Maverick turns 100: Centennial season for Hervey White’s “Cathedral in the Pines”
[portfolio_slideshow id=16122] One hundred years! That’s the age both of Hervey White’s magnificent Maverick Concert Hall and of the
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Love songs & anti-love songs concert by Ars Choralis in High Falls
Ars Choralis celebrates its 50th anniversary season this year with an expanded series of performances. On February 21, the chorus
Celebrate women in music on Sunday afternoon in Rhinebeck
“A Celebration of Women in Music,” Babette Hierholzer says, came about through a meeting of musician friends. Recently Hierholzer has
Merriment en masse: Great Christmas concerts
Deck the halls with boughs of Christmas choral music! That’s the situation every December, and it’s about to start again.
Hear violinist Akiko Kamigawara in Poughkeepsie
In September, I heard violinist Akiko Kamigawara playing unaccompanied Bach in front of a Woodstock drugstore. The chance encounter led
Northern Dutchess Symphony opens 9th season
When Kathleen Beckmann retired as orchestral director at Roosevelt High School in Hyde Park, she decided to look for a
The changing face of classical music in the Hudson Valley
[portfolio_slideshow id=13218] When I came to the Hudson Valley four decades ago, there was not very much classical music
Bach on the streets
Hearing musicians outdoors in Woodstock is not a surprise. But it was a big surprise —startling, actually — to walk
Dan Tepfer to perform Bach’s Goldberg Variations
When the young French-American jazz pianist Dan Tepfer brought his version of Bach’s Goldberg Variations to the Jazz at the
HV Philharmonic to perform Mahler’s Fifth Symphony
Last April the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (HVP) presented one of its most ambitious projects ever, a performance of Mahler’s Symphony