June Virtual Concerts
Concert: Harp Music with a Twist
Friday, June 25, 7:30 PM
With heart and humor Kate Saxton is guaranteed to delight with traditional and modern music played on her concert harp in this live-streamed mini concert.
- Click Here To Register – Registration Begins June 1
July Virtual Concerts/Special Events
Special Event: Carl Safina: Tales And Tails
Wednesday, July 7, 6:00 PM
Carl Safina’s work explores how we are changing the natural world and what the changes mean for human and non-human beings alike. Carl sees that the durability of human dignity and survival of the natural world will depend on each other; we cannot preserve the wild unless we preserve human dignity, and we cannot conserve human dignity while continuing to degrade nature. His lyrical non-fiction writing fuses scientific understanding, emotional connection, and a moral call to action.
Carl’s Safina’s writing has won a MacArthur “genius” prize; Pew, Guggenheim, and Nation Science Foundation Fellowships; book awards from Lannan, Orion, and the Nation Academies; and the John Burroughs, James Beard, and George Rabb medals.
Audubon magazine named Carl Safina among it “100 Notable Conservationists of the 20th Century.” Utne Reader listed him among “25 Visionaries Changing the World.”
Concert: “Alkemie & Friends”
Thursday, July 8, 7:30 PM
NSPL and Twin Forks Musicivics Inc. brings to you a uniquely creative musicast with “Alkemie and Friends”. Alkemie performs medieval music grounded in historical performance practice and they enjoy experimenting and collaborating with other musicians from all genres.
The musical program is: The “Cantigas de Amigo” by Martim Codax (13th century poet-composer), a poetic song cycle composed of 7 short pieces. This artful performance is weaved with a childhood story book coupled with set design, stick puppetry, medieval music, and poetry. The musical arrangements and edition are their own and created for this piece. This performance is brought to you through an ongoing community collaboration with Twin Forks Musicivics Inc. and the NSPL.
- Click Here To Register – Registration Begins June 17
Concert: Sip ’n Sing Out Loud! With Valerie di Lorenzo
Tuesday, July 13, 5:00 PM
Join us for a new and exciting kind of virtual entertainment. Relax into an upbeat environment – with friends and family – all SINGING-A-LONG to songs from Hollywood, the Great American Songbook, pop, and more! We provide the lyrics; you bring your voice and sense of fun!
- Click Here To Register – Registration Begins July 1
Special Event: Dances of India: A Family Event
Friday, July 16, 7:00 PM
Join the teaching artists of Ajna Dance Company for their Dances of India workshop to learn about Indian culture through dance and music. You will learn about and try different styles of dance that come from the diverse country that is India. And after you watch and learn, be ready to get up and dance! This program is for the whole family. Let’s Dance!
- Click Here To Register – Registration Begins July 1
Concert: Harp Music with a Twist
Saturday, July 17, 5:00 PM
With heart and humor Kate Saxton is guaranteed to delight us again with traditional and modern music played on her concert harp in this streamed video mini concert.
- Click Here To Register – Registration Begins July 1
- After registering, go to NSPL’s YouTube Channel to watch this video at the date and time listed above
Concert: Reames Duo: Finzi and Debussy
Thursday, July 29, 7:30 PM
Join us for this week’s performance, featuring Christopher Reames, tenor, and Kanako Reames, piano. In this musicast performance you will hear pieces from Finzi’s song cycle A Young Man’s Exhortation by Gerald Finzi, and excerpts from the poetry of Thomas Hardy. In addition the Cinq poèmes de Charles Baudelaire (Five poems by Charles Baudelaire) by Claude Debussy and excerpts of poetry by Charles Baudelaire. This performance is brought to you through an ongoing community collaboration with Twin Forks Musicivics Inc. and the NSPL.
- Click Here To Register – Registration Begins July 1
August Virtual Concerts
Concert: Ackley Duo “Songs for Trees”
Thursday, August 12, 7:30 PM
NSPL and Twin Forks Musicivics Inc bring back the Ackley Duo who combines cello, voice, and mandolin in a performance of original compositions & traditional tunes. Taylor Ackley is a multi-instrumentalist, voice artist. Alison Ackley plays the Cello and is a vocal artist as well. You will hear “Hey Little Birdie,” “Shading Romance,” “Letting Go,” “The Riddle Song,” “If You See Him Say Hello”, and “There Ain’t Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone.” This performance is brought to you through an ongoing community collaboration with Twin Forks Musicivics Inc. and the NSPL.
- Click Here To Register – Registration Begins July 1
Concert: Sip ’n Sing Out Loud! With Valerie di Lorenzo
Tuesday, August 17, 5:00 PM
Join us for a new and exciting kind of virtual entertainment. Relax into an upbeat environment – with friends and family – all SINGING-A-LONG to songs from Hollywood, the Great American Songbook, pop, and more! We provide the lyrics; you bring your voice and sense of fun!
- Click Here To Register – Registration Begins July 1
Concert: Harp Music with a Twist
Saturday, August, 21, 5:00 PM
With heart and humor Kate Saxton is guaranteed to delight us again with traditional and modern music played on her concert harp in this streamed video mini concert.
- Click Here To Register – Registration Begins July 1
- After registering, go to NSPL’s YouTube Channel to watch this video at the date and time listed above
Previously Posted Concerts
August 2020
Loss: Works by Mozart and Prokofiev
Part of the three-part video streamed music series with Musicivic Inc – Join the award-winning Shea-Kim Duo for Loss, a program of sonatas for violin and piano by W.A. Mozart and Sergei Prokofiev that contemplate the loss of something irreplaceable. The sonatas were completed at times when both composers were grappling with loss; Mozart wrote his E minor sonata around the time that he lost his mother, while Prokofiev composed his F minor violin sonata over a period of eight years, completing it shortly after the end of the World War II.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Sonata No. 21 in E minor
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Ladies of Liberty: “100 Years Strong Celebration the Centennial Suffrage and the History of Woman’s Rights in America”
This pre-recorded musical revue, featuring NYC award winning cabaret artist, Valarie diLorenzo, celebrates the 2020 Centennial of woman’s right to vote and traces the of history woman’s rights in America. She will start in the beginning, with connections to the early Civil Rights movement, and then brings us all the way to the modern feminist legacy, #MeToo movement and female empowerment, through exuberant, lively, sometimes humorous – often touching – songs.
September 2020
Songs of Love: Lost and Found
Part of the three-part video streamed music series with Musicivic Inc – Join us for this week’s performance, featuring Christopher Reames, tenor, and Kanako Reames, piano. Songs of Love: Lost and Found invites us through two complete song cycles: Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe (“A Poet’s Love”) and Francis Poulenc’s Tel jour, telle nuit. Replete with lush imageries of springtime and nature, these two song cycles reflect on the poignant complexities of love lost and found.
Quartet Salonnières
Part of the three-part video streamed music series with Musicivic Inc – Devoted to historical performance, Quartet Salonnières is a newly formed ensemble that performs classical repertoire on original instruments using gut strings. The quartet is named for the women who hosted salons in the 18th and 19th centuries, known as the Salonnières, who through providing artistic and intellectually themed evenings in their homes, allowed the culture of the arts and philosophy to thrive. Join them in performances by Mozart, Haydn, and Boccherini!
Harp Music with a Twist
With heart and humor Kate Saxton is guaranteed to delight with traditional and modern music played on her concert harp.
October 2020
Music of the West African Kora (Harp): A Filmed Concert
Sean Gaskell will play the West African Kora, a melodic 21 string harp from Gambia in this filmed concert. You will hear traditional Gambian music dating back hundreds of years ago along with some of Sean’s own modern orchestrations. At times during this concert you may feel as though you are sitting in a symphony hall in NY City. Sean is a celebrated musician from Seattle who currently lives in North Carolina. He has been featured in music festivals in the United States and in Gambia and Senegal.
