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march 2023

SEMO Residency

22marAll Day24SEMO Residency(All Day)

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We're very excited to be going to Southeast Missouri State University for a concert and their Fine Arts PATH Residency. PATH = Performing Arts Thrive Here! We'll be spending the

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We’re very excited to be going to Southeast Missouri State University for a concert and their Fine Arts PATH Residency. PATH = Performing Arts Thrive Here! We’ll be spending the first few days giving workshops. master classes and working with SEMO students, and end with a concert for their chamber music series on Friday, March 24 at 7.30pm. 

The Collaboration with Composers, Expanding Boundaries: the craft of programming and What do YOU want? – Navigating life with music on a crooked pathway are workshops that explore flexibility in how we might define ourselves as musicians in today’s world and approaches to creating, learning, performing and programming the unfamiliar.

Friday evening’s concert program is full of sensuous colors and textures and includes tracks from our most recent album …and nothing remains the same…    Featured works include mystical Two Journeys, by Pamela Sklar, and Three to Get Ready, by David Bennett Thomas.  The program is rounded out with Radiance by Kyle Soliz, a work bursting with color, a deep and lyric trio by Hungarian composer György Kósa, and Jorge Amado’s Eidos II, which will have you dancing in your seats. For more information please visit here.

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march 22 (Wednesday) - 24 (Friday)

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Salon 33 House Concerts

12mar7:00 pmSalon 33 House Concerts7:00 pm Salon 33

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We're thrilled to be returning to the wonderful Salon 33 series in Princeton, NJ! Please visit here for details.

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We’re thrilled to be returning to the wonderful Salon 33 series in Princeton, NJ!

Please visit here for details.

Time

(Sunday) 7:00 pm

Location

Salon 33

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february 2023

Croton Free Library Croton Free Library 171 Cleveland Drive

25feb7:00 pmCroton Free Library7:00 pm Croton Free Library, 171 Cleveland Drive

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We're looking forward to presenting a program full of sensuous colors and textures including tracks from our most recent album ...and nothing remains the same...    Featured

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We’re looking forward to presenting a program full of sensuous colors and textures including tracks from our most recent album …and nothing remains the same…    Featured works include mystical Two Journeys, by Scarsdale based composer Pamela Sklar, and Three to Get Ready, by New Jersey composer, David Bennett Thomas.  The program is rounded out with Radiance by Kyle Soliz, a work bursting with color, a deep and lyric trio by Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kosa, and Jorge Amado’s Eidos II, which will have you dancing in your seats.

For more information please visit the Croton Free Library’s website or call (914) 271-6612.

Time

(Saturday) 7:00 pm

Location

Croton Free Library

171 Cleveland Drive

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november 2022

Tenri Cultural Institute 2022 - Budapest & West! Tenri Cultural Institute 43A West 13th Street

11nov7:30 pmTenri Cultural Institute 2022 - Budapest & West!7:30 pm Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street

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We are excited to present a program of works that span the 20th and 21st Centuries, and moves west from Budapest across the Atlantic, and lands in New Jersey. Budapest

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We are excited to present a program of works that span the 20th and 21st Centuries, and moves west from Budapest across the Atlantic, and lands in New Jersey. Budapest was home to both Béla Bartók and György Kósa. Kósa, was a student of Bartók, Dohnányi, Zoltán Kodály and later, Viktor Herzfeld.  Composed in 1941, the influence of all are audible in his beautiful Trio for flute, viola and cello — though you can also hear his own individual voice. We are excited to present both Kósa’s Trio, as well as our own arrangement of Bartók’s Romanian Dances.

Our first stop west is France, home to Charles Koechlin.  This lovely Trio was originally scored for winds, but the composer also included alternate parts for strings. West and a bit north, is Wales, childhood home to Hilary Tann. The Walls of Morlais Castle evokes both the ruins of the castle in the Welsh countryside as it currently stands and images of its robust past. Finally, we arrive back in the New World, where we are very excited to present the New York Premiere of our current Featured Composer David Bennett Thomas’s Three to Get Ready, which he wrote for our Trio earlier this year.

We hope you can join us. Tickets are available here, both in person and for on line streaming.

Time

(Friday) 7:30 pm

Location

Tenri Cultural Institute

43A West 13th Street

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october 2022

Livestream: St. Boniface Recital Series

26oct7:30 pmLivestream: St. Boniface Recital Series7:30 pm

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We are very much looking forward to performing on this series for the first time! Finally! Stay tuned for more info!

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We are very much looking forward to performing on this series for the first time! Finally! Stay tuned for more info!

Time

(Wednesday) 7:30 pm

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Catalpa Arts Club

22oct3:00 pmCatalpa Arts Club3:00 pm

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We are very excited to be returning to this special venue in Ridgewood, Queens. This will be a short intimate and informal event that will include discussion about the works

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We are very excited to be returning to this special venue in Ridgewood, Queens. This will be a short intimate and informal event that will include discussion about the works performed with a small, invited audience. Seating will be limited.  Please contact us if you are interested in learning more.

Time

(Saturday) 3:00 pm

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september 2022

2B&2C at 9B9 - Postponed WhiteBox 9 Avenue B

11sep8:00 pm2B&2C at 9B9 - Postponed8:00 pm WhiteBox, 9 Avenue B

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We're very excited and honored to be performing David Bennett Thomas' Three To Get Ready, composed for 8SW earlier this year. David is composer-in-residence for 2B&2C:

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We’re very excited and honored to be performing David Bennett Thomas‘ Three To Get Ready, composed for 8SW earlier this year. David is composer-in-residence for 2B&2C: The Ken Cro-Ken Memorial Foundation, and we are very much looking forward to an evening celebrating “Resilience” and honoring the victims of 9/11 and life and legacy of Ken Cro-Ken. More info coming soon!

Time

(Sunday) 8:00 pm

Location

WhiteBox

9 Avenue B

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may 2022

2022 8SW Composer Competition Winner Announcement

22may3:00 pm2022 8SW Composer Competition Winner Announcement3:00 pm

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We're very excited to be announcing the first, second and third place winners of the 2022 8SW Composer Competition on Facebook and YouTube. Please check our Video

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We’re very excited to be announcing the first, second and third place winners of the 2022 8SW Composer Competition on Facebook and YouTube. Please check our Video Room, our YouTube Channel or Facebook page after 3pm this afternoon to learn more about our winners.

Time

(Sunday) 3:00 pm

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april 2022

POSTPONED: Livestream - St. Boniface Recital Series St. Boniface Church 107 Willoughby Street

06apr7:30 pmPOSTPONED: Livestream - St. Boniface Recital Series7:30 pm St. Boniface Church, 107 Willoughby Street

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This event has been postponed. Please stay tuned - we'll have a new date soon! We're excited to be performing a live streamed event from this lovely church in downtown Brooklyn.

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This event has been postponed. Please stay tuned – we’ll have a new date soon!

We’re excited to be performing a live streamed event from this lovely church in downtown Brooklyn. The program will include Pamela Sklar’s Two Journey’s, a work from our recent release …and nothing remains the same… on Ravello Records, along with Douglas Anderson’s Reverse Variations on ‘Arkansas Traveler’, David Bennett Thomas’ Deseo and works by Salomone Rossi and Charles Koechlin.

Originally scheduled for February 13, this performance had to be rescheduled due to unforeseen circumstances. While it will not be happening with a live audience, you will be able to join from anywhere in the world! We’ll be posting a link soon.

Time

(Wednesday) 7:30 pm

Location

St. Boniface Church

107 Willoughby Street

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november 2021

Tenri Cultural Institute 2021 Tenri Cultural Institute 43A West 13th Street

19nov7:30 pmTenri Cultural Institute 20217:30 pm Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street

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We are so happy to return to the Tenri Cultural Institute for a Live Concert as we celebrate Ravello Records’ release of our new album ...and

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We are so happy to return to the Tenri Cultural Institute for a Live Concert as we celebrate Ravello Records’ release of our new album …and nothing remains the same… 

Our program will feature On Impermanence, John Newell’s musical essay on change and the ephemeral nature of our world. This includes a  new movement, A Coming Together, as well as …and nothing remains the same., which inspired the title for our new album.

We will also present two US Premieres: Australian composer, Robert Davidson’s bold and rhythmic, Bond Over Triads, and direct from Havana, Beatriz Corona’s beautiful Dos Tiempos.  

Additionally, we will present Erik  Sköld’s (Sweden) well crafted and adorable Insectum No. 2, Dancing Grasshoppers, plus American composer, David Bennett Thomas’ Deseo, which evokes the energy of desire. And we’ll visit the Italian Renaissance with our own arrangement of trios by Salamone Rossi.

Can’t make our live concert?  No worries –– join us for the Live Stream! You can  purchase your tickets to attend in person or the Live Stream at Brown Paper Tickets. You will receive a link via email before the concert if you’re attending the Live Stream.  



In Person tickets are $25/$12 for seniors and students.  Live stream tickets are $10.

To purchase tickets, just click here.

In order to make this a safe event, in person audience size will be limited. In compliance with New York City regulations, proof of vaccination against Covid-19 will be required and checked at the door.



Acceptable forms of proof are:

 NYC COVID Safe App: Android | iOS
, NYS Excelsior Pass
, CDC Vaccination Card (or photo), 
NYC Vaccination Record

Time

(Friday) 7:30 pm

Location

Tenri Cultural Institute

43A West 13th Street

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St. Joseph's College St. Joseph's College 245 Clinton Avenue

16nov1:00 pmSt. Joseph's College1:00 pm St. Joseph's College, 245 Clinton Avenue

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The second of two concerts at this lovely venue! This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP email rcandy@sjcny.edu or call 718-940-5351 Face coverings are required and all visitors

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The second of two concerts at this lovely venue!

This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP email rcandy@sjcny.edu or call 718-940-5351

Face coverings are required and all visitors must complete a Visitor Health Screening form before coming onto campus.

Time

(Tuesday) 1:00 pm

Location

St. Joseph's College

245 Clinton Avenue

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St. Joseph's College St. Joseph's College 245 Clinton Avenue

14nov3:00 pmSt. Joseph's College3:00 pm St. Joseph's College, 245 Clinton Avenue

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We're excited to be returning to The Parlors in Tuohy Hall at St. Joseph's to perform works from our upcoming program at the Tenri Cultural Institute. This event is free and

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We’re excited to be returning to The Parlors in Tuohy Hall at St. Joseph’s to perform works from our upcoming program at the Tenri Cultural Institute.

This event is free and open to the public. To RSVP email rcandy@sjcny.edu or call 718-940-5351

Face coverings are required and all visitors must complete a Visitor Health Screening form before coming onto campus.

 

Time

(Sunday) 3:00 pm

Location

St. Joseph's College

245 Clinton Avenue

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Salon 33 House Concerts

13nov7:00 pmSalon 33 House Concerts7:00 pm Salon 33

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We are delighted to be back to performing with an audience in the same room as us! We are equally delighted to have been invited to perform for Salon 33

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We are delighted to be back to performing with an audience in the same room as us! We are equally delighted to have been invited to perform for Salon 33 in Princeton, NJ once again.

Our program will cool, fun, beautiful and varied. It will include works composed for us by Robert Davidson and John Newell, along with Beatriz Corona, Salamone Rossi, David Bennett Thomas and Erik Sköld.

For more information and to reserve your seat, please visit here.

Time

(Saturday) 7:00 pm

Location

Salon 33

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may 2021

PARMA Live Stage!

27may6:30 pmPARMA Live Stage!6:30 pm

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We are super excited to be returning to the Catalpa Arts Club for a live stream concert broadcast on PARMA Live Stage! We’ll be presenting a PopUp+!

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We are super excited to be returning to the Catalpa Arts Club for a live stream concert broadcast on PARMA Live Stage! We’ll be presenting a PopUp+! performing the music of Jorge Amado, David  Bennett Thomas, John Newell and Beatriz Corona.  Please visit here for the live stream link and more details.

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(Thursday) 6:30 pm

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march 2021

PopUP 2021-1

06mar6:00 pmPopUP 2021-16:00 pm

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We're super excited to be Popping UP once again. We'll be live streaming from the beautiful Big Orange Sheep, the studio we've been recording in for our

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We’re super excited to be Popping UP once again. We’ll be live streaming from the beautiful Big Orange Sheep, the studio we’ve been recording in for our upcoming November, 2021 release.

Our PopUPs are free, informal, short concerts where we workshop new programs. This PopUP will include the works of Salomone Rossi, a contemporary of Monteverdi; the young Swedish composer, Erik Sköld; and our most recent 8SW Composer Competition winner, Minato Sakamoto.

Please register here and you will receive a link to attend this event. Have other commitments on March 6 at 6pm? No worries! A recording will be made shortly after the conclusion of the performance and will be accessible through March 13.

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(Saturday) 6:00 pm

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november 2020

Catalpa Arts Club

21nov3:00 pmCatalpa Arts Club3:00 pm

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We are super excited to be performing our very first Live Streamed concert! We're looking forward to premiering Rondo Americano, composed by the 2020 8SW Composer Competition winner, Minato Sakamoto,

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We are super excited to be performing our very first Live Streamed concert! We’re looking forward to premiering Rondo Americano, composed by the 2020 8SW Composer Competition winner, Minato Sakamoto, from the beautiful and spacious Catalpa Arts Club in Ridgewood, Queens. The program will also include works by 8SW Featured Composer Robert Davidson, Paul Théberge and Johann Gottlieb Graun.

For more information please visit here.

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(Saturday) 3:00 pm

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june 2020

Postponed - 8SW June PopUP

09jun6:30 pmPostponed - 8SW June PopUP6:30 pm Pop Up Location

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We love ending our season with a June PopUP and are very sad to have to postpone it. We hope to be able to reschedule for later this summer, but

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We love ending our season with a June PopUP and are very sad to have to postpone it. We hope to be able to reschedule for later this summer, but we’ll just have to see how things develop over the next few months. We’ll post more information as soon as we can! Stay safe everyone!

Time

(Tuesday) 6:30 pm

Location

Pop Up Location

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may 2020

8SW Composer Competition Winner Announcement

15may10:00 am11:00 am8SW Composer Competition Winner Announcement10:00 am - 11:00 am

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We will be announcing the winner of our 2020 8SW Composer Competition winner on Facebook. Please check our page out at 10am and watch our

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We will be announcing the winner of our 2020 8SW Composer Competition winner on Facebook. Please check our page out at 10am and watch our video. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Time

(Friday) 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Organizer

Eight Strings & a Whistle on Facebook

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february 2020

8SW Winter PopUP

21feb6:30 pm8SW Winter PopUP6:30 pm Pop Up Location

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We're having another PopUP thanks to our GivingTuesday donors! Our PopUPs are short, free, informal concerts where we "workshop" new programs, and have short post concert discussions. This time, we

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We’re having another PopUP thanks to our GivingTuesday donors! Our PopUPs are short, free, informal concerts where we “workshop” new programs, and have short post concert discussions. This time, we will be featuring works of JC Bach, JG Graun, Frank Warren and Leon Yu.

If you are interested in attending  please visit here to reserve your seat as space is limited. Once you have reserved, we will email you with the exact address.

Time

(Friday) 6:30 pm

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Pop Up Location

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Joe's Pub! Joe's Pub - Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street

10feb6:45 pmJoe's Pub!6:45 pm Joe's Pub - Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street

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Please join us for If Music Be the Food of Love We'll be collaborating with some wonderful people at this benefit for the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. More info coming soon!

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Please join us for If Music Be the Food of Love

We’ll be collaborating with some wonderful people at this benefit for the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. More info coming soon!

Time

(Monday) 6:45 pm

Location

Joe's Pub - Public Theater

425 Lafayette Street

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january 2020

8SW Competition 2020

31jan11:59 pm8SW Competition 202011:59 pm

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Submissions for our second 8SW Composer Competition are due by 11.59pm on January 17, 2020. Please visit our 8SW Composer Competition page for competition guidelines.

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Submissions for our second 8SW Composer Competition are due by 11.59pm on January 17, 2020. Please visit our 8SW Composer Competition page for competition guidelines.

