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Ars Antiqua
Category: Music
Now in its eighteenth season, the Ars Antiqua Concert Series is devoted to performances of 17th & 18th-century music on historical instruments. These critically acclaimed performances are enhanced by guest speakers and illustrated program books which help place the music within the context of baroque art and social history. The intimate English Gothic-style Church of ...
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Artemis Chamber Ensemble
Category: Performing Arts, Music
Since its inception, the Artemis Chamber Ensemble has established a reputation in Westchester’s performing arts community for its talented musicians, unique flexible structure, creative programming, and dedication to outreach. The ensemble can form a chamber orchestra, string quartet, woodwind quintet, brass quintet, and myriad of other combinations, which allows for infinite program options. Artemi Chamber ...
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Bendheim Performing Arts Center (JCC of Mid Westchester)
Category: Performing Arts, Music, Film
The Bendheim Performing Arts Center with its luxurious theatrical setting and remarkably affordable tickets, presents quality entertainment followed by lively discourse and intimate receptions with celebrities. With a star-studded line-up, the Bendheim offers a wide array of events including stand-up comedy, film, play readings, music, dance, theatre and children’s programming. Located at the JCC, this ...
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Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
Category: Arts Centers, Historic Sites, Performing Arts, Music
Mission Statement ~ Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts–a unique Westchester County setting of Italianate architecture and gardens–enriches the lives of its audiences through innovative and diverse musical performances of the highest quality, mentors young professional musicians, and engages young children through interactive, educational experiences that deepen their relationship to and understanding of music. Description ...
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The Chappaqua Orchestra
Category: Performing Arts, Music
The Chappaqua Orchestra is dedicated to producing high quality music in Northern Westchester, promoting local musicianship, and creating music lovers in the next generation through its four full orchestral concerts and four chamber events annually.
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Charis Chamber Voices
Category: Performing Arts, Music
Charis is a unique vocal ensemble of 25-30 auditioned, amateur singers directed by well-known New York soprano Susanne Peck. Taking its name from the Greek word for grace, Chareis (“kah-ris) is known for fluid singing, exceptional musicianship, and warmth of sound. Based in Katonah, the group has attracted some of the finest amateur voices around ...
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Collegium Westchester
Category: Performing Arts, Music
Collegium Westchester presents 2 or 3 concerts per year of orchestral, choral, and chamber music from about 1700 to the present. The orchestra and chorus are made up of a balance of professional and accomplished amateur musicians from Westchester and surrounding areas. Concerts take place at a convenient location, allowing easy access from all over ...
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Concordia Conservatory of Music & Art
Category: Arts Centers, Performing Arts, Music
The Conservatory\’s mission is to inspire, instruct, and enrich lives through music and visual art; offering excellence in education, performance, and exhibition.
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Copland House
Category: Historic Sites, Performing Arts, Schools, Music
Copland House is a unique creative center for American music based at Aaron Copland’s restored, longtime home. A National Historic Landmark and an Official Project of the White House “Save America’s Treasures” program, Copland House is the only composer’s home in the United States devoted to nurturing and renewing America’s vibrant musical heritage through ...
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Croton Council on the Arts
Category: Arts Centers, Performing Arts, Music, Arts Councils, Literary Arts
Croton Council on the Arts is a non-profit group of Croton artists and residents supporting the arts in all their diverse forms. We sponsor and promote events featuring local and visiting artists and serve as a springboard for new artists and groups nurturing an appreciation of the arts and a better quality of life in ...
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Downtown Music at Grace
Category: Performing Arts, Music
Downtown Music at Grace was founded in 1988 by Timothy Lewis, Director of Music and Organist of Grace Church in heart of White Plains. Downtown Music delights audiences with its beautiful setting and professional weekday and weekend performances consisting of a wide spectrum of musical genres from classical to ethnic music. The mission of Downtown ...
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Eastchester Arts Council
Category: Arts Centers, Historic Sites, Museums, Performing Arts, Music, Arts Councils, Cultural Centers, Literary Arts, Galleries, Libraries
The Eastchester Arts Council presents classical music & Jazz concerts, Annual Summer Band Concerts, choral music, children’s and family programs, visual arts exhibitions, opera performances, informative lectures, book discussions, and various other cultural arts programs. The Eastchester Arts Council was founded in 1994 as a nonprofit organization with the mission to encourage, foster and promote ...
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Emelin Theatre
Category: Performing Arts, Music, Film
The Emelin offers a wide variety of programming, including film, theatre, family programming and many diverse music series such as bluegrass, cabaret, blues, rock, pop, folk, world music and more! Located in Mamaroneck, New York, and founded in 1972, the Emelin is the oldest continuously operating performing arts theater in Westchester County. Its mission is to ...
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Faculty Student Association of Westchester Community College
Category: Arts Centers, Performing Arts, Schools, Music
Smart Arts at Westchester Community College brings unique and intimate artistic performances by exciting, world-class performers in a stimulating college environment. It is first-rate, affordable, conveniently located with ample free parking and ticket discounts for children, students, and seniors. Multi-faceted cultural programming is provided for a broad and diverse experience, based on different performing arts ...
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Fine Arts Orchestral Society of Yonkers
Category: Performing Arts, Music
The Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Conductor James Sadewhite, presents four symphonic concerts annually. The concerts are held at Saunders Trade and Technical High School on Palmer Rd. in Yonkers on Sunday afternoons: three featuring well known soloists and one featuring winners of our annual Concerto Competition. Additional free concerts have been held ...
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First Unitarian Society of Westchester
Category: Performing Arts, Music
Common Ground Coffeehouse, a monthly music series held at the First Unitarian Society of Westchester, brings folk, jazz, popular song and other genres to an intimate venue in lower Westchester. Artists appearing have included Jen Chapin, Red Molly, Terrence Martin, The Kennedys, Bokandeye African-American Dance Theater, Electric Junkyard Gamelan, Gotham City Improv, and many more. ...
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Friends of Music Concerts, Inc.
Category: Performing Arts, Music
In an annual six-concert season, Friends of Music Concerts presents both world renowned ensembles and distinguished younger artists who demonstrate the wide range and diversity of chamber music today. Concerts are on selected Saturday evenings in the beautiful new auditorium of Sleepy Hollow High School, Sleepy Hollow, NY, starting at 8 pm. Seats are general ...
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Friends of the Westchester Band
Category: Performing Arts, Music
The Westchester Band is a semi-professional and advocational performing concert band. It serves as an educational experience for our younger players. This season consists of seven concerts weekly in the summers. The Westchester Band is run under a non-profit organization “Friends of the Westchester Band”. Check out the 7 performances in Chase Park in Scarsdale Village ...
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Golden Apple Chorus
Category: Performing Arts, Music
A Westchester-based, women’s a-cappella singing group, performing the unique American art form of barbershop style 4-part harmony. We are a chapter of Sweet Adelines International and belong to Greater New York Region 15, with whom we compete annually. While establishing wonderful friendships through music, this diverse group of women singers are dedicated ...
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Harrison Players
Category: Arts Centers, Performing Arts, Music, Arts Councils
We provide the community and surrounding area with two full scale productions per year. These include: Full length shows, Reviews, and Dinner Theater Experiences. Also, we do community events, such as participating in yearly Town Celebrations (It’s Great to Live in Harrison Day) and holding Bake Sales for the benefit of helping not only our ...
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Hoff-Barthelson Music School
Category: Performing Arts, Schools, Music
Open to everyone in the community, Hoff-Barthelson Music School serves as a center where students of all ages can develop a sustained interest in music. The School’s educational approach centers on quality individualized instruction in both jazz and classical music, and a performance program that affords numerous opportunities for students to perform as soloists and ...
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Hudson Chorale
Category: Performing Arts, Music
Hudson Chorale Brings a Powerful New Sound to Westchester – We are a new 90-voice chorus, beginning our second season on the concert stages of Westchester. Blending two of the County’s oldest choruses – the Choral Arts Society and Westchester Concert Singers – our newly formed ensemble, under the artistic direction of Michael Conley, marks ...
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Hudson Valley Music Club, Inc.
Category: Performing Arts, Music
The Hudson Valley Music Club presents twelve annual concerts of chamber music from October to May, seven of which are are held the fourth Monday of each month at 1:00 p.m. at the Dobbs Ferry Woman’s Club, 54 Clinton Avenue in Dobbs Ferry, New York. The other five concerts are held in member’s homes at ...
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Hudson Valley Singers
Category: Performing Arts, Music
The Hudson Valley Singers gave its debut concert on March 15, 1951. The group, consisting of seventy-five amateur voices, has been in existence continuously since that time, performing classical choral music of the 17th through 20th centuries. In 1998, Eugene Sirotkine, Assistant Chorusmaster at the Metropolitan Opera, joined the Hudson Valley Singers as Music Director ...
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Irvington Town Hall Theater
Category: Performing Arts, Music
The Irvington Town Hall Theater was built in 1902 in the Classic Revival Style. Designed by A. J. Manning and patterned after the Ford Theater in Washington, DC, the Theater is a multipurpose concert hall/music theater located on the entire third floor of Town Hall in downtown Irvington, New York. The 432-seat theater features an ...
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Jazz Forum Arts
Category: Performing Arts, Music
Jazz Forum Arts is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit arts presenting organization, founded in 1985, whose mission is to present top-quality arts events to the public at little or no cost, while enhancing the appreciation of Jazz, America’s pre-eminent indigenous musical artform. Jazz Forum Arts presents the top names in jazz at venues all over the N.Y. ...
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Kol Rinah
Category: Music
Kol Rinah, Westchester’s Jewish Community Chorus, was founded in April of 2001 by two singers who wanted to bring Jewish music to a community wider and more diverse than is typically reached by synagogue choirs. We are approximately 25 singers, age 14-84, who enjoy performing Jewish music and sharing our cultural expression with others. Although ...
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Lagond Music School
Category: Performing Arts, Schools, Music
Lagond Music School is a charitable not-for-profit organization dedicated to music education and live music performance, serving a diverse community of students throughout Westchester and surrounding counties. Lagond Music has created an innovative, dynamic approach to music education, teaching contemporary music with the same rigor traditionally applied to classical training. This regimen – along with ...
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Main Street Arts
Category: Arts Centers, Performing Arts, Music
Mission Statement To nurture and develop the intellectual, artistic and personal development of children and youth through music, dance, art, theatre and to provide performing opportunities and live theatre experiences. What are we: Main Street Arts is a 34,000 square foot Arts Center that houses, 3 theatres, 4 dance studios, 2 Art Studios, a music suite with recording capabilities ...
