Hoff-Barthelson Music School

Flute Club and Adult Flute Choir Drop-in Day
2025-09-13 11:45 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
RSVP here.
Bring your flute, play along with our enrolled students, and learn more about the Flute Club and Adult Flute Choir.
The Clubs meet weekly at these times.
Flute Club, 11:45 am–1:00 pm (for students in grades 8-12)
Adult Flute Choir, 1:00–2:00 pm

Fall Open House
2025-09-06 13:00 - 16:00 | Hoff-Barthelson Music School, 25 School Lane, Scarsdale, 10583, United States
Discover the Joy of Music at Hoff-Barthelson’s Fall Open House!
Hoff-Barthelson Music School invites students of all ages—from Pre-K through adults—to experience the excitement of music-making at the School’s Fall Open House!
Whether you’re picking up an instrument for the first time or seeking to advance your skills, the Fall Open House offers a unique opportunity to explore the breadth and excellence of Hoff-Barthelson’s programs. Participants can sample private mini-lessons, observe or join group classes, and meet the School’s world-class faculty, who bring deep expertise and a passion for teaching.
Attendees will have the opportunity to explore:

First Instrument Group Classes for young beginners in violin, cello, and guitar (Grades PreK–1)
Youth Ensembles including Junior Flutes, Percussion, and Vocal Ensembles (Grades 2–12)
Musicianship Classes for all ages, from Pre-K to adult
Private Mini-Lessons for all ages, from Pre-K through adults

Space is limited and advance registration is required. RSVP here.
With a legacy of over 80 years, Hoff-Barthelson is known for its exceptional faculty, welcoming community, and comprehensive approach to music education. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore where your musical journey can begin—or grow!

Chamber Music Placement Meetings
2025-09-05 16:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-04 16:00 - 20:00 | Hoff-Barthelson Music School, 25 School Lane, Scarsdale, 10583, United States
Placement meetings for K-12 Chamber Music and Piano Ensembles for the 2025-26 school year.
Schedule a Placement Meeting here.

Youth Orchestra Auditions
2025-09-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Hoff-Barthelson Music School, 25 School Lane, Scarsdale, 10583, United States
Hoff-Barthelson Music School invites students in grades 6-12 to audition for our prestigious Youth Orchestra Program’s Chamber Orchestra and Festival Orchestra.
Request an audition time here.
Audition requirements for new students:
Two pieces of your choice that showcase your technical and musical abilities
Technique Skills
Violin, Cello, and Piano: One 3-octave scale of your choosing
Viola, Bass, and Harp: One 2-octave scale of your choosing
Winds: One 1-octave scale of your choosing
Percussion: Rolls in crescendo and diminuendo
Short sight reading

Labor Day
2025-09-01 08:00 - 17:00 | Hoff-Barthelson Music School, 25 School Lane, Scarsdale, 10583, United States
The School is closed in observance of Labor Day.

Independence Day
2025-07-04 | Hoff-Barthelson Music School, 25 School Lane, Scarsdale, 10583, United States
The School is closed for regularly scheduled lessons and classes in observance of Independence Day.

Auditions: HBMS Orchestra Program Returning Students
2025-06-17 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-10 18:00 - 21:00
Hoff-Barthelson Music School invites students in grades 6-12 to audition for our prestigious Youth Orchestra Program’s Chamber Orchestra and Festival Orchestra.
Request an audition time here.
Audition requirements for returning students.

One piece of your choice that showcases your technical and musical abilities
An excerpt from the Orchestra’s 2024-2025 repertoire

Auditions for students new to the Orchestra Program will be held on September 4, 2025, from 7-10 pm.
Learn about the HBMS Youth Orchestras here.

Suzuki Piano Program Porch Party
2025-06-14 16:00 - 17:30
Current and prospective Suzuki piano students and their parents are invited to join us for a Suzuki Porch Party! Come learn more about our exciting plans for our 2025-26 Suzuki Piano Program, and meet faculty and other Suzuki families!

Honors Program Student Recital
2025-06-08 14:30 - 15:30
Student recital featuring students enrolled in the Honors Program. *

Natalie Jong, violin
Elliott Levine, violin
Zoe Verduin, violin

The Honors Program for gifted and committed students, selected through auditions, has produced prize-winning performers in national and international competitions. The program is designed for students 12 years or older who have been enrolled in private lessons for at least two semesters, have been recommended by their teacher, and are motivated, committed, and working up to their potential. Honors students perform stylistically diverse programs for a faculty jury in special recitals at the end of each semester, take musicianship classes, attend professional performances, and participate in HBMS ensembles.
Honors recitals are open to all HBMS students and families as well as members of the general public.
* Performers subject to change.