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(Friday) 11:59 pm

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november 2019

Tenri Cultural Institute 2019 Tenri Cultural Institute 43A West 13th Street

22nov7:30 pmTenri Cultural Institute 20197:30 pm Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street

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We've got an exciting program planned that includes the music of CPE Bach, Siegfried Thiele, 8SW Featured Composers Pamela Sklar and Douglas Anderson, and the New York premiere

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We’ve got an exciting program planned that includes the music of CPE Bach, Siegfried Thiele, 8SW Featured Composers Pamela Sklar and Douglas Anderson, and the New York premiere of Daniel Lemer’s Who Knows?  To purchase tickets please visit HERE.

Time

(Friday) 7:30 pm

Location

Tenri Cultural Institute

43A West 13th Street

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Music from Good Shepherd 2019 Marine Park 1950 Batchelder Street

10nov5:00 pmMusic from Good Shepherd 20195:00 pm Marine Park, 1950 Batchelder Street

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We're looking forward to returning to this beautiful venue in Marine Park, Brooklyn! More news coming soon.

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We’re looking forward to returning to this beautiful venue in Marine Park, Brooklyn! More news coming soon.

Time

(Sunday) 5:00 pm

Location

Marine Park

1950 Batchelder Street

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Festival de la Habana!

02novAll Day06Festival de la Habana!(All Day) Havana, Cuba

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We are so honored and excited to be be returning to Cuba, where we will perform and give workshops and masterclasses for the Festival de la Habana once again. We'll

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We are so honored and excited to be be returning to Cuba, where we will perform and give workshops and masterclasses for the Festival de la Habana once again. We’ll be performing in Havana at the Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis on Tuesday, November 5 at 6pm. We have a super fun program planned with Daniel Lemer’s Who Knows?, Pamela Sklar’s Two Journeys, and Douglas Anderson’s Reverse Variations on Arkansas Traveler. We are even more excited to also be performing the wining work of our first 8SW Composer Competition, Eidos II, by Cuban composer Jorge Amado. The Basilica Menor de San Francisco de Asis could not be a more perfect place.

Time

november 2 (Saturday) - 6 (Wednesday)

Location

Havana, Cuba

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UNEAC Calle 17 No. 351, Habana 10400, Cuba

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october 2019

Tulane!

02octAll Day03Tulane!(All Day) Dixon Recital Hall, Tulane University

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We're thrilled to be returning to Tulane University in beautiful New Orleans! We are especially excited and looking forward to working with the University's composition students in addition to performing

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We’re thrilled to be returning to Tulane University in beautiful New Orleans! We are especially excited and looking forward to working with the University’s composition students in addition to performing on the Spectri Sonori Concert Series!

We’ll be working with students on Wednesday, October 2 and performing at 7pm Thursday, October 3 in the Recital Hall in Dixon Performing Arts Annex. For more information, please visit here. Our program will include the works of CPE Bach, Siegfried Thiele, Pamela Sklar, Douglas Anderson, Daniel Lemer and Jorge Amado.

Time

october 2 (Wednesday) - 3 (Thursday)

Location

Dixon Recital Hall, Tulane University

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september 2019

Groupmuse - NYC

28sep6:00 pmGroupmuse - NYC6:00 pm

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We are excited to open the 2019-20 season with our second Groupmuse concert at Sheila's.  Reserve your spot here.  

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We are excited to open the 2019-20 season with our second Groupmuse concert at Sheila’s.  Reserve your spot here.

 

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(Saturday) 6:00 pm

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june 2019

8SW Pops Up in June!

11jun6:00 pm8SW Pops Up in June!6:00 pm Pop Up Location

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We'll be in Manhattan previewing some of what we have planned for next season. Please email us if you are interested in attending this fun, short and informal event.

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We’ll be in Manhattan previewing some of what we have planned for next season. Please email us if you are interested in attending this fun, short and informal event.

Time

(Tuesday) 6:00 pm

Location

Pop Up Location

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march 2019

8SW Benefit La Nacional 239 West 14th Street

31mar4:00 pm6:00 pm8SW Benefit4:00 pm - 6:00 pm La Nacional, 239 West 14th Street

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We're thrilled to be holding our benefit at La Nacional once again. Please join us for some tapas and sangria to help support our second 8SW Composer Competition, our upcoming Composer

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We’re thrilled to be holding our benefit at La Nacional once again.

Please join us for some tapas and sangria to help support our second 8SW Composer Competition, our upcoming Composer Workshops at Tulane University, our next recording project and more.

We will be joined by artist Janet Dunson, whose work will be featured on our 2020 8SW Composer Competition Poster. Janet’s work will be on sale at the benefit, with half the proceeds going to support 8SW.


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Time

(Sunday) 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

La Nacional

239 West 14th Street

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Salon 33

17mar6:00 pm8:00 pmSalon 336:00 pm - 8:00 pm Salon 33

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This house concert should be fun! Potluck at 6pm and concert at 7pm! Please visit here for more information about Salon 33.

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This house concert should be fun! Potluck at 6pm and concert at 7pm! Please visit here for more information about Salon 33.

Time

(Sunday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location

Salon 33

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Salon 33

This house concert should be fun! Potluck at 6pm and concert at 7pm! Please visit here for more information about Salon 33.

Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 6 PM
Princeton, New Jersey

Brooklyn New Music Collective

We are looking forward to performing for this series run by the fabulous Mike Rose! Come hear some new music in Park Slope! We’ll be performing Siegfried Thiele’s Trio from 1986 for flute, viola and cello. The program will also include works by  Howard Lew, Michael Rose, Glen Roven, Timucin Sahin and Roger Stubblefield.

For ticket information please visit here.

