2018 Season

Preseason event

Friday, April 27, DVHS auditorium on Rt. 6 & 209 at 7 pm. Free admission.

Got That Swing! The Art of the Solo

Joseph Boga, trumpet with The Joseph Boga Nonet                    

Revered jazz musician came back to the area with his colleagues for a student workshop and an open concert. The swing era and alternative jazz genres through the prism of a soloist. The concert will include an appearance by DVHS Jazz Combo.     website   video clip

 

 

2018 Season 

All events at the historic Milford Theatre,
114 East Catharine Street in Milford, PA, at 7:30 pm unless noted otherwise. 

 

Saturday, May 26 

When Art Meets Music: 20th-Century Progress and Destruction

Mikhail Kopelman, violin, Elizaveta Kopelman, piano, and Yosif Feigelson, cello.

A former leader of the legendary Borodin and Tokyo string quartets was joined by his pianist-daughter and KSAP's artistic director. Music by Rachmaninov, Kodaly and Shostakovich, accompanied by projected paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Chagall, others.      concert video

 

Sat. June 16, Grey Towers N.H.S. in Milford, PA at 5:30 pm   

Sun. June 17, Hawley Silk Mill in Hawley, PA at 4 pm   
Spectacular Precision: Duo Noire                                                                    

Comprised of award-winning American classical guitarists Thomas Flippin and Christopher Mallett, the acclaimed duo played classical and contemporary compositions.  website   concert video

 

Saturday, July 14 

Soul of the Balkans: The Noga Group led by Avram Pengas                 

One of the most popular ethnic ensembles in NYC  delighted the audience with colorful music, song and dance from Serbia, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, and other countries of the region.     website   concert video

 

Special Event at the Hotel Fauchere in Milford, PA

Thursday, August 2, Delmonico Room at 7 pm
A Voice in the Forest: Linda Lane Smith, soprano                           

An opera diva connected Music and Forest, Art and Science in the unique program. Music of Schubert, Verdi, Rossini, Rogers and Hammerstein, complemented by a slide show. With Robert Wilson, piano.   website     concert clip

 

Saturday,  August 18, Grey Towers N.H.S. in Milford, PA at 5:30 pm 

Sunday, August 19,  Hawley Silk Mill in Hawley, PA at 4 pm
An Appalachian Ballade:  Simple Gifts Duo                                                 
 From Appalachian ballads and hymns, to music of some cultures that influenced American music as Polish, French, African and Klezmer performed on original instruments including hammer dulcimer, bowed psaltery, lumberjack and spoons!       website    video

 

Saturday, September 8   In cooperation with Milford Presents

Saints and Sinners: Young Dubliners, Irish Rock Band                         
One of the hardest working groups of its kind crowned Milford's Septemberfest with the fiery of sounds and engaging rhythms.   website    video

 

Saturday, October 6

Red Violin Caprices: Caroline Goulding, violin                                        

Recognized early as a child prodigy, the skillful young virtuoso is poised for a major career. Music by Paganini, Vieuxtemps, Kreisler, Corigliano.    website    video

 

Saturday, November 3 

Bees, please! Englewinds Ensemble                                                            

This program related to the disappearance of bees has been emblematic of this award winning eco-ensemble. Their selection included works by Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, MacDowell, and others.      website    video

 

Saturday, December 15 at 5:30 pm    

Joyeux Noël: Avalon Jazz Band                                                                     

Created in New York in 2012, the band is a prominent ambassador of Parisian hot jazz in the United States and internationally. Music and song from the 1930s, plus seasonal favorites.      website    video

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Joseph Boga

 

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Elizaveta Kopelman

 

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Simple Gifts

 

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