barts\, Pacific\, Bravo! Vail\, and Aspen Music Festivals\, and is a founding member of the Montserrat Music Festival in the West Indies.  \nHui-Mei Lin [piano]\, a native of Taiwan\, made her New York solo debut at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as the winner of the Artists International Audition. She was described by the New York Times as “an excellent pianist throughout” and the Taiwan News as “a sensitive and powerful pianist.” With long-time cello partner\, Peter Seidenberg\, Hui Mei has toured throughout the East coast\, New Mexico\, Chicago\, and Taiwan. She has appeared in solo programs at Alice Tully Hall\, the Caramoor Music Festival\, and The Steinway Society of the Bay Area\, among other venues. Her media broadcasts include solo performances at PBS (Maryland)\, WQXR (New York City) and Taiwan Television. \nTomoko Uchino [piano] received awards at the Ettlingen International Piano Competition and Takahiro Sonoda Piano Award International Competitions. She has performed at major concert halls throughout the United States\, Europe\, Japan and Thailand\, as well as at chamber music festivals. A member of Solace Ensemble\, THUD and Jang/Uchino Violin-Piano Duo\, she has been on the accompanying staff of the Juilliard School\, Heifetz International Music Institute as well as others. She earned a BM High Honors at the University of Michigan\, MM from Peabody Conservatory\, and Doctoral of Musical Arts from the University of Arizona. She received a graduate diploma from the Juilliard School. \n \n Purchase Tickets URL:https://riverarts.org/event/great-hudson-chamber/ LOCATION:Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns\, 42 N Broadway\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591 CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,In-person,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://riverarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FY25-5.31.25-Chamber-Music-Concert-Presentation.png ORGANIZER;CN="RiverArts":MAILTO:info@riverarts.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T203000 DTSTAMP:20260427T165330 CREATED:20250501T221718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T193910Z UID:14128-1749150000-1749155400@riverarts.org SUMMARY:Artist Conversation: Intricate Fabric of Life with Susan Richman and Rachel Weatherford Whitlow DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, June 57-8:30pmUpstream Gallery8 Main StreetHastings on Hudson\, NY \n \n \n \n \n \n How does anyone cope with constant flux\, with a steady stream of near emergency\, with the knowledge that what once was\, is gone? Illness\, death\, upheaval of most kinds necessitates an anchor. When we feel this way\, some of us look to nature. \n\n“The shore is an ancient world\, for as long as there has been an earth and sea there has been this place of the meeting of land and water. Yet it is a world that keeps alive the sense of continuing creation and of the relentless drive of life. Each time that I enter it\, I gain some new awareness of its beauty and its deeper meanings\, sensing that intricate fabric of life by which one creature is linked with another\, and each with its surroundings.” Rachel Carson \n\nIn this conversation we will explore the liminal space of change and connection as we dive into the works of artists Susan Richman and Rachel Weatherford Whitlow. Each artist has a unique relationship with nature both as a source of inspiration and a medium from which to create\, seeking her anchor in the uncertainty of nature and creating images in which that “intricate fabric of life “is revealed. \n \n Purchase Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n ABOUT THE ARTISTS\n\n \n \n \n \n Purchase Tickets URL:https://riverarts.org/event/richman-whitlow/ LOCATION:Upstream gallery\, 8 Main Street\, Hastings-on-Hudson\, NY\, 10706 CATEGORIES:Art,Artist Conversation,Chamber Music,In-person,Readings and Conversations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://riverarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Website-Banner-for-Homepage.png ORGANIZER;CN="RiverArts":MAILTO:info@riverarts.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251123T150000 DTSTAMP:20260427T165330 CREATED:20250619T130656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T163813Z UID:14327-1763902800-1763910000@riverarts.org SUMMARY:2025 Chamber Music Benefit DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE2025 Chamber Music Benefit\nSunday November 231–3pmThe Newington-Cropsey Foundation25 Cropsey Lane Hastings-on-Hudson\, NY 10706Advanced ticket sales only\, not available at-the-door \n \n Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n   \nWe are delighted to invite you to our 10th annual Chamber Music Benefit Concert! Enjoy a wonderful afternoon of music\, followed by a cocktail reception\, at the unique\, art-filled venue of the Newington Cropsey Foundation in Hastings. \nPlease join us to hear the beauty of Mozart and Dvořák Piano Quartets amidst the splendor of the paintings of Jasper Cropsey. This unique venue has become a much anticipated annual event for RA Chamber Music enthusiasts\, and Artistic Director Peter Seidenberg has assembled an amazing group of musicians including violinist Muneko Otani\, violist Daniel Panner\, and pianist Hui-Mei Lin. The Cropsey Foundation provides a sumptuous reception following the concert. \nThe program opens with Mozart’s Piano Quartet in g minor K478. Franz Anton Hoffmeister commissioned a series of three piano quartets from Mozart. Both his recently opened publishing house\, and the piano quartet as a musical form\, were new on the scene. Hoffmeister hoped that Mozart would provide popular music\, playable by amateurs\, “easy\, instantly gratifying\, and marketable.” Instead\, Mozart created music that was dramatic and filled with complexity- not at all suitable for amateur musicians. Sales were poor and Hoffmeister cancelled his order for the additional quartets. We\, however\, were blessed with what has become one of Mozart’s most popular chamber music compositions. It should be noted that G minor is a key that Mozart reserved for the dramatic\, often expressing intense and/or dark emotions. (Other famous Mozart compositions in this key include the Symphony #40\, and the String Quintet K\, 516 which we heard a year and a half ago on our concert of Mozart String Quintets.) \nWhile working on his Piano Quartet Op 87\, in the summer of 1889\, Dvořák wrote “My head is so full\, if a human being could only write it all down straight away! […] It is unexpectedly easy and the melodies simply flow towards me. Thanks be to God!”. This work indeed overflows with melodic richness and is one of Dvořák’s glorious chamber pieces. Programming these two piano quartets in one afternoon gives us an opportunity to hear Mozart’s\, who practically “invented” the form\, and Dvořák’s skilled and exciting handling of the same ensemble 100 years later. \n  \n\n\nAbout the Artists:Muneko Otani [violin] As the first violinist of the Cassatt String Quartet Muneko Otani has appeared in the US\, Canada and Mexico as well as in Europe and Asia. Major venues have included Lincoln Center\, the Kennedy Center\, the Library of Congress\, Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Bastille Opera House. The quartet has over 40 recordings\, and were named three times to Alex Ross’ 10 best classical recordings of the year in The New Yorker magazine. Her numerous awards with the Cassatt Quartet include the Wardwell Chamber Music Fellowship at Yale (where they served as teaching assistants to the Tokyo Quartet)\, two top prizes at the Banff International String Quartet Competition\, two CMA/ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming\, a recording grant from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust\, and commissioning grants from Meet the Composer and the National Endowment for the Arts. As a chamber musician\, she has collaborated with Paul Katz\, Colin Carr\, Ursula Oppens\, Eliot Fisk\, Walter Trampler\, Martin Lovett\, Marc Johnson\, Kazuhide Isomura\, Masuko Ushioda and Lawrence Lesser. \nDaniel Panner [viola] enjoys a varied career as a performer and teacher. As violist of the Mendelssohn String Quartet\, he has concertized extensively throughout the United States and Israel. He has performed at music festivals in Marlboro\, Tanglewood\, Aspen\, and on National Public Radio’s Performance Today\, and has collaborated with members of the Cleveland\, Emerson\, Guarneri\, and Juilliard String Quartets. As a member of the Whitman String Quartet\, Panner received the 1998 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award. He currently teaches at The Juilliard School\, the Mannes College of Music\, SUNY Stonybrook\, and the Queens College Conservatory of Music. He has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center\, Musicians from Marlboro\, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. He has served as the principal violist of such orchestras as the New York City Opera and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. An active performer of new music\, he is a member of Sequitur and the Locrian Ensemble and has performed as a guest artist with Speculum Musicae\, the Da Capo Chamber Players\, and Transit Circle. \nPeter Seidenberg [cello and Artistic Director] “Totally enchanting\, inspired performances\, brimming with natural\, spontaneous musicianship”\, raves Gramophone Magazine about cellist Peter Seidenberg. Mr. Seidenberg has played in major halls throughout the US\, Europe\, and Asia\, and served as principal cellist with the Century Orchestra of Osaka. He was a founding member of the critically acclaimed Elements Quartet which created groundbreaking commissioning projects involving over 30 composers. He has collaborated with members of the Cleveland\, Tokyo\, Juilliard and Emerson Quartets and has participated in the Marlboro\, Aspen\, Caramoor\, Casals and Norfolk festivals. Currently\, he is the cellist for the Oracle Trio\, the Queen’s Chamber Band\, and the New York Chamber Soloists. Peter concertizes frequently in collaboration with pianist Hui-Mei Lin. The duo have performed together throughout the US to much acclaim. \nHui-Mei Lin [piano]\, a native of Taiwan\, made her New York solo debut at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as the winner of the Artists International Audition. She was described by the New York Times as “an excellent pianist throughout” and the Taiwan News as “a sensitive and powerful pianist.” With long-time cello partner\, Peter Seidenberg\, Hui Mei has toured throughout the East coast\, New Mexico\, Chicago\, and Taiwan. She has appeared in solo programs at Alice Tully Hall\, the Caramoor Music Festival\, and The Steinway Society of the Bay Area\, among other venues. Her media broadcasts include solo performances at PBS (Maryland)\, WQXR (New York City) and Taiwan Television. \nAbout The Newington-Cropsey FoundationThe Newington-Cropsey Foundation was founded in 1977 by Barbara and John Newington to collect and promote works of Barbara’s great-grandfather\, Hudson River School artist Jasper Cropsey. The Foundation hosts a large collection of paintings and is considered the leading authority on Jasper Cropsey. Along with the Gallery of Art completed in the mid ’90’s\, the foundation maintains Cropsey’s final home\, Ever Rest\, on the property. They graciously host an annual Chamber Music benefit for RiverArts in the gallery.   \nAbout RiverArts Chamber SeriesFounded in 2016\, the RiverArts Chamber Music Series under the Artistic Direction of Peter Seidenberg and producer Doug Coe\, is devoted to bringing the finest Chamber Music\, both classical and contemporary\, to the Rivertowns. The Series consists of three concerts each season\, with one being a gala hosted by The Newington-Cropsey Foundation. \nVisit the Chamber Music Series site to learn more and see past and current programming.https://riverarts.org/programs/music/chamber-music-series/  \n\n\n \n Tickets URL:https://riverarts.org/event/chamberbenefit2025/ LOCATION:Newington-Cropsey Foundation\, 25 Cropsey Lane\, Hastings-on-Hudson\, NY\, 10706\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,In-person,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://riverarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Chamber-Benefit-Website-Banner-for-Homepage.png ORGANIZER;CN="RiverArts":MAILTO:info@riverarts.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T173000 DTSTAMP:20260427T165330 CREATED:20260106T141605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T143958Z UID:14901-1772985600-1772991000@riverarts.org SUMMARY:International Women’s Day Chamber Music Celebration DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, March 8\, 20264 PM – 5:30 PM  \nSaint Barnabas Episcopal Church2 Revolutionary RoadArdsley\, NY \n \n Purchase Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n     \n \n \n \n \n \n   \nIn celebration of International Women’s Day on Sunday\, March 8\, this concert exclusively includes works by female composers written between 1846 and 2023. Composers include Fanny Mendelssohn\, Amy Beach\, Mel Bonis\, and living composers Jennifer Higdon\, Reena Esmail\, and Andrea Cassarubios. The Solace Trio—April Johnson (violin)\, Peter Seidenberg (cello)\, and Tomoko Uchino (piano)—will perform these disparate works. \nFanny Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio (1846) is widely considered to be among her greatest compositions. The Romance for violin and piano by Amy Beach is a startlingly beautiful composition of late 19th-century romanticism. The prolific French composer\, Mel Bonis\, will be represented by her Soir et Matin (1907) for violin\, cello\, and piano. The concert then switches gears to three living composers. Jennifer Higdon’s Piano Trio explores the composer’s fascination with the relationship between composing and painting. Andrea Casarrubios’ Sonia for cello and piano (2023) is an homage to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor\, and Saans (2017) by Indian-American composer Reena Esmail explores\, as does much of her work\, the worlds of classical Indian (Hindustani) and western classical music. \nThe 70-minute program will be performed without breaks for applause. \nAbout the ArtistsApril Johnson [violin]. Johnson has performed throughout the US with the Oracle Trio and the New York Chamber Soloists. She is a former Concertmaster for the Jupiter Symphony\, Canton Ohio Symphony\, Galatea Ensemble\, Queens Oratorio; and Associate Concertmaster for the Norwalk Symphony. Having performed in Europe and Asia\, she has also recorded on Dorian and Lyrichord. A member of the Hoff-Barthelson Music School who also teaches Suzuki Violin\, she earned a BM from Oberlin College and Advanced Studies at Brooklyn College Conservatory. \nPeter Seidenberg [cello]. “Totally enchanting\, inspired performances\, brimming with natural\, spontaneous musicianship”\, raves Gramophone Magazine about cellist Peter Seidenberg. Mr. Seidenberg has played in major halls throughout the US\, Europe\, and Asia\, and served as principal cellist with the Century Orchestra of Osaka. He was a founding member of the critically acclaimed Elements Quartet\, which created groundbreaking commissioning projects of 30 composers. He has collaborated with members of the Cleveland\, Tokyo\, Juilliard\, and Emerson Quartets and participated in the Marlboro\, Aspen\, Caramoor\, and Casals festivals. He is the cellist for the Oracle Trio\, the Queen’s Chamber Band\, and the New York Chamber Soloists. \nTomoko Uchino [piano]. Ms. Uchino received awards at the Ettlingen International Piano Competition and the Takahiro Sonoda Piano Award International Competitions. She has performed at major concert halls throughout the United States\, Europe\, Japan\, and Thailand\, as well as at chamber music festivals. A member of Solace Ensemble\, THUD\, and the Jang/Uchino Violin-Piano Duo\, she has served on the accompanying staff of the Juilliard School\, the Heifetz International Music Institute\, and others. She earned a BM High Honors at the U of Michigan\, MM from Peabody Conservatory\, and Doctoral of Musical Arts from U of Arizona. She received a graduate diploma from the Juilliard School. \n \n Purchase Tickets URL:https://riverarts.org/event/womens-day-chamber-music/ LOCATION:St. Barnabas Episcopal Church\, 2 Revolutionary Rd\, Ardsley\, NY\, 10503\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,In-person,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://riverarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/intl-womens-day.png ORGANIZER;CN="RiverArts":MAILTO:info@riverarts.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260503T173000 DTSTAMP:20260427T165330 CREATED:20260323T140645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T131236Z UID:15195-1777824000-1777829400@riverarts.org SUMMARY:Spring Chamber Music Concert: String Quintets DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 3\, 20264:00 – 5:30 PM \nSt. Barnabas Episcopal Church2 Revolutionary RoadArdsley\, New York \nParking is available onsite but is limited and requires the use of stairs. We recommend carpooling if possible\, and/or arriving early. There is parking on adjacent streets. \n \n Purchase Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The third chamber music concert of the 2025-2026 season will include three extraordinary string quintets and a world premiere. All pieces are known as “viola” quintets\, in that they are written for a typical string quartet configuration [two violins\, viola\, and cello] with an additional viola. This type of scoring allows for soaring melodies in all registers and complex inner voices. \nMozart’s Quintet No 5 in D Major was written just one year before his death and is widely considered to be one of his final chamber masterpieces. Mendelssohn’s Quintet in Bb major was also written towards the end of his life- two years before his death- and wasn’t published until a number of years after his death. In Brahms’ own words in a letter to Clara Schumann he stated that it “is one of [his] finest works”. This piece is often called the  “Spring” quintet\, particularly apt to our May concert. \nThe world premiere is a quintet commissioned for this concert from Manhattan School of Music composer and Ossining resident David Macdonald. It is a four movement work based on four different hymn tunes. Some in our audience will remember his music from our original performance piece “Braiding” performed in 2018. \nABOUT THE MUSICIANS \nMuneko Otani [violin] As the first violinist of the Cassatt String Quartet Muneko Otani has appeared in the US\, Canada and Mexico as well as in Europe and Asia. Major venues have included Lincoln Center\, the Kennedy Center\, the Library of Congress\, Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Bastille Opera House. The quartet has over 40 recordings\, and were named three times to Alex Ross’ 10 best classical recordings of the year in The New Yorker magazine. Her numerous awards with the Cassatt Quartet include the Wardwell Chamber Music Fellowship at Yale (where they served as teaching assistants to the Tokyo Quartet)\, two top prizes at the Banff International String Quartet Competition\, two CMA/ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming\, a recording grant from the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust\, and commissioning grants from Meet the Composer and the National Endowment for the Arts. As a chamber musician\, she has collaborated with Paul Katz\, Colin Carr\, Ursula Oppens\, Eliot Fisk\, Walter Trampler\, Martin Lovett\, Marc Johnson\, Kazuhide Isomura\, Masuko Ushioda and Lawrence Lesser. \nMiranda Cuckson [violin] delights audiences with her playing of a great range of music and styles\, from older eras to the very newest creations. An internationally acclaimed soloist and collaborator\, violinist and violist\, she performs at venues large and small\, from casual spaces to concert halls. She has been a featured artist at the Berlin Philharmonie\, Suntory Hall\, Casa da Musica Porto\, Teatro Colón\, Cleveland Museum\, Art Institute of Chicago\, Strathmore\, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music\, 92nd St Y\, National Sawdust\, and the Ojai\, Bard\, Marlboro\, Portland\, Music Mountain\, West Cork\, Grafenegg\, Wien Modern\, Frequency\, and LeGuessWho festivals. Miranda made her Carnegie Hall debut playing Piston’s Concerto No. 1 with the American Symphony Orchestra. She recently premiered Georg Friedrich Haas’ Violin Concerto No. 2 at the Vienna Musikverein and with orchestras in Japan\, Portugal and Germany\, and the Violin Concerto by Marcela Rodriguez with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México. Miranda is a member of interdisciplinary collective AMOC and director of non-profit Nunc. Her albums include Világ featuring the Bartok Solo Sonata; the Ligeti\, Korngold and Ponce concertos; music by 20th century American composers; Bartók/Schnittke/Lutoslawski sonatas; Melting the Darkness\, an album of microtonal/electronic music; and Nono’s La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura\, named a Recording of the Year by the New York Times. She studied at Juilliard and is on faculty at Mannes School of Music. \nLawrence Neuman [viola] has been a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1991. Before coming to Chicago he was violist with the Miami String Quartet. As a chamber musician he frequently is heard throughout the Chicago area and has performed across the United States and in Europe. He has appeared at festivals and chamber music series in Boston\, Marlboro\, La Jolla\, Madison\, Napa\, Portland and Davenport. Chamber music collaborators have included such artists as Daniel Barenboim\, Pinchas Zukerman\, Yefim Bronfman\, Lydia Artymiw\, Gil Shaham and Aaron Rosand. During the 1998-99 season Neuman took a leave of absence from the CSO to serve as principal viola of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. For several years he has taught viola and chamber music at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. \nDaniel Panner [viola] enjoys a varied career as a performer and teacher. As violist of the Mendelssohn String Quartet\, he has concertized extensively throughout the United States and Israel. He has performed at music festivals in Marlboro\, Tanglewood\, Aspen\, and on National Public Radio’s Performance Today\, and has collaborated with members of the Cleveland\, Emerson\, Guarneri\, and Juilliard String Quartets. As a member of the Whitman String Quartet\, Panner received the 1998 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award. He currently teaches at The Juilliard School\, the Mannes College of Music\, SUNY Stonybrook\, and the Queens College Conservatory of Music. He has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center\, Musicians from Marlboro\, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. He has served as the principal violist of such orchestras as the New York City Opera and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. An active performer of new music\, he is a member of Sequitur and the Locrian Ensemble and has performed as a guest artist with Speculum Musicae\, the Da Capo Chamber Players\, and Transit Circle. \nPeter Seidenberg [cello and Artistic Director] “Totally enchanting\, inspired performances\, brimming with natural\, spontaneous musicianship”\, raves Gramophone Magazine about cellist Peter Seidenberg. Mr. Seidenberg has played in major halls throughout the US\, Europe\, and Asia\, and served as principal cellist with the Century Orchestra of Osaka. He was a founding member of the critically acclaimed Elements Quartet which created groundbreaking commissioning projects involving over 30 composers. He has collaborated with members of the Cleveland\, Tokyo\, Juilliard and Emerson Quartets and has participated in the Marlboro\, Aspen\, Caramoor\, Casals and Norfolk festivals. Currently\, he is the cellist for the Oracle Trio\, the Queen’s Chamber Band\, and the New York Chamber Soloists. Peter concertizes frequently in collaboration with pianist Hui-Mei Lin. The duo have performed together throughout the US to much acclaim. \n \n Purchase Tickets URL:https://riverarts.org/event/spring-chamber-music-concert-string-quartets/ LOCATION:Andrus on Hudson\, 185 Old Broadway\, Hastings on Hudson\, 10706\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,In-person,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://riverarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Website-Banner-for-Homepage-4.png ORGANIZER;CN="RiverArts":MAILTO:info@riverarts.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR