Events

Feb 6, 2024  Leonia Chamber Musicians  Leonia Library, NJ
… The Dragon’s Fire: Adventures in the Enchanted Forest, by Richard Carrick and Bill Gordh. Music and Words weave a spell as we tell the tale of two princess sisters meeting two prince brothers who come to the aid of a fire-breathing/sneezing Dragon. But now the forest is on fire! What’s next? Join the Leonia Chamber Musicians as we celebrate the year of the Dragon at the Leonia Library. With Theresa Norris (flute), Daryl Goldberg (cello), Beth Robin (keyboard), James Musto (percussion), narrated by Bill Gordh

Feb 17, 2024  Tost Ensemble/ Music 4 Autism  virtual concert

Feb 25, 2024  Leonia Chamber Musicians  Leonia, NJ
… Winter Serenade: Rhapsodie by Arthur Honneger; Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs, Op. 79 by Camille Saint-Saëns; Quintet in F-sharp minor, Op. 67 by Amy Beach Guest Artists: Norman Carey, piano; Noah Kay, oboe; Mitch Kriegler, clarinet

Mar 3, 2024. Canta Libre  Vero Beach, FL

Apr 28, 2024  Leonia Chamber Musicians  Leonia, NJ
… Great Romantic Composers: Antonín Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 14 in A♭ Major, Op. 105; Robert Schumann Piano Quintet in E♭ Major Guest Artists: Norman Carey, piano; Noah Kay, oboe; Mitch Kriegler, clarinet

May 9, 2024  Coast Live Music  CA
A cast of superlative performers joins Artistic Director Livia Sohn and Artistic Advisor James Austin Smith for a sunset performance of baroque concerti and ensemble works overlooking the valley at the glorious Fogarty Winery. Light bites and a cash bar precede the performance.

May 12, 2024 Ardelia Trio  Red Bank Chamber Music Society. NJ

selected dates. Spamalot on Broadway. NYC
… Everything that makes a great knight in the theatre is here, from flying cows to killer rabbits, British royalty to French taunters, dancing girls, rubbery shrubbery, and of course, the Lady of the Lake. Seated at the round table are a royal court of jesters, filled with Tony winners, nominees, and Broadway favorites.

selected dates  &Juliet on Broadway  NYC
…This hilarious new musical flips the script on the greatest love story ever told. & Juliet asks: what would happen next if Juliet didn’t end it all over Romeo? Juliet’s new story bursts to life through a playlist of pop anthems as iconic as her name, including “Since U Been Gone‚” “Roar,” “Baby One More Time,” “Larger Than Life‚” “That’s The Way It Is,“ and “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”

selected dates  Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway  NYC
I sub on this hit Broadway Musical that the NY Times called “fabulous and extravagant!”

PAST HIGHLIGHTS…

Jan 26, 28, 2024  SONYC String Orchestra of NYC Odyssey House, College of Mount St. Vincent, NYC
… Mendelssohn Sinfonia #13, Rautavaara “The Fiddlers” Schubert Rosamunde Quartet

Nov 11, 18, 2023  SONYC String Orchestra of NYC  The Tank, NYC
… Theatrical production of “Obsession”, music by E.Ysaÿe, arrangement and text Karl Kramer with actor Jack Clark, Bach Second Cello Suite arranged for Six Violins, response pieces by Karl Kramer, choreography and dance: Angelina Laguna and A’lia Martin

Aug 26 – Sept 1, 2023  La Boheme/ Berkshire Opera Festival  MA

July 15-30, 2023  Bar Harbor Music Festival  Bar Harbor & Belfast, ME
… my annual trek Downeast to play all kinds of recitals, chamber music & chamber orchestra concerts in Acadia. Particularly excited to be joined by colleagues and friends Sarah Adams, Melissa Westgate & Vadim Serebryany to play piano quartet programs this year!

