UPCOMING EVENTS

SUNDAY MUSICALE: From the hearts of Women

Celebrating Women's History Month With Music and Stories
Featuring works by Clarice Assad, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and William Grant Still.
Jenny Ribeiro - soprano Hayne Kim - violin Ben Larsen - cello Slavina Zhelezova - piano
Sunday, March 5 @ 3PM
Sunday musicale: From the Hearts of Women will showcase the role of women musicians throughout history and the importance of their contributions to our changing world. Because female performers in the 19th century were viewed as lacking virtue and modesty, it was socially unacceptable for aristocratic women to perform or have their music performed in public. As a result, artistic women would host their own musical salon, where they would find a creative avenue. The 19-century became the heyday of the salon, fostering and furthering women’s creative work. Fanny Mendessohn Hensel, who was a superbly educated musician and the arguably more gifted Mendessohn sibling, was famously told by her father that her place was not on stage, but at home - with her husband, bearing his children. Fanny followed the example of a number of artistic women in hosting her own musical salon, Sunday musicale, where she found a creative avenue. The 19-century became the heyday of the salon, fostering and furthering women’s creative work.
The concert will be in the style of the 19-century salon concert and will feature conversation and music, including the NJ premiere of Clarice Assad’s Confessions for soprano and piano trio, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel 's stunning piano trio and songs by William Grant Still.
Bells and Keys
June 1, 2023
Piano and Handbells extravaganza!

SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL

June 4 from 12 to 6 PM
An all-day music festival featuring local and international jazz, classical, and pop artists
Grab a blanket, bring your family & friends, and connect with your community through live music, food & drinks, games, arts & crafts! Live music ranging from American jazz standards to Latin salsa, from buoyant ragtime to passionate Argentinian tangos, from Afro-Venezuelan and Caribbean rhythms to sparkling Irish bagpipe sounds. Featuring violinist Ali Bello & The Sweet Wire Band, Nicole Zuraitis, Tri-County Irish War Pipe Band, City Winds Trio, and The Guevara & Zhelezova Piano Duo. e your own text and edit me.

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