Westchester Chamber Music Society

11/02/2024

Come join the Westchester Chamber Music Society for its second concert of the year featuring the celebrated Frisson Ensemble. WCMS will also be continuing its new educational initiative November 10 with a student chamber music group from Blind Brook High School.

Program
Handel-Halvorsen: Duo for Violin and Cello
Walter: Octet in B-flat for Strings and Winds, Op. 7
Beethoven: Septet in E-flat, Op. 20
The Nutcracker (arr. by Wilhelm Popp): Tschaikovsky’s Danse des Mirlitons (Dance of the Red Flutes)

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10/12/2024

Come join the WCMS for its first concert of its 74th season featuring the Amerigo Trio next Sunday October 20 at 4pm!

Program:
Bach: Goldberg Movements (selected movements)
Gideon Klein: String Trio (1944)
Beethoven: StringTrio in C Minor, Op, No. 3

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10/07/2024

Meet the Members of the Amerigo Trio! Come to our concert on October 20th to learn even more!

Glenn Dicterow, violin, was the concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic for thirty-four years, an all-time record in that major orchestral position. Dicterow first came to prominence at the age of eleven, making his solo debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He first appeared with the New York Philharmonic in 1967, at the age of eighteen and became the orchestra’s concertmaster in 1980. Soloing annually with the Philharmonic in each of his thirty-four years, he served as the orchestra’s “leader” (to use the British term).

Karen Dreyfus, viola, was born into a family of musicians. She began studying violin with her father, a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra, before pursuing the career of a concert violist. A
graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, she soon moved to New York City, and to the world stage. She has performed in such ensembles as the New York Philharmonic and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Inbal Segev, cello, is equally committed to new repertoire and masterworks. She has performed as a soloist with such acclaimed orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic and the Israel Philharmonic. In 2018, she was the first cellist to perform Chrisopher Rouse’s Violoncello Concerto since Yo-Yo Ma premiered it in the 1990’s. Segev began playing the cello in Israel at age five, and, at sixteen, was invited by Isaac Stern to the United States to continue her studies. Fun Fact: Her cello was made by Francesco Ruggieri in 1673.

09/30/2024

Come join the Westchester Chamber Music Society on October 20th 4 pm for its first concert in the 2024-25 season! Glenn Dicterow, the celebrated former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, is coming to the East Coast with the violist Karen Dreyfus and the cellist Inbal Segev to perform as the Amerigo Trio. Following the concert, there will be a Q&A with the musicians.
Please join us and invite your friends to attend these special musical events. To purchase tickets or become a subscriber, visit www.WestchesterChamberMusicSociety.com

04/14/2024

The Westchester Chamber Music Society is continuing its Youth initiative to partner with chamber music programs at schools and colleges across Westchester County. Opening for the Momenta Quartet on April 21 will be the SEAL string quartet from White Plains High School. Mentored by Zachary May, student musicians Lucas Rhode, violin; Emiliano Juarez, violin; Aria Mukhopadhyay, viola; and Saskia Aikman, cello, will play the first movement from Haydn’s String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 (“Quinten”). Following the concert, there will be a Q and A with the professional and student musicians. Please join us and invite your friends to experience this special musical event.

For more information and tickets, visit www.WestchesterChamberMusicSociety.com
or call (914) 320-4168

03/30/2024

On Sunday April 21, the Westchester Chamber Music Society will present the Momenta Quartet with the Emilie-Anne Gendron and Alex Shiozaki on violin, Stephanie Griffin on viola, and Michael Haas on cello. Their vision encompasses contemporary music of all aesthetic backgrounds alongside great music from the recent and distant past. The NYC based quartet has premiered over 200 works, collaborated with over 250 living composers and was praised by The New York Times for its “diligence, curiosity, and excellence.”

Program:
Brown: Just Visible in the Distance
Haydn: String Quartet in F Minor, No. 5, Op. 20
Schubert: Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 29/D 804

A Q&A with the musicians will follow the performance.
Please join and invite your friends to attend this special music performance. To purchase tickets and become a subscriber, visit https://www.WestchesterChamberMusicSociety.com/index.html

The Westchester Chamber Music Society has been bringing first-rate artists to Westchester, including the Tokyo String Quartet, the Antonin String Quartet with Violinist Glenn Dicterow, the Emerson, Brentano, Kalichstein, and the renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

03/05/2024

The Westchester Chamber Music Society (WCMS) is continuing its Youth Initiative to partner with chamber music programs at schools and colleges across Westchester County. Opening for the American Brass Quintet on March 10 will be a student brass quartet from Port Chester Middle School led by their inspiring instrumental teacher Ulysses Torres. Members of the group are 8th grade trumpeter Adam Van Der Wateren, 7th grade trumpeter Alan Grande, 7th grade French hornist Angel Gonzalez, and 7th grade trombonist Aiden Escobar. The ensemble will play three brief selections by Bortniansky, Smetana, and Beethoven.

The professional musicians provide feedback to the students in the form of a brief mini-master class and following the concert, the students will also participate in the post-concert Q&A session with the professional musicians.

Please join us and invite your friends to attend these special musical events. For more information and tickets, visit www.WestchesterChamberMusicSociety.com

02/25/2024

On March 10, the Westchester Chamber Music Society will present the American Brass Quintet with the trumpeters Kevin Cobb and Brandon Ridenour, the French hornist Eric Reed, the trombonist Hillary Simms, and the bass trombonist John D. Rojak. This is the first time WCMS has presented a brass ensemble in its 73-year history. The American Brass Quintet is internationally recognized as one of the premier chamber music ensembles of our time, celebrated for peerless leadership in the brass world. The New York Times reported that the trombonist, Hillary Simms, has made history by becoming the first woman to join the ensemble since its founding in 1960 and the first female trombonist to join the faculty at Juilliard, where the group is in residence.

The American Brass Quintet will be playing a diverse program that includes: a suite of 17th century dances; Khirkiyaan: Three Transformations for Brass Quintet by Indian-American composer Reena Esmail; three madrigals by Gesualdo; and three pieces composed in 2022: Anthony Barfield’s Samsāra, Jennifer Higdon’s Book of Brass, and David Biedenbender’s Sacred Geometry.

Please join us and invite your friends to attend these special musical events. For more information and tickets, visit www.WestchesterChamberMusicSociety.com

11/18/2023

The Westchester Chamber Music Society (WCMS) kicked off its 2023-24 season with two outstanding and well-attended concerts featuring the Orion and Alexander string quartets. WCMS presents a diversity of chamber music groups, from string quartets and piano trios to wind and brass ensembles. The next concert on Sunday, December 3, will feature the well-known Frisson Winds. Frisson features the best and brightest of classical music’s stars; and the group showcases emerging young artists as well as seasoned professionals performing music for winds of various combinations by composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, Françaix, Poulenc, William Grant Still, Valerie Coleman, Gershwin, and many more.