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Caramoor’s Fall ’22/Spring ’23 Season Offerings: Save the Dates and this Handy Guide

July 18, 2022 by InsidePress

 L-R: Yasmin Williams (photo: Kim Atkins Photography), Melissa Aldana (photo: Stephen Pariser), Iestyn Davies (photo: Chris Sorensen), Thomas Dunford (photo: Julien Benhamou), Rachel Podger (photo: Theresa Pewal), Takács Quartet (photo: Amanda Tipton), Jeremy Denk (photo: Michael Wilson)

Upcoming Lineups feature Pianist Jeremy Denk, Countertenor Lestyn Davies and Lutenist Thomas Dunford, Takács Quartet, Violinist Rachel Podger, Melissa Aldana Quartet, Guitarist Yasmin Williams and Much More

(July 2022)–Caramoor’s longstanding tradition of adventurous programming continues indoors all year round amid the authentic Renaissance furniture, paintings dating from the 16th century, and terra cotta reliefs of the historic Rosen House Music Room. Designed by the Rosens for chamber music concerts, the Music Room remains an ideal venue for the expansive range of genres and outstanding artists for which Caramoor is celebrated. Programs in the Fall 22/Spring 23 season include pianist Jeremy Denk performing Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I; countertenor Iestyn Davies along with  lutenist Thomas Dunford; chamber music from the Takács Quartet; Baroque violinist Rachel Podger; back-to-back holiday performances from the German a cappella vocal ensemble Calmus; guitarist Yasmin Williams; singer-songwriter Kat Wright; the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain; Broadway star Sierra Boggess in a special cabaret benefit; jazz from the Melissa Aldana Quartet and Sean Mason Quintet; and performances by young artists from Caramoor’s Evnin Rising Stars and Schwab Vocal Rising Stars programs, as well as the Ivalas Quartet, this season’s Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence. 

Recitals and Chamber Music

The New York Times declared Jeremy Denk to be “a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs.” Winner of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and the Avery Fisher Prize, Denk has also been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is an insightful writer on musical subjects as well as a performer; his memoir Every Good Boy Does Fine was recently published by Penguin Random House. At Caramoor he performs Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, resuming his series of performances from 2019-20, prior to the pandemic shutdown. After a performance of the work this past spring at London’s Barbican, The Guardian declared Denk to have “the fiendish technique and expressive iconoclasm you’d expect from one of today’s classical superstars” (Nov 6).

British countertenor Iestyn Davies has won two Gramophone Awards, a Grammy Award, an RPS Award for Young Singer of the Year, the Critics’ Circle Award, and an Olivier Award nomination, as well as being awarded the MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 2017 for services to music. In concert with lutenist Thomas Dunford, the founder and artistic director of the Jupiter Ensemble (and whom BBC Music Magazine called “the Eric Clapton of the lute”), Davies presents a program of Late Renaissance Italian, French and English song interspersed with solo lute music (Nov 20).

Rachel Podger, called “the unsurpassed British glory of the baroque violin” (The Times), was the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation Bach Prize in October 2015, Gramophone Artist of the Year 2018, and Ambassador for REMA’s Early Music Day 2020. She is also the founder and Artistic Director of Brecon Baroque Festival and her ensemble Brecon Baroque. In the spring, she performs an all-Bach solo program at Caramoor (April 30).

Caramoor’s chamber music offerings this spring are anchored by the Takács Quartet, who mentored the Ivalas Quartet during the latter’s residency from 2019-2022 at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Now entering its forty-eighth season, the Takács Quartet comprises violinists Edward Dusinberre and Harumi Rhodes, violist Richard O’Neill and cellist András Fejér. Like Jeremy Denk, Dusinberre has literary leanings as well as musical, and his book Distant Melodies: Music in Search of Home will be published by Faber and the University of Chicago Press in the fall. At Caramoor the quartet plays music of Haydn, Fanny Mendelssohn and Schubert (April 23).

Winner of the 2009 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, the German a cappella vocal ensemble Calmus is known for its charming stage presence and flawless technique. Founded in 1999 in Germany, the quintet – with the unusual configuration of a female soprano and four male voices ranging from bass to countertenor – embodies the rich choral tradition of its hometown of Leipzig, the city so closely associated with Bach and Mendelssohn. As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel characterizes the group: “The singers bring tremendous character and musical depth to their interpretations … that transcends the language of the lyrics.” Calmus’s holiday program at Caramoor ranges from early music to contemporary Christmas favorites (Dec 10).

