This 80-minute concert features original Latin jazz music ranging from energetic sambas to sizzling mambos, cha-cha-chas, and salsa tunes to mellow Brazilian Bossa novas.
Join us on Saturday, April 30, at 2 pm with master percussionist, composer, and jazz professor Thurman Barker. He returns back to DVAA with his trio to amaze audiences with an afternoon filled with music, melody, and improvisation. Salon Series events are free and open to the public. Donations are welcome!
Join DVAA on Saturday, February 26, at 2 pm for “Words & Sounds of Wood,” presented in conjunction with the exhibition For the Love of Wood, on view through March 27, 2022. The program will feature local poets reading works about trees, working in a woodshop, re-finishing floors, chopping wood, and more. While musicians […]
The Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra will perform at the Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre on October 23, 2021 at 6pm. Program Piano Quintet – Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Piano Quintet in A major, “Die Forelle” (The Trout) – Franz Schubert with original variation “Trout Remix” – Gity Razaz Performers Akiko Hosoi, Violin Colin Brookes, Viola Luke Krafka, […]
Performing live on the library’s new outdoor stage will be Juana Cala’, Dancer/Choreographer, performer, and teacher of Flamenco for more than 20 years; Hudson Valley’s very own flamenco singer, Mario Rincon; and flamenco guitarist, Greg Melnick. Juana Cala has been teaching Flamenco in the United States and Europe for more than 20 years, and eventually went […]
Live at the Tango Cafe
Musician/Producer David Driver presents “A Stonewall Starter : Hits & History.” This live performance, in advance of a larger-scale concert in 2022 highlights some of the classic material featured in “Songs From The Stonewall Jukebox” (songs that were, as the title suggests, playing at the actual venue when the historic uprising took place), as well as original material from his catalog. Driver has released a number of albums, been featured on numerous television and radio commercials, and worked On and Off-Broadway.
Saturday May 22nd 6:00 $5.00 with 1 Drink or Appetizer purchase.
Scarlatti | Beethoven | Debussy | Liszt | Chopin
by Gregg Michalak.
American pianist Gregg Michalak is an exciting and seasoned performer. He has appeared at numerous acclaimed venues including Bruno Walter Hall NYC and has collaborated with many prominent artists and orchestras both as a soloist and in chamber music. His playing was featured in the 2014 Broadway play “The Portrait”and the 2017 production of “The Dressmaker’s Secret” in New York City. Mr. Michalak has appeared with such conductors as Pamela Gearhart, Edward Murray, Angelo Pagano, Woomyung Choe, Hilarie Clark-Moore and Karen Pinoci. Orchestral appearances have included the Ithaca College Orchestra, Ithaca Chamber Orchestra, the Highlands Symphony, the Orange County Community Orchestra, the Bergen Symphony and the New Sussex Symphony. Mr. Michalak’s repertoire is as varied as his background extending from the Renaissance masters through such contemporary composers as Lukas Foss, David Alpher, John Musto and Lowell Liebermann. As a collaborative artist, his repertoire explores the full range of chamber music as well as vocal music including lieder and operatic scores. As a proponent of modern music, Mr. Michalak tends to choose music he feels deeply about and connects with.