May 9 – 14. June 13 – 16, 2023  Jagged Little Pill  Hartford, CT; Boston, MA
… Jukebox musical set to the angst rock of Alanis Morisette? YES, count me in! 

June 3, 4, 2023 New England Academy of Dance  Greenwich, CT
… Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne with this amazing ballet school!

May 11, 14, 2023  String Orchestra of NYC Lehmann College Art Gallery, Alchemical Studios

April 27, 2023. Atrikk Ensemble’s Jazz Happy Hour  Morgan Lehman Gallery, NYC
… Join us for a drink and some great quartet 
arrangements of old & new jazz favorites against the backdrop of artwork by Edra Soto & Rachel Ostrow.

April 15, 2023  Atrikk Ensemble @the cell  NYC
… Delight in a three-course “musical offering” presented by Atrikk Ensemble and shared amongst friends at the cell theatre in Chelsea on Saturday, April 15th at 7:30pm! The slow introduction of Mozart’s “Dissonance” Quartet, K. 465, will whet your appetite for the breezy delicacy of C major to follow. Course two will feature Janacek’s first string quartet, “Kreutzer Sonata”, a rich and visceral meditation on Tolstoy’s novella of the same title. We’ll uncork the bubbly to round out the evening with a lively assortment of classics from Klezmer to James Brown.

Mar 19, 2023  Leonia Chamber Musicians  Leonia, NJ
Music for the Soul… Montgomery’s Strum, Bonis’ Suite en trio, Brahms Piano Quintet with guest pianist Soyeon Park

Mar 4, 2023  Storytime Quartet  Greenwich, CT

Feb 26, 2023 Quartetto Caliente celebrates Black History Month. Englewood Public Library, NJ

Feb 17, 2023  Atrikk Ensemble @the cell  NYC
Bring your sweetheart and settle in with a glass of wine for this intimate program of romantic favorites! Your heart is sure to sing a tune of its own as we journey through the romantic sensibilities, lush harmonies, and irresistible rhythms of jazz, pop and classical favorites. 

Feb 12, 2023  Leonia Chamber Musicians  Leonia, NJ
Romance for Valentine’s Day… songs from Kismet with Wonjung Kim, quartet selections by Borodin & Price, and music for flute and strings by Ginastera

Jan 24, 2023 Leonia Chamber Musicians Family Concert  Leonia Library, NJ

Dec 9-11, 2022  Nutcracker  New Canaan, CT
New England Academy of Dance & Norwalk Symphony present the classic holiday favorite.

Dec 4, 2022 Atrikk Ensemble @the cell  NYC

Nov 5 – 13  Paul Taylor Dance Co with Orchestra of St Luke’s  Lincoln Center, NYC

Nov 6, 2022  Leonia Chamber Musicians  Leonia, NJ

Oct 31 – Nov 4, 2022  Ardelia Trio Residency @College of William & Mary  Williamsburg, VA

Oct 24, 2022  Leonia Chamber Musicians Gala Fundraiser  Leonia, NJ
… join us for a salon evening of bubbly, bites & chamber music in a Leonian historic home!

Sept 24, 2022  Bar Harbor Music Festival Benefit Concert  Milbrook, NY
… soloing on J.S. Bach’s Double Violin Concerto alongside Erika Atchley-Hagis

Sept 2, 2022 Leonia Chamber Musicians  Leonia, NJ
… free, outdoor concert in the Sculpture Garden sponsored by the Music Performance Trust Fund

July 14-24, 2022  Ardelia Trio/ Bar Harbor Music Festival  Bar Harbor & Belfast, ME

July 9, 2022  Ironwood Ensemble  Maplewood, NJ

June 24, 2022  Johnny Mathis: Voice of Romance Tour  NJ Performing Arts Center

June 13, 2022  Irish Repertory Theatre Gala  Town Hall, NYC
… Featuring performances* by Michel Bell, Len Cariou, Glenn Close, Amanda Jane Cooper, Mark Evans, Joel Grey, Donna Kane, Chita Rivera, Ciaran Sheehan, Max Von Essen, Kaley Ann Voorhees, DeLaney Westfall, and more!

June 4, 2022  Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE-Day  Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
… Following a sold-out November 2021 performance at Carnegie Hall, historian and narrator John Monsky brings his groundbreaking American History Unbound series to Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s

May 31, 2022  Playfresh: Gala Concert of New LGBTQ Works  Irish Rep Theatre, NYC
… Playthings is a family of storytellers devoted to bring works of the LGBTQ+ Community and its allies to the New York Stage. We proudly continue the discussion of diversity, inclusion, and love.

Apr 9, 2022  Storytime Quartet  Greenwich, CT

Apr 7 & 9, 2022  Omni Ensemble  Brooklyn & Staten Island, NY

Apr 4, 2022  Broadway Chamber Players  St. Malachy’s Chapel, NYC
… Martinu’s La Revue de Cuisine, with Wayne duMaine, Christopher Cullen, Gil Dejean, Melissa Westgate and Jamie Schmidt

Apr 1 & 2, 2022  Ballymore: Winners  Bart Luedeke Center, Lawrenceville, NJ
… Based on Lovers, the play by renowned Irish playwright Brian Friel, Richard Wargo’s opera Ballymore: Winners is the first of the opera’s two acts.  Located in the fictional town of Ballymore in Northern Ireland in the 1960’s, Winners follows teenagers Mag and Joe as their harrowing love story unfolds.

Mar 26, 2022  Atrikk Ensemble  the cell theatre, NYC
… string sextets by Strauss, Spohr & Brahms, with dream team: Sasha Margolis, Sarah Adams, Junah Chung, Kirsten Jerme & Melissa Westgate

Mar 20, 2022  Leonia Chamber Musicians  Leonia, NJ
… “Concert of Reflection”: featuring works by J.S. Bach, B. Britten, G. Mahler & V. Coleman, & M.Westgate, with Maggie Speier, Daryl Goldberg, Theresa Norris, Alan Kay, Soyeon Park & Sarah Davol

Feb 24, 26, 2022  Omni Ensemble  Brooklyn & Staten Island, NY

Feb 18, 2022  Atrikk Ensemble  the cell theatre, NYC
… an evening of romantic favorites from jazz to classical to tango. Wine will be provided!

Jan 28, 2022  Atrikk Ensemble  the cell theatre, NYC
… string quartets by J. Montgomery, A. Darvishi, M. Weinberg & J. Brahms

Jan 14, 2022  Pickup Chamber Music Town School, NYC

Dec 4, 2021  Bar Harbor Music Festival Gala  Kosciusko Foundation, NYC
… works by Beethoven, L. Boulanger, and Gershwin with pianist Christopher Johnson.

Dec 13, 2021  Leonia Chamber Musicians Holiday Concert  Leonia Public Library, NJ

Nov 21, 2021  Atrikk Ensemble  the cell theatre, NYC
… A program of sublime quartet music by Britten, Webern & Ravel, with Sasha Margolis, Sarah Adams & Kirsten Jerme

Oct 24, 2021  Leonia Chamber Musicians  Leonia, NJ
… Beethoven’s epic op 132 String Quartet

Oct 3, 2021  Leonia Chamber Musicians  Leonia, NJ
… live & outdoors at the Leonia Arts & Culture Festival

Sept 25, 2021  Bar Harbor Music Festival Benefit Concert  Milbrook, NY
… soloing on JS Bach’s Double Violin Concerto alongside Erika Atchley-Hagis

Sept 22, 2021 Leonia Chamber Musicians  Leonia, NJ
… 1pm in the Sculpture Garden – a free, outdoor string quartet concert for seniors co-sponsored by the Borough of Leonia and the Music Performance Trust Fund

Mar 21 – Aug 22, 2021 Janey’s co-ed pickup chamber music @the cell  NYC
This is my dream series in my dream space! Join us in the spacious back garden of Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre for this series of informal concerts, where chatter, questions and BYOB are all encouraged.

July 17-25, 2021 Ardelia Trio/ Bar Harbor Music Festival  Bar Harbor & Belfast, ME

June 14, 2021 Irish Repertory Theatre Gala online
… Free but reservations required

June 10, 2021 Leonia Chamber Musicians  Leonia, NJ
… 1pm in the Sculpture Garden – a free, outdoor string quartet concert for seniors co-sponsored by the Borough of Leonia and the Music Performance Trust Fund

Nov 24, 2019 Leonia Chamber Musicians  Leonia, NJ
Smetana’s “From My Life” quartet and Beach’s Variations 

Dec 15, 2019  “Noel” with the Stamford SymphonyBrass  Stamford, CT
I’ll be hosting a family-friendly afternoon holiday concert.

July 18 -28, 2019  Ardelia Ensemble/ Bar Harbor Music Festival  Bar Harbor & Belfast, ME

June 5-12, 2019  Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center/ Chamber Music Beginnings “Classics in Your Classroom” Tour  NY & NJ

May 21 – 22, 2019  LinkUp: The Orchestra Moves  Carnegie Hall, NYC

May 3 & 4, 2019  Shpongle Live at Red Rocks

April 2, 2019  Teaching Artists Ensemble of the NY Philharmonic/ Young New Yorkers Event  Norwood, NYC

April 13, 2019  Creative Stage/ Storytelling Through Music at Collegiate Festival  NYC

March 19 – 29, 2019  Teaching Artists Ensemble of the NY Philharmonic In-School Concert Tour  NYC

Nov 11, 2018  Ardelia Trio/ Red Bank Chamber Music Society  Red Bank, NJ
… Haydn, Schoenfield & Brahms

Nov 12, 2018  New York Choral Society  Carnegie Hall

Sept 23, 2018  Creative Stage/ Carnegie Hall Family Day  NYC
… audiences create stories out of musical prompts to perform with a live piano trio

Sept 22, 2018  Canta Libre  Vanderbilt Museum Planetarium

Mar 18 – Aug 26 (selected datesCarousel on Broadway  Imperial Theatre

July 20-30, 2018  Ardelia Trio/ Bar Harbor Music Festival  Bar Harbor & Belfast, ME

June 7, 2018  Storytime Quartet  Darien, CT

May 22 – 23, 2018  In-School Concerts, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s “Chamber Music Beginnings” NYC & Long Island

May 20, 2018  Ardelia Trio/ Music 4 Autism  3rd Street Music Settlement

5/16, 2018  Teaching Artists Ensemble of the NY Philharmonic Young New Yorkers Salon  Norwood, NYC

Apr 29, 2018 Teaching Artists Ensemble of the NY Philharmonic Harmony Program NYC

Apr 22, 2018  Ironwood Ensemble  Richter Association for the Arts, Danbury, CT
… Beethoven’s sublime “Archduke” Trio and Piazzolla’s “Primavera Portena” from the Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Apr 13 – 28  Rocktopia on Broadway  Broadway Theatre, NYC
… Iconic 20th-Century Rock with the Most World-renowned Classical Compositions.

March 28, 2018  In-School Concert, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s “Chamber Music Beginnings” PS 004, Queens, NY

Mar 4, 2018 Storytime Quartet  Perrot Memorial Library, Old Greenwich, CT
… My debut hosting and narrating for this amazing, fun group! 

Jan 22, 2018 Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Heller Auditorium, Francis W. Parker School, Chicago
… I hosted this special Visiting Music Scholar in Residence event featuring artists of CMS

Jan 12, 2018 Ardelia Trio Town School, NYC

Jan 10, 2018 In-School Concert, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s “Chamber Music Beginnings” PS 004, Queens, NY

Jan 6, 2018 New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concert David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
… Following in the footsteps of the legendary Leonard Bernstein, I made my debut hosting this concert which explored the connections between Tchaikovsky and his musical idol, Mozart

Nov 18, 2017 New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concert Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI
… Joined by fellow Teaching Artist, Paul Murphy, I co-designed and led the pre-concert workshop exploring Leonard Bernstein’s dual roles of conductor and composer. Sponsored by the University Musical Society

Nov 17, 2017 Lincoln Center Moments Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center
The Teaching Artists Ensemble of the NY Philharmonic performs Schubert’s String Quintet

Nov 15, 2017 Classical Saxophone Project  Kosciusko Foundation, NYC

]July 20-30, 2017 Ardelia Trio/ Bar Harbor Music Festival Bar Harbor & Belfast, ME

July 7 – 8, 2017 Ardelia Trio Live at the Met Museum Balcony Bar Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

April 28, 2017 Recital Northport Library, Long Island

April 17, 2017 Lincoln Center Moments Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center
Brahms Horn Trio with Laura Weiner, horn, and Jihea Hong, piano

Feb 9, 2017 Kid Cudi/ The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

Oct 26, 2016 – Jan 29, 2017 Finian’s Rainbow Irish Repertory Theatre, NYC

Sept 6 – Oct 7, 2016 Adele Live Tour Auburn Hills, MI, Philadelphia, Boston, NYC, Montreal, Toronto

Aug 23 – Sept 1, 2016 Bruce Springsteen’s River Tour Nationals Park, Washington DC; MetLife Stadium, NJ

July 27, 2016  Ardelia Trio/ Bar Harbor Music Festival Bar Harbor, ME

May 31 – June 25, 2016  Hadestown New York Theater Workshop

Mar 9 – 17, 2016  Teaching Artists Ensemble of the NY Philharmonic School Tour NYC

Mar 20, 2016 “Epic Sonatas” Recital Binghamton University
…. Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata, Franck Sonata and Mozart’s e minor Sonata. With pianist, Michael Salmirs.

Oct 31, 2015  Soloist with Binghamton University Symphony Orchestra Anderson Center, Binghamton University

Oct 18, 2015  Ardelia Trio, Music for Autism Friedberg JCC, Oceanside, NY

Oct 7, 2015  Stevie Wonder’s “Songs in the Key of Life” Tour Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

Sept 12 – Oct 4, 2015 Arijit Singh live in Concert  Trenton, Orlando, Oakland, L.A., Chicago, Houston, Dallas.

Nov 12, 2014 – Sept 6, 2015 On the Town” on Broadway Lyric Theatre, NYC

July 16, 2015 – 8pm Ardelia Trio/ Bar Harbor Music Festival Bar Harbor, ME

Apr 1, 2015 – 6:30pm  Music + Art V Tarisio, 244 W.54th st, NYC
… artist (and soccer buddy), Robert Aitchison & I put on our 5th collaborative project, presenting original artwork based on the chamber works of Mozart and Debussy. With David Byrd (french horn), Megan Griffin & Sarah Zun (violas), Emily Brausa (cello), and Karen Lindquist (harp).

Mar 15, 2015 OMNI Ensemble/ The NY Flute Club’s Flute Fair Lighthouse International, NYC

Nov 8, 2014 OMNI Ensemble Brooklyn Conservatory

June 26 – Sept 14, 2014 Piece of My Heart Signature Theatre, NYC

Aug 20, 23, 2014, 2014 Rod Stewart Live in Concert Atlantic City, Jones Beach Amphitheatre, NY

July 18, 2014 Ardelia Trio Bar Harbor Music Festival, ME

June 2-10, 2014 In-School Concerts, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s “Chamber Music Beginnings”

Mar 29 – May 18, 2014 Bridges of Madison County Schoenfeld Theater, NYC

May 19, 2014 Concerto Soloist with All-City Orchestra Skirball Center, NYU

May 10, 2014 Sphongle Live at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Apr 17, 2014 Ardelia Trio Kosciusko Foundation, NYC

