Concerts Around the Corner
Mike Fahn and Mary Ann McSweeney
Since the Studio Around the Corner is currently closed for concerts and art exhibits due to Covid-19, Concerts Around the Corner is offering a series of small outdoor concerts/art shows which will be available online the following week. We hope you enjoy them until we can be with you in person, inside the Studio Around the Corner. We encourage you to watch these 30-40-minute performances online. Note: Our live events strictly adhere to NY State Covid-19 Guidelines.
We welcome back the bassist, Mary Ann McSweeney! Audiences were delighted by her Urban Fado Quartet a few seasons ago at the Studio Around the Corner. This duo will feature her husband, Mike Fahn. The couple will have celebrated 24 years of marriage and music together on August 3rd, 2020. They met in the jazz scene while living in Los Angeles and both decided to move to New York in the early 1990’s. They both played in Jack Sheldon’s Big Band in L.A. and each had their own bands and gigs before coming to NYC. Mike plays valve trombone and is known for his improvisations. He has played with Michael Brecker, Andrew Hill and Kenny Wheeler along with leading his own groups performing at Jazz clubs throughout New York and beyond.
McSweeney has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Jane Monheit and Lee Konitz to name a few. She is a composer and leads her own groups while performing Broadway shows. She is currently writing her second Fado album. The couple will be presenting a tribute to Bob Brookmeyer and Jimmy Giuffre. This music is considered chamber jazz and was created in the late 1950’s. The couple is adding their own story to these great tunes and will be releasing an album in the next few months. www.maryanmcsweeney.com www.mikfahnmusic.com
The Garden Around the Corner is a partnership with the Cultural Arts Coalition, the Master Gardeners of Putnam County, Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Putnam Community Action Partnership. Its purpose is to bring gardening programs and a community garden to the Village of Brewster. This small garden in a parking lot between the library and old Town Hall, produced over 200 lbs pounds of vegetables for the Putnam CAP food pantry last year. This year we are on track to do with same. Our volunteers have donated 118 lbs of fresh organic produce to CAP through the first week of August. Growing fresh organic vegetables at the Garden Around the Corner would not be possible without a dedicated team of volunteers to water each day and care for the garden. A big thank you to our volunteer coordinator, Anita Conway, and our garden volunteers: Carmen Serrano, Laurie Spens, Liana Gertzer, Michele Carlson, Noreen Mahoney and Susan Horan. For three years and especially during this challenging time, the dedication and service of our volunteers provides for those in need in our community. . For more information on this and other Cultural Arts Coalition events, including the renovation of Old Town Hall, visit: www.Culturalartsco.com or on Facebook, Cultural Arts Coalition. Concerts Around the Corner is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council’s Arts Link Grant Program, with public funds provided through the NY State Council on the Arts with support from Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature.
We welcome back the bassist, Mary Ann McSweeney! Audiences were delighted by her Urban Fado Quartet a few seasons ago at the Studio Around the Corner. This duo will feature her husband, Mike Fahn. The couple will have celebrated 24 years of marriage and music together on August 3rd, 2020. They met in the jazz scene while living in Los Angeles and both decided to move to New York in the early 1990’s. They both played in Jack Sheldon’s Big Band in L.A. and each had their own bands and gigs before coming to NYC. Mike plays valve trombone and is known for his improvisations. He has played with Michael Brecker, Andrew Hill and Kenny Wheeler along with leading his own groups performing at Jazz clubs throughout New York and beyond.
McSweeney has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Jane Monheit and Lee Konitz to name a few. She is a composer and leads her own groups while performing Broadway shows. She is currently writing her second Fado album. The couple will be presenting a tribute to Bob Brookmeyer and Jimmy Giuffre. This music is considered chamber jazz and was created in the late 1950’s. The couple is adding their own story to these great tunes and will be releasing an album in the next few months. www.maryanmcsweeney.com www.mikfahnmusic.com
The Garden Around the Corner is a partnership with the Cultural Arts Coalition, the Master Gardeners of Putnam County, Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Putnam Community Action Partnership. Its purpose is to bring gardening programs and a community garden to the Village of Brewster. This small garden in a parking lot between the library and old Town Hall, produced over 200 lbs pounds of vegetables for the Putnam CAP food pantry last year. This year we are on track to do with same. Our volunteers have donated 118 lbs of fresh organic produce to CAP through the first week of August. Growing fresh organic vegetables at the Garden Around the Corner would not be possible without a dedicated team of volunteers to water each day and care for the garden. A big thank you to our volunteer coordinator, Anita Conway, and our garden volunteers: Carmen Serrano, Laurie Spens, Liana Gertzer, Michele Carlson, Noreen Mahoney and Susan Horan. For three years and especially during this challenging time, the dedication and service of our volunteers provides for those in need in our community. . For more information on this and other Cultural Arts Coalition events, including the renovation of Old Town Hall, visit: www.Culturalartsco.com or on Facebook, Cultural Arts Coalition. Concerts Around the Corner is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council’s Arts Link Grant Program, with public funds provided through the NY State Council on the Arts with support from Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature.