Musical Adventure from Piano Solos to Four-Hands Duets: A Filmed Concert
Olga Vinokur performs in this filmed concert as a Soloist and with Daniel Gnip in Four Hands Piano. “New York Times has described her playing as “an exquisite performance” and BBC magazine called Olga “superlative.” Olga Vinokur will present program of piano masterpieces by Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin among others. Her son Dan will join her for some exciting piano four-hands duos.”
Gail Storm: A Filmed Concert
Gail Storm, Long Island’s celebrated blues pianist, singer/songwriter, known for her blues stylings and treatment of the boogie woogie will perform a filmed concert of boogie woogie, traditional jazz, swing tunes, pop and originals. This concert is brought to NSPL through a East End Libraries Collaborative Project.
Harp Music with a Twist
With heart and humor Kate Saxton is guaranteed to delight with traditional and modern music played on her concert harp in this live-streamed mini concert.
November 2020
The Ackley Duo
Alison Ackley and Taylor Ackley are partners in life and in music. They have been performing together since 2015 when they founded the Deep Roots Ensemble. Taylor’s background in traditional American music and Alison’s extensive experience as a classical chamber musician come together to form the foundation of all the music they make together. The rich sound of their two-part harmony singing brings songs old and new to life in a way that feels both timeless and remarkable. In their five years of collaborating they have performed in festivals, concerts and recitals across the United States.
The Deep Roots Ensemble’s first album Songs from the Bitterroot was released in 2018 by 4Tay records and the next Hard Tellin’ is now available. While Taylor and Alison primarily perform with the Deep Roots Ensemble, their duo concerts always bring a special, intimate character to their well-loved style.
Broadway Café – Musical Appreciation featuring Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s: Oklahoma!
Enjoy a fun loving and interesting romp through Classic Broadway Musicals complete with music, singalong, backstage stories and more via Zoom.
Music Civic Baroque
Performed on historical instruments and recorded virtually, Musicivic Baroque continues to share their love of Baroque music with listeners around the world. Reserve your free tickets today and enjoy this eclectic program of Visée, Couperin, Stradella, and Fontana recorded for the North Shore Public Library patrons.
- This Concert Is Presented By NSPL & Musiciviv INC. Partnership
Harp Music with a Twist
With heart and humor Kate Saxton is guaranteed to delight with traditional and modern music played on her concert harp in this live-streamed mini concert.
December 2020
A Good Old -Fashioned Christmas with Valerie diLorenzo
Join us for a good old-Fashioned Christmas and some holiday cheer for your ear featuring Valerie diLorenzo at our annual holiday event, which will feature traditional favorites as well as some new surprises and stories about the Holiday Season.
Cramer Quartet
NSPL and Twin Forks Musicivic are excited to present the Cramer Quartet in this online series, featuring a socially distanced take on works by Bach, Haydn, Matteis, and Telemann.
With period instruments and an invigorating historically informed approach, the Cramer Quartet brings uncommon warmth, transparency, and texture to Classical and early Romantic repertoire as well as commissioned works that explore and expand the sound world of gut strings.
January 2021
Virtual Concert: Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble via Zoom
The acclaimed Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble will present a virtual concert via Zoom, performing music for flute, strings and harp. Performers: Sally Shorrock, flute; Bradley Bosenbeck, violin; Veronica Salas, viola; Bernard Tamosaitis, cello; Karen Lindquist, harp.
“Featured music will include works by Beethoven, Piazzolla and Vivaldi, as well as original compositions written for Canta Libre by Long Island Composers Alliance members Jay Anthony Gach, Murray F. Cohen, Jane Leslie, and Laurence Dresner.”
Special Virtual Events: Sip ’n Sing Out Loud! With Valerie di Lorenzo
Start the year on a high note! Join us for a new and exciting kind of virtual entertainment. Relax into an upbeat environment – with friends and family – all SINGING-A-LONG to songs from the Great American Songbook, Broadway favorites, pop, and more! We provide the lyrics; you bring your voice and sense of fun. Guaranteed to lift you up during these long winter days.
