BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//RiverArts - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251123T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T201821 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:20241124T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T160000 DTSTAMP:20260423T201821 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:20231119T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231119T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T201821 CREATED:20230807T024623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T160936Z UID:12296-1700398800-1700406000@riverarts.org SUMMARY:2023 Chamber Music Benefit DESCRIPTION:2023 Chamber Music Benefit\nSunday November 19th1:00–3:00pmThe Newington-Cropsey Foundation25 Cropsey Lane Hastings-on-Hudson\, NY 10706In-advance ticket sales only\, not available at-the-door \n \n Tickets for Performances\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n   \nJoin us for our annual Chamber Music Benefit at the stunning Cropsey Foundation on November 19th. This program will feature gorgeous compositions from Brahms and Schubert. Come hear these deeply moving romantic era pieces\, while surrounded by the magnificent contemporaneous paintings of Hudson River School master Jasper Cropsey. Brahms’ emotional and sweeping Cello Sonata in e minor Opus 38 will be played by Peter Seidenberg\, along with the autumnal Clarinet Trio\, Opus 114. In addition to these awe-inspiring instrumental works\, we will hear vocal works of both Brahms and Schubert. The poetic Opus 70 songs for Baritone and piano by Brahms\, and one of Schubert’s greatest and most beloved masterpieces\, The Shepherd on the Rock\, for soprano\, clarinet\, and piano. \nFeatured artists include Pascal Archer (clarinet)\, Allison Charney (soprano)\, Bernard Holcom (tenor)\, Craig Ketter (piano)\, Hui-Mei Lin (piano)\, and Peter Seidenberg (cello). The run time will be 90 minutes with an intermission.  \n\nAt the conclusion of the concert music\, the Cropsey Foundation will host a cocktail reception (included in the ticket price). Guests are invited to enjoy the works of Hudson River School painter\, Jasper Cropsey in the gallery. In addition to the permanent collection on display\, the Newington-Cropsey Foundation will have Cropsey’s 1894 painting\, Winter at Hastings On Hudson on view. \n\n\n\nTickets to the Sunday concert are priced at $100 each. Because this concert is a benefit\, 50% of the cost of your ticket is tax deductible. \nIn addition to this wonderful program\, the Newington-Cropsey Foundation has offered us a limited number of spots for a preview tour of the Cropsey collection before the concert. Purchasers of these tickets will enjoy a small guided tour of Jasper Cropsey’s works before the concert at noon on the 19th. These tickets are $250 each ($200 of the cost of these tickets is tax-deductible). This is a great way to extend your support of RiverArts and our mission of building community through the arts in the Rivertowns! \nAbout The Newington-Cropsey Foundation   \nThe 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 Series   \nFounded 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.  \nhttps://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/chambermusicbenefit/ 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/2023/08/Cropsey-Image-1700x1080-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="RiverArts":MAILTO:info@riverarts.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T130000 DTSTAMP:20260423T201821 CREATED:20220909T021812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221119T211358Z UID:10667-1668949200-1668949200@riverarts.org SUMMARY:Chamber Music Gala DESCRIPTION:2022 Chamber Music Gala\nSunday November 20th1:00–3:00pmThe Newington-Cropsey Foundation25 Cropsey Lane Hastings-on-Hudson\, NY 10706 \n \n Tickets for Performances\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n  The first concert of the 2022-2023 programming year will be our annual gala graciously hosted by The Newington-Cropsey Foundation in Hastings-on-Hudson. This concert will feature the piano duo team of Claire Aebersold and Ralph Neiweem. A highlight of this concert will be a performance of Brahm’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor\, Op. 15\, arranged by Brahms for piano duo. After intermission\, Aebersold and Neiweem will take us on a tour Fin de Siècle Paris with works by Carrier\, Stravinsky and Ravel.  They will perform Ravel’s breathtaking Rapsodie Espagnole\, two scenes from Stravinsky’s Petroushka\, and Chabrier’s Bouree Fantesque all arranged by their respective composers for four hands. \n\n\nAt the conclusion of Sunday afternoon’s music\, the Cropsey Foundation will host a gala reception (included in the ticket price). Guests are invited to enjoy the works of Hudson River School painter\, Jasper Cropsey in the gallery. In addition to the permanent collection on display\, the Newington-Cropsey Foundation will have Cropsey’s 1896 painting\, Autumn in the Highlands of the Hudson on view.  This work was painted by Cropsey after he moved to Hastings-on-Hudson in his studio at Ever Rest.  This will be the first time the Foundation has displayed this painting to the public. \n\n\n\n\n\nTickets to the Sunday concert are priced at $100 each. Because this concert is a fundraiser\, 50% of the cost of your ticket is tax deductible AND will be eligible for matching funds from ArtsWestchester. \n\n\n \n Tickets for Performances\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n  \n#RiverArtsChamberMusic URL:https://riverarts.org/event/chamber-music-gala/ 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/2022/09/InLineEmail_ChamberMusicFundraiser-Autumn-in-the-Highlands-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="RiverArts":MAILTO:info@riverarts.