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 2023.
2023 Stories with Music
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The Bremen Town Musicians
Woodwind Quintet Laura Campbell, flute Lesley McClelland, oboe Richard MacDowell, clarinet David Resig, bassoon Claire Tuxill McKenney, horn |
The Tortoise & the Hare
Brass Quintet Lindsey Burroughs, trumpet Larry Burroughs, trumpet Claire Tuxill McKenney, horn Duane Smith, trombone Adam Peck, tuba |
Alice in Wonderland
Harp & Cello Duo Shade Zajac, cello Rosanna Moore, harp |
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Woodwind
7/12 at 12:30 PM Bath Dormann 7/12 at 3 PM Waverly 7/15 at 10 AM Spencer 7/15 at 1 PM Savona Benedek 7/31 at 10 AM Tappan-Spaulding: Trout Ponds Park 7/31 at 12 PM Candor 8/2 at 10:30 AM Hammondsport Taylor 8/2 at 2 PM West Elmira 8/16 at 10 AM Watkins 8/16 at 12 PM Horseheads 8/16 at 6:30 PM Berkshire: Rawley Park 8/21 at 10 AM Coburn |
Brass
8/1 at 10:30 AM Spencer Farmer's Market 8/1 at 2 PM Horseheads 8/3 at 10 AM Savona Benedek 8/4 at 1 PM Bath Dormann 8/4 at 6:30 PM Berkshire: Creekside Park 8/8 at 10 AM Montour: Havana Glen Park, Pavillion #3 8/8 at 1 PM Waverly: Muldoon Park 8/11 at 11 AM Candor 8/11 at 1 PM Coburn 8/14 at 10 AM Tappan-Spaulding: Trout Ponds Park 8/14 at 2 PM Hammondsport Taylor |
String Duo
7/10 at 3 PM Coburn 7/14 at 10 AM Tappan-Spaulding: Trout Ponds Park 7/14 at 12 PM Candor 7/21 at 1:30 PM Bath Dormann 8/3 at 10 AM Montour: Havana Glen Park, Pavillion #3 8/3 at 2 PM Big Flats 8/4 at 1:30 PM Horseheads 8/4 at 3:30 PM Addison |
* Some library concerts will be outdoors or at a larger facility.
Programs and schedules subject to change.
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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
● 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
● Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes
● Hale Roofing
● Johnson-Schmidt & Associates, Architects
Help us get the word out about these free, fun programs. Download the SWM flyer.
Catch a sneak preview video and pictures of this summer's programs on the OSFL Facebook page.
Read the SWM press release.
Photos from Stories with Music in summer 2022
Previous Programs
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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