Gilbert and Sullivan Players in Pawling

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Friday in Gardiner Theater at Trinity School in Pawling, the Gilbert and Sullivan Players performed a slightly abbreviated version of H.M.S. Pinafore; or The Lass…

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Pasquale Grasso Trio at The Stissing Center

The Pasquale Grasso Trio delivered an amazing performance last Saturday at The Stissing Center. Pasquale is a southern Italian guitarist who has been living in New York City for the…

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Millbrook Music Salon at the Cary Institute

by Kevin T McEneaney Introduced by Artistic Director Sophie Zhou from the Millbrook Music Salon, this past Saturday afternoon at the Cary Institute Thomas Lovejoy Auditorium, violinist/violist Luosha Fang and…

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Julia Hamos Excites at Millbrook Music Salon

by Kevin T McEneaney Pianist Julia Hamos from Hungary is an international sensation. It seems amazing to me that she is here playing in Millbrook for The Millbrook Music salon,…

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St. Patrick’s Day

by Kevin T McEneaney Saint Patrick’s Day was placed on the RC universal church calendar as a feast day in the early 1600s. If Saint Patrick’s Day falls during Holy…

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“The Songbird” at Cresendo Event

by Kevin T McEneaney Monody was invented at the Medici court in Florence around 1580 by Vincenzo Galilei, father of the astronomer Galileo, who set a passage from his son’s…

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Kristin Lee & John Novacek at Millbrook Music Salon

by Kevin T McEneaney At Grace Church in Millbrook this past Sunday, the dynamic duo of Kristin Lee on violin and John Novacek on piano thrilled the audience with a…

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Notes on Valentine’s Day

by Kevin T McEneaney Emperor Claudius II ruled from 268 to 270 AD. During his reign he adopted the policy of forbidding Roman soldiers to marry, a rule that lasted…

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Chinese New Year Extravaganza at Bard College

by Kevin T McEneaney Last Saturday, Sosnoff Hall at Bard College featured The Annual Lunar Chinese Festival, where The Orchestre Now exploded with marvelous panache under the energetic baton of…

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