Jazz in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center

Grammy-nominated saxophonist and composer Melissa Aldana – declared to be “cultured, emotionally weighted [and] purposeful” by the Boston Globe – recently released the album 12 Stars, her debut as a leader on the Blue Note label. Hailing from Santiago, Chile, the 33-year-old Brooklyn-based tenor player was featured on the cover of the March 2021 issue of the New York City Jazz Record and has already established an international reputation for her visionary work as a bandleader. Aldana plays Caramoor with her quartet (Sep 30).

Born and raised in Charlotte, NC, Sean Mason taught himself the piano by ear at the age of 13. Despite musical roots in gospel, hip-hop, and R&B, it was jazz that inspired his career. He has performed and toured with jazz legends including Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, and Herlin Riley, among many others, and is noted for his ability to switch fluently between many different styles of music. He was the pianist for Netflix’s production of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and the History Channel’s Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre, worked on both Hadestown and The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, and off-Broadway has been a composer, orchestrator, and music director. His quintet performance at Caramoor will feature Mason’s original music (March 24).

American Roots Music in Collaboration with City Winery

Singer-songwriter Kat Wright launched her career with a weekly residency at the Radio Bean in Burlington, Vermont, gradually transitioning to an extensive and national touring schedule. The constraints of the pandemic encouraged her to tour with a smaller group, as she puts it “showcasing our folky/rootsy selves, all stripped down, a triangulation of our strengths, our bareness, our imperfect humanness, our voices, our ferocious tenderness, our love of songs and singing and story.” In 2017, Wright was a featured performer in the Eugene Jarecki music documentary, The King (Oct 14).

Based in Alexandria, Virginia, acoustic fingerstyle guitarist Yasmin Williams has an unorthodox, modern style of playing. Using various techniques including alternate tunings, percussive hits, and lap tapping, her “radiant sound and adventitious origins have made her a key figure in a diverse dawn for the solo guitar” (New York Times). She plays a solo show in the Music Room in the spring (May 12).

Popular

Olivier-nominated actress Sierra Boggess reinvented the role of Christine in Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera for Broadway, West End and televised 25th-anniversary concert productions, earning accolades from the composer himself, who declared “she’s the best, the best Christine certainly.” She made her Broadway debut as Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, receiving Drama Desk and Drama League nominations and the Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite Female Breakthrough Performance. She also reprised the role of Christine in Love Never Dies, the critically acclaimed sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award. The Los Angeles Times has praised her for “crystalline singing and gameness for comedy.” Boggess performs in a special cabaret benefit at Caramoor in the fall (Oct 22).

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain “believes that all genres of music are available for reinterpretation, as long as they are played on the ukulele.” Performing on small and large instruments in high and low registers, as well as singing, the eight-person ensemble sits in a chamber group format dressed in formal evening wear and presents programs of “the pompous and the trivial, the moving and the amusing.” The Guardian declared that “the ukulele has found its avant garde,” while the Financial Times raved: “The sophisticated sound they make – both percussive and melodic – is at once hilarious and heartfelt” (May 6).

Family

Caramoor presents a celebration of Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, for the second year as a free outdoor family event. The rich cultural holiday will be observed through traditional music, dance, arts & crafts, and storytelling so that loved ones are honored in this lively celebration (Oct 16).

Mentoring

The Ivalas Quartet formed at the University of Michigan in 2017 and serves as the 2022-23 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence. Comprising violinists Reuben Kebede and Tiani Butts, violist Aimée McAnulty and cellist Pedro Sánchez, the quartet is dedicated to the celebration of BIPOC voices. Ivalas seeks to disrupt the classical music world by continuously spotlighting BIPOC composers such as Jessie Montgomery, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Eleanor Alberga, whose First String Quartet is featured on the quartet’s fall performance in the Music Room. Following a performance of George Walker’s Lyric for Strings at Carnegie Hall in January of 2020, they worked in collaboration with Walker’s son to program his String Quartet No. 1, which is included in their second Caramoor performance. Both programs are completed by pairings of traditional and contemporary repertoire: quartets from Osvaldo Golijov and Beethoven in the fall program, and Brahms and Webern in the spring (Nov 13; April 16).

