As we transition back to the stage,
LET THE MUSIC RESOUND!

2021-22 OSFL Concert Season

This concert season is sponsored in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Corning Incorporated Foundation, the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes, and the Hilliard Foundation.  Free Under 18 is sponsored by the Anderson Foundation.

*Programs subject to change.*

Saturday, October 9, 2021 - A tribute concert

7:30 PM
The Park Church, Elmira, NY

Symphony No. 4 - Beethoven
Lyric for Strings - George Walker
Elegy No. 1 - Giovanni Bottesini
Patrick Dugan, double bass
Adagio for Organ and Strings - Remo Giazotto/Tomaso Albinoni
Little Symphony for Winds - Charles Gounod

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This concert sponsored in part by the Restart NY grant administered by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

*COVID Policy: Attendees are required to wear masks for the duration of the concert and provide information for contact tracing. Social distancing is advised.

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Patrick Dugan is currently a graduate student at the Eastman School of Music, where he studies with James Van Demark and teaches at the Eastman Community Music School. He previously studied at the Jacobs School of Music, where he worked with Bruce Bransby, Jeff Turner, and Lawrence Hurst. He is interested in music both ancient and modern and has performed with ensembles dedicated to new music and historically informed performance. He joined the OSFL in the autumn of 2019.

Saturday, December 11, 2021 - OSFL Holiday Concert with a Twist

4:00 PM
Clemens Center, Elmira, NY

Carmen Fantasy - Sarasate
Winter from "Four Seasons" - Vivaldi
Nutcracker Suite - Tchaikovsky
Sleigh Ride - Anderson
The Tales of Sorrow (World Premiere) - Polina Nazaykinskaya
and traditional holiday music for Christmas and Hanukkah

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This concert sponsored in part by The Hilliard Corporation and the Restart NY grant administered by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

*COVID Policy: Attendees are required to wear masks for the duration of the concert.

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There is no performer quite like Janice Martin. She achieves virtuosity as a violinist, pianist, vocalist, and most uniquely, as an Aerial Acrobatic Violinist.

Newspapers around the world, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, have described her virtuosic playing as "brilliant" and "splendid" with "a warm and richly resonant tone" where "perfection was never a question."

In 2009, Martin wowed millions of viewers on the NBC Series "America's Got Talent" with her aerial violin and vocal performance, and her work has been featured on television projects for the Discovery and History channels, as well as on the big screen in the Miramax film "Paperclips."

A native of Racine, WI, Martin is a graduate of The Juilliard School of Music, studying with Dorothy DeLay, Masao Kawasaki, and Glenn Dicterow; and Indiana University of Music, studying with Yuval Yaron, Franco Gulli, and Mimi Zweig. She is also a United States Army Veteran, for which she contributed a three-year enlistment as the premiere violin soloist for presidential performances in the White House, the Capitol, and the State Department. She completed her basic training in Fort Leonardwood, MO.

Visit her website to learn more: https://www.janicemartin.com/

Sunday, March 6, 2022 - Música Diversa

4:00 PM
Clemens Center, Elmira, NY

Piano Concerto No. 2 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Adoration - Florence Price
Black Swan - Bright Sheng
Symphony No. 1 - William Grant Still
Danzón No. 2 (YO-OSFL side-by-side) - Arturo Márquez
Capriol Suite (JSE-YO side-by-side) - Peter Warlock

Download the full concert program.

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This concert is sponsored in part by Gary & Bonnie Chollet, the Tripp Foundation
​and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

*COVID Policy: Attendees are strongly recommended to wear masks for the duration of the concert.

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Christopher Tillen is a junior at Noble and Greenough High School in Dedham, MA. He started taking piano lessons at age 6 and has been a top prize winner in many competitions including Steinway & Sons Piano Competition, Bay State MTNA Piano Competition, University of Rhode Island (URI) Piano Extravaganza Bach Award, and the A. Ramon Rivera Piano Competition. In addition, he has been named the Fall Rivers’ Symphony Orchestra (FRSO) Young Artist Concerto winner; the Doreen B. Hertzog Concerto winner; Concerto Festival NYC Grand Prix soloist; and the Sempre Musick Concerto first prize winner. He has performed in many venues, community events and recitals including the Mildred Freiberg piano festival, New England Conservatory’s A. Ramon Rivera Advance Senior Piano Seminar and the Rivers School Conservatory Seminar on Contemporary Music. This season, Christopher will also be playing the 2nd Rachmaninoff concerto with the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes (OSFL) of New York.
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Christopher is a Young Artist Diploma Level IV scholar at the Rivers School Conservatory and currently studies with Ms. Erin Lindsey.  In his spare time, Christopher enjoys debating, writing, singing, theatre and musical performance, community service and running. He is an Achieve and Immigrant Family Services Institute (IFSI) tutor; a member of Nobles Model UN, debate and Mock Trial clubs, the Nobles Theater Collective, the school newspaper, and he is the Assistant Artistic Director of Nobleonians male acapella group.