Concerts Around the Corner: Rachel and Keve
Cultural Arts Coalition
Available online, Facebook and YouTube: Cultural Arts Coalition
beginning Sunday, August 2nd at 7PM
Photos on display by Brian Alberghini
From the live event, Saturday July 25th at 11AM, on the steps of Old Town Hall
Donations gratefully accepted at: Paypal.me/culturalartsco
Since the Studio Around the Corner is currently closed for concerts and art exhibits due to Covid-19, Concerts Around the Corner is offering a series of small outdoor concerts/art shows which will be available online the following week. We hope you enjoy them until we can be with you in person, inside the Studio Around the Corner. We encourage you to watch these 30-40-minute performances online. This performance was on the steps of Old Town Hall, at the entrance to the Theater. The Cultural Arts Coalition is working to renovate and reopen this historic venue.
We welcome back the amazing duo of Rachel and Keve! Concerts Around the Corner fans will recall their entertaining performances at the Studio and at SPACE on Ryder Farm. Friends since the age of 10, Rachel Handman (violin) and Keve Wilson (oboe) grew up dreaming of performing on Broadway someday. Spending every Saturday studying at Manhattan School of Music as teenagers, they would skip music theory and practice Irish jigs and reels instead. Having realized that dream, they wrapped up a seven-month run performing in the orchestra for the 2018 Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. Keve is in the 2020 Company revival, Rachel the 2020 West Side Story revival. Other Broadway shows they have played include Something Rotten!, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and Dr. Zhivago. From Hyde Park, New York, Rachel and Keve have developed a concert showcasing their interest in music from around the world. Rachel spent a year playing violin in Bolivia while Keve toured Germany, and they enjoy coming together to create and share new tunes they can play without sheet music. They continue to transcend genres with unique and creative repertoire, and weave personal tales from their life-long friendship throughout their concerts. In NYC, Keve and Rachel played to packed houses at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
The photography of Brian Alberghini has also been featured at multiple events at the Studio. Brian hails from Vermont, and has lived in Southeast since 1991. A self-taught photographer, Brian specializes in nature and floral photography. While most of his work is in color, Brian also specializes in black and white digital photography. His work hangs in private homes and businesses throughout the USA. Brian has placed second in the Friends of the Great Swamp Juried Art show with his photograph of a Great Blue Heron. Brian has also been published alongside world re-known professional photographers in several e-books. Most recently, he has been featured in gallery exhibitions in Northern Ireland and the Netherlands, and was published in the Best Top Photographers Associations coffee table book featuring over 90 of the best photographers from around the world.
For more of Brian’s work please go to https://500px.com/alberghinib.
If interested in ordering prints please contact Brian at alberghinib@gmail.com
Coming soon to Concerts Around the Corner, Jazz with Mary Ann McSweeney in the Garden Around the Corner. Saturday, August 8th, 6:30PM, available online Saturday August 15th.
Concert for Peace, 2020
**Note, as of December 30, there are no remaining seats for this concert. There will be standing room only! Thank you for your responses!**
The Cultural Arts Coalition presents: New Year’s Day Concert for Peace, Wednesday, January 1st, 2:00pm, Studio Around the Corner, Brewster NY. Click HERE to RSVP.
Start your new year at a peaceful gathering, with music, poetry readings and camaraderie at this popular event. As we celebrate all of our community this New Year, we are collecting canned or dry food items to assist those in need.
Three of our featured performers met and became fast friends in the pit - the Broadway orchestra for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, the winner of the 2014 Tony Award for Best Musical. Paul Staroba, piano and musical director; Robert Zubrycki, violin, and Shelagh Abate, french horn. They will be joined by the vocalist and violinist, Erica Spryes. The musical selections will include the Trio for Violin, French Horn and Piano by Johannes Brahms, Journey by L. Subramaniam, selections from J. S. Bach’s Goldberg variations will played in memory of Stefani Gosselink, works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, some Broadway favorites and a sing-a-long of Auld Lang Syne.
Works by the poet, Demetrios Trifiatis, Ph. D in Philosophy and retired professor from Duke University will be read by Judy Marano, Phyllis Polonkay and Alyson Denny.
Paul Staroba is currently the Associate Conductor of A Christmas Carol on Broadway. This dynamic performer has many Broadway credits, including: My Fair Lady, War Paint, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder, Next to Normal, A Little Night Music, and Grey Gardens. Off-Broadway: The Mad Ones, Dear Evan Hansen, Far From Heaven, and Carrie. His next show will be Company starring Katrina Lenk and Patti Lupone on Broadway.
Erica Spyres is an actor, singer, and violinist who made her Broadway debut in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. For nearly two years, Erica toured the US, Canada, and Japan with the Once First National Tour. Then, she spent two months in Paris performing in Passion opposite Natalie Dessay at the Théâtre du Châtelet. She has been a soloist with The Boston Pops, Sondheim Unplugged at 54 Below and Springfield Regional Opera. For her work on stage, Erica has received an Elliot Norton Award for Tribes and IRNE Awards for Camelot, Avenue Q, and The Light in the Piazza.
Shelagh Abate is one of New York’s most sought-after musicians. Known for her simultaneously warm and assertive sound, her versatility and musical intuition has earned her a place in the lexicon of NYC’s busiest performers. Shelagh has opened more than one dozen Broadway productions. Among them are Mary Poppins, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, South Pacific, Honeymoon in Vegas, Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, Anastasia, and most currently Disney’s Frozen. Since arriving in New York in 2006, she has performed regularly with The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Mostly Mozart Festival, The American Ballet Theater, The American Symphony Orchestra, and has been principal horn of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra since 1999. She is a founding member of the award-winning Triton Brass, and on the faculty with the Atlantic Brass Quintet International Summer Seminar.
Violinist, Robert Zubrycki, is the director of the Concerts Around the Corner series. He is currently Concertmaster for the New York City Chamber Orchestra, a member of the American Symphony Orchestra, and the Stamford Symphony. He has recently performed as Concertmaster for the New York Choral Society at Carnegie Hall, Encores! at City Center, Opera Orchestra of New York and is the acting Concertmaster for the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic. He also performs in the orchestra for American Ballet Theater at Lincoln Center, is Assistant Concertmaster for Orchestra Moderne and a regular performer at the 92nd St. Y’s Lyrics and Lyricists series. A veteran of dozens of Broadway shows, Robert was recently a member of the orchestras for Kiss Me, Kate, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, She Loves Me and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.
There is a suggested donation of $10 for this event, reservations are strongly encouraged as space is limited! RSVP at this link to hold your seat!
Start your new year at a peaceful gathering, with music, poetry readings and camaraderie at this popular event. As we celebrate all of our community this New Year, we are collecting canned or dry food items to assist those in need.
Three of our featured performers met and became fast friends in the pit - the Broadway orchestra for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, the winner of the 2014 Tony Award for Best Musical. Paul Staroba, piano and musical director; Robert Zubrycki, violin, and Shelagh Abate, french horn. They will be joined by the vocalist and violinist, Erica Spryes. The musical selections will include the Trio for Violin, French Horn and Piano by Johannes Brahms, Journey by L. Subramaniam, selections from J. S. Bach’s Goldberg variations will played in memory of Stefani Gosselink, works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, some Broadway favorites and a sing-a-long of Auld Lang Syne.
Works by the poet, Demetrios Trifiatis, Ph. D in Philosophy and retired professor from Duke University will be read by Judy Marano, Phyllis Polonkay and Alyson Denny.
Paul Staroba is currently the Associate Conductor of A Christmas Carol on Broadway. This dynamic performer has many Broadway credits, including: My Fair Lady, War Paint, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder, Next to Normal, A Little Night Music, and Grey Gardens. Off-Broadway: The Mad Ones, Dear Evan Hansen, Far From Heaven, and Carrie. His next show will be Company starring Katrina Lenk and Patti Lupone on Broadway.
Erica Spyres is an actor, singer, and violinist who made her Broadway debut in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. For nearly two years, Erica toured the US, Canada, and Japan with the Once First National Tour. Then, she spent two months in Paris performing in Passion opposite Natalie Dessay at the Théâtre du Châtelet. She has been a soloist with The Boston Pops, Sondheim Unplugged at 54 Below and Springfield Regional Opera. For her work on stage, Erica has received an Elliot Norton Award for Tribes and IRNE Awards for Camelot, Avenue Q, and The Light in the Piazza.
Shelagh Abate is one of New York’s most sought-after musicians. Known for her simultaneously warm and assertive sound, her versatility and musical intuition has earned her a place in the lexicon of NYC’s busiest performers. Shelagh has opened more than one dozen Broadway productions. Among them are Mary Poppins, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, South Pacific, Honeymoon in Vegas, Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, Anastasia, and most currently Disney’s Frozen. Since arriving in New York in 2006, she has performed regularly with The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Mostly Mozart Festival, The American Ballet Theater, The American Symphony Orchestra, and has been principal horn of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra since 1999. She is a founding member of the award-winning Triton Brass, and on the faculty with the Atlantic Brass Quintet International Summer Seminar.
Violinist, Robert Zubrycki, is the director of the Concerts Around the Corner series. He is currently Concertmaster for the New York City Chamber Orchestra, a member of the American Symphony Orchestra, and the Stamford Symphony. He has recently performed as Concertmaster for the New York Choral Society at Carnegie Hall, Encores! at City Center, Opera Orchestra of New York and is the acting Concertmaster for the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic. He also performs in the orchestra for American Ballet Theater at Lincoln Center, is Assistant Concertmaster for Orchestra Moderne and a regular performer at the 92nd St. Y’s Lyrics and Lyricists series. A veteran of dozens of Broadway shows, Robert was recently a member of the orchestras for Kiss Me, Kate, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, She Loves Me and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.
There is a suggested donation of $10 for this event, reservations are strongly encouraged as space is limited! RSVP at this link to hold your seat!
Duo Scorpio
In 2010, harpists Kathryn Andrews and Kristi Shade began searching for music for their newly formed ensemble and found this area of harp repertoire yet to be fully explored in a contemporary setting. They are helping create a new body of work composed for the modern harp that highlights the versatility and uniqueness of the instrument. Coincidentally, Katie and Kristi were both born on November 5, 1982, making them both Scorpios. They met in New York City where they received their Master’s degrees at the Manhattan School of Music. They have embraced their Zodiac alignment by using their talent and passion to team up and form this unique duo.
Join us on Sunday, November 24that 3:00PM at the Studio Around the Corner. Tickets $20, $15 students and seniors. CLICK HERE to get your tickets.
Join us on Sunday, November 24that 3:00PM at the Studio Around the Corner. Tickets $20, $15 students and seniors. CLICK HERE to get your tickets.
Sharing Space
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The Cultural Arts Coalition and SPACE on Ryder Farm, present:
Sharing SPACE ~ Concerts Around the Corner. Saturday, July 20th, Performance at 7:30PM. DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT, THIS CONCERT WILL BE AT THE STUDIO AROUND THE CORNER. (Feel free to still bring your picnic, if you’d like!) Join us and SPACE at the Studio Around the Corner for an evening of contemporary and classical music, featuring Robert Zubrycki, violin, and his colleagues from the New York City Chamber Orchestra, American Symphony and Broadway Orchestras. Including, Keve Wilson, oboe; Rachel Handman, violin; Hidayat Honari, Guitar; Marc Schmied, Bass; Leslie Tompkins, viola and Laura Bontrager, cello. Works by Mozart, Elgar and Crusell will begin the classical part of the program, then we welcome you to dance a few reels as we transition to Rachel and Keve’s set of diverse music from around the world. You won’t want to miss this eclectic and fun event! Friends since the age of 10, Rachel Handman (violin) and Keve Wilson (oboe) grew up dreaming of performing on Broadway someday. Spending every Saturday studying at Manhattan School of Music as teenagers, they would skip music theory and practice Irish jigs and reels instead. Having realized that dream, they recently wrapped up a seven-month run performing in the orchestra for the 2018 Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. Other Broadway shows they have played include Something Rotten!, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and Dr. Zhivago. From Hyde Park, New York, Rachel and Keve have developed a concert showcasing their interest in music from around the world. Rachel spent a year playing violin in Bolivia while Keve toured Germany, and they enjoy coming together to create and share new tunes they can play without sheet music. They continue to transcend genres with unique and creative repertoire, and weave personal tales from their life-long friendship throughout their concerts. In NYC, Keve and Rachel played to packed houses at Feinstein’s/54 Below Tickets for Sharing SPACE are available for a donation of $15 for adults, and $10 for children under 12. Tickets can be purchased online until noon on the day of the event, or by cash or check at the door! Spaceonryderfarm.org Get your tickets HERE! |
Young Musicians of Putnam County
Hear our region’s best young artists as they prepare to take the next steps in their musical journeys! Featuring: Emma Lubbers, soprano, junior at Mahopac High School; Michael Shanny, trombonist, sophomore; Abigail Harrison, cellist, junior; Sophia Mederer, violin, junior - all from Carmel High School. Monika Dziubelski, flutist and Natalia Dziubelski, frenchhorn are both seniors at Carmel High School and will be attending Bard College to study music performance; Gabriel Harrison pianist, bassoonist and composition, just completed his first year at Boston College.The group will perform works by Mozart, Lalo, Saint-Saëns, among others. Accompanied by Christine Johannsen, piano.
