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.
Three groups of OSFL musicians will be performing at libraries throughout Chemung, Steuben, Schuyler, and Tioga, NY counties in July and August 2024.
2024 Stories with Music
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Three Billy Goats Gruff by Peter Christian Asbjornsen, music by Ruth Gibbs
Storied Winds Lesley McClelland, oboe David Resig, bassoon Claire Tuxill McKenney, horn |
Neverland by Sy Brandon - poems and music based on Peter Pan
Brass Quintet Lindsey Burroughs, trumpet Larry Burroughs, trumpet Claire Tuxill McKenney, horn Duane Smith, trombone Keith Alcius, tuba |
Scottish Fairy Tales, Myths, & Legends
Harp & Cello Duo Shade Zajac, cello Rosanna Moore, harp |
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Storied Winds Trio
7/3 at 2:00 PM Horseheads 7/5 at 10:30 AM Dormann (Bath) 7/31 at 1:00 PM Waverly Free Library 7/31 at 3:30 PM Coburn Library (Owego) 8/13 at 3 PM Tappan-Spaulding Memorial (Newark Valley Community Connection) 8/15 at 3 PM Big Flats Library 8/21 at 1:30 PM SE Steuben County Library (Corning) 8/21 at 4 PM Addison Public Library 8/21 at 6:30 PM Spencer Library 8/24 at 11 AM Fred & Harriett Taylor Memorial (Hammondsport) 8/24 at 2 PM Montour Falls Library |
Brass Quintet
7/22 at 11 AM Coburn Library (Owego) 7/26 at 10:30 AM Dormann (Bath) 7/26 at 1 PM West Elmira Library 7/30 at 10:30 AM Candor Library 7/30 at 1 PM Waverly City Hall 7/30 at 4 PM Tappan-Spaulding Library (Newark Valley Community Connection) 8/1 at 10:30 AM Cady Library 8/1 at 1 PM SE Steuben County (Corning) 8/20 at 4:30 PM Spencer Library |
String Duo
7/25 at 3 PM Big Flats Library 7/26 at 11 AM Fred & Harriett Taylor Memorial (Hammondsport) 8/1 at 2 PM Waverly Free Library 8/1 at 4 PM Tappan-Spaulding Memorial (Newark Valley Community Connection) 8/2 at 10:30 AM Dormann Library (Bath) 8/5 at 11 AM Coburn Library (Owego) 8/5 at 1 PM Apalachin Library 8/7 at 11 AM Watkins Glen Library 8/7 at 2 PM Benedek Memorial Library (Savona) 8/7 at 6 PM Steele Memorial Library (Elmira) |
* Some library concerts will be outdoors or at a larger facility.
Programs and schedules subject to change.
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Sponsors for Stories with Music (in partnership with the local libraries)
● 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
● Edith Saxton Fund for Steuben County Youth Services, administered by the Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes
● 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
Help us get the word out about these free, fun programs. Download the SWM flyer.
Read the SWM press release.
Photos from Stories with Music in summer 2023
Photos from Stories with Music in summer 2022
Previous Programs
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
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
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
Ferdinand the BullPresented 2021 by the OSFL String Quartet, narrated by OSFL cellist Gilbert Antoine
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Tubby the Tuba
Presented 2020 by the OSFL Woodwind Quintet |
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The Frog Prince
Presented Summer 2019 by the Edgewood Piano Trio |
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Peter and the Wolf
Presented Summer 2019 by the OSFL Woodwind Quintet 
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