Particle Theory
Friday, February 6, 2026, 7:30 PM
Since the mid 90’s, Gregg Terlizzi, Lee Baronian And Arthur Toufayan have created some very distinct, colorful music that collaborates Middle Eastern, Jazz and Blue Grass. With timing changes and unique tempos as well as the wonderful blend of percussion, mandolin, and guitar, this band has formulated a unique sound second to none.
Hudson Valley Jazzwomen
Sunday, March 8, 2026, 2:00 PM
founded in 2023 by Drummer Kim Peralta, the Hudson Valley Jazzwomen are members of a regional collective of women jazz artists appearing most often in quartets and trios. Wherever they go they delight and inspire with fresh renditions of time-honored jazz classics and works by pioneer women jazz composers as well as original compositions by several of their own members. Audiences can expect a spirited performance of excellent jazz delivered with fire and soul!
Jazz Quartet
Friday, April 10, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Sandy Rosoff, David Budway, Jim Donica, and Steve LaMattina will present a jazz quartet performing classic jazz standards and songs from the American Songbook. The evening will also feature several original compositions by the artists.
Brian Conway
Friday, May 8, 2026 at 7:30 pm
An evening of traditional Irish music by Smithsonian recording artist and multiple all Ireland winner Brian Conway.
Vanessa Day & Guitarist, Yasuhito Sasaki
Friday, February 2, 2024, 7:30 PM
Indie Soul, Gospel and Jazz Singer/Songwriter from NYC
Celtic Music with Brian Conway
Sunday, March 24, 2024, 2:00 PM
Brian Conway is one of the premier Irish fiddle players living in America. He performs with a skill, grace and force that are steeped in tradition but distinctively his own. Brian has won numerous All-Ireland fiddling competitions, including the prestigious All-Ireland senior championship. New York born, Brian is a leading exponent of the highly ornamented Sligo fiddling style made famous by the late Michael Coleman and passed on to him by legendary Martin Wynne and fiddle great Andy McGann. His talents have also been enthusiastically received all over North America and throughout Ireland and the rest of Europe.
Angelina Valente
Friday, April 19, 2024, 7:30 PM
Angelina’s sincere music, complete with her honest lyrics, makes you really listen. With a voice so uninhibited, there’s no limit to what she can do with it. You’ll be taken through folk, bluegrass, indie, rock, and something in between all of that in one set.
Angelina grew up in Galway, New York developing a deep love for nature and quiet, both of which feed and inspire her and her music. She began writing as a way of working through the trials life throws at you, and still does so, in a self-informed and introspective way. She has since gone on to release two EPs and four singles. She played a sold-out performance at The Cock ‘n Bull restaurant just this past January and has recorded at the esteemed Village Studios in L.A., as well as the Atlantic Records Studio in New York. She is also the 2023 champion of Nippertown’s March Madness, a local voting-based competition in Upstate New York.
Friday, June 28, 2024, 7:30 PM
Fat Boi’s Brass Band is NY’s premier brass band; bringing a slice of NOLA to New York & New Jersey.
Dan Garcia
Friday, September 13, 2024, 7:30 PM
Dan’s program features compositions from the Americas and Spain, as he soulfully presents works by Villa-Lobos, Agustín Barrios, Jose Luis Merlín, Antonio Ruiz-Pipó, Albéniz, Tárrega, and Brower, and more.
Deni Bonet and Chris Flynn
Friday, October 18, 2024, 7:30 PM
Deni Bonet and Chris Flynn are a New York-based Americana, folk-rock duo whose blend of voices, virtuoso violin, guitar, and humor have entertained and captivated audiences from Carnegie Hall to Mountain Stage to the White House.
Hudson Lyric Opera
Friday, December 13, 2024, 7:30 PM
The Hudson Lyric Opera is an organization dedicated to providing cultural opportunities for talented singers and musicians, in Rockland County that have been classically or formally trained, and who otherwise would not be able to devote their time in pursuing their musical aspirations in a full time or professional environment. The HLO focuses attention on providing the community with opera, operetta, and musical shows.
Catahoula Cajun Band
Friday, February 7, 2025, 7:30 PM
Catahoula Cajun Band brings the dance music of Southwest Louisiana to NYC and the Hudson Valley.
Collective Accord
Friday, March 7, 2025, 7:30 PM
Collective Accord (formerly the Nyack Community Chorus’ Women’s Ensemble) is an auditioned ensemble of experienced vocalists. Established in 2019, the group has been through many iterations. At present, they are 8 singers strong, performing an eclectic array of works from contemporary songwriters, arrangers and the American Songbook. In addition, their extensive work in improvisation has afforded them the
opportunity to further expand their repertoire. Collective Accord is most honored to be performing in Nyack Library’s beautiful Carnegie Room, and excited to share an evening of song.
Sound Bridges
Friday, April 4, 2025, 7:30 PM
Sound Bridges is a New York based world music group that combines the vibrant rhythms of West African traditions, the soulful improvisation of jazz, and the electrifying energy of tap dance. With the balafon—a wooden xylophone central to Mande music—at its core, the group crafts original compositions that celebrate cultural diversity. Their high-energy performances invite audiences of all ages on a journey of rhythm, melody, and movement, leaving them inspired and connected.
Yong Kim & Friends
Friday, May 2, 2025, 7:30 PM
Violinist Yong Kim, along with pianist Soyeon Park and cellist Madeleine Golz in a program of music by Handel, Beethoven and more.
