New York Classical Players to Perform a Brahms and Bach Chamber Concert
10/26/2016
Riverdale, N.Y. – The New York Classical Players (NYCP) will return to the University of Mount Saint Vincent on Friday, November 4 for a 3 p.m. chamber music concert in the President’s Reception Room. The concert is free and open to the public. This is the NYCP’s fourth appearance at the Mount. Their performance will be part of their “Encounters” concert series. The program will include Johannes Brahms. Chaconne for Piano in D minor, Bach’s Chaconne from the Partita for Violin No. 2, and Brahms’ inventive, 19th century transcription, followed by an exhilarating reading of Brahms’ Piano Trio in B Major. The NYCP will return to the Mount on February 17 at 3 p.m. for an all Haydn concert. Both concerts are made possible by a generous grant from the Sisters of Charity.
The New York Classical Players is a dynamic and versatile chamber orchestra composed of young musicians committed to bringing free, high-level concerts to diverse audiences in the greater New York City metropolitan area. A non-profit organization, NYCP was founded on the belief that access to excellence in music is an essential human right.
Since its founding season in 2010-11, NYCP has presented nearly 80 concerts throughout the greater New York City metropolitan area. They have performed these concerts, free of charge, to the public in such venues as the East Side’s historic Church of the Heavenly Rest, the LeFrak Concert Hall in Queens, Flushing Town Hall, New Jersey’s Chodae Community Church, and the University of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale. NYCP has also had the privilege of collaborating with some of world’s most renowned musicians, including Kim Kashkashian, Cho-Liang Lin, Donald Weilerstein, Chee-Yun, Stefan Jackiw, Alex Kerr, Mark Kosower, Yeol Eum Son, and Carol Wincenc, to name a few. In the spring of 2014, NYCP completed its first multi-city U.S. Tour, performing with soprano Sumi Jo to audiences of nearly 10,000.
As led by Music Director and Founder Dongmin Kim, NYCP offers the power and excitement of the orchestral repertoire as well as the intimacy and flexibility of chamber music. Members are graduates of the most prestigious conservatories such as the Curtis Institute of Music, New England Conservatory, and the Juilliard School, and have received further training at the Marlboro Music Festival, the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Institute, Music@Menlo, and as Fellows in the Carnegie Hall training program Ensemble Connect-formerly known as Ensemble ACJW. The musicians of NYCP perform internationally as critically-acclaimed soloists, chamber musicians, and orchestral musicians.
For more information, please contact Rob Jacklosky at rob.jacklosky@mountsaintvincent.edu or visit www.nycpmusic.org.
About the University of Mount Saint Vincent
Founded in 1847 by the Sisters of Charity, the University of Mount Saint Vincent offers nationally recognized liberal arts education and a select array of professional fields of study on a landmark campus overlooking the Hudson River. Committed to the education of the whole person, and enriched by the unparalleled cultural, educational and career opportunities of New York City, the College equips students with the knowledge, skills and experiences necessary for lives of achievement, professional accomplishment and leadership in the 21st century.