Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble Open Air Music Festival
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Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY
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Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, 338 Lighthouse Ave, Staten Island, NY
FREE ADMISSION
Tamara Keshecki, flute
Joseph d'Auguste, clarinet
Lucille Corwon, violin & viola
Timothy Leonard, cello
Paul Robertson, marimba
And Legions Will Rise by Kevin Puts
Down the Garden Path (2019) by John Liberatore *
Trio. Op. 40 by Albert Roussel
Trio in g minor by Antonio Vivaldi
Fantastic Adventure by Andrew Rosciszewski
I Went To The Woods by Lawrence Siegel
- commissioned world premiere
The Roaring Chorus
Directed by Elizabeth McCullough
Paul Light, piano accompanist
FREE ADMISSION
The Joint Is Jumpin/Ain’t Misbehavin by Fats Waller, A. Razaf & J. C. Johnson, arr. A. Billingsley
Old Devil Moon/Finian’s Rainbow by B. Lane and E.Y. Harburg
All the Things You Are/Very Warm for May by J. Kern and O. Hammerstein II
arr. M. Hayes
La Passione (2018) by Tina Kenny Jones *
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In by G. MacDermot, J. Rado & G. Ragni, arr. G. Gilpin
*commissioned and premiered by MCCE
Tamara Keshecki, flute
Joseph d'Auguste, clarinet
Lucille Corwin, viola
Madeline Casparie, cello
Tina Kenny Jones, composer/conductor
J. Brunka, double bass
FREE ADMISSION
Tamara Keshecki, flute
Joseph d'Auguste, clarinet
Timothy Leonard, cello
Wen-Yi Lo, piano
Four Waltzes by Dmitri Shostakovich
Dolly, Op. 56 by Gabriel Fauré
Sustenance (2019) * by Hilary Purrington, MCCE’s 2018-19 Composer-in-Residence
In Direction of Dreams (2018) by Oliver Caplan
Language Games (2006) * * by Andrew Sterman
* commissioned world premiere
* * commissioned and premiered by MCCE
MCCE Concert featuring Anthony Turner, baritone
Staten Island Museum, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island NY
FREE ADMISSION
Featuring Anthony Turner, baritone
Madeline Casparie, cello
Wen-Yi Lo, piano
Weary Blues by Dorothy Rudd Moore
Three Old English Airs by Charles Brown
A Clew Through the Universes by Hilary Purrington
Komm, susser Wagen, komm by Louis Gruenberg
War mein Herrgott der Retter Daniels by Louis Gruenberg
Now we take this feeble body by R. Nathaniel Dett
I got to lie down by Hall Johnson
Vocal Concert at the Staten Island Museum
Staten Island Museum, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island NY
FREE Admission!
Elizabeth McCullough, soprano
Elizabeth Cruz, mezzo-soprano
Wen-Yi Lo, piano
with
Tamara Keshecki, flute and J. Brunka, bass
Selections from Clairieres dans le ciel by Lili Boulanger, poetry by Francis Jammes
3 Browning Songs, Opus 44 by Amy Marcy Beach, poetry by Robert Browning
The New Colossus by Oliver Caplan, text by Emma Lazarus
for your judicious and pious consideration by MCCE’s composer-in-residence Hilary Purrington
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How the Other Half Lives (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Sing (A Chorus Line)
Some Things Are Meant To Be (Little Women)
I Know Him So Well (Chess)
The Story Goes On (Baby)
Buddie Beware (Anything Goes)
To Keep My Love Alive (A Connecticut Yankee)
Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music)
Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble, Inc. celebrating our 15th concert season!
$15 General, $12 Museum Members,
$5 Students (22 and under with ID)
Tamara Keshecki, flute
Joseph d'Auguste, clarinet
Madeline Casparie, cello
with special guest artist Oren Fader, guitar
Sonata in C Major by J. S. Bach
Trio Op. 16 by Joseph Kreutzer
Homecoming by Aidan Ng
With Reluctant Morning Eyes by MCCE composer-in-residence Hilary Purrington
Free Admission!
Elizabeth McCullough, Roaring Chorus Director
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$15 General, $12 Museum Members,
$5 Students (22 and under with ID)
Tamara Keshecki, flute
Lucy Corwin, violin & viola
Madeline Casparie, cello
Yuuki Nakamura, flute
Takeshi Asai, piano
Kazuo Nakamura, bass
Featuring two commissioned world premieres by Takeshi Asai and Kazuo Nakamura
MCCE produces and performs an all day festival in partnership with the SI Museum’s Annual Fence Show each September at Snug Harbor Cultural Center. With musical offerings as diverse as classical chamber music, original commissions, jazz fusion jams, prog rock epics and performances by guest collaborators.
Tamara Keshecki - flute; Joseph d'Auguste - clarinet; Lucy Corwin - viola; Madeline Casparie - cello
Music by W. A. Mozart, Karl Stamitz, Casey Rule and MCCE's 2018 Composer-in-Residence Tina Kenny Jones.
FREE ADMISSION - RSVP with the link below.
This concert performance is part of an afternoon tea on the lawn at the Alice Austen house to celebrate their 1-year anniversary as a nationally designated site of LGBTQ history. Keynote speech by Joan E. Biren (JEB), photographer and activist.
Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, 338 Lighthouse Ave., Staten Island, NY
Pre-concert chat begins at 6:30pm Concert begins at 7:00pm
Paul Hindemith- Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 25 no. 3
André Jolivet- Pipeaubec (Deaux pièces pour Flûte Traversière et Petite Percussion)
Matthew Bellamy- Neutron Star Collision, arr. A. Rosciszewski
Julian Bennett Holmes - Trio for Flute, Cello & Doublebass (commissioned World Premiere)
Leonard Bernstein- Mambo & Cha-Cha from West Side Story, adapted for MCCE by A. Rosciszewski
Arvo Pärt- Spiegel im Spiegel
Andrew Rosciszewski- Sonic Real Estate
Carol Shansky: flute, Tim Leonard: cello, Wen Yi Lo: keyboard/synthesizer, Vincent Livolsi: percussion, Andrew Rosciszewski: double bass/electric bass/bass pedals
Quartet in C major, K.157 by W. A. Mozart, Chansons Madécasses by Maurice Ravel, Invention XIII by J. S. Bach, Passione * by Tina Kenny Jones, My Elephant Cloud by Oliver Caplan, Nocturne, Op. 19 by Franz Doppler, Parto! Ma tu ben mio from Titus by W. A. Mozart
- commissioned world premiere
Tamara Keshecki, flute Dr. Joseph d'Auguste, clarinet Dr. Lucy Corwin, violin/viola Madeline Casparie, cello Wen-Yi Lo, piano Elizabeth McCullough, soprano with special guest artists The Roaring Chorus
Directed by MCCE's own resident soprano Beth McCullough.
Featuring music by: Stephen Sondheim George & Ira Gershwin Lennon & McCartney Jonathan Larson B. Ulvaeus & B. Andersson & others.
This event is FREE.
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Trio no. 2, Andrew Rosciszewski - Piano Trio no. 1 (World Premiere), T.J. Tario - Between The River Styx, Tina Kenny Jones - Romance for Piano Trio (MCCE composer in residence)
Izabella Liss Cohen: violin, Timothy Leonard: cello, Wen Yi Lo: piano
with guest artist Oren Fader, guitar
Paul Salerni - Two Partita (2008), Dusan Bogdanovic - Quatre piéces intimes for cello and guitar (1997), Franz Schubert - Quartet for flute, viola, cello and guitar, Kreutzer - Trio for flute, viola and guitar, Tina Kenny Jones - Making Monsters (MCCE composer-in-residence)
Tamara Keshecki: flute, Lucy Corwin: viola, Gjilberta Lucaj: cello, Oren Fader: guitar (guest artist)
Join us for an exciting collaboration between MCCE and Japanese Jazz Fusion ensemble "WaFoo."
FREE ADMISSION
Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble with guests WaFoo
Featuring World Premieres by Kazuo Nakamura & Takeshi Asai
MCCE: Tamara Keshecki: flute, Lucy Corwin: violin, Madeline Casparie: cello
WaFoo: Kazuo Nakamura: bass, Takeshi Asai: piano, Yuuki Koike: flute
Elizabeth McCullough, Director Paul Light, piano Tamara Keshecki, flute J. Brunka, bass
This event is FREE to the public.
STATEN ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL 30
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Snug Harbor Cultural Center Music Hall, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY
Adults: $20 Children up to 17: $10 College students with valid ID: $15 Senior Citizen (60 yrs +): $15
Described as “sonic perfection” (AWE, 2007) and “breaking the rules to bring the love of classical music to the next generation” (Ben Johnson, SI Advance, 2007), Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble (MCCE) is a professional classical chamber music ensemble that has been contributing to the classical music landscape with concerts that have brought audiences closer to the beauty of chamber music since 2004.
MCCE's mission is to present and promote chamber music performances; provide an artistic home for musicians to practice their craft; and support young and/or emerging composers via commissioning new works and performance opportunities. MCCE has been recognized for the comprehensive and fresh approach it brings to the performance field: the exceptional artistry of the Ensemble musicians in the classical arena; performances feature a compelling presentation style of casual audience interaction; exciting concert-related activities, with special attention to documenting new American chamber music and that includes an annual composer-in-residence opportunity. MCCE has presented over 130 concerts and impacted over 26,000 residents. Programming highlights include “Gemini” – an original, audience-interactive collaboration commissioned by MCCE from composer Tina Kenny and filmmaker Don Arangio; "Even This is Paradise" - a premiere based on an 8th C Tibetan text by Andrew Sterman; collaborations with WaFoo, the rock band Eyes on Infinity, commissions and premieres by luminaries Mick Rossi (Paul Simon), Sean Friar (Prix de Rome), and Laura Kaminsky (Symphony Space), as well as works by JS Bach, Debussy, and Mozart. MCCE's mission is to bring a deeper appreciation of music to the greater SI community through wide-ranging presentations of classical and contemporary music where audiences of all ages and backgrounds can enjoy authentic, artistically excellent, and educational chamber music experiences at a modest cost in their home borough. MCCE regularly video livestreams concerts, holds an annual nationwide composer search, maintains a youtube channel, produces/performs an Annual Open Air Music Festival, performs free concerts for developmentally disabled adults, and teaches the Roaring Chorus, a free program for seniors.
MCCE is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization.