Feb 7, 2014 Soloist Frank Sinatra HS Symphonic Orchestra Queens, NY

Dec 20, 2013 Ardelia Trio Klein Memorial Auditorium, Bridgeport, CT

Nov 9, 2013 Piazzolla Plus: South American Classics Anderson Center Chamber Hall, Binghamton University

July 31, 2013 Mozart at Monteux Festival Hancock, ME
… Mozart’s ever-popular Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Schubert’s Octet for Winds and Strings

July 19, 2013 Ardelia Trio Bar Harbor Music Festival, ME
… works by Mozart, Schubert, Piazzolla and Shostakovich

June 4, 2013 NY Philharmonic’s Very Young Composer’s Concert Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC

May 23, 2013 Ardelia Trio In-School Concerts, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s “Chamber Music Beginnings”

May 19, 2013 Ardelia Trio Salon Concert Connecticut Alliance for Music, Fairfield, CT

May 17 & 18, 2013 Ardelia Trio Metropolitan Museum Great Hall Balcony Bar, NYC

May 16, 2013 Orchestra of St. Luke’s St. Thomas Church, NYC
… An evening of works by Bach, Tallis & Vaughan Williams

May 13, 2013 Mother’s Day Chamber Music Concert The Goodwill Theatre, Johnson City, NY
... “John Covelli & Friends” including a performance of Franck’s Piano Quintet
with Elmar Oliveira, Sandy Robbins, and Stephen Stalker

April 3- 28, 2013 Donnybrook: The Musical of “The Quiet Man” Irish Repertory Theatre, NYC

Mar 17, 2013 Recital Anderson Center Chamber Hall, Binghamton, NY
… “Three Bs” with Michael Salmirs (pno); violin sonatas of Beethoven, Brahms and Bolcom

Mar 1, 2013 Soloist Frank Sinatra HS Symphonic Orchestra Queens, NY

Dec 15, 2012 Ardelia Trio Music for Autism Concert  NYC

Oct 20 & 21, 2012 Live at the Metropolitan Museum Great Hall Balcony, NYC
... String quartets performing mixed repertoire against the backdrop of great art, food and drink

Oct 14, 2012 Piano Trio Concert Zoellner Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA
... Mozart, Dvorak & Brahms masterworks with Chris Gross (vc) and Eugene Albulescu (pno)

July 20, 2012 Ardelia Trio Bar Harbor Music Festival, ME

July 17, 2012 Guest Artist with Toomai Schare Recital Hall, Rutgers University, NJ

July 14, 2012 Ardelia Trio Concerts in Motion Amsterdam Nursing Home, NYC

June 8 – 10, 2012 Roycroft Chamber Music Festival East Aurora, NY

May 29, 2012 Orchestra of St. Luke’s United Palace Theatre/ World Science Festival, NYC

Apr 24, 2012 Lecture Recital: Brahms’ Regenlieder – Evolution from Songs to Sonata Casadesus Recital Hall, Binghamton, NY

Apr 18, 2012 Bach Concerto for Violin & Oboe Binghamton University Orchestra, Anderson Arts Center, NY

Apr 15, 2012 Africanaise: An Afternoon of African-Inspired Compositions & Dance Anderson Arts Center, Binghamton, NY

Mar 18, 2012 Musica Nova Casadesus Recital Hall, Binghamton University, NY

Mar 11, 2012 Recital Phelps Mansion, Binghamton, NY

Mar 10, 2012 “Piazzolla Caldera” live music premiere with Paul Taylor Dance Company Anderson Arts Center, Binghamton, NY

Mar 2, 2012 Mozart Concerto in D Frank Sinatra HS Symphonic Orchestra, Queens, NY

Feb 7, 2012 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante with members of the Binghamton University Orchestra Casadesus Recital Hall, Binghamton, NY

Feb 4, 2012 Music of Robert Palmer Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Jan 30, 2012 Ardelia Trio Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, NY