Broadway Standards with the Phyllis B. Frank Pride Center of Rockland County
Friday, June 6, 2025, 7:30 PM
Ed Fast & Congabop! Quintet
Friday, September 12, 2025, 7:30 PM
Afro-Cuban inspired rhythms and hard-bop harmony fused to create unique, soulful originals and creatively arranged jazz standards! The repertoire features vibraphone, piano, bass, & Latin percussion.
Jim Donica Trio
Friday, October 17, 2025, 7:30 PM
The Jim Donica Trio features some of NYC’s finest musicians playing a wide variety of material in the traditions of the great Oscar Peterson Trio and the style of Keith Jarrett Trio. Repertoire includes originals by bassist band leader Jim Donica as well as beloved standards.
Judith & Joel Perez: Strings and Brass in Harmony
Friday, December 5, 2025, 7:30 PM
Judith Violinist and trombonist Joel Perez bring an unexpected and captivating fusion of Latino finesse and bold brass resonance. Blending genres from Salsa to Jazz and Pop, their dynamic duo explores the rich dialogue between string and wind, offering fresh interpretations and innovative arrangements. Their performances are marked by technical brilliance, creative synergy, and a shared passion for expanding musical boundaries.
Celtic Music with Brian Conway and Kieran Flanagan
Sunday, March 13, 2022, 2:00 PM
Hailing from Pearl River, New York, Kieran comes from a long line of well-known Irish musicians, namely his mother Rose Conway Flanagan and uncle Brian Conway. Having grown up in the house of an Irish music teacher, Kieran’s environment cultivated a deep appreciation and love for the music. And he’s no exception to this trend; his sisters are members of the all-female Irish music band Girsa. Since the age of ten, he has been a protege of the esteemed Irish pianist Brendan Dolan, as well as student to renowned flute player Margie Mulvihill. Since 2012, Kieran has won many Irish music competitions in the New York area and medaled in multiple All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil competitions. He even went on to win 1st Place on the piano at the All Ireland Fleadh in 2016. He is currently studying as an undergraduate Civil Engineering major at Manhattan College. Brian Conway is one of the premier Irish fiddle players living in America. He performs with a skill, grace and force that are steeped in tradition but distinctively his own. Brian has won numerous All-Ireland fiddling competitions, including the prestigious All-Ireland senior championship. New York born, Brian is a leading exponent of the highly ornamented Sligo fiddling style made famous by the late Michael Coleman and passed on to him by legendary Martin Wynne and fiddle great Andy McGann. His talents have also been enthusiastically received all over North America and throughout Ireland and the rest of Europe.
Resonating Earth
Saturday, April 2, 2022, 7:30 PM
In collaboration with Peabody Award winning broadcaster, producer, and director Elliott Forrest (WQXR), and internationally-exhibited photographer, environmental activist J Henry Fair and visual storyteller Myles Aronowitz, this cinematic experience transports listeners to a still, meditative space. It invites introspection about our place on the planet, inspiring action to protect our beautiful, fragile world.
An Evening of Music for Violin and Piano
Saturday, May 7, 2022, 7:30 PM
Including works by Leclaire, Beethoven and more. Yong Tae Kim, Violin and Soyeon Park, Piano.
Soprano Kate Kyunghee Kim 
Friday, June 10, 2022, 7:30 PM
Nyack Library is pleased to present Kate Kyungee Kim for a delightful evening of
Art Song, Broadway Musical and Opera. The concert program includes solo and duet performances from Carousel, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, La Boheme, La Traviata and Turandot. Ms. Kim will be joined by Tenor Sang Bum Cho and piano accompanist, Barbara Ciannella.
La Banda Ramirez
Friday, September 15, 2022, 7:30 PM
La Banda Ramirez plays Latin jazz in New York City and beyond. Cuban, Salsa and Latin jazz of Mongo Santamaria, Eddie Palmieri, Celia Cruz, Chacho Ramirez, Don Grolnick, Dave Valentin, Ray Barretto, Bill O’Connell, and many more.
At Once Duo
with pianist Yalin Chi and Steven Beck
Friday, September 30, 2022, 7:30 PM
YALIN CHI
Originally from Beijing, China, Yalin Chi made her début with the Central Opera Orchestra before moving to the United States to study at Interlochen Arts Academy. Yalin has performed at venues including Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, Korea, and ZhongShan Music Hall in Beijing China. Her solo recital was selected by the Poughkeepsie Journal as one of the weekend top picks, and Leslie Gerber of the Woodstock Times described her recital in the Saugerties Pro Musica concert series as “flowing and masterful,” with “gorgeous tonal coloring.”
Yalin has worked with musicians around the world, including principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic Joseph Alessi, principal trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra Philip Cobb, clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein, and concertmaster of the Seoul Symphony Orchestra Wayne Lin. As an orchestral musician, she regularly performs with Albany Symphony, New Jersey Festival Orchestra, and has held the principal keyboard position at the Hudson Valley Philharmonic since 2014.
Yalin studied with Seymour Lipkin and Jerome Lowenthal at the Juilliard School where she earned both undergraduate and masters of music degrees, and continued studies with Peter Frankl at Yale School of Music before joining the West Point Band in 2008.
STEVEN BECK
In the 2019–20 season pianist Steven Beck performs Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals with the New York Philharmonic, and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. He also reprised his annual Christmas Eve performance of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations at Bargemusic, the Brooklyn-based venue that has become a New York institution.