Honors Program Student Recital
2025-06-08 13:00 - 14:00
Student recital featuring students enrolled in the Honors Program. *

Meera Chari, cello
Annika Yogaratnam, violin

The Honors Program for gifted and committed students, selected through auditions, has produced prize-winning performers in national and international competitions. The program is designed for students 12 years or older who have been enrolled in private lessons for at least two semesters, have been recommended by their teacher, and are motivated, committed, and working up to their potential. Honors students perform stylistically diverse programs for a faculty jury in special recitals at the end of each semester, take musicianship classes, attend professional performances, and participate in HBMS ensembles.
Honors recitals are open to all HBMS students and families as well as members of the general public.
* Performers subject to change.

Youth Orchestras Finale Concert
2025-06-07 19:00 - 21:00
Featuring the Young People’s Symphonette and Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Robert Schwartz and the Festival Orchestra under the direction of Leandro Gazineo.
Also featuring the winners of the First Annual Concerto Competition
Luke Padovano,cello
Eliza Watkins , viola
Program includes works by Beethoven, Kabalevsky, Bruch, Dvořák, Ravel, Márquez, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
View flyer here.

Flute Plus
2025-06-07 14:00 - 16:00
Join us for our 48th Annual Celebration with special guest Rie Schmidt, founding member of Flute Force (est. 1981).
View flyer here.

Honors Program Student Recital
2025-06-06 20:00 - 21:00
Student recital featuring students enrolled in the Honors Program. *

Audrey Li, viola
Lucius Liu, piano
Roland Sadre, piano
Ciara Walker, voice

The Honors Program for gifted and committed students, selected through auditions, has produced prize-winning performers in national and international competitions. The program is designed for students 12 years or older who have been enrolled in private lessons for at least two semesters, have been recommended by their teacher, and are motivated, committed, and working up to their potential. Honors students perform stylistically diverse programs for a faculty jury in special recitals at the end of each semester, take musicianship classes, attend professional performances, and participate in HBMS ensembles.
Honors recitals are open to all HBMS students and families as well as members of the general public.
* Performers subject to change.

Honors Program Student Recital
2025-06-06 18:30 - 19:30
Student recital featuring students enrolled in the Honors Program. *

Melody Dong, violin
Phoebe Lai, voice
Chihoko Saito, piano
Nikhil Saxena, cello

The Honors Program for gifted and committed students, selected through auditions, has produced prize-winning performers in national and international competitions. The program is designed for students 12 years or older who have been enrolled in private lessons for at least two semesters, have been recommended by their teacher, and are motivated, committed, and working up to their potential. Honors students perform stylistically diverse programs for a faculty jury in special recitals at the end of each semester, take musicianship classes, attend professional performances, and participate in HBMS ensembles.
Honors recitals are open to all HBMS students and families as well as members of the general public.
* Performers subject to change.

Suzuki Strings Porch Party
2025-06-03 16:00 - 17:45
Current and prospective Suzuki violin and cello students and their parents are invited to join us for a Suzuki Porch Party! Come learn more about our exciting plans for our 2025-26 Suzuki program, and meet Suzuki faculty and other Suzuki families!

Suzuki Guitar Program Porch Party
2025-05-31 16:00 - 17:30
Current and prospective Suzuki guitar students and their parents are invited to join us for a Suzuki Porch Party! Come learn more about our exciting plans for our 2025-26 Suzuki Guitar Program, and meet faculty and other Suzuki families!

Honors Program Student Recital
2025-05-31 14:30 - 15:30
Student recital featuring students enrolled in the Honors Program. *

Adhijay Arvind, cello
Madeline Margulis-Ohnuma, cello
Luke Padovano, cello

The Honors Program for gifted and committed students, selected through auditions, has produced prize-winning performers in national and international competitions. The program is designed for students 12 years or older who have been enrolled in private lessons for at least two semesters, have been recommended by their teacher, and are motivated, committed, and working up to their potential. Honors students perform stylistically diverse programs for a faculty jury in special recitals at the end of each semester, take musicianship classes, attend professional performances, and participate in HBMS ensembles.
Honors recitals are open to all HBMS students and families as well as members of the general public.
* Performers subject to change.

Honors Program Student Recital
2025-05-30 18:30 - 19:30
Student recital featuring students enrolled in the Honors Program. *

Elena Collins, voice
Ariana Thomas, piano
Adele Xie, piano

The Honors Program for gifted and committed students, selected through auditions, has produced prize-winning performers in national and international competitions. The program is designed for students 12 years or older who have been enrolled in private lessons for at least two semesters, have been recommended by their teacher, and are motivated, committed, and working up to their potential. Honors students perform stylistically diverse programs for a faculty jury in special recitals at the end of each semester, take musicianship classes, attend professional performances, and participate in HBMS ensembles.
Honors recitals are open to all HBMS students and families as well as members of the general public.
* Performers subject to change.

