Hoff Barthelson Presents Cellist Peter Seidenberg
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The Hoff-Barthelson Music School is pleased to present cellist Peter Seidenberg on Friday, March 4, 8 pm at Scarsdale Community Baptist Church, Popham and Autenrieth Roads, Scarsdale. Mr. Seidenberg will be joined by guest artist Hui-Mei Lin, piano.
Cellist Peter Seidenberg has played throughout Europe, the U.S. and Asia as a soloist and chamber musician. He made his debut with the Chicago Symphony, and has appeared with the DePaul Chamber Orchestra, the New American Chamber Orchestra and the Century Symphony of Osaka, Japan. He has performed with pianists Richard Goode, Andreas Schiff and Mitsuko Uchida, among others, and has participated in the Marlboro, Aspen, and Norfolk summer festivals. Mr. Seidenberg is the cellist of the Queen’s Chamber Band.
Hui-Mei Lin made her New York solo debut at Weill Recital Hall as the winner of the Young Artists International Competition. Concert tours have taken her to Italy, Canada and various cities in her native Taiwan. As a chamber musician she has collaborated with the New Hungarian Quartet, the Peregrine Trio, cellist Carter Brey, and flutist Robert Stallman. Her media appearances include solo performances on PBS, WQXR and China Broadcast.
The program for the evening includes Beethoven’s Sonata in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2; Suite in E-flat Major, BWV 1010 by J.S. Bach; and Britten’s Suite No. 1 Op. 72 (1964)
Tickets to the recital are $15 general, $14 seniors, and free for students. Information and reservations: 914-723-1169.
Peter Pan at Heathcote Elementary School
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Over 100 students at Heathcote Elementary School participated in two performances of Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up on Saturday February 12th. The show was run by KJK Productions who provides staffing, costumes, and scenery to create full-scale performances in the school. Here are some photos of the students, from grades 1-5 who took part in the plays. According to Amanda Karp, Co-chair of the Heathcote Performing Arts Committee, "It was amazing to watch what the kids and KJK productions were able to accomplish in two weeks. It was so much fun to see so many different personalities participate -- and all of them enjoy it. It was great to be a part of it." Co-chair Vivian Sklar added, "Working with the kids was a lot of fun. We had to deal with weather closings and illness, but the kids really pulled through. In the end, the kids were all proud and happy and really worked together. Of course this type of production is impossible without an impressive group of parent volunteers. I was really impressed how it all came together."
Pictured at Right: Katie Karp, one of the “Peter Pans” singing “I Gotta Crow”
Rebecca Sklar (with a broken wrist) also played the part of a Peter Pan and sang the song Neverland
The Pirate Chorus
Natives in the song “Ugh A wug”
Miles Barrow as Captain Hook leads the pirates
Photos courtesy of Jon Thaler - see more at JonThaler.com
Scarsdale Art Students' Work Featured at Pace
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Scarsdale High School Junior, Rachelle Gage's artwork is being featured at the Pace University Small Works Exhibition 2011. The exhibition is in the Choate House Gallery and runs through March 4 and includes the work of seven more Scarsdale High School students as well as artwork from students at thirty area high schools. The exhibit is is sponsored by Dyson College of Arts and Sciences and the Visual Arts Center and can be seen until March 4, 2011.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday - 12:00pm to 4:00pm, Thursday - 12:00 t0 6:00pm
Gallery Location: Choate House Gallery, Pace University, 861 Bedford Rd., Entrance 3, Pleasantville, New York
For more information and directions, please call the Visual Arts Center at 914-773-3473.
Poems from Young Writers
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In response to our request for poetry and prose from young writers, we received these two poems … one from a high school student in Edgemont and another from an eighth grader at Scarsdale Middle School. If you have work you would like to share on the site, please email it to [email protected] , and we will publish what space allows.
America’s Depression by Lauren Stuzin, Junior at Edgemont High School
He puts his suit on
Drives to work in reverse
Why does everything seem wrong?
Has our luck dispersed?
It’s as if we’ve been functioning backwards
He leaves today with a box in his hands
Sit back and watch as the workers fly away like birds
The color leaks from society all over the lands
We stand together on the ledge of that large aperture
Others wave us in
But step in? We’re unsure
Will this decline engulf us and win?
It’s become more of a waiting
Than guessing game
Our superiority is surely fading
It seems there’s nothing we can do, for this downswing won’t tame
-2008
Gym Clothes by Henry Korzec, eighth grade, Scarsdale Middle School
my locker is like a gym
smelly
putrid
sweaty
but most of all dark
every other day
I begin my journey to the gym
I play basketball
and talk to my friends
but after that I am thrown
or kicked
or tossed into
A
very
dark
concealed
quiet
heinous
place
just to be worn again
The Heathcote Winter Chorus Concert
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The 4th grade chorus performed 3 songs: “Muziki Vuma,” which is an upbeat song in Swahili which included a small percussion ensemble. “America, Of Thee I Sing!” which is a lovely partnering of a melodic version of “The Pledge of Allegiance” and “America, The Beautiful.” And, their show stopper which was “Lights!” which included choreography and was "outrageously funderful."
The 5th grade chorus has also prepared 3 songs: “O Desayo” which is an Angolan folk song also with a
The parallels in the two chorus' repertoire allows both the singers and the audience to engage in critical thinking as they evaluate not only the performance but the musical content presented by each group.
It was an evening of many smiles, wonderful music, and the audience absolutely loved it!
Top Photo: Heathcote Principal Maria Stiles welcomes everyone to the concert
Photos courtesy of Jon Thaler. To see more, go to www.jonthaler.com
