Sunday Music Series
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Duo Scorpio : Music for Dual Harps
Sunday, September 22nd 4:00 p.m. “Katie Andrews and Kristi Shade take the harp duo to the next level,”(Harp Column) Lauded for their musical sensitivity and technical excellence, harpists Kathryn Andrews and Kristi Shade are versatile players in classical, contemporary, opera, and theater genres. At the historic Chapel on the banks of the Hudson in Cold Spring Duo Scorpio will perform contemporary music for two harps, including two Duo Scorpio commissions from composer Nico Muhly through a grant from Chamber Music America and Robert Paterson through a grant from The American Harp Society. The concert at 4:00 pm is free and open to all. Donations are suggested and greatly appreciated. Kathryn Andrews has achieved accolades as an orchestral harpist, chamber musician and soloist. An avid promoter of new music, she is a founding member of Duo Scorpio and Trio Kavak, both New York City based new music ensembles performing and commissioning contemporary classical works. She has performed with The Bronx Opera, The Queens Symphony, The Manhattan Camerata, The West Point Band, and The Chelsea Symphony, where she was a featured soloist in their 2009 and 2012 seasons. On Broadway, Ms. Andrews was the principal harpist for the 2018 production of Rogers + Hammerstein’s Carousel starring Renée Fleming, and has performed in Hello, Dolly!, Wicked, Rogers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Fantasticks, and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. She has performed with Florence + The Machine, Warren Haynes, Sarah Brightman, Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Marvin Hamlisch, The Irish Tenors, Frank Patterson, Jane Monheit and Joe Lovano, among others, and can be heard on multiple classical, theater music and jazz recordings. Ms. Andrews holds a Master Degree from the Manhattan School of Music in Orchestral Performance and a Master Degree from the Mannes College of Music in Classical Harp. A passionate teacher, she maintains a private harp studio in New York and New Jersey and is the Co-Director of the Prep Division of the Young Artists Harp Seminar. Kristi Shade began playing the harp at the age of two and is today considered one of the preeminent emerging harpists in the field. Ms. Shade is Principal Harpist with The Chamber Orchestra of New York, with which she has recorded three albums, and is a member of the flute-viola-harp trio, Hat Trick, and the harp duo, Duo Scorpio. She has performed a guest artist with The Baltimore Symphony, The Florida Philharmonic, The Albany Symphony Orchestra, The Columbus Symphony Orchestra, The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra and The Brooklyn Repertory Orchestra. Her solo engagements have included performances of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez with The Miami Symphonyand Ravel's Introduction and Allegro with the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, with which she toured Mexico and North America as Principal Harpist. Her work on Broadway has included Carousel, Hello Dolly, Dr. Zhivago, Cinderella, Wicked, A Little Night Music, Gypsy, and The Apple Tree, starring Kristin Chenoweth. She has made numerous television appearances and has performed with musicians including Florence + The Machine, The All-American Rejects, The Killers, John Legend, Carlos Santana, Patti LaBelle, Sean Lennon and Itzhak Perlman. Ms. Shade received her Bachelor of Music from the University of Miami, and her Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music. She has been on faculty at the Manhattan School of Music Precollege Division since 2007 and served as the Vice President of Metroharp, the New York Chapter of the American Harp Society, from 2010-2015. The Chapel Restoration is located at 45 Market Street, directly across from the Metro-North Train Station, where parking is free on Sundays. This concert is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council’s Arts Link Grant Program with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature, and a contribution from Marcelline Thomson, Chapel Restoration board member. |
The 2019 Concerts:
The Chapel Restoration has announced its 2019 Sunday Music Series, beginning in April. The season’s eight concerts, Sunday afternoons at 4, are in the historic Greek Revival chapel with superb acoustics, on the banks of the Hudson River in Cold Spring, New York. Concerts are free to the public, contributions are greatly appreciated.
The 2019 season featuring a wide range of programs by outstanding musicians opens April 14 with a lecture recital by pianist Michael Musgrave on the music of Robert Schumann, followed in May by a piano trio with Amy Schroeder, violin; Felix Umansky, cello; Yalin Chi, piano. June welcomes soprano Coralie Gallet and pianist José García-León with music from France and Spain. Jazz in July follows with DeWitt Fleming Jr., tap dancer, and Erica von Kleist, saxophone. Violinist Akiko Kobayashi performs in August. Fall brings Duo Scorpio, with Kathryn Andrews and Kristie Shade, harpists. Helena Baillie, violin/viola, and her sister Martina Baillie, piano, take us to the music of Italy. REBEL Ensemble for Baroque Music closes the season in November.
