Downtown Music’s 33rd Anniversary Season


Angelica in Quarantine
May
26

Angelica in Quarantine

Angelica, the women’s chamber choir directed by Marie Caruso, has delighted our Downtown Music audience with its holiday programming for many years. This wonderful group offers an annual spring concert as well, which this year, they are creating especially for our Downtown Music audience.

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Anita, Emily Seaberry and Julian Graef
May
5

Anita, Emily Seaberry and Julian Graef

Cellist Anita Graef is joined by Juliani Ensemble members Emily Seaberry Graef, piano and flute; and Julian Graef, violin; offering works of Faure, Gliere, and the “London Trio” No. 3 in G Major of Joseph Haydn. A Downtown Music debut.

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Yiying Niu, piano
Apr
21

Yiying Niu, piano

Yiying Niu, 2018 Prize Winner New York International Piano Competition, returns to Downtown Music to play music of Haydn, plus works of Debussy and Liszt that showcase this young musician’s extraordinary artistry. Presented in partnership with the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation.

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Work O' the Weavers
Apr
7

Work O' the Weavers

Celebrated radio host Bob Sherman continues to expand our circle as he introduces the Downtown Music audience to Work O’ the Weavers. The quartet of singers, David Bernz, who also plays banjo and guitar; Martha Sandefer; Mark Murphy, who plays bass; and Travis Jeffrey, playing banjo, recreates songs associated with the Weavers, the legendary folk group co-founded by Pete Seeger.

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Pegasus: The Orchestra
Mar
31

Pegasus: The Orchestra

Pegasus: the Orchestra, led by founder, artistic director, and conductor Karén Hakobyan, is a nonprofit professional orchestra with a mission to empower rising musicians with artistic freedom.

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The Manhattan Saxophone Quartet
Mar
10

The Manhattan Saxophone Quartet

This virtuoso ensemble has performed in concert at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Symphony Space, and Yale University. Jordan Smith, Aaron Patterson, Daniel Kochersberger, and Jay Rattman offer a survey of 150 years of music for this unique combination of instruments.

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Yilun Xu
Feb
10

Yilun Xu

Yilun Xu, 2018 Prize Winner of the New York International Piano Competition, returns to Downtown Music with a program of virtuosic etudes by Frederic Chopin and John Corigliano, plus the Sonata in F-sharp Major of Beethoven.

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Krakauer & Tagg - Connections
Feb
3

Krakauer & Tagg - Connections

One of the world's pre-eminent clarinetists, David Krakauer has been praised internationally as both a leading innovator in modern klezmer and a major voice in classical music. Kathleen Tagg is a South African pianist, composer and producer who has performed on four continents with a host of leading musicians. Their new album, Hammer & Breath, is described as a "masterful and joyous journey" by Kronos Quartet founder David Harrington.

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Unspoken Tales, Part II
Jan
27

Unspoken Tales, Part II

Composer and pianist Pablo Mayor and flutist/narrator Anna Povich de Mayor offer excerpts from "Unspoken Tales," a multi-disciplinary work that explores the real-life journeys of immigrants from around the world.

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A Celebration of American Song
Jan
20

A Celebration of American Song

Soprano AddieRose Forstman and pianist Edward Forstman showcase their expertise and feeling for the American art song in a wide-ranging selection of works by Leonard Bernstein, Eve Beglarian, and Maria Thompson Corley, among others.

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Cocomama Trio
Jan
13

Cocomama Trio

Pianist Nicki Denner, percussionist Mayra Casales, and bassist Jennifer Vincent ring in the new year in the acclaimed ensemble's first engagement with Downtown Music at Grace.

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The Hub Miller Experience: Part Two
Nov
11

The Hub Miller Experience: Part Two

The second in a two part series, Hailey McAvoy offers our Downtown Music audience an exclusive look at composer, conductor, performer and cowboy Hub Miller, which she created with help from the composer's family and her colleagues at the Eastman School of Music.

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The Hub Miller Experience: Part One
Nov
4

The Hub Miller Experience: Part One

The first in a two part series, Hailey McAvoy offers our Downtown Music audience an exclusive look at composer, conductor, performer and cowboy Hub Miller, which she created with help from the composer's family and her colleagues at the Eastman School of Music.

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