This excellent concert will take place on Sunday, June 23 at 5:00PM at the Studio Around the Corner. A suggested donation of $10 for adults and $5 for students can be made at the door. Reservations are recommended, as seating is limited. RSVP by e-mailing info@culturalartsco.com
This excellent concert will take place on Sunday, June 23 at 5:00PM at the Studio Around the Corner. A suggested donation of $10 for adults and $5 for students can be made at the door. Reservations are recommended, as seating is limited. RSVP by e-mailing info@culturalartsco.com
Einstein's Mozart
Einstein’s Mozart: Original poetry by Kate Light and chamber music by W. A. Mozart, was written to commemorate the close convergence of the centenary of Einstein's “Miracle Year” (1905-2005) and Mozart's 250th birthday (1756-2006). Kate Light was a librettist, lyricist and poet in New York City. An alumna of the Eastman School of Music, Hunter College, and the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, and she also was a professional violinist and a member of the orchestra of the New York City Opera. Read by Michael Shattner; Robert Zubrycki and Laura Bald, violin; Adria Benjamin, viola; David Bakamjian, cello.
Einstein’s Mozart,Sunday, July 14that 5:00PM at the Studio Around the Corner. Tickets, $20, $15 for students and seniors. CLICK HERE to get your tickets.
Einstein’s Mozart,Sunday, July 14that 5:00PM at the Studio Around the Corner. Tickets, $20, $15 for students and seniors. CLICK HERE to get your tickets.
Concert for Peace
Start your new year at a peaceful gathering, with music, poetry readings and camaraderie at this popular event. This concert will be in memory of Stefani Gosselink, the Brewster pianist, teacher and a supporter of this concert series. Program TBD. A suggested donation of $10 for adults and $5 for students can be made at the door. Reservations are recommended, as seating is limited. Reserve your tickets by e-mailing info@culturalartsco.com
January 1st, 2020 at 2:00PM. Robert Zubrycki and friends.
January 1st, 2020 at 2:00PM. Robert Zubrycki and friends.
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Supporters of Concerts Around the Corner Avangrid Foundation sponsorship on behalf of NYSEG, is the grand sponsor of this series Media Sponsor: Brewster HamletHub Impresario: $500 or More John and Sharon Riley NYSEG Soloist: $250 to $499 Tompkins Mahopac Bank Catherine Croft Robert Isley Violins Lynne Eckardt and Paul Hondorf Michael Stout and Stephen Shea Leader: $100 to $249 Feehan Insurance Agency, Inc. The Music Cottage Lisa M. Denig Cherie Ingraham and Ricky Feuerman In Memory of Carol A. Conn Ensemble: $40 to $99 Country Kitchen Depot Wines and Liquors Kim Papa, Piano Tuning and Repair Kathleen and John Lord Linda Dahl Vogl Concerts Around the Corner Acknowledges: Manhattan Concert Productions Kim Papa, piano technician Fabienne and Joanne Riccoboni, video Robert Isley Violins Brewster Carmel Garden Club Brewster Flower Garden Brewster Theater Company The Village of Brewster Film Festival The Bowl Company The Music Cottage Wilians Mendez Southeast Museum SevenStar School of Performing Arts The Coalition’s Steinway L Series grand piano is on extended loan from Cheryl Palmer & Estate of Edward H. Vito, Sr., made possible by the generosity of Cheryl Palmer as well as Rob and Sefani Goselink. Concerts Around the Corner is made possible in part by the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature. In Putnam County, this program is managed and monitored by the Putnam Arts Council, Mahopac, NY. |
