Tag Archives: Live Music

Dyckman Farmhouse – LAST Back Porch Concert: Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra

Picnic blanket and bug spray? Check.

Besties and bodega sandwiches? Check and check.

Good vibes? Guaranteed.

Start August off on a high note with our LAST Back Porch Concert of the season! Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra has a special hour long performance for ALL ages and ALL music tastes, including works by Coleman, D’Rivera, Beach, Reicha, Joplin, Gershwin, and Schifrin.

So, go ahead and send this flyer in the family group chat—it’s time to get the crew together and soak up every bit of summer before it ends!

Date: Saturday, August 2nd

Time: 5-6pm

Cost: FREE

Location: Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (on the corner of 204th and Broadway)

 

Jazz WaHi: Melting Pot Jazz

Join us for The Melting Pot Jazz Series- A FREE family-friendly outdoor concert series celebrating the rich influence of immigrants on American jazz 🎷Every Thursday from May 29 to June 26 at 6:30pm on the lawn of the St. Frances Cabrini Shrine in Washington Heights, or indoors in case of rain.

Presented with support from a Cultural Development Fund grant from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.
— in Washington Heights.

Word Up Recirculation – Roí Ankori-Karlinsky’s Album Release: Happy in Jeruz

Friday, August 8, 2025 – 7:30pm to 8:30pm
RECIRCULATION A project of Word Up
876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.)
New York, NY 10032

Come celebrate songs for empathy. Roí A.K. is a queer musician and forest ecologist from Jerusalem, currently based in Washington Heights. His second album, “Happy in Jeruz” is coming out this August.

Hudson View Gardens Lounge: Flutist Anna Urrey & Pianist Amir Farid

From Carnegie Hall to Radio City Music Hall to chamber performances across the country, Anna Urrey shows her musical versatility everywhere she plays. On Sunday, November 23, 2025 at 5 pm, acclaimed flutist Anna Urrey along with the award-winning pianist Amir Farid perform at The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens (128 Pinehurst Ave at W. 183rd Street in Manhattan).

The program includes music by JS Bach, Lili Boulanger, Valerie Coleman and the US premiere of a sonata by Jonathan Slade. Program details are below.

The concert is presented by the Hudson View Gardens Performing Arts Group. Admission is $15 suggested donation ($12 seniors/children, free for children under 8). Full details below.

Flutist Anna Urrey is a versatile solo, chamber, and orchestral musician. She has performed with renowned groups such as The Knights, New Jersey Symphony, American Symphony Orchestra, and the International Contemporary Ensemble. She has performed with the orchestras in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular productions and on Broadway in Camelot. Anna is a member of NYC-based Exponential Ensemble and Frisson, an acclaimed ensemble that tours nationwide. Recording projects include films Radium Girls and Little Women, and Principal Flute on the Experiential Orchestra’s GRAMMY-winning recording of Dame Ethel Smyth’s work, “The Prison.” Anna is a Wm. S. Haynes Artist.

Based in Melbourne and New York City, Amir Farid is a sought-after soloist and chamber musician internationally, appearing in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, Musica Viva Festival, Huntington Festival, Mona Foma, and Kuwait Chamber Philharmonia.  He has performed concerti with the major Australian orchestras, and his recordings are heard frequently on radio stations throughout Australia and internationally, including as pianist of the Benaud Trio.  Amir is also a recorded artist on the Steinway & Sons Spirio catalogue.  In New York, Amir works as a pianist for the Juilliard School, Oratorio Society of New York, New York Choral Society, and Exponential Ensemble.

Just the Facts

Sunday, November 23 at 5 pm

Hudson View Gardens Performing Arts Group presents

Anna Urrey, flute

Amir Farid, piano

The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens
128 Pinehurst Ave at W. 183rd Street (Manhattan)

Program

J.S. Bach: Sonata in E minor, BWV 1043

Lili Boulanger: Nocturne

Jonathan Slade: Sonata for Flute and Piano (US Premiere)

Valerie Coleman: Fanmi Imèn

Admission: $15 suggested donation
($12 seniors/children, children under 8 are free)

WHCO: 10th Anniversary Season Finale!

Featuring the string players of the orchestra, the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra concludes our season with Landscapes, a musical homage to the distant lands that are a part of our heritage.

Program:

  • Fela Sowande: African Suite for Strings
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

Even those born and raised in Washington Heights tend to look back to their heritage in a distant homeland. Talking about “where we are from” is one of the most common unifying conversations in our community. We conclude our 10th anniversary season exploring heritage with Landscapes, featuring the string players of the WHCO in two large format works hailing from Nigeria and Russia. Fela Sowande is considered the father of modern Nigerian music, and his piece African Suite for Strings seamlessly blends both original and traditional themes from countries like Nigeria and Ghana into its five contrasting movements. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is synonymous with the Russian musical output of the late 19th century and was responsible for other powerhouse works like 1812 Overture and The Nutcracker. We conclude the program with his Serenade for Strings. Tchaikovsky himself believed that this work was one of the finest pieces he ever wrote, stating it is “a piece from the heart, and so, I venture to hope that this work is not without artistic qualities.”

Prior to the concert, at 2:15pm, bring the whole family to our “Meet the Instruments” petting zoo where even our youngest listeners can get up close and personal with their favorite instruments before seeing them come alive onstage. This event will take place (weather permitting) in the beautiful setting of the Fort Washington Green, the community garden space at FWCC.