OUTREACH PROGRAMS
Our outreach programs represent “music in action” — concerts for young adults and adults with special abilities, seniors in assistant living homes, the children of incarcerated parents, and families — in both large venues and intimate settings.
To purchase tickets, please make a donation via PayPal of a suggested amount per ticket:
Family: $30 – $100
Adult: $20 – $50
Children: $10 – $40
Please also contact us by phone at (518) 929-5950 or via email and let us know how many tickets you are purchasing and for which concert(s).
Thank you!
2023–24 OUTREACH PROGRAMS
Hudson, New York – with singer Carol Kelly:
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Hudson, New York – with With Dan and Magdalena,
sharing music with singing, accordion, banjo and violin:
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KRISTA BENNION FEENEY, violin • DAVID CERUTTI, viola
RONALD FELDMAN, cello (Jan 12) • MYRON LUTZKE, cello (Jan 13)
Members of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s — violinist Krista Bennion Feeney, violist David Cerutti, cellist Myron Lutzke, and bass player John Feeney — join pianist Gili Melamed-Lev (with Ronald Feldman playing cello on Jan 12).
Both concerts were played to full houses and were gratefully appreciated by many. One member of the audience said, “… so wonderful to see so many smiling faces.”
PAST PROGRAMS
OUR 2024 SEASON
April 6, 3:00 pm Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, New York
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A concert to benefit
ANTHONY BRACEWELL, violin and viola
JULIAN MÜLLER, cello
GILI MELAMED-LEV, piano
SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY
790 Route 203, Spencertown, NY 12165
Music by Mendelssohn, Beethoven,
Piazzolla, Mozart & Saint-Saëns.
Read The Berkshire Eagle’s article
about this concert:
OUR 2023 SEASON
November 11, 7:00 pm Mettabee Farm & Arts, 551 Harlemville Rd., Hillsdale, NY
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Music
in
Color
Music in Color is an exploration with painter Martina Müller and the Beethoven cello sonata.
Also on the program: music by Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Bach & Mendelssohn.
ANTHONY BRACEWELL
violin and viola
JULIAN MÜLLER
cello
GILI MELAMED-LEV
piano
with painter
MARTINA
ANGELA MÜLLER
September 9, 4:00 pm Tydeman Farm, near Hudson, New York
JOANA GENOVA and JAMECYN MOREY, violins
ARIEL RUDIAKOV, viola
ROBERTA COOPER and JULIAN MÜLLER, cellos
GILI MELAMED-LEV, piano
Tydeman Farm, 564 County Rt. 10,
Germantown, New York
Brahms — from the Piano Quartet in G minor
Arvo Pärt — Spiegel Im Spiegel
Schubert — the Double Cello Quintet
July 16, 4:00 pm Saint James Place in Great Barrington, MA
ANAT COHEN, clarinet
MARCELLO GONÇALVES,
seven-string guitar
A superb duo! — ever charismatic, prolific and inspired, Grammy-nominated clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence.
“All About Jazz” praised her records saying that together they made for “one brilliant bonanza of Brazilian music from one of the greatest clarinetists of our time … Cohen’s magnetism and musicality, married with the accents of Brazil and the skills of her accomplished colleagues, makes for something incredibly special on these dates.”
Adults - $50
Students - $20
Family - $75
May 20, 2023, 4:00 pm Tydeman Farm, near Hudson, New York
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KRISTA BENNION FEENEY, violin
ANTHONY BRACEWELL, violin
DAVID CERUTTI, viola
SERAFIM SMIGELSKIY, cello
GILI MELAMED-LEV, piano
Tydeman Farm,
564 County Rt. 10,
Germantown, New York
Join us to experience one of the greatest masterpieces in the chamber music repertoire: Dvořák’s Piano Quintet, and music by Seth Grosshandler and Kodály — performed by stellar musicians from the Orchestra of St. Luke and friends.
April 15, 2023, 3:00 pm Spencertown Academy Arts Center
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JOANA GENOVA, violin
GILI MELAMED-LEV, piano
A collaboration between
Jazz & Classics for Change
and Kids Need Music
Join us for a concert featuring music from around the world to raise funds for Kids Need Music, a unique organization that empowers children and youth with the gift of making music part of their daily life and inspiration. The concert features violinist Joana Genova and pianist Gili Melamed-Lev, with music by Piazzolla, Beethoven, Scott Joplin, Arvo Pärt, Amy Beach and more.