Virtual Concert: George Gershwin: An American Original (Part 1) – Join us at the Pianowith Alexander Wu
A two-part series about the composer and his music, Alexander Wu’s thrilling performances bring to life a unique collection of Gershwin’s earlier piano pieces to his Broadway songs and serious works that include Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris and a piano medley arrangement of the folk opera, Porgy & Bess. Fifteen-year-old George Gershwin started out on Tin Pan Alley, but as he gained success writing popular music for the stage and later Hollywood, he began to lead a double life struggling to make his mark as a serious composer.
February 2021
Virtual Concert: East End Libraries Present: “Universal Love Songs with Sheri Miller” Facebook LIVE Concert
Join singer-songwriter Sheri Miller, who performs soulful, inspired original songs, while accompanying herself on guitar and piano. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Sheri will sing a wide range of uplifting, universal love songs from The Beatles, Louis Armstrong, to her own timeless originals. She has released 2 critically-acclaimed records, “Mantra” and “Winning Hand,” as well as her original song” I Could Love You Still” (feat. Will Lee, Paul Shaffer, and Steve Cropper).
Virtual Concert: East End Libraries Present:The Blues and Beyond
Blues and Beyond tells the story of African Americans in the United States from slavery to the present day by exploring and documenting, with music, videos, narration and illustrations, the evolution of African American music alongside U.S. history. From field hollers and camp meetings to old spirituals to the Blues to the popular genres of today, music is the means by which African Americans have told their story.” The program is delivered using Zoom and allows viewers to interact with the program performers and narrators.
Special Virtual Events: Sip ’n Sing Out Loud! With Valerie di Lorenzo
Start the year on a high note! Join us for a new and exciting kind of virtual entertainment. Relax into an upbeat environment – with friends and family – all SINGING-A-LONG to songs from the Great American Songbook, Broadway favorites, pop, and more! We provide the lyrics; you bring your voice and sense of fun. Guaranteed to lift you up during these long winter days.
Virtual Concert: Alex Wu presents: The Original Gershwin Part II
A great American story trumpeting in the modern era; born at the turn of the century to Jewish immigrant parents, resided and schooled on the lower east side, self-taught pianist and composer living out his dream becoming a songwriter for Broadway with his hit songs marking America’s first “pop music”. Will include performances of music by Gershwin’s contemporaries and inspiring backstories of “The Roaring 1920s” economic boom and America’s great achievements in the arts, literature, sciences and other fields during his time.
March 2021
Special Event: East End Libraries Present: “Irish Stories and Song with Jim Hawkins,” via Zoom
Ireland may be an ocean away, but professional storyteller Jim Hawkins is a virtual bridge back to the “old country” for the audiences he transforms with his gift of Irish storytelling with pathos and humor. The stories and songs you will hear are from a variety of themes in Irish history, culture, and tradition. Jim is guaranteed to make you laugh, cry and laugh once again with tales of the Irish and the Irish experience.
Concert: East End Libraries Present: “Fiddler’s Green: A Filmed Concert,” via YouTube
Come and enjoy the music of Fiddler’s Green, as they perform traditional music of Ireland and America in an authentic acoustic style.
Concert: The Charles Salinger Trio: Bebop for Benny
NSPL and Musicivic Inc partner once again to bring you The Charles Salinger Trio who will perform Bebop for Benny: Swingin’ with the Goodman sound.
Special Event: Sip n’ Sing Out Loud with Valerie di Lorenzo
Start the year on a high note! Join us for a new and exciting kind of virtual entertainment. Relax into an upbeat environment – with friends and family – all SINGING-A-LONG to songs from the Great American Songbook, Broadway favorites, pop, and more! We provide the lyrics; you bring your voice and sense of fun. Guaranteed to lift you up during these long winter days.
Concert: Traditional Irish Harp Music
Harpist Kate Saxton is back and will play traditional Celtic Harp Music in this recorded mini concert.
