In partnership with area libraries, Stories with Music promotes literacy among young children and students through the powerful connection of music and literature. OSFL musicians present a featured storybook set to music, along with other musical selections. Fun for all ages, Stories with Music offers a chance to get up close with the musicians of the OSFL, learn about their instruments, ask questions, and enjoy a free concert.
In 2025, three groups of OSFL musicians performed 28 concerts at 16 libraries throughout Chemung, Steuben, Schuyler, and Tioga, NY counties.
2025 Stories with Music
Little Red Riding Hood
Storied Winds
Lesley McClelland, oboe
David Resig, bassoon
Claire McKenney, horn
July 2 at 10:30 AM, Waverly Free Library
July 2 at 12:30 PM, Cady Library
July 23 at 10 AM, Watkins Glen Public Library
July 23 at 1 PM, Southeast Steuben County Library
July 24 at 10 AM, Addison Public Library
July 24 at 12 PM, Dormann Library
July 24 at 2 PM, Fred & Harriet Taylor Memorial Library
July 25 at 10 AM, Coburn Library
July 30 at 11 AM, Steele Memorial Library
August 13 at 10:30 AM, Berkshire Community Hall
August 13 at 1:30 PM, Horseheads Free Library
August 13 at 3 PM, Big Flats Library
August 15 at 11 AM, Apalachin Public Library
Animal Ditties
Brass Quintet
Lindsey Burroughs, trumpet
Larry Burroughs, trumpet
Claire McKenney, horn
Duane Smith, trombone
Keith Alcius, tuba
July 3 at 10 AM, Addison Public Library
July 3 at 12 PM, Dormann Library
July 3 at 2 PM, Fred & Harriet Taylor Memorial Library
July 21 at 1 PM, Horseheads Free Library
July 21 at 3 PM, Big Flats Library
July 22 at 3 PM, West Elmira Library
July 22 at 5:30 PM, Coburn Free Library
July 28 at 10:30 AM, Southeast Steuben County Library
July 28 at 2 PM, Steele Memorial Library
July 29 at 10:30 AM, Candor Fire Hall
July 29 at 12:30 PM, Village of Waverly Hall
July 31 at 10:30 AM, Spencer Library
July 31 at 1 PM, Cady Library
The Little Prince
OSFL String Group
Rosanna Moore, harp
Lia Kettelkamp, violin
July 17 at 2:30 PM, West Elmira Library
July 17 at 4 PM, Horseheads Free Library
Some library concerts will be outdoors or at a larger facility. Programs and schedules subject to change. Follow us on Facebook for up-to-the-minute information.
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Thank you to our Stories with Music sponsors!
A special thanks to the participating libraries who make Stories with Music possible.
New York State Council on the Arts’s Decentralization Program, administered regionally by The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes, in partnership with the Tioga County Library System
Floyd "Vic" Hooker Fund at the Community Foundation for the Twin Tiers
Upstate Theater Coalition for a Fairgame
Bobbie and John G. Ullman Family Foundation
Schuyler County Fund of the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes
Douglas G Anderson - Leigh R Evans Foundation
Johnson-Schmidt & Associates, Architects
The kind generosity of individual donors
Photos from Stories with Music in summer 2024
Photos from Stories with Music in summer 2023
Photos from Stories with Music in summer 2022
Previous Years’ Programs
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The Frog Prince
Presented Summer 2019 by the Edgewood Piano TrioPeter and the Wolf
Presented Summer 2019 by the OSFL Woodwind Quintet -
Tubby the Tuba
Presented 2020 by the OSFL Woodwind Quintet -
Ferdinand the Bull
Presented 2021 by the OSFL String Quartet, narrated by OSFL cellist Gilbert Antoine -
In the Hall of the Mountain King composed by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) performed by the Edgewood Piano Trio in summer 2022
Hansel and Gretel composed by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) performed by the OSFL Woodwind Quintet in summer 2022
Tales of the Deep from The Sunken Forest (premiered in 2021) composed by Eira Lynn Jones, performed by Rosanna Moore in summer 2022 -
Bremen Town Musicians composed by Stanley Freidman (b. 1951) performed by the OSFL Woodwind Quintet in summer 2023
The Race (The Tortoise & the Hare) composed by Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947) performed by the OSFL Brass Quintet in summer 2023
The Wonderland Suite (Alice in Wonderland) composed by Esther Swift (b. 1988) performed by the OSFL Harp & Cello Duo in summer 2023 -
Neverland performed by the OSFL Brass Quintet in summer 2024
Scottish Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends performed by the OSFL String Duo in summer 2024
The Three Billy Goats Gruff performed by Storied Winds in summer 2024