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2020-2021 Season

Featured
World Premiere: Robert Paterson's Cocoa Cantata
Jun 20
Jun 20, 2021
Chelsea Market
World Premiere: Robert Paterson's Cocoa Cantata
Jun 20, 2021
Chelsea Market

World premiere production of Cocoa Cantata , music by Robert Paterson and libretto by David Cote, and a contemporary adaptation of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata by Paterson and Cote.

Jun 20, 2021
Chelsea Market
World Premiere: Robert Paterson's Cocoa Cantata
Jun 18
Jun 18, 2021
Universal Preservation Hall
World Premiere: Robert Paterson's Cocoa Cantata
Jun 18, 2021
Universal Preservation Hall

World premiere production of Cocoa Cantata , music by Robert Paterson and libretto by David Cote, and a contemporary adaptation of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata by Paterson and Cote.

Jun 18, 2021
Universal Preservation Hall
World Premiere: Robert Paterson's Cocoa Cantata
Jun 17
Jun 17, 2021
Universal Preservation Hall
World Premiere: Robert Paterson's Cocoa Cantata
Jun 17, 2021
Universal Preservation Hall

World premiere production of Cocoa Cantata , music by Robert Paterson and libretto by David Cote, and a contemporary adaptation of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata by Paterson and Cote.

Jun 17, 2021
Universal Preservation Hall
World Premiere: Robert Paterson's Cocoa Cantata
Jun 15
Jun 15, 2021
Rose Hall
World Premiere: Robert Paterson's Cocoa Cantata
Jun 15, 2021
Rose Hall

World premiere production of Cocoa Cantata , music by Robert Paterson and libretto by David Cote, and a contemporary adaptation of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata by Paterson and Cote.

Jun 15, 2021
Rose Hall
World Premiere: Robert Paterson's Cocoa Cantata
Jun 14
Jun 14, 2021
CRS Barn Studio
World Premiere: Robert Paterson's Cocoa Cantata
Jun 14, 2021
CRS Barn Studio

World premiere production of Cocoa Cantata , music by Robert Paterson and libretto by David Cote, and a contemporary adaptation of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata by Paterson and Cote.

Jun 14, 2021
CRS Barn Studio
World Premiere: Robert Paterson's Cocoa Cantata
Jun 13
Jun 13, 2021
CRS Barn Studio
World Premiere: Robert Paterson's Cocoa Cantata
Jun 13, 2021
CRS Barn Studio

World premiere production of Cocoa Cantata , music by Robert Paterson and libretto by David Cote, and a contemporary adaptation of J.S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata by Paterson and Cote.

Jun 13, 2021
CRS Barn Studio
AME String Quartet & Ember Choral Ensemble
Apr 18
Apr 18, 2021
St. John's in the Village
AME String Quartet & Ember Choral Ensemble
Apr 18, 2021
St. John's in the Village

AME is joining Ember Choral Ensemble to bring you a virtual concert this weekend, entitled Release.

Apr 18, 2021
St. John's in the Village
AME String Quartet & Ember Choral Ensemble
Apr 16
Apr 16, 2021
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
AME String Quartet & Ember Choral Ensemble
Apr 16, 2021
Our Lady of Sorrows Church

AME is joining Ember Choral Ensemble to bring you a live concert this weekend, entitled Release.

Apr 16, 2021
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Music & Medicine: Duos @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Feb 23
Feb 23, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square
Music & Medicine: Duos @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Feb 23, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square

Pegasus and Glitch by Robert Paterson, plus music of J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy, Aedan McEvoy, Alan Hovhannes, Charles Rochester Young, and more.

AME Duo
Kathryn Andrews, harp
John Romeri, flute

Feb 23, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square
Music & Medicine: Duos @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Feb 16
Feb 16, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square
Music & Medicine: Duos @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Feb 16, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Frederic Chopin, Robert Paterson, and more

Distanced Duos
Jesse Mills, violin
Rieko Aizawa, piano

Feb 16, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square
Music & Medicine: Overlook String Quartet @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Feb 9
Feb 9, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square
Music & Medicine: Overlook String Quartet @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Feb 9, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square

Music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Robert Paterson, and Chevalier de Saint-George.

Overlook String Quartet
Monica Davis, violin
Adda Kridler, violin
Angela Pickett, viola
Laura Metcalf, cello

Feb 9, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square
AME Trio @ Met Balcony Bar
Feb 5
Feb 5, 2021
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Balcony Bar
AME Trio @ Met Balcony Bar
Feb 5, 2021
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Balcony Bar

Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Balcony Bar from Home Series.

Music by Alexis Bakond, Gabriel Faure, Peter Schickele, Christopher North and Jessie Montgomery

AME Trio
Victoria Paterson, violin
Heather Paauwe, violin
Peter Sachon, cello

Feb 5, 2021
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Balcony Bar
Music & Medicine: Lumiere @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Feb 2
Feb 2, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square
Music & Medicine: Lumiere @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Feb 2, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square

Music by Antonio Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, Francois Couperin, Gabriel Faure, Erik Satie & more.