Sunday, May 1, 2022 - OSFL Spring Concert

4:00 PM
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

Twin Cities from "The River" - Duke Ellington
Violin Concerto - Beethoven
 Symphony No. 8 - Dvořák

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This concert is sponsored in part by The Estate of Brent & Martha Olmstead
​and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.


*COVID Policy: Attendees are strongly recommended to wear masks for the duration of the concert.

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Ukrainian born violinist SOLOMIYA IVAKHIV is known internationally for her work as a soloist and chamber musician. She has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, CBC Glenn Gould Studio, Concertgebouw Mirror Hall, and Curtis Institute Field Concert Hall, and her performances have been broadcast internationally on radio and tele- vision. She has been featured at many prestigious chamber music festivals worldwide, including the Embassy Series, Ottawa Chamberfest, Newport Music Festival, Bach Festival of Philadelphia, Kyiv Fest, and Prussia Cove. As a champion of contemporary music, she has premiered numerous new works for violin by composers such as Bruce Adolphe, David Dzubay, Bohdan Kryvopust, Eli Marshall, Yevhen Stankovych, and Oleksandr Shchetynsky.

A dedicated educator, Ivakhiv has conducted master- classes and coached chamber music at Yale University, Columbia University, Boston Conservatory, Oberlin College, and Curtis SummerFest. She is Associate Professor of Violin and Viola and head of Strings at the University of Connecticut and a member of the string faculty at Longy School of Music of Bard College. She is also the Artistic Director of “Music at the Institute” (MATI) Concert Series in New York City. Ivakhiv was recently named the 2021 Honored Artist of Ukraine, Ukraine’s highest cultural award bestowed by the Ukrainian President.
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Ivakhiv performs on the Matsuda violin previously owned by the luminary Joseph Silverstein.

Download the concert program.

 

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2021-22 Musicians' Choice Chamber Series
Sponsored in part by Dick & Judy Sphon

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Friday, March 25, 2022 - Edgewood Piano Trio

​7:30 PM
North Presbyterian Church, Elmira, NY

Piano Trio No. 5 in C Major, K. 548 - Mozart
Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke" - Beethoven

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The Edgewood Piano Trio was originally formed in 2011, and took on its current form in 2015. Each program consists of at least one major “well-known” work, alongside an undeservedly obscure composition and/or a work the trio just finds fun to play.

The trio performs regularly as part of the OSFL Musicians’ Choice Chamber Series, as well as other independent performances throughout the region.
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Margaret Matthews, violin
Eric Johnson, cello
Gwen Beckman, piano

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*COVID Policy: Attendees are strongly recommended to wear masks for the duration of the concert.

Friday, April 8, 2022 - Eastman Strings: Osiris String Quartet

​7:30 PM
First Presbyterian Church, Corning, NY

Atom Hearts Club Suite No. 1, Op. 70b - Takashi Yoshimatsu 
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 92 - Sergei Prokofiev
String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80 - Felix Mendelssohn
Strum - Jessie Montgomery 

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Comprised of students from the Eastman School of Music, the Osiris String Quartet, is currently performing in-residence with the OSFL. The Osiris String Quartet was selected for the Eastman Honors Chamber Music Program, as well as the school's Intensive Chamber Music Program.

Jenny Choi, violin
Mateo Garza, violin
Wednesday Hsu, viola
Zachary Fung, cello
Patrick Dugan, OSFL principal bass​

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*COVID Policy: Attendees are strongly recommended to wear masks for the duration of the concert.

THursday, May 26, 2022 - OSFL Trombone Quartet

​7:30 PM
North Presbyterian Church, Elmira, NY

Sonata - Daniel Speer
Sonata Allegro from Symphony No. 13 - Mozart
In Memoriam - Raymond Premru
Allegretto from Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
Fugue No. 5 from Well Tempered Clavier - Bach
Ave Maria from The Four Sacred Songs - Verdi
The Girl With the Flaxen Hair - Debussy
Scarborough Fair - Traditional
Dance of the Tumblers - Rimsky-Korsakov

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Norm Wilcox
Duane Smith
Sarahjane Harrigan
​Craig Harrigan, bass trombone

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*COVID Policy: Attendees are strongly recommended to wear masks for the duration of the concert.