Spencertown Academy, 790 NY-203, Spencertown, NY
OUR 2022 SEASON
May 7, 2022, 4:00 pm — Tydeman Farm, 564 County Rt. 10, Germantown, New York
JULIAN MÜLLER, cello
ANTHONY BRACEWELL, violin
GILI MELAMED-LEV,
JCfC artistic director and pianist
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June 11, 2022, 4:00 pm — Tydeman Farm, 564 County Rt. 10, Germantown, NY
EUGENE DRUCKER, violin
WILLIAM FRAMPTON, viola
RONALD FELDMAN, cello
SUSANNAH WOODRUFF,
mezzo-soprano
GILI MELAMED-LEV, piano
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July 10, 2022, 6:00 pm — The Mount, Lenox, Massachusetts
RAFI MALKIEL, trombone
ITAI KRISS, flute
FRANCO PINNA, percussion
JACK GLOTTMAN, piano
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September 10, 2022, 4:00 pm — Tydeman Farm, 564 County Rt. 10, Germantown, NY
KRISTA BENNION FEENEY, violin
DAVID CERUTTI, viola
MYRON LUTZKE, cello
ELIZABETH MANN, flute
JOHN FEENEY, bass
GILI MELAMED-LEV, piano
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November 12, 2022, 7:00 pm — Mettabee Farm and Arts, Hillsdale, New York
JULIAN MÜLLER, cello
ANTHONY BRACEWELL, violin
GILI MELAMED-LEV,
JCfC artistic director and pianist
Two magnificent piano trios by Schubert (No.1 in B flat) and Beethoven (Archduke Trio) along with the premier of the Sonata for Viola and Piano by Brian Shea.
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2022 OUTREACH PROGRAMS
Camphill Ghent — May 6, 2022
A concert titled “The Great Trios,” featuring music by Schubert, Shea, Beethoven and Piazzolla.
Triform Community, Hudson — May 19, 2022
Camphill Village, Copake — May 21, 2022
A concert titled “The Great Trios and the Dawn of Hope,” featuring music by Schubert, Jośe Elizondo, Beethoven & Piazzolla.
Camphill Village, Copake — June 9, 2022
Eugene and William return to JCfC with mezzo-soprano Susannah Woodruff, cellist Ronald Feldman and pianist Gili Melamed-Lev, with music by Beethoven (Irish Songs and String Trio), Schumann’s piano quartet and Eugene Drucker’s song cycle entitled “Of Troubled Times.”
Camphill Ghent — September 9, 2022
Members of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s — violinist Krista Bennion Feeney, flutist Elizabeth Mann, violist David Cerutti, cellist Myron Lutzke, and bass player John Feeney — join pianist Gili Melamed-Lev in a program of Latin songs for violin and double bass, Maurice Duruflé, Prélude, récitatif et variations for flute, viola and piano, and Franz Schubert's well known and beloved Trout Quintet.
Camphill Ghent — January 12, 2022
Camphill Village, Copake — January 13, 2022
“Winter Celebration Concert” with members of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s — violinist Krista Bennion Feeney, violist Devid Cerutti, cellist Myron Lutzke, and bass player John Feeney — join pianist Gili Melamed-Lev.
This is one of the videos we published in 2020 as outreach to nursing/care homes and hospitals during the 2020 lockdown:
MUSIC OF HOPE
SAINT JAMES PLACE, GREAT BARRINGTON, MA
VIRTUAL CONCERT
ASHLEY BATHGATE
Cello
Music of Hope was conceived and recorded in March of 2020 at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, MA, featuring music by Schumann, De Falla, Messiaen, Arvo Pärt, Caroline Shaw and Chopin.
The world had just begun to understand and grapple with the effects of a global pandemic as concerts and events were canceled, theaters and public venues were closed and most people were adjusting to the new normal to stay at home.
The recording took place in the presence of two kind friends who felt comfortable and safe to sit in a large, enclosed space and serve willingly as our audience. After a long and uncertain 18 months, the possibility of performing beyond the borders of our home spaces was, while overwhelming at first, also deeply gratifying, because of a renewed sense of hope that the Arts would continue to inspire, nourish and connect us.
I would like to thank and am deeply indebted to Ashley Bathgate for her artistry and friendship, to Fred Harris and Seth Keys of Saint James Place for their hospitality, Terry Flynn for his magic touch in preparing the piano, Antony Gravett for his artistic design, Sam Torres, our sound man and videographer, our photographers Wendy Noyes and Tasja Keetman, and Nicole Furnée and Thomas Chulak for their generous support and friendship.
—Gili
GILI MELAMED-LEV
Piano
PHOTOS: WENDY NOYES
PROGRAM Use these links to jump to a specific part of the concert, then click to play:
P.S. A great gift idea: our CD release of the “Music of Hope” concert is available to purchase. Click here for more information
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WE COLLABORATE WITH
Our Camphill Ghent outreach project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by CREATE Council on the Arts.
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