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May 2024
Placement Auditions: HBMS Orchestra Program
Hoff-Barthelson Music School invites you to audition for our prestigious Orchestra Program for students in Grades 2-12. Whether you're a seasoned performer or just starting your musical journey, there's a place for everyone in our orchestral family! Placement auditions for the Young People's Symphonette, Chamber Orchestra, and Festival Orchestra will take place on the following dates: Sunday, May 5: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Tuesday, May 7: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Thursday, May 9: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm…
Find out more »Placement Auditions: HBMS Orchestra Program
Hoff-Barthelson Music School invites you to audition for our prestigious Orchestra Program for students in Grades 2-12. Whether you're a seasoned performer or just starting your musical journey, there's a place for everyone in our orchestral family! Placement auditions for the Young People's Symphonette, Chamber Orchestra, and Festival Orchestra will take place on the following dates: Sunday, May 5: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Tuesday, May 7: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Thursday, May 9: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm…
Find out more »Flute Master Class with Alexa Still
Master class coaching by guest artists has been part of Hoff-Barthelson’s curriculum since the School’s founding in 1944. This distinguished tradition continues this season with a roster of world-class musicians and educators. Master classes are an enlightening experience for students and audiences alike. After months of careful preparation, students perform for, and then receive feedback and guidance from a master teacher who challenges the student to think in new and critical ways about the piece they’ve prepared. The results are…
Find out more »Senior Recognition Ceremony
An event to honor and celebrate the musical achievements of our graduating seniors.
Find out more »Composer Conversation
During their lively and interactive discussion, composer Ke-Chia Chen and Hoff-Barthelson Music School Music of Our Time Festival director Peter Seidenberg, will explore the impetus of Chen’s new work Three Eastern Episodes, commissioned by HBMS, the work’s development, and preparations for its world premiere by an HBMS Student Cello Sextet at the Music of Our Time Large Ensembles Concert on Sunday, May 19, 2024. View flyer here.
Find out more »Suzuki Program Spring Recitals
Interested families are invited to attend today’s student recitals and see Hoff-Barthelson’s acclaimed Suzuki Program in action. 9:30 am – Suzuki Guitar Program Student Recital 11:00 am – Suzuki Strings Program Student Recital 12:30 pm – Suzuki Strings Program Student Recital 2:00 pm – Suzuki Strings Program Student Recital 3:30 pm – Suzuki Piano Program Student Recital
Find out more »Music of Our Time Festival Large Ensembles Performance
The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Student Recital featuring music composed between 1923 and the present. Featuring two world premieres: Three Eastern Episodes by Ke-Chia Chen Commissioned by HBMS for a student ensemble and made possible under the auspices of Hoff-Barthelson’s Wilma Machover Residency and Commission Program. Performed by HBMS cellists Sarah Rivas, Yasmin Yogaratnam, Vera Kolvalskya, Ryan Kaufman, Jad Benslimane, and Zack Gottesman and coached by Peter Seidenberg Suite Miniature by Joseph Fong Commissioned by and…
Find out more »Music Showcase Festival at Dorney Park
Members of the Young People's Symphonette and Chamber Orchestra travel to Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania to participate in the 2024 Music Showcase Festival where they will receive a year-end assessment by an outside panel focused on reinforcing skills that students have developed through their participation in the orchestras.
Find out more »June 2024
From Budapest to Prague: Festival Orchestra Finale Concert
The Festival Orchestra concludes its 2023-24 season with "From Budapest to Prague" at the Performance Arts Center at Purchase College. Program: Kodály — Galanta Dances Martinu — Concerto for Oboe with soloist Gerard Reuter Mozart — Symphony No. 38 “Prague” Program and soloist are subject to change.
Find out more »Flute Plus
Join in the fun of our 47th annual celebration of all things flute! Featuring a performance of Joseph Fong's award-winning composition “Suite Miniature” composed for the HBMS Flute Clubs, as well as performances by the Junior Flutes, Adult Flute Choir, and Flute Club.
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