Lumiere Trio
Victoria Paterson, violin
Heather Paauwe, violin
Eleanor Norton, cello

Feb 2, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square
Music & Medicine: AME Trios @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Jan 28
Jan 28, 2021
American Modern Ensemble
Music & Medicine: AME Trios @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Jan 28, 2021
American Modern Ensemble

Music by Antonio Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, Francois Couperin, Gabriel Faure, Erik Satie & more.

Jan 28, 2021
American Modern Ensemble
Music & Medicine: AME Soloist @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Jan 21
Jan 21, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square
Music & Medicine: AME Soloist @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Jan 21, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square

Music by J.S. Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Ravel, Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, and Robert Paterson.

AME
Geoffrey Burleson, piano

Jan 21, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square
Sing for Hope Series: Duos at Hudson Yards
Jan 15
Jan 15, 2021
Hudson Yards Mall
Sing for Hope Series: Duos at Hudson Yards
Jan 15, 2021
Hudson Yards Mall

Music by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Robert Paterson, Rogers & Hammerstein, and more!

Distanced Duos
Victoria Paterson, violin
Geoffrey Burleson, piano

Jan 15, 2021
Hudson Yards Mall
Music & Medicine: AME Trios @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Jan 14
Jan 14, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square
Music & Medicine: AME Trios @ Mount Sinai Hospital
Jan 14, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square

Music by Alexis Bakond, Gabriel Faure, Peter Schickele, Christopher North and Jessie Montgomery

AME Trio
Victoria Paterson, violin
Heather Paauwe, violin
Peter Sachon, cello

Jan 14, 2021
Mount Sinai - Union Square
28-Piece NYC String Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's 'Serenade for Strings'
Dec 22
Dec 22, 2020
American Modern Ensemble
28-Piece NYC String Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's 'Serenade for Strings'
Dec 22, 2020
American Modern Ensemble

American Modern Ensemble presented a 28-piece string orchestra, outside & socially distanced, at the iconic artist resident building, Manhattan Plaza, on October 8, 2020, led by Maestro David Rosenmeyer in an unforgettable musical gift to New York City.

Featuring music by Tchaikovsky, Paterson, and Grieg, AME is sharing this special performance with you through our Tuesday Tapas video concert series, concluding today with the Pezzo in forma di Sonatina of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings.

Dec 22, 2020
American Modern Ensemble
Testimonials & Behind the Scenes from the NYC String Orchestra
Dec 15
Dec 15, 2020
American Modern Ensemble
Testimonials & Behind the Scenes from the NYC String Orchestra
Dec 15, 2020
American Modern Ensemble

American Modern Ensemble presented a 28-piece string orchestra, outside & socially distanced, at the iconic artist resident building, Manhattan Plaza, on October 8, 2020, led by Maestro David Rosenmeyer in an unforgettable musical gift to New York City.

Featuring music by Tchaikovsky, Paterson, and Grieg, AME is sharing this special performance with you through our Tuesday Tapas video concert series, continuing today with testimonials and behind the scenes.

Dec 15, 2020
American Modern Ensemble
28-Piece NYC String Orchestra performs Paterson's 'Suite for String Orchestra'
Dec 8
Dec 8, 2020
American Modern Ensemble
28-Piece NYC String Orchestra performs Paterson's 'Suite for String Orchestra'
Dec 8, 2020
American Modern Ensemble

American Modern Ensemble presented a 28-piece string orchestra, outside & socially distanced, at the iconic artist resident building, Manhattan Plaza, on October 8, 2020, led by Maestro David Rosenmeyer in an unforgettable musical gift to New York City.

Featuring music by Tchaikovsky, Paterson, and Grieg, AME is sharing this special performance with you through our Tuesday Tapas video concert series, continuing today with the Nocturne of Robert Paterson’s Suite for String Orchestra.

Dec 8, 2020
American Modern Ensemble
28-Piece NYC String Orchestra performs Paterson's 'Suite for String Orchestra'
Dec 1
Dec 1, 2020
American Modern Ensemble
28-Piece NYC String Orchestra performs Paterson's 'Suite for String Orchestra'
Dec 1, 2020
American Modern Ensemble

American Modern Ensemble presented a 28-piece string orchestra, outside & socially distanced, at the iconic artist resident building, Manhattan Plaza, on October 8, 2020, led by Maestro David Rosenmeyer in an unforgettable musical gift to New York City.

Featuring music by Tchaikovsky, Paterson, and Grieg, AME is sharing this special performance with you through our Tuesday Tapas video concert series, continuing today with the Allegro Vivace of Robert Paterson’s Suite for String Orchestra.