Young artists from Caramoor’s chamber mentorship program, Evnin Rising Stars, perform in a pair of concerts in the fall, for which the program’s guest Artistic Director, cellist Marcy Rosen, is joined by distinguished artists Joseph Lin, violin, an alumnus of the program, and Steven Tenenbom, viola. Participating young artists are Claire Bourg, Geneva Lewis and Stephanie Zyzak, violins; Njord Kårason Fossnes and Tanner Menees, violas; Nathan Chan and Sterling Elliott, cellos; and Zhu Wang on piano. Over the course of the two programs, the young instrumentalists take on quartets by Haydn and Janáček and string quintets by Brahms and Mozart, as well as piano quintets by Dvořák and Dohnányi (Oct 29 & 30). Finally, led by

Artistic Director Steven Blier, the singers of Caramoor’s Schwab Vocal Rising Stars program take part in a creatively curated concert in the spring (March 12).

Getting to Caramoor

Getting to Caramoor is simple by car or public transportation. All parking is free and close to the performance areas. Handicapped parking is also free and readily available. By car from New York City, take the Henry Hudson Parkway north to the Saw Mill River Parkway north to I-684 north to Exit 6. Go east on Route 35 to the traffic light (0.3 miles). Turn right onto Route 22 south, and travel 1.9 miles to the junction of Girdle Ridge Road where there is a green Caramoor sign. At the junction, veer left and make a quick right onto Girdle Ridge Road. Continue on Girdle Ridge Road 0.5 miles to the Caramoor gates on the right. Approximate drive time is one hour. By train from Grand Central Station, take the Harlem Division Line of the Metro-North Railroad heading to Southeast, and exit at Katonah. Caramoor is a 3.5-mile drive from the Katonah station.

 

About Caramoor

Caramoor is a cultural arts destination located on a unique 80-plus-acre campus with Italianate architecture and gardens in Northern Westchester County, NY. Its beautiful grounds include the historic Rosen House, a stunning mansion listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Besides enriching the lives of its audiences through innovative and diverse musical performances of the highest quality, Caramoor mentors young professional musicians and provides music-centered educational programs for young children.

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Caramoor Fall 22/Spring 23 season

All concerts in Rosen House Music Room unless otherwise specified

 

Fri, Sep 30 at 8pm

Melissa Aldana Quartet

Presented in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center

 

Fri, Oct 14 at 8pm

Kat Wright

Presented in collaboration with City Winery

 

Sun, Oct 16 at 2pm

Free Community Event

Celebrate Día de Muertos

 

Sat, Oct 22 at 8pm

Cabaret Benefit

Sierra Boggess

 

Sat, Oct 29 at 8pm and Sun, Oct 30 at 3pm

Evnin Rising Stars

Marcy Rosen, guest Artistic Director and cello

Joseph Lin, violin

Steven Tenenbom, viola

Claire Bourg, violin

Geneva Lewis, violin

Stephanie Zyzak, violin

Njord Kårason Fossnes, viola

Tanner Menees, viola

Nathan Chan, cello

Sterling Elliott, cello

Zhu Wang, piano

Oct 29: JOSEPH HAYDN: String Quartet in B-flat, H.III:44

               JOHANNES BRAHMS: String Quintet No. 1 in F, Op. 88

               ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: Piano Quartet in E-flat, Op. 87

 

Oct 30: WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: String Quintet in D, K. 593

               LEOŠ JANÁČEK: String Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters”

               ERNST VON DOHNÁNYI: Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-flat minor, Op. 26

 

Sun, Nov 6 at 3pm

Jeremy Denk, piano

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869

 

Sun, Nov 13 at 3pm

Ivalas Quartet (2022-23 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence)

OSVALDO GOLIJOV: Tenebrae

ELEANOR ALBERGA: String Quartet No. 1

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130

 

Sun, Nov 20 at 3pm

Iestyn Davies, countertenor/Thomas Dunford, lute

CHARLES TESSIER: “In a Grove Most Rich of Shade”

JOHN DOWLAND: Mrs. Winter’s Jump; Praeludium; “Lady if you so spite me”; Round Battle Galliard; A Dream; A Fancy; “In darkness let me dwell”; “Far From Triumphing Court”; Melancholy Galliard

RICHARD MARTIN: “Change thy mind since she doth change”

DOMENICO MARIA MELLI: “Se di farmi morire”

PIERRE GUÉDRON: “Ce penser qui”; “Vous que le Bonheur”

ANTHONY HOLBORNE: Pavan 2; “My heavy sprite opprest with sorrowes might”

PIERRE GUÉDRON: “Se le parler et le silence”

ROBERT HALES: “O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping”

JOHANNES HIERONYMUS KAPSBERGER: Toccata VI

JOAN AMBROSIO DALZA: Calata ala spagnola

JOHANNES HIERONYMUS KAPSBERGER: Toccata No. 1

DANIEL BATCHELOR: “To Plead My Faith”

GIULIO CACCINI: “Amarilli, mia bella”; “Dovrò dunque morire”

ANONYMOUS: “O bella più”; “Passava Amor”; “Vuestros ojos tienen d’amor”; “O Dear Life”; “Sta Notte Mi Sognava”; “Go My Flock”

 

Sat, Dec 10 at 3pm & 5pm

Calmus

CHRISTMAS A CAPPELLA

11TH CENTURY: “Sis willekommen, Herre Kerst” (arr. by Günther Raphael)

14TH CENTURY: “Resonet in laudibus” (arr. by Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591))

16TH CENTURY: “Remember, O Thou Man” (melody by Thomas Ravencroft (1611), arr. by Ludwig Böhme))

THOMAS MORLEY: Madrigal for Christmas

PHILIP RADCLIFFE: “Mary walked through a wood of thorn”

19TH CENTURY (FRANCE): “Il est né, le divin Enfant” (arr: Ludwig Böhme)

ANONYMOUS: “God rest ye merry, Gentlemen”

ANONYMOUS: “Les anges dans nos campagnes”

ANONYMOUS: “Betlehems Stjärna” (Hugh Martin/Ralph Blane) arr. by Jens Troester (1970))

HUGH MARTIN: Meet Me in St. Louis: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (Ralph Blane (co-composer) arr: by Jens Troester (1970))

TRADITIONAL: “De tierra lejana venimos” (arr. by Juan Garcia (1976))

ANONYMOUS: “Ding Dong Merrily on High”

ANONYMOUS: “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (Frederic Austin/William Henry Husk), arr. by Ludwig Böhme))

 

Sun, March 12 at 3pm

Schwab Vocal Rising Stars

Steven Blier, Artistic Director

Bénédicte Jourdois, Associate Director

Artists to be announced

 

Fri, March 24 at 8pm

Sean Mason Quintet

Presented in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center

 

Sun, April 16 at 3pm

Ivalas Quartet (22-23 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence)

GEORGE WALKER: String Quartet No. 1 (In Memory of My Grandmother M.K.)

ANTON WEBERN: String Quartet

JOHANNES BRAHMS: String Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1

 

Sun, April 23 at 3pm

Takács Quartet

JOSEPH HAYDN: String Quartet in F, H.III:82

FANNY MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet in E-flat

FRANZ SCHUBERT: String Quartet in G, D. 887

 

Sun, April 30 at 3pm

Rachel Podger, violin

All-BACH program

Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001

Cello Suite No. 3 in G (orig in C), BWV 1009

Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002

 

Sat, May 6 at 8pm

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

 

Fri, May 12 at 8pm

Yasmin Williams, guitar

Presented in collaboration with City Winery

 

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© 21C Media Group, July 2022

Filed Under: Gotta Have Arts Tagged With: Caramoor, Fall Concerts, Family Entertainment, music, Season Offerings, Spring Concerts, Winter Concerts

Peace & Kindness…

June 1, 2022 by Grace Bennett

I have a little announcement to make. After 25 years of Chappaqua living, I’m downsizing and moving this month to Pleasantville! I look forward to discovering the joy of a Mount Pleasant residency and all its treasures, to meeting new neighbors, and making new friends. I’m also viewing it as a boon to getting more fit as I’ll be just that much closer to two favorite walking destinations, the Rockefeller Preserve and Rockwood, and also to Club Fit in Briarcliff (where, note to self, I really MUST start reserving class time). I’ll also be closer to the upper West Side where my son lives, not to mention dear friends. Life is good.

It’s a demanding transition while producing magazines. In fact, it’s downright stressful! Nonetheless, I feel confident that once I get on the other side of it, a move here will have been worth all the angst.

And since I have ever more paper to shred, drawers to empty and boxes to pack, I’ll try to be brief!

In our June/Summer 2022 editions, I believe you’ll find a nod to the peace and kindness the Arts promote. The upcoming Pleasantville Music Festival is a local giant, and I’m glad we can provide an update on what’s planned in my new hometown. We are also so lucky to live a stone’s throw from some true splendor. I hope you feel enticed by our coverage to set aside time to enjoy the beautiful Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, a Katonah-based, Hudson Valley destination. In Katonah too, there is a gem of a museum to visit and revisit: The Katonah Museum of Art.  And in September, it’s a short trip to the celebrated Phoenix Festival: Live Arts in Nyack; please do check out our spotlight on this intriguing festival, too.

Of course, right here at home, there’s never really any excuse to feel bored. Especially with a world class table tennis center in our backyard! So if you haven’t visited the Westchester Table Tennis Center recently, summer is a great time to grab a partner, and hone your ping pong skills. Please do say hello to owner Will Shortz if you spot him there. If he’s not too busy playing or perhaps writing a crossword puzzle, let him know you saw him on the cover of a magazine!

Of special note in Inside Armonk: During an extraordinary week of Yom Hashoah remembrance programming, the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center, hhrecny.org,  honored Jennifer Laden, Social Studies Department Chair 6-12 of Byram Hills Central School District in Armonk at the 20th annual Susan J. Goldberg Memorial Teacher Award. https://hhrecny.org/susan-j-goldberg-memorial-teacher-award/ The award, presented at the annual William H. Donat Shoah Commemoration Event at Iona College on  April 27, preceded a lecture and Q&A with historian Dan McMillan, the acclaimed author of How Could This Have Happened? Explaining the Holocaust. 

As the HHREC related: “… Jennifer Laden has promoted global understanding through her development and teaching AP Human Geography and AP World History courses. As one of the developers of the three-year Global Scholars program at Byram Hills, she spearheaded the design of curricular units to help students understand important human rights issues, teaching them about the Uighur Muslims in China, the Rohingya in Myanmar, and the refugee crises in Syria and Yemen. Laden has also encouraged student partnerships with the HHREC, welcoming survivors of the Holocaust to the high school to accompany students to the annual High School Human Rights Institute.

This year, three BHHS students were recognized at the Institute for their commitment to human rights, community service, and racial equity, a testament to the profound impact Jen’s work has had. Byram Hills School Superintendent Jen Lamia thanked the HHREC Board of Directors “for recognizing Jen Laden for her work teaching about human rights and the violations that perpetuate adversity….”

In your Inside Chappaqua & Millwood edition, I note there’s a timeless sense of peace & contentment one feels at a local library, so delighted to read Ronni Diamondstein’s 10 reasons the future of libraries is bright, and of creative Chappaqua Library Centennial festivities.

I am intensely proud to feature Jean Sheff’s beautiful story about Danielle Leventhal’s life and legacy, of her family’s efforts to help realize ‘Danielle’s Dreams,’ and how you can help, too.

There’s always so much ‘good stuff’ happening around town, including Frank Shiner’s and the 914 Orchestra’s rollicking ‘Swingin’ into Spring’ eve introducing “the San Miguel Miracles” at the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center. All that, on the heels of the 2022 Rotary Citizen of the Year Awards to Frank and Suzanne Shiner, the Paul Harris Fellow Award to Eric Nicolaysen, and the Student of the Year Award to Kyra Chung-Olagbaiye.

In another arena, last month too, Town Supervisor Lisa Katz and the town of New Castle kindly introduced 10 food allergy awareness signs in our playgrounds. Local advocates Stacey Saiontz, Jared Saiontz and Heather Brown appeared with Katz and Council member Vicki Tipp to proudly share the news.

 I also learned that the New Castle Democratic Committee extended honors to Nichelle Maynard Elliott and Zabeen Mirza, New Castle Council on Race and Equity co-chairs, and to Vedat Gashi, 4th District Legislator. Congrats!

We were well into press when Grease rehearsals kicked off, but anticipating another amazing Greeley Senior Musical. Wishing all the 2022 graduates a grand future, and all the Dads, heaps of kindness and special attention on Father’s Day!  Peace out, 

 

Jared Saiontz, a student in Chappaqua and a food allergy awareness advocate, points out one of 10 food allergy awareness signs now appearing in New Castle playgrounds. PHOTO BY GRACE BENNETT
Horace Greeley High School Senior Musical, lead cast of Grease, with background setting of competition field. As we were going to press, we learned that, for the first time, the Senior Musical will be performed outside on June 2-4. PHOTO BY CAROLYN SIMPSON
During a May Open House at Caramoor: Inside Press spring and summer intern Adrianna Cmiel-Walsh, a 2022 graduate of Westlake High School in Thornwood, with Ed Lewis, the executive director of the Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts.
The Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center honored Byram Hills’ Jennifer Laden during a Yom Hashoah Remembrance event at Iona College
PHOTO BY GRACE BENNETT
Nichelle Maynard Elliott (left) and Zabeen Mirza, New Castle Council on Race and Equity co-chairs, were honored by the New Castle Democratic Committee this spring. Legislator Vedat Gashi was also honored.

Filed Under: Just Between Us Tagged With: Caramoor, Dads, Food Allergy Awareness, graduation, Grease, hhrec, Kindness, Live Arts in Nyack, peace, pleasantville music festival

Four Premier Regional Arts Organizations Join Together to Offer the HUDSON VALLEY SUMMER ARTS PASS

May 19, 2022 by InsidePress

The Jacob Burns Film Center, Historic Hudson Valley, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival have joined together to announce an exciting new initiative: the Hudson Valley Summer Arts Pass.

The Hudson Valley Summer Arts Pass is a discounted bundle of tickets to the season’s top events. With an abundance of offerings across the four partner organizations, the Pass helps consumers plan a vibrant and diversified season of arts and culture – all within a short drive! The Pass costs $148, but is valued at over $320, and a link to buy the Pass can be found on each of the participating organizations’ websites through June 20, 2022.

You can check it out HERE!.

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Offers include:

Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville

You’ll receive four tickets (plus two coupons for free popcorn and soda) to any regular* screening. With a diverse slate of films carefully curated by our talented programming team, you’re sure to have an outstanding experience at our state-of-the-art theater. Stop by to get a taste of all we offer – from buzzworthy new releases and award-winning foreign films to eye-opening documentaries!

Your tickets and coupons will be mailed within 10 days of purchase. *Special events are not included in the offer. Promotion expires 8/31/22. Questions? Contact us at support@burnsfilmcenter.org or 914.773.7663, ext. 6.

Historic Hudson Valley, Sleepy Hollow Country

This summer, enjoy spectacular treasures of the Hudson Valley with two tickets for tours of three National Historic Landmarks. See Washington Irving’s Sunnyside, the charming riverside home of the Father of American Literature; gaze in wonder at stained glass windows by master artists Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall at Union Church of Pocantico Hills; and be transported to the 1750s during a tour of Philipsburg Manor.

Two tickets for each historic site tour can be reserved on hudsonvalley.org within 48 hours after purchase of the Hudson Valley Summer Arts Pass. Promotion expires 9/11/22. Not valid for tours of Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate, or any special events. Learn more at hudsonvalley.org. Questions? Contact us at info@hudsonvalley.org or by calling 914.366.6900.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah

Caramoor’s 2022 Summer Season is one of our most dynamic to date! Featuring top artists and ensembles spanning genres of classical, American roots, jazz, global, Broadway, and opera, Caramoor has something for everyone! Select two tickets to a concert of your choice (an $80+ value) and join us for world-class music in one of our open-air venues.

Your tickets will be emailed to you within one week of your performance. Some exclusions apply. Promotion expires 8/19/22, and is only valid for events in Caramoor’s summer season. Learn more at caramoor.org/upcoming-events/summer-caramoor-ticket-packages. Questions? Contact us at boxoffice@caramoor.org or by calling 914.232.1252.

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Garrison

HVSF is bringing you a summer of storytelling, the first in our first-ever permanent home. The 2022 season includes a reimagined Shakespearean classic, a thrilling and timely contemporary American play, and an intimate and thought-provoking solo piece. Select two tickets to a weekday performance of your choice and come revel in the joy and magic of live theater.

Your tickets will be emailed to you within one week of your performance. Some exclusions apply. Promotion expires 9/18/22. Learn more at https://hvshakespeare.org/tickets-events/discounts-offers/. Questions? Contact us at boxoffice@hvshakespeare.org or 845-265-9575.


In addition to helping audiences navigate the vast summer offerings, the four organizations joined together to play an active role in rebuilding the profile of the arts in the region.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, arts presenters experienced some of the steepest economic declines, and while the world retreated into social distancing, NEA data reported that the arts shrank at nearly twice the rate of the economy as a whole. Yet throughout this downturn, the power of the arts – including both its economic and humanitarian value – burned even brighter as audiences and presenters yearned to return to live events.