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211121T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211121T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T201821 CREATED:20211015T222938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220116T024929Z UID:8360-1637499600-1637506800@riverarts.org SUMMARY:RiverArts Annual Chamber Music Fundraiser DESCRIPTION:RiverArts Annual Chamber Music Fundraiser\n \n Tickets for Event\n \n \n \n \n \n Sunday November 21st1:00–3:00pm The Newington-Cropsey Foundation25 Cropsey Lane\, Hastings-on-Hudson\, NY 10706Tickets: $100* \nRiverArts Chamber Music Series begins with our annual fundraiser event\, generously hosted the Newington-Cropsey Foundation on Sunday November 21 at 1pm. All tickets to this event must be purchased in advance. There will be no ticket sales at the door and the box office will close Saturday\, November 20th\, at noon. \nProgram Update: Attendees will get a sneak peak at RiverArts’ commissioned Chamber version of Strauss’ Four Last Songs.  This is the first time the arrangement will be performed in public and is not to miss! \nThe concert will feature Arnold Schönberg’s late romantic masterpiece\, Verklärte Nacht [1899] in its original version for string sextet. A reading of Richard Dehmel’s poem\, Verklårte Nacht which inspired Schönberg’s composition will precede the musical performance. This is a rare opportunity to hear the composition in its original sextet form as it is more commonly heard in Schönberg’s expanded version for string orchestra.  \nAlso on the program will be Richard Strauss’ Piano Quartet [1886]. Written at the very beginning of what was to become an indomitable career as a composer and conductor\, Richard Strauss poured his youthful spirit into this passionate\, exuberant piece. It remarkably foreshadows all the drama of his greatest operas\, Rosenkavalier and Salome\, in a chamber music setting.   \nThe Newington-Cropsey Foundation graciously hosts this annual fundraiser concert in the beautiful setting of their gallery in Hastings-on-Hudson. A reception with light refreshments will follow the concert. \nArtistic Director for Chamber Music\, Peter Seidenberg Chamber Music Producer\, Doug Coe  \nPerformers include: Ling Ling Huang\, April Johnson and Sylvia Volpe\, violin; Chi Chi Lin Bestmann and Kathryn Lockwood\, viola; Peter Seidenberg and Alan Weinstein\, cello; Tomoko Uchino\, piano; Anton Rist\, clarinet; Allison Charney\, soprano; Edoardo Ballerini\, reader  \nTicket is 50% tax deductible.*Proof of vaccination and masks are required to attend this event \n \n Tickets for Event\n \n \n \n \n \n About the Artists  \nLing Ling Huang [violin] started violin at the age of 4 with her mother Lilan Z. Huang. She continued studying violin with Fredell Lack until her admission to the Cleveland Institute of Music at the age of 15. There\, she won the concerto competition with Stravinsky Violin Concerto and the Milhaud Prize. She currently lives in New York\, freelancing and playing as a substitute violinist in ensembles including the New York Philharmonic\, the Houston Symphony\, and the Houston Grand Opera. linglinghuang.com \nApril Johnson [violin] has performed throughout the US with the Oracle Trio and the New York Chamber Soloists. She is 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. hbms.org/faculty_bio/april-johnson \nSylvia Danburg Volpe [violin] is Associate Principal Second Violin of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra. She 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. metorchestramusicians.org/sylvia-volpe \nChi-Chi Lin Bestmann [viola] is a native of Taiwan\, conductor and violist. Ms. Bestmann now resides in St. Paul\, MN where she is a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire and MacPhail Center for Music and freelances with various ensembles including the Minnesota Orchestra and Minnesota Opera.  chichibestmann.com \nKathryn Lockwood [viola] is the Artistic Director for both the “Four Seasons of Music” Series at the Sands Point Preserve\, NY and the “Music@MoMA” Series – an intimate salon style chamber music series.  She teaches at both the University of Massachusetts/Amherst and at the John Cali School of Music at Montclair State University. kathrynlockwood.com \nPeter Seidenberg [cello and Artistic Director] was a founding member of the critically acclaimed Elements Quartet which created groundbreaking commissioning projects of 30 composers. He is the cellist for the Oracle Trio\, the Queen’s Chamber Band\, and the New York Chamber Soloists. peterseidenberg.com \nAlan Weinstein [cello] is a founding member of the Kandinsky Trio\, winner of national awards such as the Chamber Music America Residency Award. He also is the recipient of an NEA Meet the Composer Award.  He is assistant professor of cello and bass at Virginia Tech. virginiatech/school-of-performing-arts/music-faculty/alan-weinstein.html \nTomoko Uchino [piano] received awards at the Ettlingen International Piano Competition and the Takahiro Sonoda Piano Award International Competitions. 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. tomokouchino.com \nAnton Rist [clarinet] was recently appointed Principal Clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera 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. metorchestramusicians.org/anton-rist-principal-clarinet/ \nAllison Charney’s [soprano] operatic career includes singing major roles including Mimi\, Butterfly\, Traviata\, Pamina\, and tour-de-force portrayals of all three heroines in Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffman among many others in opera companies throughout the country including New York City Opera\, Atlanta Opera\, Florida Grand Opera\, Utah Opera\, and Nashville Opera. randsman.com/allison-charney \nEdoardo Ballerini is a two-time winner of the Audio Publishers Association’s Best Male Narrator Audie Award. He is the co-creator\, of the Audible Original The Angel of Rome. On screen\, he is best known for this work in The Sopranos\, and the film Dinner Rush. edoardoballerini.com \n \n \n \n \n \n FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL: info@riverarts.org \n \n Tickets for Event URL:https://riverarts.org/event/chamber-music-fundraiser/ 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/2021/10/254288114_10160284631222240_8277841551171739725_n.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR