Strings for Kids presents its Spring recital in Yester House. Violin, viola and cello students of Deanna Baasch, Joana Genova, Heather Munch, Francois Secordel, Ariel Rudiakov and Jared Shapiro, ages ranging from 5 to 18, will perform a family-friendly program of solo and ensemble pieces.
Free admission.
Mark your calendars! This summer will be full of the wonderful chamber music you’ve come to expect, plus a full-orchestra Pops concert!
Tickets will go on sale later this spring, and you can read a bit more about it, including about masterclasses and our annual Dionondehowa benefit concert, on our Festival Overview page, but in a nutshell:
at the Riley Center for the Arts at Burr and Burton
at Southern Vermont Arts Center’s Arkell Pavillion (SVAC)
at the Riley Center for the Arts at Burr and Burton
We look forward to seeing you at our concerts!
Sato MATSUI: Kagura (world premiere)
Joana Genova and Heather Braun, violins
Ariel Rudiakov, viola
Tom Landschoot, cello
Sergei PROKOFIEV: Selections from Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet
Davide Cabassi, piano
Johannes BRAHMS: Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op.34
Heather Braun and Joana Genova, violins
Ariel Rudiakov, viola
Tom Landschoot, cello
Davide Cabassi, piano
ADULTS $30
Students/Kids FREE
Reservations recommended
Join us for an informal reception in the lobby prior to the concert
This concert will also be livestreamed
We are pleased to continue a tradition begun by Geoffrey Ovington and Bonnie Hoag of bringing music to Dionondehowa Wildlife Sanctuary and School. This hour-long joint benefit concert features our Chamber Music Intensive Young Artists, performing works from the classical repertoire.
Admission $15
Reservations recommended (payment requested at the door)
Proceeds from this concert will benefit both Taconic Music and Dionondehowa
RSVP to dionondehowa@yahoo.com or 518-320-0502
Incorporated in 1995, Dionondehowa Wildlife Sanctuary & School is a forever-wild 501(c)3 land trust of 217 acres located along the Battenkill River near Shushan, NY. While the Sanctuary serves as a refuge and recharge for wild ones and humans alike, the School is dedicated to Nature Studies and to the Healing and Expressive Arts.
Masterclasses allow the audience to experience firsthand how chamber music is refined and brought to a whole new level. A visiting artist, ensemble, or faculty member will work with student groups, offering insights on interpretation and style.
Cellist Roberta Cooper won the Artists International Competition, which sponsored her Carnegie Hall debut. She is a member of the Walsh-Drucker-Cooper Trio, which has performed extensively on major series in the U.S. and Europe. Roberta is the assistant principal cellist of the American Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the American Composers Orchestra and the Westchester Philharmonic. She has performed in the… Read More…
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, KV. 493
Joana Genova, violin
Ariel Rudiakov, viola
Hannah Holman, cello
Davide Cabassi, piano
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS: Aria (Cantilena) from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Evangelia Leontis, soprano
Ariel Rudiakov, conductor
Taconic Strings
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: La Revue de Cuisine (The Kitchen Review), H.161
Megan Shumate Beaumont, clarinet
Joshua Butcher, bassoon
Wayne du Maine, trumpet
Joana Genova, violin
Hannah Holman, cello
Davide Cabassi, piano
ADULTS $30
Students/Kids FREE
Reservations recommended
Join us for an informal reception in the lobby prior to the concert
This concert will also be livestreamed
Our 2024 Resident Chamber Music Intensive Young Artists perform masterworks for string quartet and piano quintet. Program and personnel will be announced later this spring.
FREE. Free-will donation at the door.
Suggested: Adults $15; Students/Kids Free
This concert will also be livestreamed on our YouTube channel
Ariel Rudiakov conducts the Taconic Pops Orchestra in an evening of light classical music and hits from Hollywood and Broadway, including Leroy Anderson, George Gershwin, Lalo Schifrin, and Henry Mancini, with themes from James Bond movies, TV shows, and more. Join us in the beautiful Southern Vermont Arts Center’s Arkell Pavilion for an evening not to be missed.
