KoH Resident Music Committee 2016-18
Co-Chairs: Fran Kelly/Bert Pepper
Members: Lila D’Adolf, SheilaDarnborough, Ed Hanin, Phyllis Fross, Leonore Meyer, J. B. Price, Bob Singleton
A resident’s anonymous gift underwrote our first two chamber music concerts in the fall of 2006. This led to the formation of the Music Committee in January 2007. The Music Committee coordinates and schedules musical programs for Kendal independent living residents. It is also responsible for maintaining the Steinway Grand Piano.
Over the years, more than 130 concerts of all varieties have been coordinated by the committee. Most recently these have been supported by a resident’s generous bequest to the KoH Residents Association. Clearly, the Music Program provides a wonderful opportunity for independent living residents, as well as those from Adirondack and Clearwater, to enjoy outstanding concerts given by talented professional musicians.
Cuatro Puntos Playing at Kendal April 29, 2018
Photo by Arthur Brady
Anthony Newman Playing Bach April 15, 2018
Photo by Arthur Brady
A video clip of his playing appears in the Residents Only section of this Website.
Folk Song Writer and Singer Denny McCormick Playing and Singing Here April 9, 2018
Photo by Arthur Brady
Avery Ensemble Concert March 18, 2018
Photo by Arthur Brady
Violinist Annie Trepanier, pianist Adriana Jarvis, violist Steve Larson, and cellist Hans Twitchell playing Max Reger's Quartet in A minor, Op. 133.
Fauré Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano
Video by Arthur Brady
Soprano Sandra Summer-Parks and Pianist Christopher Oldfather Performing at Kendal February 28, 2018
Bard College Conservatory of Music Gave a Great Program at Kendal February 25, 2018
Musicologist Christopher H. Gibbs spoke about Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Then pianist Erika Allen and cellist Chang Pan played Schumann's Adagio and Allegro for Piano and Cello, Op. 70 (1849), followed by Erika Allen, Chang Pan, and violinist Bihan Li playing Brahms Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (1889 revised version).
Soprano Sandra Summer-Parks and Pianist Christopher Oldfather Performing at Kendal February 28, 2018
Photos by Arthur Brady
Catherine Campbell Nesbit and Julie Majchrzyk Singing about Aspects of Love at Kendal on Hudson, February 11, 2018
Students from Luzerne Music Center Performing at Kendal on Hudson February 4, 2018
Aidan Cuite playing Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances
Raina Uwiduhaye Playing Bach's Minuet in G Major
Aaron Sutherland playing Øystein Baadsvik's Ordner Seg
Ethan Uwiduhaye playing Robert Schumann's Little Study No. 14, Op. 68
Ethan Osman playing the Prelude and Fugue in g minor from J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
Photos by Arthur Brady
Elizabeth Pitcairn with Barbara Podgurski playing Saint-Saëns February 4, 2018 at Kendal on Hudson
Steel Passion Band Playing Jan. 7, 2018
Concert by Purchase College Conservatory of Music Students Dec. 3, 2017 at Kendal on Hudson
Played by Alexis Porcaro, oboe; Michael Raia, clarinet; Evan Ducreay, violin; Julian Cuenca, viola; and Matthew Peralta, bass. All are students at Purchase College Conservatory of Music Students.
Ariel Horowitz, violin, and Eri Kang, piano performing at Kendal on Hudson, November 19, 2017
Here they are playing Cesar Franck's Sonata in A Major
REBEL playing Baroque Music, October 8, 2017
Matthias Maute, recorder, Jörg-Michael Schwarz & Karen Marie Marmer, violins & directors; John Moran, violoncello; Dongsok Shin, harpsichord
Music from Copland House October 1, 2017
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 1 [excerpt] (Nicholas Kitchen, violin; Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello; Michael Boriskin, piano)
Cassatt Quartet Playing at Kendal on Hudson, September 10, 2017
Photo by Arthur Brady
The Tahoe Quartet playing at Kendal on Hudson April 23, 2017.
Video by Caroline Persell
The Manhattan String Quartet playing Mozart's Quartet in C Major, K 465, April 2, 2017, at Kendal on Hudson.
Musicians are Curtis Macomber, Violin; Calvin Wiersma, Violin; John Dexter, Viola; and Chris Finckel, Cello. They also played Bartok's String Quartet No. 1 and Beethoven's Quartet in A major, Op. 18 No. 5.
Panoramic photo of the Manhattan String Quartet concert.
Photo by Jeff O'Donnell
Michael Lavine entertained us with his playing and singing of the Gershwins and Cole Porter and even got us to sing along sometimes March 19, 2017.
Cuatro Puntos at Kendal on Hudson February 26, 2017.
For their very interesting and varied program and information on the musicians, click here.
Julie Majchrzyk, Catherine Campbell Nesbit, and Sue Anderson, piano, performing "Love Changes Everything" in a show with that name February 14, 2017 at Kendal on Hudson.
Thrilling concert by pianists Alice Burla and Pierre Delignies February 10, 2017.
See the clip below of them playing Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by F. Liszt/Bendel/Delignies.
Video by Caroline Persell
The Merling Trio playing Dvorak's Piano Trio in e minor at Kendal on Hudson January 15, 2017.
For the concert program, click here. For more about the Merling Trio, click here.
The Fa-Re-La Duo of Pi-Hsun Shih, piano, and Tanya Anisimova, cello, playing at Kendal December 4, 2016.
For a complete copy of Tanya playing her wonderful FA-RE-LA composition, go to her website by clicking here. Her recordings are available at iTunes, Amazon and her compositions at SheetMusicplus.
Wonderful concert by Thomas Mesa, Cello and Yoon Lee, Piano at Kendal on Hudson October 23, 2016.
Rebel Barocco gave a glorious concert at Kendal of musical treasures of the 17th and 18th centuries October 9, 2016. Here's a brief video clip of their performance.
Here's another video clip of their performance.
For the program, click here. Rebel has three more concerts planned at Bedford Presbyterian Church October 16, 2016, March 19, 2017, and May 7, 2017 at 4 p.m. For more information or reservations and their audio clip of them playing, click here.
The Charter Choir of Homerton College, Cambridge University, sang at Kendal on Hudson, September 10, 2016.
Tommy Mesa, cellist; Yoon Lee, pianist
Music from Copland House, American Repertory Ensemble
Euclid Quartet, photo from their webpage
For a list of all concerts since Kendal opened including those for 2016, click here. Click here to consult the Calendar of Events on this website for the coming concerts.
For a video clip of the Novella Vocal Ensemble that performed May 1, click here.
Last edited 8/5/16