Caramoor President and CEO, Edward Lewis, III, comments: “Music has the unique ability of uniting people across geography, through history, and from all lived experiences. During tumultuous times, the arts have long been a mode of healing, coping, and overcoming adversity. At Caramoor, we recognize and embrace the unique responsibility we have as arts presenters, and with our fellow participants, we create a welcoming and safe cultural community.”

“Our audiences need the arts more than ever, and the Hudson Valley Summer Arts Pass provides the opportunity for visitors to experience the richness of the region’s offerings,” said Historic Hudson Valley’s Vice President of Communications & Commerce, Rob Schweitzer. “We’re thrilled to offer this pass and to partner with the region’s top cultural organizations to provide even more ways for people to get out and explore the area this season.”

“We’re all excited to collaborate with other arts and culture nonprofits to highlight the diverse, vibrant cultural offerings within the Hudson Valley,” said JBFC Executive Director Mary Jo Ziesel. “We hope to encourage people to get out and try something new this summer. This discounted pass is the perfect entrée to enjoy the arts nearby.”

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Managing Director, Kate Liberman, comments: “HVSF is honored to be participating in this amazing program, which shows the impact of real collaboration among our regional arts institutions. Bringing our audiences together will be essential as the arts and culture sector recovers from the pandemic. As HVSF transitions to our new home this season, we cannot wait to celebrate our shared humanity by welcoming new friends under our theater tent.”

 

Hudson Valley Arts Pass News Courtesy of Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts

Filed Under: Cover Stories, Gotta Have Arts Tagged With: Caramoor, Hudson Valley, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Hudson Valley Summer Arts Pass, Jacob Burns Film Center

The Beauty of Publishing

November 10, 2021 by Grace Bennett

There’s no business like show business… except for maybe publishing community magazines!  With a cover story in Inside Armonk Magazine about Treasures and its wonderful volunteer and philanthropic efforts, I’m feeling that too. I’m also delighted we could bring you our Inside Chappaqua Magazine cover story in which BGCNW executive director Alyzza Ozer shares so many of the amazing accomplishments of the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester. Both these stories were ‘from the source’–sharing from their hearts–and we may include more of these in future articles about non-profits, too.

Toiling away in my own little corner in my own little chair over the last 18 years, I’m not always immediately aware, but over time, I can become quite buoyed by the impact different stories have on a person, a single organization, or an entire community for that matter.

I won’t lie either. The occasional expressions of gratitude we receive in producing our own little show makes publishing feel like a truly beautiful and worthwhile endeavor. This past fall, we received two such letters! Please see excerpts from each below.

We have some wonderful stories about several of our sponsors in this edition as well, and I present those with deep gratitude, too. The ‘independent’ stories we produce would not be possible without advertising/advertorial support, and in truth, the stories about our sponsors can be equally well received–as most of them are your neighbors and friends, too! And, oh, so impressive.

The beauty of expressing gratitude also emerges as a theme in these current and end of the year ‘beautiful-inside and out’ themed holiday editions. We have several essays addressing that vital feeling of appreciation of others, or even of oneself (if you’re prone to discounting your own beauty; I know I am). I’m personally grateful for all the arts venues bursting back onto the scene, and yup, I sure love getting out of the house again! As much as possible, in fact! in these editions, we visit the Taconic Opera Company and the iconic Capitol Theatre (rock and roll heaven in our backyard) to acquaint you, or at least remind you of all the irresistible shows.

An end note here as well that the holiday season can be especially treacherous for families with children with food allergies, so don’t miss Ella Ilan’s story about two moms making a huge difference. And that’s beautiful too.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! 

Letters to the Editor

“I am writing to send you sincere thanks for your story about the Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden in your September-October issues of Inside Armonk and Inside Chappaqua & Millwood. The articles were so well written and illustrated that we could not have done a better job ourselves! It is clear that the results of your articles have increased our admissions at the Hammond Museum, both because the past several Saturdays have brought the most visitors that we have had in a single day (except our Opening Day), with about a 1/3 increase over prior Saturdays, and also because several individuals specifically remarked that their visit was the result of seeing your article in their local magazine. In fact, a visitor, who is the head of a local community group, remarked today that she heard about the Hammond at a gathering several weeks ago but suddenly “I’m seeing the Hammond promoted everywhere!” She specifically mentioned that one of the primary sources was your magazine. So we cannot thank you enough for your interest and support in our institution…  — Elizabeth Hammer, Executive Director, Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden

“I’m writing to express my gratitude to you and Pia Haas for the story in the September-October issues of Inside Chappaqua & Millwood and Inside Armonk magazines welcoming me in my new role as President and CEO of Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts. The piece captures the richness of the experiences that can be enjoyed at Caramoor year round, whether it be teas, tours and concerts in the Music Room of the Rosen House in the Fall through Spring, or our extensive summer season of outdoor musical performances enhanced by garden strolls, picnics and our Sonic Innovations Sound Art collection. Caramoor is a local gem and we can’t thank you enough for sharing it with your readers. Publications like yours play a vital role in the community and it was an honor to be included. It was also wonderful to work with your photographer Donna Mueller (who, by the way, miraculously coaxed our Sandy to pose for a photo!) and to meet you in person on Chappaqua Day! …  — Edward J. Lewis III, President & CEO, Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts

Filed Under: Just Between Us Tagged With: beauty, Boys and Girls Club of Northern Westchester, Caramoor, community magazines, food allergies, Gratitude, Hammond Museum, holiday season, Holidays, Inside Armonk, Inside Chappaqua & Millwood, Magazines, publishing, Treasures

To all that’s Life Affirming

August 23, 2021 by Grace Bennett

If I had to name my most heart wrenching moments in 18 years of publishing locally, it has been unquestionably reporting or covering the loss of a young life. But they have ironically felt the most meaningful, if only in some tiny, immeasurable way, when sharing the memories of a precious son or daughter provided even the smallest degree of comfort to a grieving parent–and to a community of family, friends, and neighbors in mourning too.

You’ll learn about the remarkable life of a young lady, Linda Zhang, her unyielding passion to save our planet and the impact she had on all those who knew her.

I met Linda’s warm and wonderful parents at an event at the Chappaqua Library earlier this summer when a first Linda Zhang writing award was presented. Writing was another passion of Linda’s. Pamela Brown’s article about Linda and the foundation formed in her honor: www.lindazhangfoundation.org

As we went to press, news came of another devastating loss to the community, that of Danielle Taylor Leventhal, an immensely talented artist described by her family and friends as “a beautiful ray of sunshine and a strong-willed woman.” Danielle’s mom, Jennifer, had sent me her family’s poignant words in a story I then posted about this brilliant, joy-filled young lady. https://www.theinsidepress.com/in-remembrance-of-danielle-taylor-leventhal/

A packed service at Temple Beth El led by Rabbi Jaffe–the remembrances by her family and friends – conveyed the enormity of the love for Danielle and her legacy.

If this letter column feels ‘heavy’ for back- to-school editions, as spotlighted by various stories, I hope you might see it as life affirming instead, because learning more about these two wonderful souls really has been.

Please enjoy all the articles assembled with gratitude and with a hopeful but watchful eye over ‘everything Covid’.  Speaking of gratitude, please don’t miss our stories about the Byram Hills Education Foundation ‘funding our student’s futures’, the New Castle United for Youth ‘EXPERIENCE’, as told by two interns, and one of Byram Hill’s student Anika Bobra who has created a remarkable podcast devoted to promoting gratitude widely.

Personal and family enrichment via fabulous local options are always something to be grateful for.  So, do help celebrate ‘comeback’ events –  Community Day in New Castle, the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival, Feed Me Fresh: An Edible Evening. and the Armonk Outdoor Art Show!

Do visit the Chappaqua Library’s new Teen and Children’s Rooms! Do feel inspired by Chappaqua’s Edward Lewis, the new director of Caramoor, and partake in any of its ever exciting programming. And also by Hammond’s executive director Elizabeth Hammer who kindly provided me with a fascinating private tour of this small gem of a Museum and its lush Japanese sculpture gardens.

Finally, I’m well into a second decade supporting the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center. Please consider attending/supporting its upcoming annual fundraiser honoring Andrew Greenspan.  https://hhrecny.org/inspire_events/

Here’s also my ‘welcome back’ to you, and my wish to you for love and happiness and to all that’s life affirming.

Filed Under: Just Between Us Tagged With: Caramoor, Chappaqua library, Danielle Taylor Leventhal, Essay, Gratitude, Hammond Museum, Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center, Just Between Us, Life Affirming, Linda Zhang

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