3:00 PM
The Stissing Center, 2950 Church St, Pine Plains, NY 12567, USA
WANTS
by Lenora Champagne
In WANTS, three women, neighbors, reveal their fears and desires. STILL WANTS revisits them, twenty years later.
Tickets: $5 General Admission; $35 Season Pass
7:00 PM
The Stissing Center, 2950 Church St, Pine Plains, NY 12567, USA
Hailed by Rolling Stone as “a genre unto herself,” Brooklyn-based composer and guitarist Kaki King has released 9 albums over the past 14 years. She has performed on every continent over the course of multiple world tours and has presented her work in a variety of prestigious arts centers, including the Kennedy Center, MoMA, LACMA, and The Met. Kaki has created music for numerous film and TV soundtracks, including “August Rush” and Sean Penn’s “Into the Wild”, which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score.
King also recently recorded her first full-length album with a symphony orchestra, commissioned by the Berklee College of Music, which was released in 2017. Most recently she has added album producer and record label owner to her credits with the announcement of Treya Lam’s debut album Good News, released in June 2018.
6:00 PM
The Stissing Center, 2950 Church St, Pine Plains, NY 12567, USA
Fred Hersch has been proclaimed “a master who plays it his way” by the New York Times, and an “elegant force of musical invention” by the Los Angeles Times. He is widely recognized for his ability to steadfastly create a unique body of original works while reinventing the standard jazz repertoire — investing time-tested classics with keen insight, fresh ideas, and extraordinary technique. In 2006, Hersch became the first artist in the 75-year history of New York City’s legendary Village Vanguard to play a weeklong engagement as a solo pianist. His second solo run there was documented on the Grammy-nominated Alone at the Vanguard, one of six recordings he’s made at the iconic club.
All proceeds from the concert will go to benefit the New Pine Plains Herald, a non-profit journalism startup serving Pine Plains and members of its school district, which includes Ancram, Gallatin, Milan, and Stanfordville.
The mission of the Herald is to serve as a reliable source of local news and information that has been carefully researched and reported. The Herald intends to highlight events and developments in the community, cut through misinformation, stimulate thinking and informed action, and encourage honest and civil discourse on community matters.
Tickets cost $50 with a limited number of premium tickets available at $100 which include the concert plus a special reception afterward during which Mr. Hersch will hand out signed CDs. (A portion of the ticket price is tax deductible).
4:00 PM
The Stissing Center, 2950 Church St, Pine Plains, NY 12567, USA
Young American violinist Stella Chen (Avery Fisher Grant, Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award, winner of 2019 Queen Elisabeth International Competition) join forces with pianist Giles Vonsattel (winner of Naumburg, Geneva competition, faculty member at Bard College) to bring a program balancing humor, folk elements, dance and charm with wild and tempestuous emotions.
Program:
Franz Schubert: Sonata in A Major “Grand Duo”
Grażyna Bacewicz: Partita for Violin and Piano (1955)
(approx. 35 min.)
Pause
Eleanor Alberga: No-Man’s-Land Lullaby for Violin and Piano (1996)
Edvard Grieg: Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major
(approx. 30 min.)
7:00 PM
The Stissing Center, 2950 Church St, Pine Plains, NY 12567, USA
Tickets: $25 General Admission
The Tyler Blanton Group ft. Helio Alves is a collaboration that explores a wide range of Brazilian compositions, both familiar and obscure, approaching traditional forms with modern sensibilities and distinct group interplay.
Tyler Blanton has gained notice in NYC in the past decade for his lyrical and nuanced voice on the vibraphone. He has led tours in the US, Europe, and Asia in a myriad of musical contexts throughout the jazz idiom.
Originally from Sao Paolo, Brazil, pianist Helio Alveshas been a sideman in high demand for the past four decades in NYC. His credits include Joe Henderson, Rosa Passos, Airto Moreira, Yo-Yo Ma, and many others. This intergenerational ensemble brings a fresh twist to spirited Brazilian classics making for a joyous musical celebration!
3:00 PM The Stissing Center, 2950 Church St, Pine Plains, NY 12567, USA
Sojourner Truth
by Grace Angela Henry
A one-woman show about the famed abolitionist and women’s rights activist.
Tickets: $5 General Admission; $35 Season Pass
7:00 PM
The Stissing Center, 2950 Church St, Pine Plains, NY 12567, USA
The Brentano String Quartet: Mark Steinberg, violin; Serena Canin, violin; Misha Amory, viola; Nina Lee, cello
Since its inception in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet has appeared throughout the world to popular and critical acclaim. “Passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding,” raves the London Independent; the New York Times extols its “luxuriously warm sound [and] yearning lyricism.”
Within a few years of its formation, the Quartet garnered the first Cleveland Quartet Award and the Naumburg Chamber Music Award and was also honored in the U.K. with the Royal Philharmonic Award for Most Outstanding Debut. Since then, the Quartet has concertized widely, performing in the world’s most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York; the Library of Congress in Washington; the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; the Konzerthaus in Vienna; Suntory Hall in Tokyo; and the Sydney Opera House.
“Old-time music has always been a part of our live repertoire since we started the band,” says Grain Thief’s Patrick Mulroy. “Until now, this was never really represented in our recorded repertoire. There was a piece missing in the discography. Thus, our new record Something Sour, Something Sweet; mostly traditional fiddle tunes, with a few extra recordings from the archives.”
There’s something about a record cut by a bunch of folks that have put as many miles on the fretboards of their instruments as they’ve put on the van’s odometer. While Boston, MA quintet Grain Thief’s prior releases Animal (EP, 2015), Gasoline (2020) and Stardust Lodge (2018) both explored the boundaries of Americana, while also showcasing the group’s core as a roots string band, Something Sour, Something Sweet is an ode to the influences that brought these musicians together in the first place.
Mar 25, 7:00 PM
The Stissing Center, 2950 Church St, Pine Plains, NY 12567, USA
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Born and raised in St. Louis, Jeremiah Johnson blends the sounds of the south, with Mississippi River blues and a touch of country flair. Emotionally charged blues rock, powered by the common man’s passion for life and all the struggles in-between.