Dec 1, 2020
American Modern Ensemble
AME Performs Handel's Messiah with Teatro Grattacielo
Nov 30
Nov 30, 2020
Teatro Latea
AME Performs Handel's Messiah with Teatro Grattacielo
Nov 30, 2020
Teatro Latea

George Frideric Handel
MESSIAH | First Part
David Rosenmeyer | CONDUCTOR

AMERICAN MODERN ENSEMBLE
Regi Papa | Violin I
Victoria Paterson | Violin II
Heather Paauwe| Viola
Peter Sachon | Cello
Pawel Knapik | Bass
Keve Wilson | Oboe
Boris Baev | Oboe
Mark Cogley | Continuo

Nov 30, 2020
Teatro Latea
American Modern Ensemble @ Encounters
Nov 20
Nov 20, 2020
Brookfield Place
American Modern Ensemble @ Encounters
Nov 20, 2020
Brookfield Place

Music by Bach, Bartok, Ibert, Milhaud, Mozart, Satie, Handel, Vivaldi and more.

Victoria Paterson, violin
Bryan Hernandez-Luch, violin
Peter Sachon, cello
Keve Wilson, oboe
Nuno Antunes, clarinet
Gina Cuffari, bassoon

Nov 20, 2020
Brookfield Place
28-Piece NYC String Orchestra performs Grieg's "Holberg Suite"
Nov 17
Nov 17, 2020
American Modern Ensemble
28-Piece NYC String Orchestra performs Grieg's "Holberg Suite"
Nov 17, 2020
American Modern Ensemble

American Modern Ensemble presented a 28-piece string orchestra, outside & socially distanced, at the iconic artist resident building, Manhattan Plaza, on October 8, 2020, led by Maestro David Rosenmeyer in an unforgettable musical gift to New York City.

Featuring music by Tchaikovsky, Paterson, and Grieg, AME is sharing this special performance with you through our Tuesday Tapas video concert series, beginning today with the Praelude of Grieg’s Holberg Suite.

Nov 17, 2020
American Modern Ensemble
Paterson's In Real Life Song Cycles Goes Virtual
Nov 10
Nov 10, 2020
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
Paterson's In Real Life Song Cycles Goes Virtual
Nov 10, 2020
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music

World premiere chamber ensemble version of the song cycle In Real Life II, featuring Jorell Williams, baritone, with In Real Life I (formerly In Real Life), featuring Marnie Breckenridge, soprano, both written by Robert Paterson, with words by David Cote.

Nov 10, 2020
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
Paterson's In Real Life song cycles will be Streamed
Oct 29
Oct 29, 2020
Caffe Lena
Paterson's In Real Life song cycles will be Streamed
Oct 29, 2020
Caffe Lena

World premiere chamber ensemble version of the song cycle In Real Life II, featuring Jorell Williams, baritone, with In Real Life I (formerly In Real Life), featuring Marnie Breckenridge, soprano, both written by Robert Paterson, with words by David Cote.

Oct 29, 2020
Caffe Lena
David Rosenmeyer Conducts 28-Piece String Orchestra, Outside NYC
Oct 8
Oct 8, 2020
Manhattan Plaza
David Rosenmeyer Conducts 28-Piece String Orchestra, Outside NYC
Oct 8, 2020
Manhattan Plaza

American Modern Ensemble presents a 28-piece string orchestra, outside & socially distanced, at the iconic artist resident building, Manhattan Plaza, on October 8, 2020, led by Maestro David Rosenmeyer in an unforgettable musical gift to New York City. This special performance will feature music by Tchaikovsky, Paterson, and Grieg. This is open to the residents of Manhattan Plaza, at the garden terrace on the 2nd Floor.

Oct 8, 2020
Manhattan Plaza
Music & Medicine: Socially Distanced Trios
Sep 17
Sep 17, 2020
Northshire Bookstore, Saratoga Springs
Music & Medicine: Socially Distanced Trios
Sep 17, 2020
Northshire Bookstore, Saratoga Springs

Music & Medicine presents live outdoor music — two locations!

Famed-cellist and local Saratogian, Ashley Bathgate from Bang on a Can, joins the trio.

Join us from 4-5pm outside Northshire Bookstore (424 Broadway) in downtown Saratoga Springs, or catch us from 5:30-6:30pm at Congress Park (in front of ‘Spirit of Life’ statue).

Music by Handel, Vivaldi, Bach, Satie, Rimsky-Korsakov, Bartok and more. Led by Victoria Paterson on violin.

Sep 17, 2020
Northshire Bookstore, Saratoga Springs
Music & Medicine: Socially Distanced Trios
Sep 2
Sep 2, 2020
Savory Pantry, Saratoga Springs
Music & Medicine: Socially Distanced Trios
Sep 2, 2020
Savory Pantry, Saratoga Springs

Music & Medicine presents live outdoor music — two locations! Join us from 4-5pm outside Savory Pantry (486 Broadway) in beautiful downtown Saratoga Springs, or catch us from 5:30-6:30pm at Saratoga Saddlery (392 Broadway).

Music by Handel, Vivaldi, Bach, Satie, Rimsky-Korsakov, Bartok and more. Led by Victoria Paterson on violin.

Sep 2, 2020
Savory Pantry, Saratoga Springs

 

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