New York Classical Players to Perform Bach and Handel at the Mount
3/26/2018
Riverdale, N.Y. – The New York Classical Players (NYCP) will return to the Mount on Friday, April 6, 2018 for a chamber music concert in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in Founders Hall at 3:00 p.m. NYCP is a dynamic and versatile chamber orchestra composed of young musicians committed to bringing free, high-level concerts to diverse audiences. A nonprofit, NYCP was formed with the belief that access to excellence in music is an essential human right.
This is the NYCP’s sixth appearance at the Mount. Their performance will be part of their “Baroque Enchantment” concert series, featuring NYCP’s pianist Rachel Kudo playing works by J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel, and the contemporary Israeli-born composer and conductor, Avner Dorman.
Since its founding season in 2010-2011, NYCP has presented nearly 90 concerts throughout the greater New York City metropolitan area. In addition to their concerts at the Mount, they have performed in venues including the East Side’s historic Church of the Heavenly Rest, the LeFrak Concert Hall in Queens, Flushing Town Hall, and New Jersey’s Chodae Community Church. NYCP has also had the privilege of collaborating with some of the 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. 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.
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. The young members of NYCP are graduates of the most prestigious conservatories, including 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. The musicians of NYCP perform internationally as critically-acclaimed soloists, chamber musicians, and orchestral musicians.
The concert, which is free and open to the public, has been made possible through a generous grant from the Sisters of Charity.
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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.