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)
We are honored to be a part of the Morris-Jumel Mansion‘s Women’s History Month Kick-off celebration on Saturday 3/1 along with artist Andrea Arroyo, author Margaret Oppenheimer, and poet Lisa “Rubi G” Ventura!
WHCO musicians flutist Anna Urrey, violinist Ashley Windle, violist Hannah Burnett, and cellist Valeriya Sholokhova, will perform a beautiful program for flute and string trio from 1:30-2pm in the Octagon Room.
These special events throughout the day are free with admission to the museum! Hope to see you there!!
The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra is pleased to present a 3-concert series in partnership with Word Up Community Bookshop, featuring books from the “Uptown Kid Lit” list with thoughtful connections to themes that will be familiar to every child growing up in Washington Heights. All performances will take place at Recirculation, a project of Word Up Community Bookshop.
Free admission; RSVP required
Sunday April 6th 4pm-5pm
This concert series is generously supported by the following:
The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, Word Up Community Bookshop, New World Symphony, The Bizzarro Agency, Tinto: Tapas Restaurant, Lord Gurman & Lewis LLC
Join the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra as we present Echoes and discover how music that tells the stories of our past affects our present and future.
Program:
- Valerie Coleman: Tzigane
- Emmy Wegener: Suite for String Trio
- Bohuslav Martinů: Nonet
- Antonin Dvorak: String Quintet No. 2, op. 77
The stories that we make and share echo throughout time; our past affects our present and future. Our exploration of musical heritage continues with Echoes, where we look at chamber music by composers past and present from around the world.
The past and present interweave with Washington Heights composer Valerie Coleman’s Tzigane for woodwind quintet. Inspired by the work by Maurice Ravel of the same name, Coleman’s Tzigane is a present-day showpiece full of virtuosity and passion for the wind players of the WHCO. Moving back to the early twentieth century, Dutch composer Emmy Wegener’s Suite for String Trio is a rarely heard work, lush and sparkling as a set of miniatures. We continue our look to the past with Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů’s Nonet. Combining both string and wind players, the Nonet is a vibrant celebration of life in three movements. We conclude the program with Dvorak’s String Quintet No. 2, Op. 77. Written for a competition in Prague with the dedication “to my nation,” he weaves his Bohemian nationalism throughout the work.
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.
And finally, join the musicians of WHCO after the concert for a reception!
