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: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:20250531T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T213000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202021 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:20230422T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230422T220000 DTSTAMP:20260423T202021 CREATED:20230304T182524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230410T155937Z UID:11603-1682193600-1682200800@riverarts.org SUMMARY:Stravinsky & Rachmaninoff: Bridging an Era DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 22\n8:00pm\nReformed Church of the Tarrytowns\n42 N Broadway\, Tarrytown\, NY 10591\n \n Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n On Saturday\, April 22 at 8pm\, RiverArts® is presenting a performance of Igor Stravinsky’s A Soldier’s Tale\, a dramatic fable of love\, life\, and what is worth cherishing. Originally written for seven musicians\, three actors\, and a dancer\, our performance will include a complete reading of the text along with all of Stravinsky’s original music. \nThe concert\, at Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns in Tarrytown\, will also include Artistic Director Peter Seidenberg playing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s soul-stirring Cello Sonata\, along with Joan Tower’s highly praised 1980 chamber piece Petrushskates. Seidenberg has assembled a stellar group of musicians to interpret this diverse program. \nFirst performed in 1918 towards the end of World War I\, Stravinsky was living in Switzerland and wanted to compose a theater piece of modest scale that could be performed in smaller towns. Based on a Russian folk tale\, The Runaway Soldier and the Devil\, it tells the story of a soldier who trades his violin to the devil in exchange for great wealth. Stravinsky scored the work for seven musicians- a high and low representative from each of three sections of the orchestra- violin and double bass [strings]\, clarinet and bassoon [winds]\, and trumpet and trombone [brass]. Additionally\, he included a percussionist who performs on numerous percussion instruments\, providing a great variety of textures and tones. Stravinsky reveled in percussion sounds and these are often a hallmark of his compositions. This performance of the complete work follows upon our performance of the trio chamber suite version in March of 2022. Singer\, actor and songwriter\, D.C. Anderson\, joins us as actor/narrator. \nJoan Tower’s quintet\, descriptively titled Petrushskates\, was inspired both by a movement from Stravinsky’s Petrushka and by movements of ice skating. She wrote in a program note at the original 1980 performance “While watching the figure skating event at the recent winter Olympics\, I became fascinated with the way the curving\, twirling\, and jumping figure are woven around a singular continuous flowing action. Combining these two ideas creates a kind of carnival on ice – a possible subtitle for this piece.” Derived from a seminal work of Stravinsky\, it is both an apt companion to L’Histoire and continues our exploration of contemporary female composers begun at our last concert in March\, 2023. \nThe Sonata for Cello and Piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff is a work of soaring and lyrical beauty. It is symphonic in scope and boasts an abundance of breathtaking romantic melodies which characterize Rachmaninoff’s work at its finest. \nArt: Igor’s Soldier’s Tale\, (Igor Stravinsky)\, Oil on cradled birch wood panel\, by Patrushka www.patrushka.net \n \n Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n #ChamberMusic URL:https://riverarts.org/event/stravinsky-rachmaninoff-bridging-an-era/ LOCATION:Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns\, 42 N Broadway\, Tarrytown\, NY\, 10591 CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://riverarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Stravinsky_Patrushka_Sq-2.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR