This recital celebrates music written from 1976 to the present, highlighting the diverse voices and styles that have shaped contemporary classical and crossover repertoire. Featuring works by composers such as John Williams, Philip Glass, Astor Piazzolla, Vincent Persichetti, Ian Clarke, and Yiruma, the program reflects the rich variety of musical expression from the late twentieth...
This recital celebrates the creativity and expressive range of women composers whose works have shaped the musical landscape from the late twentieth century to today. Featuring music by composers including Lori Laitman, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Hilary Tann, Christine Donkin, Andrea Casarrubios, and others, the program highlights distinctive voices writing at the turn of the millennium...
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Now in its second year, the Micro-Commissions Project is an innovative collaboration between Hoff-Barthelson Music School and the Manhattan School of Music. Co-directed by Peter Seidenberg and Reiko Füting, Chair of Composition at MSM, the initiative pairs ten HBMS students with undergraduate composers from MSM to create brand-new works tailored to each student’s instrument and...
The Scarsdale Public Library and Hoff-Barthelson Music School invite you to a Sunday afternoon of poetry and jazz exploring the theme of “milk and tears”—the sweet and the difficult, joy and sorrow held side by side. As spring brings renewal, creativity, and brighter days, this program reflects the ways poetry and jazz offer flexibility, empathy,...
The Junior Flutes, Flute Club, and Adult Flute Choir, along with the Viola Club, perform works composed between 1976 and the present. Part of the Music of Our Time Festival. View Festival flyer here.
The Music of Our Time Festival concludes with the premiere of a newly commissioned work by composer Flannery Cunningham, recipient of support through the Wilma Machover Fund. Her piece, We long to wake, for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble, draws on poetry by Carl Sandburg and the traditions of Sacred Harp singing to explore themes of...
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