Mr. Beck is an experienced performer of new music. He has worked with composers including Carter, Boulez, Dutilleux, Charles Wuorinen, George Crumb, Perle, and Fred Lerdahl, and performed with ensembles such as Speculum Musicae and the New York New Music Ensemble. Mr. Beck is a member of The Knights, Talea Ensemble, and Da Capo Chamber Players. He is also a member of Quattro Mani, a piano duo specializing in contemporary music. He has appeared as an orchestral keyboard player with the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, and many others.
Steven Beck’s discography includes Lieberson’s Piano Concerto No. 3 (for Bridge Records) and Carter’s Double Concerto (Albany Records). He is a Steinway Artist.
Deni Bonet with Chris Flynn
Friday, October 14, 2022, 7:30 PM
It’s no secret that Deni Bonet can play a violin like nobody’s business. Or that she writes memorable songs that make you want to listen again and again. For years, Deni has been honing her craft as a violinist, singer, songwriter and performer. Her style ranges from pop to roots-rock to new folk. Although classically trained, Deni quit the classical world because she hated having to wear black and sit still! She has a stellar resume, having performed and recorded with Cyndi Lauper, R.E.M., Sarah McLachlan and many others. Her previous appearances include four sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall, NPR’s Mountain Stage, The Great Wall of China, the United Nations, and the White House for President Obama. For the past several years, Deni has been touring in the US and Europe headlining festivals, performing arts centers, clubs, colleges, and concert halls soloing with symphonies. Her music has been featured on HBO, NBC, American Airlines, and several films. She was recently honored to be awarded a grant through the Arts Envoy Program of the US Government to spend a month on a residency in Africa teaching violin, songwriting, and rock ’n roll at a music college in Zanzibar. Deni Bonet has released several CDs of her own original music, including last year’s critically-acclaimed “Bright Shiny Objects” on Zip Records/Sony-RED. She is currently putting the finishing touches on a new new album that will be released in early 2022.
Chris Flynn is a guitarist and singer who has accompanied Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Ronnie Spector and Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper) along with Simon Kirke (Free, Bad Company), Chris Collingwood (Fountains of Wayne), Garland Jeffreys, Willie Nile, and many others. He has performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and served for many years as the musical director of the All Star Irish Rock Revue in New York City featuring Irish luminaries such as Cait O’Riordan (The Pogues), Joanie Madden (Cherish The Ladies), and raconteurs Alphie and Malachy McCourt. He has been performing and touring with Deni Bonet for the past four years.
“Engaging, multi-talented violinist Deni Bonet. Unlike most violinists, she is not nailed to the floor. And she doesn’t shy away from going head-to-head with the guitar player, having fun and breaking an erstwhile-stodgy image of the grand old instrument.” ~ Forbes Magazine
Autumn Serenades, Jessica Crandall Sings Music by Ellen Mandel
Friday, October 20, 2023, 7:30 PM
Songs with lyrics by Shakespeare, e.e. cummings, W.B. Yeats, Glyn Maxwell, Charlotte Mew and more! Mandel’s music is “ardent, spiky, and freshly organic,” raves the NY Times. “Songs sung so exquisitely by the extraordinary Jessica Crandall,” says Inside Press!
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Gold Standard Trio has been moved to next season.
Graham Clarke – Children’s Concert
Saturday, December 10, 2022, 11:00 AM
Graham Peter Clarke is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and entertainer. Active since 1995 and performing frequently in the New York metropolitan area, Clarke is regarded as one of New York’s most popular and long-lasting children’s entertainers and recording artists having played well over 5,000 musical performances on the east coast for both children and adults.
Please join us for this fun and festive Holiday concert/Sing A Long for children ages 4 and up and their families! Let’s get in the holiday spirit together as we laugh and sing-along with Graham!
Space is limited. Please register each person attending.
Celtic Music with Brian Conway and Kieran Flanagan
Sunday, February 26, 2023, 2:00 PM
Hailing from Pearl River, New York, Kieran comes from a long line of well-known Irish musicians, namely his mother Rose Conway Flanagan and uncle Brian Conway. Having grown up in the house of an Irish music teacher, Kieran’s environment cultivated a deep appreciation and love for the music. And he’s no exception to this trend; his sisters are members of the all-female Irish music band Girsa. Since the age of ten, he has been a protege of the esteemed Irish pianist Brendan Dolan, as well as student to renowned flute player Margie Mulvihill. Since 2012, Kieran has won many Irish music competitions in the New York area and medaled in multiple All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil competitions. He even went on to win 1st Place on the piano at the All Ireland Fleadh in 2016. He is currently studying as an undergraduate Civil Engineering major at Manhattan College. Brian Conway is one of the premier Irish fiddle players living in America. He performs with a skill, grace and force that are steeped in tradition but distinctively his own. Brian has won numerous All-Ireland fiddling competitions, including the prestigious All-Ireland senior championship. New York born, Brian is a leading exponent of the highly ornamented Sligo fiddling style made famous by the late Michael Coleman and passed on to him by legendary Martin Wynne and fiddle great Andy McGann. His talents have also been enthusiastically received all over North America and throughout Ireland and the rest of Europe.
Cocomama
Friday, March 3, 2023, 7:30 PM
A virtual United Nations of women, members of Cocomama hail from around the globe gathering their influences from far and wide. Salsa, soul, R&B, Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz are among the items on the menu whenever they hit the stage creating a sound that is all at once fierce and beautiful!
Cocomama has enchanted audiences at the United Nations, Central Park, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York City Marathon, Joe’s Pub, Studio 54, the Cape May Jazz Festival, the Montclair Jazz Festival, the Northhampton Jazz Festival, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Spoleto Music Festival, the Michigan’s Women’s Festival and have served as musical ambassadors for the US State Department in Latin America.
Cocomama’s origins date back to 2005 when an all-female salsa band was requested to play a fundraiser at the Copacabana for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The success of this chance performance led to other engagements and from these early gigs, Cocomama was born. The group focused primarily on Afro-Cuban dance music for several years, recording their first EP with renowned producer (and Marc Anthony keyboardist) Ricky Gonzalez in 2012. Since then, the ensemble has evolved, incorporating influences from classical music, jazz, Latin American traditions and beyond. “Quiero” (released on Truth Revolution Records and included in the 2016 Grammy pre-nominations for Best Tropical Latin Album) celebrated the coming together of a wide range of musical experiences in three different languages. Today, the ensemble continues to be a “musical laboratory” drawing upon each member’s creative voice through collaborative composing and arranging.
“Woman’s World”, their new self-produced album released in 2021, reflects this collaboration and diversity of musical influences. The project celebrates the group’s influences from Afro-Cuban, Classical, Jazz, Afro-Caribbean, Latin American, Soul music and beyond. The music on both albums strives to uplift and empower as evidenced by the lyrics of the title track of Quiero which states, “Follow your heart; find your passion, open your mind for destiny is in your hands”.
Art Lillard’s Blue Heaven Swing Sextet
Friday, April 21, 2023, 7:30 PM
The Blue Heaven swing sextet is a small band with the big band sound. It was featured as the swing band for the television soap opera, “Guiding Light,” which was broadcast worldwide. Wherever they perform, Blue Heaven is enthusiastically received by listening audiences and swing dancers alike. This band has two recent releases on Soul Kid Jazz Records. You can hear them in full here: Eternal Swing and here: Deep Art. You can also find performance videos here: Art Lillard & Blue Heaven. Recent performance locations include Unison Arts in New Paltz, Puffin Cultural Forum in Teaneck, NJ, and Swing 46 Jazz & Supper Club in New York City, Spoke the Hub (Garden of Union) in Brooklyn, and the Clinton Hill branch of the Brooklyn Public Library.
Yong Kim
Friday, May 19, 2023, 7:30 PM
Yong Tae Kim has been a member of the Seoul National Symphony in Korea and the Calgary Symphony and the Edmonton Symphony in Canada, and he was the concertmaster and soloist with the Inland Empire Symphony in California. He has played with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and he was the principal second violin and soloist with the Wayne Chamber Orchestra and a member of the Lake George Opera Festival Orchestra. He has also been a member of the orchestra for many Broadway shows, including The Secret Garden and The Lion King. Mr. Kim has performed in solo recitals and chamber concerts in Europe, South America and in his native country, South Korea. He is a frequent performer in the New York area and has been on the faculty of the Mount Royal College School of Music in Calgary, Canada, the Claremont Music School in California, and the Thurnauer School of Music in New Jersey. Mr. Kim is the founding member of the Zanoli String Trio in residence at the New Jersey City University and he has been on the violin and chamber music faculty of NJCU since 2006. Mr. Kim received his bachelor of music degree from Seoul National University and continued with graduate studies at Indiana University where he studied with Yuval Yaron.
Shirley Crabbe 
– Juneteenth
Friday, June 16, 2023, 7:30 PM
Native New Yorker and 2019 New York Bistro Award winner, Shirley Crabbe has been hailed as possessing a voice that “must surely appeal to all who love good jazz singing.” Her “almost Ella Fitzgerald–like vibe glows…” says Downbeat Magazine’s John Ephland on her 2011 debut recording HOME featuring the legendary saxophonist Houston Person. Her 2018 Top 50 album BRIDGES (2018) has received rave reviews and spotlights her collaborations with renowned pianists Donald Vega, and David Budway. Shirley has been a guest on syndicated radio programs such as “Jazz Inspired” hosted by Judy Carmichael, and Steve Cuden’s “StoryBeat” to name a few, and currently performs at jazz clubs, festivals and concert series in the US. She is the recipient of the 2009 Rockland County Executive Performing Artist Award, 2008 Stanton Bronze Medalist at the American Traditions Vocal Competition. In 2010, she was a top 5 finalist at Jazzmobile’s “Best of the Best” Jazz Vocalist Competition held in New York City. Shirley holds music degrees from Manhattan School of Music and Northwestern University.
Sing We Enchanted
Friday, December 15, 2023, 7:30 PM
“Westchester’s Finest” Renaissance A Cappella Ensemble will be singing their winter
and holiday delights for us.
Celtic Music with Brian Conway and Kieran Flanagan
Sunday, March 14, 2021, 2:00 PM
View Event: https://www.nyacklibrary.org/conway.html
Hailing from Pearl River, New York, Kieran comes from a long line of well-known Irish musicians, namely his mother Rose Conway Flanagan and uncle Brian Conway. Having grown up in the house of an Irish music teacher, Kieran’s environment cultivated a deep appreciation and love for the music. And he’s no exception to this trend; his sisters are members of the all-female Irish music band Girsa. Since the age of ten, he has been a protege of the esteemed Irish pianist Brendan Dolan, as well as student to renowned flute player Margie Mulvihill. Since 2012, Kieran has won many Irish music competitions in the New York area and medaled in multiple All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil competitions. He even went on to win 1st Place on the piano at the All Ireland Fleadh in 2016. He is currently studying as an undergraduate Civil Engineering major at Manhattan College. Brian Conway is one of the premier Irish fiddle players living in America. He performs with a skill, grace and force that are steeped in tradition but distinctively his own. Brian has won numerous All-Ireland fiddling competitions, including the prestigious All-Ireland senior championship. New York born, Brian is a leading exponent of the highly ornamented Sligo fiddling style made famous by the late Michael Coleman and passed on to him by legendary Martin Wynne and fiddle great Andy McGann. His talents have also been enthusiastically received all over North America and throughout Ireland and the rest of Europe.
Ashes of Love
Saturday, April 10, 2021, 7:30 PM
View Event: https://www.nyacklibrary.org/ashesoflove.html
The band consists of Maggie Hoffee, Guitar; Ian Moore, Fiddle; and Michel Henry, Harmonica with all members singing Vocals. All come from a rich variety of musical experiences that each one brings to this unique mix.
Yalin Chi – Journey to the Spring
Saturday, May 1, 2021, 7:30 PM
View Event: www.nyacklibrary.org/spring.html
Originally from Beijing, China, Yalin Chi made her début with the Central Opera Orchestra before moving to the United States to study at Interlochen Arts Academy. Yalin has performed at venues including Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, Korea, and ZhongShan Music Hall in Beijing China. Her solo recital last year was selected by the Poughkeepsie Journal as one of the weekend top picks, and Leslie Gerber of the Woodstock Times described her recent recital in the Saugerties Pro Musica concert series as “flowing and masterful,” with “gorgeous tonal coloring.”
Yalin has worked with musicians around the world, including principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic Joseph Alessi, principal trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra Philip Cobb, clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein, and concertmaster of the Seoul Symphony Orchestra Wayne Lin. As an orchestral musician, she regularly performs with Albany Symphony, New Jersey Festival Orchestra, and has held the principal keyboard position at the Hudson Valley Philharmonic since 2014.
Yalin studied with Seymour Lipkin and Jerome Lowenthal at the Juilliard School where she earned both undergraduate and masters of music degrees, and continued studies with Peter Frankl at Yale School of Music before joining the West Point Band in 2008.
Piermont Chamber Music Society
Friday, October 22, 2021, 7:30 PM
Join Pianist, Andrew Pak, Violinist, Annaliesa Place and Cellist, Diego Garcia, for the first Carnegie Concert of the 2021-22 season. We look forward to welcoming the Piermont Chamber Music Society back to the Carnegie-Farian Room for a performance of Sonatazensatz: Scherzo in C minor for Violin and Piano, Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38 and Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op 49 by nineteenth century German composers, Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn.
A $10 donation is requested at the door to support The Friends of the Nyack Library who make this series possible.
Cuentos: Tales from the Latino World – A Family Event with David Gonzalez!
Saturday, December 11, 2021, 2 PM
For kids in grades K and up with their caregivers.
Cuentos paints a vivid picture of the people and rich cultures of the Spanish-speaking world with colorful tales from the Caribbean, South America, and the Bronx. Spanish language words are sprinkled throughout the stories and songs in such a way that young audiences can repeat and retain their sound and meaning. These tales are filled with memorable characters, fantastic plots and positive messages for children. Space is limited for this very popular event! Please register each person who will be attending- both children and adults. Priority will be given to Nyack residents.
Soprano Kate Kyunghee Kim 
The concert scheduled for Friday, February 11th at 7:30 pm has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. It has been rescheduled for Friday, June 10th.
We thank you for your understanding & cooperation.
Nyack Library is pleased to present Soprano Kate Kyunghee Kim for a delightful evening of
Art Song, Broadway Musical and Opera. The concert program includes solo and duet performances from Carousel, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, La Boheme, La Traviata and Turandot. Ms. Kim will be joined by Tenor Sang Bum Cho and piano accompanist, Barbara Ciannella. Please register for the program through the events calendar or by calling 845-358-3370 x214.
A $10 donation to the Friends of the Nyack Library helps support the Carnegie Concert series.
Dialogos Duo
“Brazilian Panorama”
Friday, September 20, 2019, 7:30 PM
Recognized as the premiere U.S.-based clarinet-guitar duo featuring contemporary Brazilian music, French-born clarinet virtuoso Louis Arques and master guitarist-composer Richard Boukas present a rich mixture of their original repertoire and interpretations of classic Brazilian popular forms by composers including Jobim, Nascimento, Pixinguinha, Gnattali and Guinga. Genres include samba, bossa nova, choro, baião, maracatu, frevo and valsa. The duo will perform selections from their debut CD, “Homages to Brazilian Masters”.
Visit their page: boukas.com/dialogos-duo
Lynn Stein
Friday, October 18, 2019, 7:30 PM
While There’s Still Time…..
Lynn Stein returns with her sultry voice to reinterpret music from The Great American Songbook. Her style of mixing swing, pathos and humor with deep emotion will keep your heart engaged. She is thrilled to share this intimate venue with Nyack’s extraordinary pianist David Budway,
And, there will be chitchat – there’s always chitchat.
https://lynnsteinvocalist.org/
Meadowlark Trio
Friday, November 15, 2019, 7:30 PM
The Meadowlark Piano Trio hails from America’s heartland. Formed by three best friends in 2012, the trio has since performed nationwide to great acclaim, and they were named semi-finalists in the 2017 Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition. Festival appearances include: Toronto Summer Music Festival, Garth Newel Music Center, St. Lawrence String Quartet Seminar, Avaloch Music Residency, and Caroga Lake Music Festival, where they were the first ensemble-in-residence. The trio has performed in diverse concert venues, ranging from the Carnegie Room Concerts and Spectrum Music Series in New York, to Bing Concert Hall in California, to house concerts in Montana. The trio’s members received advanced degrees from the Shepherd School at Rice University, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. Their mentors have been musicians from the Chiara Quartet, Cavani Quartet, Bayla Keyes, and Daniel Shapiro.
The Meadowlark Trio looks beyond the conventional model of classical music in a recital hall. In addition to repertoire from the canon, the trio participates actively in the creation of new music and has commissioned multiple works by living composers such as Nels Drue Daily, Stephanie Boyd, and Thomas Dougherty. The trio is also deeply committed to community outreach. and it performs regularly in schools, nursing homes, community centers, and hospitals. For the 2018-19 season, the Meadowlark Trio members are fellows for Music for Food (musicforfood.net), and they will present concerts and workshops throughout the greater Boston area, to benefit local food pantries.
In their free time, the trio mates enjoy obsessively playing board games, attempting to ski, and making pizza from scratch.
http://www.themeadowlarktrio.net/
Sing We Enchanted
Friday, December 13, 2019, 7:30 PM
Sing We Enchanted is delighted to perform “Christmas in London” this season. The ensemble will sing a wide-ranging selection — from very early English carols, to 18th and 19th century traditional tunes to more contemporary works. Featured composers and arrangers include Harold Darke, Herbert Howells, John Rutter, David Willcocks, Alice Parker and Robert Shaw.
Black Marble Duo
Friday, February 7, 2020, 7:30 PM
The violinists of Black Marble are the co-directors of the internationally acclaimed baroque ensemble, REBEL, with whom they record and concertize extensively in the U.S. and abroad. The name ‘Black Marble’ derives from the English translation of their last names: Schwarz (German, for black) and Marmer (Dutch, for marble). The duo has performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Kendal-on-Hudson Concert Series, and Midtown Concerts in New York City; in September 2010 Black Marble was featured on WQXR-FM’s ‘violin month’, in an interview and video performance hosted by Jeff Spurgeon.
The ensemble aims to explore the rich, virtuosic and rarely performed repertoire written for two violins by Leclair, Telemann, Reger, Spohr and Bartok, amongst others, on instruments and bows appropriate to their respective periods. The husband and wife team perform on equally well-matched Stainer violins dated 1660 and 1668, respectively.
https://www.rebelbaroque.com/bmhome
Kyunghee Kim
Saturday, March 21, 2020, 7:30 PM –Postponed
Soprano KYUNGHEE KIM has delighted audiences with her concert and operatic performances throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America and the United States. Engagements this season include: include: a solo recital at the Opera America National Opera Center in New York; soloist in Mozart’s Exultate, jubilate with Bergen Symphony Orchestra; Saint-Saëns’ Oratorio de Noël with Central Park West Presbyterian Church in New York; World Premiere Contemporary Music at Symphony Space in New York; appearances with Voce con Trio in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Other recent appearances: soloist with Concierto Sinfonia de Gala in Lima, Peru; additional concerts in Mexico and New York; soloist in Bach’s Mass in B Minor with St. George Episcopal in Newburgh, NY. Ms. Kim made her professional recital debut in her native Seoul, Korea, followed by a European debut in Vienna with the Richard Wagner Opera Society. She has appeared many times in China, where one of her performances was the first professional Western recital ever presented in the Hunan province.
In recent seasons, Ms. Kim has been a soloist with Music from Above Foundation, teaching master classes and performing in orchestral and televised performances, such as Concierto con Orchestra Sinfonica Juvenile de Yucatan in Merida, Mexico; Anfiteatro Eva Peron del Parque Centenario in Argentina; Universidad Mariano Galvez in Guatemala and in Paraguay, as well as concerts in Turkey and Kazakhstan.
Known for her elegant interpretations, her opera roles, primarily performed with Teatro Carlo Felice, Lyric Opera of New Jersey and Bronx Opera, include Violetta in La Traviata, Mimi in La Bohème, the title role in Madama Butterfly, Liu in Turandot, Magda in La Rondine, Micäela in Carmen and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte. As an oratorio/symphonic soloist, audiences have also enjoyed her performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Haydn’s The Creation, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Handel’s Messiah at esteemed venues, including Avery Fisher Hall (at Lincoln Center) and Carnegie Hall.
As a frequent soloist with Westchester Symphonic Winds in New York, Ms. Kim most recently performed in a program entitled Ayre & Space, as well as singing in Washington, DC’s One Month Festival, a program featuring performing artists in 27 countries over a one month period.
Ms. Kim received her Bachelor’s degree from Seoul National University and her Master’s degree in Voice from the Manhattan School of Music.
https://www.vocalartistsmgmt.com/kyunghee-kim
Cocomama – postponed
Saturday, April 18, 2020 7:30 PM
“If you crave music that is uninterruptedly arresting as well as music that is profoundly moving then you would do well to gravitate towards Cocomama…I cannot think of anyone or any group that could make such explosive music, so seductively – song after song, after song.”
Raul Da Gama, LatinJazzNet.com
Their debut album Quiero, which was included in the 2016 Grammy pre-nominations for Best Tropical Latin album, celebrates the coming together of a wide range of musical experiences in three different languages. As evidenced by their diverse repertoire, the group’s influences are limitless: Afro-Cuban, Classical, Jazz, Afro-Caribbean, Latin American, Soul, R&B and beyond. As well as showcasing the band members’ songwriting and musical strengths, the music on Quiero strives to uplift and encourage as evidenced by the lyrics of the title track whose message is: “Follow your heart; find your passion, open your mind for destiny is in your hands”. “This album is special,” says Musical Director/Pianist Nicki Denner, “because it could only have been made by these particular musicians. Each member has their own artistic vision and talent which allows us to have a completely original sound.”
Cocomama’s origins date back to 2005 when an all-female salsa band was requested to play a fundraiser at the Copacabana for then New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The success of this chance performance led to other engagements and from these early gigs, Cocomama was born. For several years, the group was primarily a Latin dance band recording their first EP with renowned producer Ricky Gonzalez which featured hard-hitting, original Latin dance music. Over time, however, the sheer diversity of the band members’ backgrounds and talents could not be ignored. Today, the group’s sound is a more inclusive blending of musical styles and influences from around the globe.
Enchanting audiences with their irresistible groove at New York City’s most popular jazz and Latin clubs including Studio 54, the Iridium, Joe’s Pub, Club Bonafide, Fat Cat and Subrosa, Cocomama has also performed at the United Nations, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York City Marathon, the Cape May Jazz Festival, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Spoleto Music Festival and the Michigan Womyn’s Festival.
https://www.cocomamamusic.com/
Yalin Chi – postponed
Friday, May 15, 2020, 7:30 PM
Originally from Beijing, China, Yalin Chi made her début with the Central Opera Orchestra before moving to the United States to study at Interlochen Arts Academy. Yalin has performed at venues including Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, Korea, and ZhongShan Music Hall in Beijing China. Her solo recital last year was selected by the Poughkeepsie Journal as one of the weekend top picks, and Leslie Gerber of the Woodstock Times described her recent recital in the Saugerties Pro Musica concert series as “flowing and masterful,” with “gorgeous tonal coloring.”
Yalin has worked with musicians around the world, including principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic Joseph Alessi, principal trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra Philip Cobb, clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein, and concertmaster of the Seoul Symphony Orchestra Wayne Lin. As an orchestral musician, she regularly performs with Albany Symphony, New Jersey Festival Orchestra, and has held the principal keyboard position at the Hudson Valley Philharmonic since 2014.
Yalin studied with Seymour Lipkin and Jerome Lowenthal at the Juilliard School where she earned both undergraduate and masters of music degrees, and continued studies with Peter Frankl at Yale School of Music before joining the West Point Band in 2008.
Deni Bonet and Band
Friday, September 7, 2018, 7:30 PM
Deni Bonet is a New York City-based pop/rock singer/songwriter and classically trained violinist. She has recorded and performed with Cyndi Lauper, REM, Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, and many others, as well as performing her own music around the world. Deni’s new album, Bright Shiny Objects, has been receiving incredible reviews from some of the most prestigious music publications.
Collective Brass
Friday, September 21, 2018, 7:30 PM
Collective Brass performs classical music spanning the centuries! This engaging program delights audiences with classical favorites, beautiful melodies, and breathtaking energy. Beautiful, Bright and Fast features exciting music originally written for brass as well as virtuosic piano and vocal music written by Monteverdi, J.S. Bach and Debussy.
Piermont Chamber Music Society
Saturday, October 13, 2018, 7:30 PM
Cellist, Erika Boras-Tesi and Pianist, Andrew Pak met gigging on the Elmwood Playhouse set in Nyack and subsequently formed the Piermont Chamber Music Society. They will be performing Beethoven’s cello and piano Sonata No. 1 and Rachmaninoff cello and piano Sonata Op 18. Both of these locals love to jam and share their passion for classic chamber works to music lovers in and around the Hudson Valley.
The Candice Reyes Quintet
Saturday, November 17, 2018, 7:30 PM
The Candice Reyes Quintet (CRQ) brings a wide range of various styles, upbringings, experiences, cultures and more. We truly feel that this project represents each of us and establishes our approach musically.
Candice Reyes born and raised in El Paso, Tx currently resides in New Jersey. The Candice Reyes Quintet (CRQ) formed in her hometown and followed her through her journey to the east coast. Reyes has jumped into the music scene and has been actively performing with her band. The CRQ will be debuting their first album called “Your Way” later this fall. The album features six time grammy award winner and jazz renowned bassist Christian McBride, along with other featured guests. The young vocalist not only expresses herself through her vibrant voice, she interprets her natural character through song. The CRQ perform actively in the Trio-State area, Texas, New Mexico, Mexico and more. Her experience as a vocalist and bandleader have expanded her career in the music scene. Besides leading her band she works for a non-profit organization Jazz House Kids based in Montclair, NJ where she is the Artist Relations and Concert Coordinator. Through this experience Reyes brings a broad range of musical and professional experience to the table. Reyes and husband Abel Mireles also began and founded their organization called The Jazz Exchange. This organization builds communities through jazz music. Not only is her musical career building a name for Reyes, but she has been pro active in the community to continue this musical form we love and call jazz.
Christmas Across Continents: Carol Traditions of the European and American Continents
Friday, December 14, 2019, 7:30 PM
Celebrating it’s 25th season as an ensemble, Sing We Enchanted will be performing long-standing favorite carols from olden times to the present day. Joyous melodic hymns, tranquil lullabies, and festive carols hail from Italy, Poland, France, Spain, Germany, England and other locales in Europe, as well as carols from North and South America. Revered carols: In the Bleak Mid-winter,” “Mary, Did You Know,” and the beautiful “In Dulci Jubilo” and a Macdonald Shape-note arrangement will also be among the selections.
The final four 2018-19 Carnegie Concert Series performances are made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by ArtsWestchester.
Yong Kim
Friday, February 8, 2019, 7:30 PM
Yong Tae Kim has been a member of the Seoul National Symphony in Korea, the Calgary Symphony and the Edmonton Symphony in Canada and was the concertmaster and soloist with the Inland Empire Symphony in California. He has played with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, was the principal second violin and soloist with the Wayne Chamber Orchestra and a member of the Lake George Opera Festival Orchestra. He has been a member of the orchestra for many Broadway shows, including The Secret Garden and the Lion King. Mr. Kim has performed in solo recitals and chamber concerts in Europe, South America and in his native country, South Korea. He is a frequent performer in the New York area, most recently at Columbia University, the Donnell Library and in yearly recitals at the New Jersey City University. An experienced and dedicated teacher, he has been on the faculty of the Mount Royal College School of Music in Calgary, Canada, the Claremont Community Music School in California, the Waldorf School in Garden City, NY, the Thurnauer School of Music in New Jersey and the Summer String Festival at the Elisabeth Morrow School. He is currently on the string faculty of the New Jersey City University where he teaches violin and chamber music and is the founding member of the Zanoli String Trio which is in residence at NJCU. He has twice presented masterclasses for the New Jersey String Teacher’s Association Annual Symposium. Mr. Kim received his bachelor of music degree from the Seoul National University and did graduate studies at Indiana University where he studied with Yuval Yaron.
Cuartetango
Friday, March 8, 2019, 7:30 PM
Leonardo Suarez Paz leads the double Latin GRAMMY-Award nominated CUARTETANGO string quartet to the forefront of 21st century Nuevo Tango, following in the footsteps of his mentor, the revolutionary composer Astor Piazzolla. A “virtuoso extraordinaire on the violin” (Wynton Marsalis) and a 4th generation tango artist, Leonardo brings forth a new vision of Argentina’s rich culture with “a serious pitch to the black-tie segment,” (Los Angeles Times) – the classical string quartet that “personifies and embodies the authentic spirit of Tango” (Latin Grammy).
Cuartetango released its first album L’Atelier on EMI Classics and has been featured in the Sala Grande of the Teatro Colon Opera House and Teatro Alvear in Buenos Aires, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and The Metropolitan Museum in New York, Chautauqua Institution, Cleveland Museum of Art, Buenos Aires Tango Festival, in a PBS WHYY special, Emmy-winning TV special “Rhythm & Roots,” on WQXR, National Radio in Argentina and live at the 13th Latin Grammy Awards Ceremony. This special program with bandoneon will features compositions from Cuartetango’s album Masters of Bandoneon, which received a double Latin GRAMMY-Award nomination as Best Tango Album and Best Classical Contemporary Composition.
Bobby Deitch Band
Friday, April 12, 2019, 7:30 PM
The Bobby Deitch Band (BDB) plays uplifting original Soul music that takes its cues from Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Earth Wind & Fire, Billy Joel & Michael Jackson. This 7 piece powerhouse takes these beautifully crafted songs and explores new ground at each show.Following an illustrious career as a musician, educator and songwriter, Bobby formed the BDB in 2016. The band released its debut album, “Grateful” at the Blue Note, NYC in the Spring 2017. Joining Bobby and the band on the “Grateful” album are Lettuce members Adam Deitch, Nigel Hall & Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff, 2018 Lifetime Achievement Grammy winner George Porter jr (Meters), Soulive guitarist Eric Krasno, pianist Jon Cleary (Bonnie Raitt) and Nth Power/Beyonce drummer Nikki Glaspie. The album has recently been featured on national radio SiriusXM/Jam On, NY radio WFUV FM, WHUD FM, WFDU FM and Tri-Lakes Radio Colorado. Grateful is streamed everywhere (Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora etc.) and is available online at http://store.cdbaby.com/cd/bobbydeitchband2. Their new album is set to be released early 2019.
Journey From Johannesburg
Friday, May 10, 2019, 7:30 PM
South African-born Toby Tobias shares his story of hope during a time of war and upheaval across three continents, from Johannesburg to Jerusalem… then here. Toby shares the vivid tale of his life in South Africa under the rule of an apartheid government, then in an Israel on the brink of battle for it’s own identity, before finding a home, and many stark parallels, in the United States of America. Journey From Johannesburg performs at theaters, colleges, conferences, festivals, libraries, middle and high schools, and religious and community centers. His inspiring story and his original songs will enlighten, entertain and touch your heart. Come along on the Journey.
A Cello Conversation with E. Zoe Hassman
The Break Lights
Merz Trio Plays Brahms
Sing We Enchanted
Trinity Ensemble Gospel Chair
Cocomama
Lynn Stein
All Season Chamber Players
