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MainStage Concert: WHCO – The Music That Inspires Us

Composers often find inspiration from other music, drawing from history, tradition, and artistic lineage. The Music That Inspires Us begins with Reena Esmail’s Avartan, a transcendent fusion of Indian and Western classical traditions. Next on the program is Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte for string orchestra. Written in 2011, the piece was inspired by a moment in a Haydn string quartet where the music suddenly shifts in tone and texture. Shaw describes Entr’acte as “taking you to the other side of Alice’s looking glass,” a kind of musical portal that begins in a classical idiom and gradually distorts it. We will conclude the program with Igor Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite. Taken from his ballet on the Italian commedia dell’arte character, the Pulcinella Suite is a witty and colorful homage to 18th-century Italian Baroque music filtered through Stravinsky’s modernist lens.

Repertoire

  • Reena Esmail: Avartan
  • Caroline Shaw: Entr’acte
  • Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite

This concert will be approximately 1hr, no intermission. Reception to follow.

Our Savior’s Atonement: WHCO Family Concert “The Music That Inspires Us”

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. Then find your seats for our enchanting and engaging Family concert! Narrator Sarah Ziegler will guide you through musical selections from our MainStage concert “The Music that Inspires Us.”

  • 2:15pm-2:45pm: Meet the Instruments
  • 3pm-3:45pm: Family Concert

Best for children age 1-10 and their families.
*All attendees must purchase a ticket. Infants under the age of 1 receive complimentary admission.

WHCO Family concerts are relaxed performances.

Cabrini Shrine: Flute & Guitar Recital “A  DAY  IN  NOVEMBER”

“A  DAY  IN  NOVEMBER”
 
A flute and guitar recital of classical music of the Americas
with
YAEL ACHER ‘KAT’ MODIANO, flute
BARAN GUZELSOY, guitar
 
Sunday November 23 at 6 PM
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine
701 Fort Washington Avenue, NY
(Washington Heights)

Admission: $20; $10 for students & seniors
Tickets at the door

On its 20th anniversary year, Latin American Cultural Week is proud to present flutist/composer Yael “Kat” Acher and guitarist Baran Guzelsoy.
The duo takes the audience on a colorful journey through classical and contemporary South American masterpieces by Astor Piazzolla, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Leo Brouwer, Jose White, Dilermando Reis, Barrios Mangore, and Jorge Morel, along with a premiere of a work by Yael.   The concert is dedicated to Peace, Human
Rights and Animal Rights.

For a complete list of all Latin American Cultural  Week events, November 15-23

Concert is presented in collaboration with the Cuban Cultural Center of New York,
supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the 
New York State Council on the Arts.
 
Latin American Cultural Week is a presentation of Pan American Musical
Art Research (PAMAR), whose mission is to promote, preserve, create
awareness and appreciation of Latin American culture, arts and artists.

Word Up Recirculation: A New York Novel-ty

Saturday, November 1, 2025 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
RECIRCULATION A project of Word Up
876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.)
New York, NY 10032

Riverside Brass Quintet presents a free recital and meet & greet in a cozy bookshop uptown! With a program made up of entirely NYC-based composers, past and present, we are celebrating community and connecting with art and artists in new ways at Recirculation.

This project is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement, a regrant program supported by the funding agencies DCLA in partnership with the City Council The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by LMCC.