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May 2024
Music of Our Time Festival Student Composition Recital
The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Student Recital featuring music composed by participants of the Compose Yourself! Project and HBMS Composition classes under the direction of Derek Cooper. View flyer here.
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 »Memorial Day
Memorial Day - The School is closed for regularly scheduled lessons and classes.
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.
Find out more »Suzuki Porch Party
Current and prospective Suzuki violin students and their parents are invited to join us for a Suzuki Porch Party! Come learn more about our exciting plans for our 2024-25 Suzuki program, meet Suzuki faculty, and other Suzuki families, and help us kick off the year! RSVP here.
Find out more »Juneteenth
Juneteenth - The School is closed for regularly scheduled lessons and classes.
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