Music Showcase Festival at Dorney Park
2025-05-23 06:00 - 21:00
Members of the Young People’s Symphonette and Chamber Orchestra travel to Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania to participate in the 2025 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.

Music of Our Time Festival Large Ensembles Performance
2025-05-18 15:00 - 16:30
The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Student Recital featuring music composed between 1975 and the present.
Featuring the world premiere of All the Sounds Around Her by Kian Ravaei
Commissioned by HBMS for a student ensemble and made possible under the auspices of Hoff-Barthelson’s Wilma Machover Residency and Commission Program, this piece is inspired by the life and legacy of the beloved children’s musician Ella Jenkins. The work incorporates call-and-response singing, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and Jenkins’ signature multilingual counting games. The piece will be performed by the HBMS Vocal ensembles together with the Westchester Children’s Choir, and the HBMS Festival Orchestra, conducted by Leandro Gazineo.
Scheduled to perform:
Flute Ensemble — Donna Elaine, Director
Chamber Orchestra — Robert Schwartz, Director
Festival Orchestra Strings — Leandro Gazineo, Director
Winner of the Annual Wilma Machover Creative Development Fund
Selected individual student performers
Performers and program subject to change.

Music of Our Time Festival Student Recital: Micro-Commissions
2025-05-17 20:00 - 21:00
The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Micro-Commissions Project, a collaboration between HBMS and the Manhattan School of Music. Co-directed by Peter Seidenberg and Reiko Fueting, MSM’s head of composition, this initiative pairs ten HBMS students with ten MSM composers, who have written original works tailored to each student’s instrument and skill level. These pieces will receive their world premiere at this recital.

Music of Our Time Festival Student Recital
2025-05-17 16:00 - 18:00
The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Student Recital featuring Our Mentors in Modernism – Schoenberg, Ives, Stravinsky, Bartók, and Britten.

Music of Our Time Festival Student Recital
2025-05-17 14:00 - 15:00
The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Student Recital featuring Contemporary Works (1975 – Present).

Music of Our Time Festival Student Composition Recital
2025-05-17 13:00 - 14:00
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.

Music of Our Time Festival Student Recital
2025-05-16 20:00 - 21:00
The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Student Recital featuring Women Composers at the Millennium.

Music of Our Time Festival Student Recital
2025-05-16 18:30 - 19:30
The Music of Our Time Contemporary Music Festival – Student Recital featuring Contemporary Works (1975-Present).

Piano Master Class with Victor Rosenbaum
2025-05-10 14:30 - 16:45
Master Classes are open to the public to observe free of charge.
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 including David Madsen, guitar; composers Nils Vigeland and Matt Browne; Almita Vamos, violin; Paul Watkins cello; Chelsea Knox, flute; Victor Rosenbaum, piano; and members of the New York Philharmonic.
Master classes provide a transformative experience for both students and audiences. Following meticulous preparation, students showcase their talents, receiving invaluable feedback and guidance from master teachers. This interaction challenges students to approach their pieces in new and critical ways, resulting in inspiring and enlightening performances. Yet the impact extends beyond those on stage—all attendees can learn by observing the creative process firsthand. As iconic performers coach the next generation, the audience gains insight into musical artistry and interpretation. Even developing musicians are granted a rare glimpse into the mastery of world-class artists.

Victor Rosenbaum is an internationally acclaimed pianist and teacher whose career spans over five decades. He joined the New England Conservatory faculty in 1967, where he taught for 53 years and chaired the piano and chamber music departments. He has established himself as one of the most respected figures in classical piano.
His performances have earned consistent critical acclaim, from his Boston debut to his most recent recordings. MusicWeb International praised his 2020 Brahms CD as “magisterial,” while American Record Guide named his Beethoven recordings among the top classical recordings of 2020.
Rosenbaum has performed extensively as both soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Russia, appearing in prestigious venues such as New York’s Tully Hall and St. Petersburg’s Hermitage. He has collaborated with renowned artists including Leonard Rose, Paul Katz, and members of the Brentano, Borromeo, and Cleveland String Quartets.
As an educator, he has taught at major institutions worldwide, including the Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music, and leading conservatories in London, Moscow, Beijing, and Tokyo. His students have won top prizes in major international competitions. From 1985 to 2001, as Director and President of the Longy School of Music, he transformed it into a degree-granting conservatory while maintaining its community music school status.
Currently, Rosenbaum continues to perform and teach internationally, recently being appointed Visiting Professor at the National Taiwan Normal University.
View flyer here.

ChamberFest
2025-05-09 18:30 - 21:00
ChamberFest — Recital featuring students enrolled in the HBMS chamber music program.