April 14
Michael Musgrave, piano
Lecture/Recital: “The Poet Speaks: An Exploration of Schumann's Piano Music”
May 26
Piano Trio
Amy Schroeder, violin; Felix Umansky, cello; Yalin Chi, piano
Dvorak Trio in F Minor, Op. 65 and Chausson Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3
June 23
Coralie Gallet, soprano, and José García-León, piano
Music from France and Spain, including Claude Debussy, Lili Boulanger,
Maurice Ravel, Isaac Albéniz.
July 21
Sax & Taps
DeWitt Fleming Jr., tap dancer, and Erica von Kleist, saxophone
Jazz standards and original compositions
August 18
Akiko Kobayashi violin
A selection of classical music
September 22
Duo Scorpio
Kathryn Andrews and Kristie Shade, harp
Bernard Andrés, Le Jardin Des Paones; Caroline Lizotte, Raga Op. 41; William Schimmel, La Faun (World Premiere); Paul Patterson, Cantonese Images Op. 126 and Scorpions Op. 124
October 20
Helena Baillie, violin/viola, and Martina Baillie, piano
Italian themed program, including Vivaldi, Tartini, Geminiani, and Stravinky’s Suite Italienne
November 17
REBEL Ensemble for Baroque Music
Special guest Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba;Jörg-Michael Schwarz and Karen Marie Marmer, baroque violin; Donsok Shin, harpsichord
Rare Treasures of the High Baroque: Johann Adam Reincken, Francois Couperin, Dietrich Buxtehude, Antoine Forqueray and Jean-Féry Rebel
The Chapel Restoration is located at 45 Market Street, directly across from the Metro-North Train Station, where parking is free on Sundays.
The 2019 season featuring a wide range of programs by outstanding musicians opens April 14 with a lecture recital by pianist Michael Musgrave on the music of Robert Schumann, followed in May by a piano trio with Amy Schroeder, violin; Felix Umansky, cello; Yalin Chi, piano. June welcomes soprano Coralie Gallet and pianist José García-León with music from France and Spain. Jazz in July follows with DeWitt Fleming Jr., tap dancer, and Erica von Kleist, saxophone. Violinist Akiko Kobayashi performs in August. Fall brings Duo Scorpio, with Kathryn Andrews and Kristie Shade, harpists. Helena Baillie, violin/viola, and her sister Martina Baillie, piano, take us to the music of Italy. REBEL Ensemble for Baroque Music closes the season in November.
April 14
Michael Musgrave, piano
Lecture/Recital: “The Poet Speaks: An Exploration of Schumann's Piano Music”
May 26
Piano Trio
Amy Schroeder, violin; Felix Umansky, cello; Yalin Chi, piano
Dvorak Trio in F Minor, Op. 65 and Chausson Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3
June 23
Coralie Gallet, soprano, and José García-León, piano
Music from France and Spain, including Claude Debussy, Lili Boulanger,
Maurice Ravel, Isaac Albéniz.
July 21
Sax & Taps
DeWitt Fleming Jr., tap dancer, and Erica von Kleist, saxophone
Jazz standards and original compositions
August 18
Akiko Kobayashi violin
A selection of classical music
September 22
Duo Scorpio
Kathryn Andrews and Kristie Shade, harp
Bernard Andrés, Le Jardin Des Paones; Caroline Lizotte, Raga Op. 41; William Schimmel, La Faun (World Premiere); Paul Patterson, Cantonese Images Op. 126 and Scorpions Op. 124
October 20
Helena Baillie, violin/viola, and Martina Baillie, piano
Italian themed program, including Vivaldi, Tartini, Geminiani, and Stravinky’s Suite Italienne
November 17
REBEL Ensemble for Baroque Music
Special guest Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba;Jörg-Michael Schwarz and Karen Marie Marmer, baroque violin; Donsok Shin, harpsichord
Rare Treasures of the High Baroque: Johann Adam Reincken, Francois Couperin, Dietrich Buxtehude, Antoine Forqueray and Jean-Féry Rebel
The Chapel Restoration is located at 45 Market Street, directly across from the Metro-North Train Station, where parking is free on Sundays.
These concerts are made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council’s Arts Link Grant Program with public funds provided through the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the NYS Legislature. Our special thanks for a generous contribution from Marcelline Thomson, board member, and David Duffy.
We rely on your support to present music of this quality in our community. Contributions payable to the Chapel Music Fund may be sent to The Chapel Restoration Inc. Box 43 ~ Cold Spring, New York.
We rely on your support to present music of this quality in our community. Contributions payable to the Chapel Music Fund may be sent to The Chapel Restoration Inc. Box 43 ~ Cold Spring, New York.