Friday, March 15, 2019 at 7 PM
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, New York

Composer Now at BMCC

We’re looking forward to being part of this program, performing Douglas Anderson’s Reverse Variations on Arkansas Traveler. The program will also inclde works by Quentin Angus, Joyce Moorman and JD Parran.

Admission is free! Come join us for what is bound to be a fun afternoon!

Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 3 PM
Theatre II of the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street, New York CIty

House Concert 2019!

We’ll be playing a Fundraiser for Ashmont Hill Chamber Music in Dorchester, MA, performing works by Schubert, Stanley Grill, Jorge Amado and Leonard Bernstein, followed by delicious food and drink in a super cool house.

Please contact Mary Beth Alger at alger.marybeth@gmail.com for further details or visit here to reserve your ticket.

Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 7 PM

Tenri Cultural Institute 2018

We’re very excited to be presenting the winning composition from our first 8SW Composer Competition at this year’s Tenri concert. The work, Eidos II is by the young Cuban composer Jorge Amado. If we’re lucky, we’ll be able to introduce you to Jorge as well!

We’re also thrilled to be bringing the West Coast to you again with works by Stephen Blumberg, Mark Winges and Tom Flaherty. More info coming soon.

To order tickets, please visit here.

Friday, November 16, 2018 at 7:30 PM
43A West 13th Street, New York City

Aperitif Concerts for the Neighborhood

We can’t wait to play at this very cool and popular venue! If you happen to be in San Francisco, please join us for a sneak peak at some of the repertoire we’ll be performing back east at the Tenri Cultural Institute one week later. For more information please visit here. We’ve got a fun evening planned that will include works by old and new friends such as  Martin Rokeach, Mark Winges, Tom Flaherty, and Stanely Grill.

We’re told that this place fills up quickly so be sure to make your reservation well in advance! You can purchase tickets through Brown Paper Tickets here.

Friday, November 9, 2018 at 7 PM
405 Shrader St. (Shrader at Oak) San Francisco, California

Festival of New American Music – Educational Events

We’re looking forward to continuing our residency with the Festival of New American Music with a concert and day of  master classes and workshops at Cosumnes River College.

Wednesday, November 7, 2018
California Sate University, Sacramento, California

Festival of New American Music

We’re very honored to have been invited to perform and give educational programs at the Festival of New American Music at Sacramento State! We’re also super excited about being in sunny California in November.

We’ll be performing Tertium Quid (2002) by Stephen Blumberg, Loki’s Lair by Mark Winges and Melville’s Dream, by Stanley Grill, both recently composed Eight Strings & a Whistle, along with some favorites from our debut album Albert’s Window and more! This is going to be so much fun!

For more information please visit here!

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 7 PM
California Sate University, Sacramento, California

8SW Pops Up Again

We had so much fun in June, we’ve decided to pop up again with another short program of works in progress. Seating will be limited. If you are interested in joining us, please email us!

Monday, October 8, 2018 at 4:15 PM
Pop Up Location!

Groupmuse

We’re very excited to be performing our first Groupmuse event. We’ll be performing works by Spencer Snyder, Stanley Grill, Tom Flaherty, Schubert and Leonard Bernstein! If you are interested in in joining Groupmuse and coming to this event, please visit here.

Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 3:30 PM
Groupmuse Event location

8SW Pops Up

with a short program of works in progress. Seating will be limited. For more information please email us.

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 7:15 PM
Pop Up Location!

Bronx Community College

We’re looking forward to this! Details coming soon!

Thursday, March 8, 2018 at Noon, 2155 University Ave, Bronx, New York

8SW Composer Competition Deadline

Submissions for our first 8SW Composer Competition are due by 11.59pm on January 12, 2018. For more information please check our 8SW Composer Competition page.

Friday, January 12, 2018

Cuba Here We Come

We could not be more excited to have been invited to perform contemporary works by American composers and give a workshop for students for Cuba’s Festival for Contemporary Music, Festival de la Habana. We’ve also been invited to visit and perform at a few music schools while we’re there. Our concert will take place at the Sala Teatro del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes on November 14 at 8pm. More news coming soon!

Saturday, November 11, 2017 18:00 to November 19, 2017 21:00
Havana, Cuba

Greenburgh Public Library

We are really looking forward to performing in this stunning building!

Sunday, October 29, 2017 at 2 PM
300 Tarrytown Road, Elmsford, New York

Tenri Cultural Institute 2017

This year’s concert, a few weeks early, includes Red and White, a new work by Spencer Snyder and the premiere of Tom Griffin’s Where Three Roads Meet.  Additionally, we will be performing Douglas Anderson’s Chamber Symphony No. 3, Peter Köszeghy’s haunting Souls and a charming trio by Mozart’s contemporary, Paul Wranitzky.

Tickets are on sale now! Please visit Brown Paper Tickets to reserve your seats!

Friday, October 27, 2017 at 7:30 PM
43A West 13th Street, New York City

Kimball Farms Retirement Community

Open to Community Residents only

Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Lenox, Massachusetts

Benefit Gala

We’re very excited to be holding our 2017 benefit at La Nacional!

The afternoon will be in honor of the first 8SW Composer Competition! We hope you will be able to join us for some little bites, delicious sangria, some music, an auction! Read our blog to learn more about the competition.

If you would like to make an additional contribution please visit here:

Or you can mail your contribution to:

Eight Strings & a Whistle, Inc.
937 Eighth Avenue, #3A
New York, NY 10019Sunday, March 19, 2017 at 4 PMLa Nacional, 239 West 14th Street, New York CIty

In RealTime

We’re very excited to be returning to NJCU. For more info please visit here.

Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 3 PM
Ingalls Recital Hall, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey

Tenri Cultural Institute 2016

We’re looking forward to returning to our beloved New York City venue! This year, we will be performing both new an old friends, Hilary Tann, Paul Théberge, Jim Hiscott, Günter Bialas and Merrill Clark. Their works use the past to reflect the present, be it musical ideas or a view of the world we live in today: Hilary Tann’s The Walls of Morlais Castle illustrates the contrasts between the time this Welsh castle was a vibrant place and its present day state of ruin, and Paul Théberge’s atmospheric Maqām, composed in 1978, is inspired by the ancient Persian and Arabic system of melodic motives. Jim Hiscott’s droll Les Larmes de Polichinellecombines characteristics of the commedia dell’arte tradition with the folk music of Naples, and German composer Günter Bialas’s warm, richly colored and occasionally humorous neoclassical Trio from 1945, makes use of such traditional forms as the sinfonia and the gavotte in a mid twentieth century, post war context, whereas Merrill Clark uses a non-vocal setting of William Butler Yeats’ The Second Coming to color and inform his Sinfonia Ternion Gestalt. Be sure to check our our latest Featured Composer interview with Merrill!

Tickets are on sale now! Please visit Brown Paper Tickets to reserve your seats!

Friday, November 18, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street, New York City

Music From Good Shepherd 2016

We’re looking forward to our annual Fall concert in this beautiful church. We’ll be performing works by Hilary Tann, Paul Théberge and Günter Bialas.

We’re also thrilled that Paul Théberg will be coming to New York to work with us on his beautiful trio, Maqām. He will be attending the concert so be sure to come by and meet him!

Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 6 PM
1950 Batchelder Street, Brooklyn, New York

Spectri Sonori

We’re very exctied to be heading to New Orleans in September to perform on the Spectri Sonori series at Tulane University! We’ll be performing works by Paul Théberge, Merril Clark, Hilary Tann, Jim Hiscott and Albert Roussel. More details coming soon!

Monday, September 19, 2016 at 7 PM
Dixon Recital Hall, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Monday Afternoon Chamber Music | St. Joseph’s College

We will be performing a 45 minute program on this afternoon in the same beautiful space as the day before. For directions please visit here.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Monday, April 11, 2016 at 1 PM
The Parlors, Tuohy Hall, 245 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, New York

Chamber Music | St Joseph’s College

Located on Clinton Avenue between Dekalb and Willoughby Avenues in Brooklyn, we are looking forward to performing in this former mansion in beautiful Clinton Hill. For directions please visit here or call (718) 940-5351.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 3 PM
The Parlors, Tuohy Hall, 245 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, New York

LiveSounds

For more information about LiveSOUNDS at Third Street Music School Settlement, please visit here! The concerts are free and open to the public.

We’re excited to be performing in the newly renovated Anna-Maria Kellen Concert Hall!

Friday, March 11, 2016 at 7 PM
Third Street Music School Settlement, 235 East 11th Street, New York CIty

Irvington Library Trustees Concert Series

Looking forward to appearing here for the first time!

Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 4 PM
Irvington Public Library, 12 South Astor Street, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York

Music on Main Concert Series

We’re looking forward to performing Albert Roussel’s Trio, Op. 40 and Edmund Cionek’s Bad Robots, both from our recent release, Albert’s Window. Bartok, Schubert and Robert Davidson’s Conversations are also included on this program.

For more information please visit here.

Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 4 PM
The First Congregational Church of Stockbridge, 4 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA

Woodland Hill Montessori School

Concert and Masterclass at the Woodland Hill Montessori School

Friday, February 26, 2016 at 1 PM
100 Montessori Place, Rensselaer, New York

Tenri Cultural Institute 2015

We’ll be celebrating the release of our debut recording, Albert’s Window, at our annual concert here this year!  Come hear us perform Edmund Cionek’s fun and dark humored Bad Robots, one of the works featured on this release!

We’ll also be performing the world premiere of Frank E. Warren’s beautiful and delicate for: 8 Strings & a Whistle, and Octavio Vazquez’s Trio for Flute, Viola and Cello. Completed in 2003, Vazquez’s Trio expresses emotional extremes from languid sadness to biting sarcasm to brutal devastation. Rounding out the program will be a charming work by eighteenth century composer, Josef Mysliwecek and Béla Bartók’s earthy and rollicking Romanian Folk Dances.

The concert will be followed by a reception. Albert’s Window will be available for sale! Come join the fun!

Tickets are on sale now at  Brown Paper Tickets!

Friday, November 20, 2015 at 7:30 PM
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street, New York City

Art on the Corner Concert Series

We’re very excited to be kicking off our season at Art on the Corner! Stay tuned for more info!

Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 3 PM
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 7420 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York

Classical Discoveries Goes Avant Garde

Hear us on the radio on WPRB 103.3 FM!

Marvin Rosen, host of Classical Discoveries, will be celebrating the Labor Day holiday with a program of music by American composers. Included will be a live recording, from our concert at Spectrum this past May, of Peri Mauer’s Thought’s Torsion.

Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 11 AM
WPRB 103.3 FM

Concert at Spectrum

Please join us at Spectrum for a collaborative concert with the wonderful pianist Beth Levin, for the premiere Scott Brickman’s quartet, Ninetly Six Strings and Two Whistles! We’ll also be performing Thought’s Torsion by Peri Mauer,  Octavio Vazquez’s Trio and selections from Chopin’s Piano Sonata Op.35.