Featuring very special guest vocalist Maxine Linehan.
Sponsored by the French and Rostan Families.
RESERVED SEATING
Advance purchase strongly recommended.
VIP $150 (premier seating and a private post-concert reception with the orchestra and conductor at an elegant Manchester residence.)
Premium $60
Standard $45, Students/Kids $20
Masterclasses allow the audience to experience firsthand how chamber music is refined and brought to a whole new level. A visiting artist, ensemble, or faculty member will work with student groups, offering insights on interpretation and style.
Violinist Eugene Drucker, a founding member of the multiple Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet, is also a soloist. He has appeared with the orchestras of Montreal, Brussels, Antwerp, Liège, Hartford, Richmond, Louisville, and Jerusalem, as well as with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Aspen Chamber Symphony and the Las Vegas Philharmonic… Read More…
Johannes BRAHMS: String Sextet in G Major No. 2, op. 36
Eugene Drucker and Joana Genova, violins
Stefanie Taylor and Ariel Rudiakov, violas
Raman Ramakrishnan and Roberta Cooper, celli
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor op. 49
Joana Genova, violin
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Drew Petersen, piano
ADULTS $30
Students/Kids FREE
Reservations recommended
Join us for an informal reception in the lobby prior to the concert
This concert will also be livestreamed
Our 2024 Resident Chamber Music Intensive Young Artists perform masterworks for string quartet and piano quintet. Program and personnel will be announced later this spring.
FREE. Free-will donation at the door.
Suggested: Adults $15; Students/Kids Free
This concert will also be livestreamed on our YouTube channel
This is a special opportunity for intermediate to advanced instrumentalists—violin, viola, cello and piano (ages 18 and up, adult amateurs, college students, etc.)—who are interested in playing chamber music in a non-competitive setting and would like to explore the culture and history of Italy. Students will participate as an ensemble in the opening and final faculty concerts on August 9 and 17, and have their own performance on August 16.
For more information, see our Italy 2024 overview.
Violin, viola, and cello students ages 5–18 perform a family-friendly program.
Free admission.
Taconic Music will be back at The Coffee Bar in Bennington to perform music from Haydn to pop.
Joana Genova and Heather Braun, violins; Ariel Rudiakov, viola, Nathaniel Parke, cello.
Free admission. Buy a drink and take a seat.
Members of Southern Vermont's vibrant international community will speak briefly about their personal journeys to the United States and read a poem in their native tongue, along with a translation in English. Music from each country—some traditional melodies, some pieces by classical composers—will be paired with each poem and performed by Taconic Chamber Players (Joana Genova and Heather Braun, violins; Ariel Rudiakov, viola and Nathaniel Parke, cello).
Featuring:
Elizabeth von Riesenfelder (Hungary); Yiannis John Maltezos (Greece); Andrea Thulin (Chile); Anne D’Olivo (England) and Lei Annabelle Liu (China)
Music includes a traditional Chilean cueca, Mikis Theodorakis; Zorba's Dance, Gustav Holst: Jupiter from "The Planets", Zoltán Kodály: Intermezzo from “Háry János” and Wu Man: Glimpses of Muqam Chebiyat.
Free admission.
Taconic String Quartet performs works by Joseph Haydn, Maurice Ravel, Gabriela Lena Frank, Sato Matsui, George Walker and Jessie Montgomery.
Heather Braun and Joana Genova, violins
Ariel Rudiakov, viola
Nathaniel Parke, cello
Songs of LOVE - ALL kinds of Love!
Tribute to the great vocalists: Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen McRae, and Betty Carter with Charenée Wade and the Oscar Perez Trio!
Join us in the elegantly rustic setting of the Inn at Manchester’s Events Barn for an evening of unforgettable music:
Charenée Wade, vocals
Oscar Perez, piano
Elias Bailey, bass
Jarrett Walser, drums
General admission $30
Greet 2024 in style—dress up for the night, enjoy a drink and beautiful music, before going out to dinner or celebrating at home.
Our festive program features Baroque favorites, tangos, Viennese waltzes, Broadway tunes, and more with the Taconic String Band and Michael Rudiakov, drums. Led by Taconic’s artistic directors Joana Genova and Ariel Rudiakov.
Special guest: Evangelia Leontis, soprano
Cash bar opens at 5 pm
Concert begins at 5:30
General admission $40.
Taconic String Band and String for Kids students perform side-by-side an engaging program for the whole family.
Suggested donation at the door; Adults $10; kids free.
Manchester Community Library's holiday gift to the community!
Reception prior to the musical event with music provided by students from Burr and Burton Academy and Long Trail School. Violinists Joana Genova and Brooke Quiggins, violist Stefanie Taylor, cellist Nathaniel Parke and drummer Michael Rudiakov will delight everyone with light classical music and seasonal favorites.
Doors open at 4:45pm. Concert starts around 5:45pm.
Violin, viola, and cello students ages 5–18 perform a family-friendly program.
Free admission.
A favorite annual chamber music concert with Deborah Buck and Joana Genova, violins; Ariel Rudiakov, viola and Hannah Holman, cello.
Allen Shawn, Sleepless Night
Beethoven, String Quartet op. 18, No. 3 in D Major
Suggested donation at the door $20
Join us for an evening of jazz standards in the elegantly rustic setting of the Inn at Manchester’s Events Barn.
Michael Zsoldos - tenor sax
Benny Kohn - keyboard
Andy Wrba - bass
Conor Meehan - drums
Cash bar opens at 7 pm
Show starts at 7:30
General admission $30
Spooky Stories with Taconic Chamber Players (Joana Genova and Heather Braun, violins; Ariel Rudiakov, viola and Nathaniel Parke, cello) with Kathy Penge, narrator
Free registration will be available in October at svac.org
Members of Southern Vermont's vibrant international community will speak briefly about their personal journeys to the United States. Maxine Linehan (Ireland), Alix Marie Fitzpatrick (Burkina Faso), Maud Maciak (France), Hubert Schriebl (Austria), Joana Genova (Bulgaria), Chie Kagawa-Addington (Japan) and Pia Tamariz (Ecuador) will read a poem in their native tongue, along with a translation in English. Music from each country or continent—some traditional melodies, some pieces by classical composers such as Mozart and Ravel—will be paired with each poem and performed by Taconic Chamber Players (Joana Genova and Heather Braun, violins; Ariel Rudiakov, viola and Nathaniel Parke, cello). The program is funded by an Arts Project Grant from the Vermont Arts Council.
Free admission. Please register here.
Music from Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.
PROGRAM:
1. Traditional Bulgarian Horo in 9/16
2. Anthem from Chess: Benny Anderson/Björn Ulvæus
with Maxine Linehan, singer
3. Traditional Irish Jigs
4. Hawa Diabaté: Tegere Tulo I. Funkuturo
5. Maurice Ravel: Quartet in F major I. Allegro moderato – très doux
6. W. A. Mozart: String Quartet in C major, K.465 IV. Allegro
7. Toshihiko Mizuno: Hanaori (Fantasy Flower)
Chie Addington, koto
8. Sato Matsui: I. Amaterasu
9. Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout V. Coqueteos
Taconic Chamber Players performs free concerts at area schools.
An international program with music from Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, Africa and South America with Joana Genova and Heather Braun, violins; Ariel Rudiakov, viola and Nathaniel Parke, cello.
October 20:
9:45 Manchester Elementary and Middle School
10:50am Long Trail School
12:30 The Dorset School
October 23:
9am Red Fox Community School
11am Burr and Burton Academy
October 27:
11:30am Maple Street School
Con la partecipazione di Joana Genova, violino, Giovanna Gordini, viola, Elisa Kohanski, violoncello e gli allievi di Taconic Music International Chamber Music Workshop
Musiche di Mendelssohn, Dohnanyi, Borodin, Telemann, Schubert ed altri
Joana Genova, violino | Elisa Kohanski, violoncello | Gergana Boycheva, pianoforte
Con la partecipazione della violista Giovanna Gordini e degli allievi di Taconic Music International Chamber Music workshop.
Musiche di Vivaldi, Beethoven, Brahms, Shostakovich, Schulhoff, Vladiguerov e Piazzolla
Taconic musicians are on the faculty of the Danbury Music Centre’s Chamber Music Intensive this week and will perform a program of string quartets.
Joana Genova and Heather Braun, Ariel Rudiakov, and Liam Veuve.
Felix Mendelssohn- Capriccio, op.81
Sato Matsui- Amaterasu
Ludwig van Beethoven- String Quartet in E flat major, op.74 “Harp”
Free admission. Donations welcome.
This event is sponsored in part by a grant from the ACMP, Associated Chamber Music Players.
Sergey Prokofiev: String Quartet in F Major, No. 2, op. 92 “Kabardinian”
Christina Shari and Paula Lastra-Cancela, violins
Samantha Rehorst, viola; Robert Feifan Hurley, cello
Florence Price: Piano Quintet in A Minor
Olena Kaspersky and Nathaniel Parker, violins
Samantha Rehorst, viola; Benjamin Adams, cello
Rosa Burke, piano
Caroline Shaw: Blueprint
Paula Lastra-Cancela and Olena Kaspersky, violins
Rachel O’Connor, viola; Robert Feifan Hurley, cello
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80
Nathaniel Parker and Christina Shari, violins
Rachel O’Connor, viola; Benjamin Adams, cello
Free-will offering at the door.
Suggested: Adults $15, Students/Kids Free.
This concert will also be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. Virtual concert hall opens at 6:45 pm.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in E-flat major, op. 1, No. 1
Joana Genova, violin; Hannah Holman, cello; Jon Klibonoff, piano
Sato Matsui: Amaterasu for String Quartet
Joana Genova and Heather Braun, violins; Ariel Rudiakov, viola; Hannah Holman, cello
Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 97
Heather Braun and Joana Genova, violins;
Amadi Azikiwe and Ariel Rudiakov, violas; Hannah Holman, cello
This concert will also be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. Virtual concert hall opens at 7:15 pm.
Camille Saint-Saëns: Septet in E-flat Major, op. 65
Wayne du Maine, trumpet; Tim Kantor and Joana Genova, violins; Ariel Rudiakov, viola;
Hannah Holman, cello; Troy Rinker, double bass; Robert Fertitta, piano
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 33 No. 2 “The Joke”
Gabriela Lena Frank: Quijotadas (2007)
Arneis Quartet:
Heather Braun and Rose Drucker, violins; Daniel Doña, viola; Agnes Kim, cello
This concert will also be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. Virtual concert hall opens at 7:15 pm.
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C Major op. 76, No. 3 “Emperor”
Nathaniel Parker and Paula Lastra-Cancela, violins
Samantha Rehorst, viola; Robert Feifan Hurley, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, op. 18 No. 4
Olena Kaspersky and Nathaniel Parker, violins
Rachel O’Connor, viola; Benjamin Adams, cello
Jessie Montgomery: Strum
Christina Shari and Joana Genova*, violins
Samantha Rehorst, viola; Benjamin Adams, cello
Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Paula Lastra-Cancela and Christina Shari, violins
Rachel O’Connor, viola; Robert Feifan Hurley, cello
Rosa Burke, piano
Free-will offering at the door.
Suggested: Adults $15, Students/Kids Free.
*Taconic Music faculty
This concert will also be livestreamed via our YouTube channel. Virtual concert hall opens at 6:45 pm.
We are pleased to continue a tradition begun by Geoffrey Ovington (1945-2017) and his wife Bonnie Hoag of bringing music to Dionondehowa Wildlife Sanctuary and School. This special hour-long joint benefit concert will feature two Young Artists groups, performing Haydn- String Quartet no.3, op.76 "Emperor" and Schumann- Piano Quintet op.44.
Italian virtuoso Davide Cabassi will appear as a special guest in a piece for solo piano!
Audience members and musicians are invited for light refreshments following the concert.
Admission $15
Reservations recommended (payment requested at the door)
Proceeds from this concert will benefit both Taconic Music and Dionondehowa
RSVP to dionondehowa@yahoo.com or 518-320-0502
Incorporated in 1995, Dionondehowa Wildlife Sanctuary & School is a forever-wild 501(c)3 landtrust of 217 acres located along the Battenkill near Shushan, NY. While the Sanctuary serves as a refuge and recharge for wild ones and humans alike, the School is dedicated to Nature Studies and to the Healing and Expressive Arts.
Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo op. 20, No. 1 in B Minor
Davide Cabassi, piano
Eduardo Angulo: Paseos for Guitar and Strings
Joana Genova, violin; Ariel Rudiakov, viola; Tom Landschoot, cello; Oren Fader, guitar
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, op. 25
Joana Genova, violin; Ariel Rudiakov, viola; Tom Landschoot, cello;
Davide Cabassi, piano
This concert will also be livestreamed on our YouTube channel. Virtual concert hall opens at 7:15 pm.
Felix Mendelssohn: String Sinfonia No. 6 in E-flat Major
Taconic String Orchestra; Ariel Rudiakov, conductor
Grażyna Bacewicz: String Quartet No. 3
Heather Braun and Joana Genova, violins; Ariel Rudiakov, viola; Tom Landschoot, cello
Ernst von Dohnányi: Piano Quintet No. 1 in C Minor
Joana Genova and Heather Braun, violins; Ariel Rudiakov, viola;
Tom Landschoot, cello; Davide Cabassi, piano
This concert will also be livestreamed on our YouTube Channel. Virtual concert hall opens at 7:15 pm.
The Kinhaven Young Artist Seminar is a week-long program of intensive chamber-music study culminating in performances for our community. The program continues Kinhaven’s 70-year commitment to the highest artistic and educational standards and to a mission of shared learning and mutual support.
The concert will feature music by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Amy Beach and others.
Free admission.
An hour of eclectic music juxtaposing classical string quartets with pop, rock, latin, jazz and Klezmer.
Taconic Chamber Players:
Joana Genova and Heather Braun, violins
Ariel Rudiakov, viola
Nathaniel Parke, cello
Michael Rudiakov, drums and percussion
Free admission. Get a coffee or an ice-cream, find a seat and have fun!
Violinists Joana Genova, and Heather Braun, violist Ariel Rudiakov and callist Nathaniel Parke perform string quartets at the Manchester Community Library and area schools.
Monday, May 15
10:30am: Manchester Community Library
A special concert for home-schooled children. (Everyone else is welcome too).
Tuesday, May 16
10am: Hiland Hall School, Bennington
2pm: Arlington Memorial High School
Wednesday, May 17
1pm: Monument Elementary, Bennington
The Bennigton Museum presents violinist Joana Genova and pianist Gili Melamed-Lev in a delightful afternoon program. Music by Beethoven, Kreisler, Chopin, Telemann, Amy Beach, Reena Esmail, Lili Boulanger, William Grant Still, Scott Joplin and Piazzolla.
Free admission
Violin students of Deanna Baasch, Joana Genova, Heather Munch and Francois Secordel, and cello students of Jared Shapiro, perform year-end-recital.
Join us in a casually elegant nightclub-like setting at the Inn at Manchester’s Events Barn.
Asen Doykin, piano and compositions, Massimo Biolcati, bass, and Michael Piolet, drums bring you an evening of jazz standards and original numbers with a bit of Balkan fusion.
Cash bar opens at 7, show starts at 7:30.
General admission $30. Cash bar.
Thank You to Manchester Designer Outlets as Major Sponsor of our Jazz in the Barn series!
