ABOUT THE WESTCHESTER CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY (WCMS)

WCMS LAUNCHES NEW EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE AT MARCH 19 CONCERT
THE AMERIGO TRIO
featuring Glenn Dicterow, former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic,
will be joined by an ensemble from the Music Conservatory of Westchester

With great pleasure the Westchester Chamber Music Society (WCMS) announces a new initiative to partner with chamber music programs at schools and colleges across Westchester County. Selected student chamber music groups will perform a brief piece at the beginning of many of our concerts. The performers will be top musicians from local high schools, the Music Conservatory of Westchester, Hoff-Barthelson Music School, and the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College. We are delighted to welcome into our wonderful venue these young chamber musicians and their families, to be inspired by and even coached by our series’ professional concert artists.

 

Purchase College Conservatory of Music will participate in WCMS's new Youth Initiative

at April 30 concert featuring world-renowned Horszowski (Piano) Trio

As part of WCMS's intergeneral focus, a student piano trio from the Purchase College Conservatory of Music will be featured during the last concert of our 2022-2023 season.  They will perform the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 70, No. 2 at the beginning of the concert. The Purchase Conservatory ensemble will include violin student Sun Young Hwang, cello student Lian Qiao, and piano student Sehyeon Ju.

 

Each year in Rye, New York, world-class ensembles perform five concerts in an intimate setting with exquisite acoustics.

 

October 30, 2022 - The Calidore String Quartet performs Beethoven, Marsalis, and Smetana

November 13, 2022 - The Windscape Woodwind Quintet performs Burleigh, Dvořák, Ellington, Scott, Barber, and Wild

December 4, 2022 - The Thalea String Quartet performs Shulhoff, Vittal, Roumain, and Dvořák

March 19, 2023 - The Amerigo Trio performs Bach, Jean Cras, and Beethoven

April 30, 2023 - The Horszowski (Piano) Trio performs Schubert and Shostakovich

 

VENUE: Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester - 2125 Westchester Avenue, Rye, NY.
Convenient location. Plentiful free parking. Accessible.

 

Concerts are in-person and livestreamed simultaneously to remote listeners
 with a recording available for 48 hours after the actual performance.

 

Current COVID Requirements: Attendees must show Proof of Vaccination and Wear Masks

 

Mission
For 72 years, WCMS has brought to Westchester first-rate artists, such as the renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma; the Amerigo Trio with the violinist Glenn Dicterow; the Emerson, Brentano, and Kalichstein ensembles; and award-winning young talent, including the Dover and the Ulysses String Quartets.

Our mission is to provide live, world-class chamber-music concerts, support chamber-music performers, and help to sustain the arts community.