$15. General Admission
$10. Students and seniors

Spectrum is a second floor space, is accessible by stairs and regretably does not have an elevator.

Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 3 PM
Spectrum NYC, 121 Ludlow St #2, New York, New York

Annual Benefit 2015

Please join us at the beautiful Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater studios for our second annual benefit! Come and enjoy some delicious small bites, champagne, a fabulous view and a short preview of our upcoming season.

Seating is limited. We recommend that you reserve your tickets now.

$50/person

for an additional donation of $25 or more you will receive a free copy of our new CD, due for release in late 2015 plus an invitation to the release party!

If you would like to purchase tickets or make a contribution with a check, please email us: 8stringswhistle@gmail.com

If you would like to use a credit card or PayPal account please click on the Donate button below. Before checking out, please be sure to click on “Number of Tickets/Contribution” in the Pupose column and enter the number of tickets you would like to purchase. 

Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 6 PM
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 405 West 55th Street, New York City

Tenri Cultural Institute 2014

Our annual concert at the Tenri Cultural Institute will be a wonderful event, including the premiere of Thought’s Torsion by Peri Mauer and Scott Brickman’s French Suite. We’ll also be performing Albert Roussel’s Trio, Op. 40, a charming work by Paul Wranitzky, Mark Winges’ Dusk Music and Martin Rokeach’s Going Up? Tickets go on sale in October!

Friday, November 21, 2014 at 8 PM
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street, New York City

Music from Good Shepherd 2014

Sunday, November 9, 2014 at 6 PM
1950 Batchelder Street, Brooklyn, New York

Queens New Music Festival 2014

We’re very excited to have been invited to participate in this season’s Queens New Music Festival. We’ll be performing Dag Gabrielson’s Food once again with soprano, Helen Gabrielson. We’ll also be performing Stefan Weissman’s Songs from Schumann, Randall Snyder’s New Ghost Tones and Scott Brickman’s French Suite.

For more information, please visit here.

Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 2 PM
The Secret Theatre Main Stage, 4402 23rd Street, Long Island City, NY

Samuel Staples Elementary School

We’re looking forward to spending the day at Samuel Staples Elementary where we’ll be performing arts-in-education programs.

Monday, April 28, 2014 at 10 AM
Easton, Connecticut

Concert at CCNY/CUNY

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 2 PM
Shepherd Hall, CCNY/CUNY, New York City

National Association of Composers at Christ and St. Stephen’s Church

We’re excited to be performing Scott Brickman’s French Suite again. The program will also include the music of Max Lifchitz and Allen Brings, performed by Hannah Levinson and Siri Rico.

A free event!

Monday, April 7, 2014 at 8 PM
Christ and St. Stephen’s Church, 120 West 69th Street, New York City

Hendrick Hudson Free Library

This will be the last stop on our Spring tour. The program will include Martin Rokeach’s Going Up? Be sure to check out Suzanne’s interview with Marty on our Featured Composer page! We’ll also be performing works by Schubert, Robert Davidson and John Newell. For directions to the Library please vist here – be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page.

Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 2 PM
185 Kings Ferry Road, Montrose, New York

Arts in the Village

We’re thrilled to be performing in charming Rehoboth! Our program will include works by C.P.E. Bach, Schubert, Robert Davidson and John Newell as well as a work written for Doriot Anthony Dwyer, formerly of the BSO, by Peter Jona Korn. For more information please visit here.

Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 7:30 PM
Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, Massachusetts

University of Maine at Presque Isle

We are very excited to be performing in Presque Isle for the first time. We’ll be performing Maine composers Scott Brickman and John Newell, as well as works by Martin Rokeach, Randall Snyder, Peter Jona Korn and Robert Davidson. For more information please visit here.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 7 PM
Weiden Auditorium, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, Maine

Madawaska Schools

We’re looking forward to visiting the schools in Madawaska, Maine, playing for the students and talking about what we do!

Monday, March 17, 2014 00:00 to 23:59
Madawaska, Maine

Concerts in the St. John Valley, Maine

Our week in the most northern part of Maine will include school programs and concerts in Fort Kent and Presque Isle!

Sunday, March 16, 2014 14:00 to March 18, 2014 21:00

Spring into the Arts Festival

We’ll be at University of Maine at Fort Kent. The program will include the premiere of UMFK faculty member, Scott Brickman’s French Suite, composed for us in 2012. For more information please visit here.

Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 2 PM
University of Maine Fort Kent, Fox Auditorium, Fort Kent, Maine

Annual Benefit

Please join us for music and cocktails in celebration of our fifteenth season at our first annual benefit. Please email us for more information. Seating is limited. Please RSVP by January 5, 2014.

Friday, January 17, 2014 at 7 PM
Klavierhaus, 211 West 58th Street, New York City

Tenri Cultural Institute 2013

We’ll be returning to the Tenri Cultural Institute for our annual Fall concert in New York City with a trio of premieres. We have a great program planned including music by our most recent featured composer, Robert Davidson. Be sure to read about him on our Featured Composer page! We’ll also be premiering works by John Newell and Randall Snyder. You can catch John’s interview with Suzanne in our archived Featured Composer section.

Tickets are on sale now at Brown Paper Tickets!

Friday, November 22, 2013 at 8 PM
43A West 13th Street, New York City

Music from Good Shepherd

We’re delighted to be returning to Good Shepherd. Be sure to come hear us perform C.P.E. Bach, John Newell and Robert Davidson in this beautiful space in Marine Park, Brooklyn.

Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 6 PM
1950 Batchelder Street, Brooklyn, New York

Machias Bay Concerts

We’ll be performing works by C.P.E. Bach, Peter Jona Korn, Australian composer Robert Davidson and Pèter Köszeghy. Included on the program will also be ….and nothing remains the same composed for us by Maine’s own John Newell. You can read about John on our Featured Composers page. For more information please vist here.

Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Centre Street Congregational Church, Machias, Maine

L’Association Culturelle et Historique

Ahh..the beautiful St. John River Valley! This space has come to feel like home to us. We’re so excited to be coming back again.

For those of you who have never been here, L’Association Culturelle et Historique is the huge green and gold National Register monument between Van Buren and Madawaska. All tickets will be sold at the door: $15 each.

Sunday, June 30, 2013 at 7 PM
Lille, Maine

Bayport-Blue Point Public Library

Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 2 PM
203 Blue Point Avenue, Blue Point, New York

Friends of the Library 2013

We’ve been performing here regularly since we first formed Eight Strings & a Whistle. We’re very excited to be invited back! Progam information will be coming soon!

Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 3 PM
Dorothy Henry Branch, 66 Rt. 94, Vernon, New Jersey

La Grua Center

Come hear us perform John Newell’s …and nothing remains the same. We’ll also be performing Michael Kibbe’s Trio Pastoral, Opus 3, Souls by Pèter Köszeghy and works by Von Call and Beethoven.

For directions please visit here.

Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 5 PM
The Old Foundry Building at Stonington Commons, Stonington, Connecticut

Tenri Cultural Institute 2012

Friday, November 16, 2012 at 8 PM
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street, New York City

Good Shepherd Church 2012

We’ll be collaborating with soprano Helen Gabrielsen, performing Dag Gabrielsen’s Food!

Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 6 PM
1950 Batchelder Street, Brooklyn, New York

Joyful Noise! Concert Series

Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 4 PM
First Congregational Church, Guilford, Connecticut

L’Association Culturelle et Historique 2012

We’re so excited to be performing in this space once again! For those of you who have never been here, L’Association Culturelle et Historique is the huge green and gold National Register monument between Van Buren and Madawaska. All tickets will be sold at the door: $15 each.

Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 7 PM
Lille, Maine

Schoodic Arts for All Concert Series

We are so happy to be going back to Schoodic Arts for All with a program filled with seduction, spiritualism, elegance and turbulence!

From the more traditional side, we’re going to perform our own arrangement of Beethoven’s Variations on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, as well as the late 18th century composer, Leonhard von Call’s graceful Trio in G Major, Op. 142.

We’ll also be performing the Maine premiere of Souls, composed for us in 2011 by Hungarian composer, Pèter Köszeghy. Inspired by the Hungarian Shaman tradition which focuses on the connection between the physical and spiritual worlds, Souls is a pathway created by sound from the material to the spiritual world.

We’ll be rounding out the program with Tom Flaherty’s Moments of Inertia and Dawn Avery’s Hi’iaka.We’re looking forward to revisiting Moments of Inertia, a work we started performing in Fall, 2011. You can read about Tom and Moments of Inertia in our Featured Composer section.  Hi’iaka is among one of our first commissions and was composed in 2003. Hi’iaka is the Hawaiian Goddess who restores life and this particular work is based on a Hawaiian naming chant which restores life through the giving of new names.

For more information please visit here.

Friday, June 8, 2012 at 7 PM
Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor, Maine

Good Shepherd Church 2011

Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 6 PM
1950 Batchelder Street, Brooklyn, New York

Tenri Cultural Institute 2011

Friday, November 11, 2011 at 8 PM
Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13th Street, New York City

Music @ 1

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 1 PM
Ingalls Recital Hall, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey

Maurice River Music Salon Concerts

Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 2:30 PM
Maurice Town, New Jersey

South Huntington Library Recital Series

Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 2:30 PM
145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station, NY

April in Maine, Part 2

Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 2 PM
L’Association Culturelle et Historique du Mont-Carmel in Lille

April in Maine Part 1

Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 8 PM
University of Maine Fort Kent, Fox Auditorium, Fort Kent, Maine

Tenri Cultural Institute 2010

Friday, November 19, 2010
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City

Good Shepherd Church Concert

Sunday, November 7, 2010
Good Shepherd Church, Brooklyn, New York

CCNY/CUNY Concert

Friday, October 29, 2010
CCNY/CUNY, Shepard Hall, New York City

Tribeca Performing Arts Center Concert

Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York City

Chocolate Church Arts Center Concert

Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Chocolate Church Arts Center, Bath, Maine

The Louise McKeon Chamber Music Concert Series

Sunday, May 2, 2010
Keeler Tavern Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut

Music of Roberto Scarcella Perino

Friday, April 30, 2010
Casa Italiana Zerilli/Marimò, NYU, New York City

Borough of Manhattan Community College Concert

Collaborated with Howard Meltzer, pianist, performing Variationis Achesmisticae by Byron Adams

Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York City

Tenri Cultural Institute Concert

Friday, November 20, 2009
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City

Skidmore College Concert

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 8 PM
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York

Friends of the Library Concert

Sunday, October 25, 2009
Friends of the Library, Vernon, New Jersey

CUNY Concert

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
CUNY, New York City

Bar Harbor Music Festival

Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Bar Harbor Music Festival, Bar Harbor, Maine

L’Association Culturelle et Historique Concert

Sunday, July 12, 2009
L’Association Culturelle et Historique du Mont Carmel, Lille, Maine

Eastport Arts Center Concert

Friday, July 10, 2009
Eastport Arts Center, Eastport, Maine

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