Special Event
East End Libraries Present:
Unbossed and Unbowed: The story of Shirley Chisholm
Time you meet this 20th Century politician Who Shook up America! This is an immersive and interactive solo show about the 1st African-American woman to run for the Presidency of the U.S. In the 1960s and ’70s, this Brooklyn-born daughter of Caribbean parents was on a mission. They called her the black Joan of Arc. She called herself Fighting Shirley as she faced off against the political machine in the name of justice. Ingrid Griffith (SAG/AFTRA) is the writer and performer of this solo work inspired by the life and times of the icon/trailblazer Shirley Anita (St. Hill) Chisholm.
April 2021
Concert: Quartet Salonnières: Performing Giardini, Haydn, Boulogne & Lombardini-Syrmen
Join us for this Online Musicast Performance – Quartet Salonnières performs a program of Giardini, Haydn, Boulogne & Lombardini-Syrmen. Musical artists are: Aniela Eddy, Violin & Viola; Majka Demcak; Violin & Viola; Natalie Rose Kress, Violin & Viola; and Cullen O’Neil, Cello.
Concert: East End Libraries Present: Copperline – The James Taylor Experience
Copperline brings you an intimate performance reminiscent of James Taylor’s shows at the Troubadour and the Beacon Theater with Carole King. In addition to his timeless songs, hear stories about his life and insights behind his lyrics. JT’s music really makes you feel good, so don’t miss it!
Concert: Harp Music with a Twist
With heart and humor Kate Saxton is guaranteed to delight with traditional and modern music played on her concert harp in this recorded mini concert.
Special Event: Virtual Open Mic: A Celebration of Poetry
In honor of National Poetry Month, the North Shore Public Library invites you to share your favorite poems. Read up to three of your poems, or those of a poet you admire. When you practice your performance time, please time yourself to ensure it is no longer than five minutes.
Concert: East End Libraries Present: Resonating Earth
Resonating Earth with pianist Carolyn Enger is a cinematic concert collaboration with the video artist and Peabody Award-winning producer Elliott Forrest (WQXR). Combining beautiful music from the Baroque period to the present with contemplative natural imagery, Resonating Earth inspires reflection, awareness of our place in the world, and our responsibility to the planet. This program is brought to you by the East End Library Collaborative project.
May 2021
Concert: Zachary Siblerschlag Family & Friends — All Brass!
NSPL and Twin Forks Musicivics Inc. bring this video musicast for your listening pleasure. Zach Silberschlag puts together a wonderful assortment of pieces from across the musical spectrum. Beginning with the Klezmer influenced solo fantasy “Klezmerelda” for trumpet and Piano. The music of Debussy, Brahms, Ricardo Drigo, Charlier, Mercadante to spirituals.
Concert: Harp Music with a Twist
With heart and humor Kate Saxton is guaranteed to delight with traditional and modern music played on her concert harp in this live-streamed mini concert.
June 2021
Concert: Cramer Quartet 2
The Cramer Quartet is back through the partnership of NSPL and Musicivics Inc. With period instruments and an invigorating historically informed approach, the Cramer Quartet brings uncommon warmth, transparency, and texture to Classical and early Romantic repertoire as well as commissioned works that explore and expand the sound world of gut strings. The quartet’s stylish, nuanced interpretations and visionary approach to programming stimulate dialogue around old and new works, inviting audiences to listen with fresh ears. This program will include pieces by Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caroline Shaw and Hyacinth Jadin.
Based in New York City, members of the Cramer Quartet are persons of color, women, gender non-conforming/non-binary and LGBTQ individuals committed to centering the voices of underrepresented and marginalized communities.
Jessica Park, Violin
Chiara Fasani Stauffer, Violin
Keats Dieffenbach, Viola
Shirley Hunt, Cello, Viola da Gamba
Concert: East End Libraries Present: “The Precisions: A Filmed Concert,” via YouTube
The Precisions are a five-member live band who have been entertaining audiences for decades. Originating in Brooklyn, NY as a vocal group, The Precisions recorded the national hit song, “Someone to Watch Over Me“/Golden Crest Records. Today, The Precisions include Catherine Santaniello, one of Long Island’s top female vocalists. They are popular among fans of classic and vintage rock, and are known for their wide-ranging repertoire.
Concert: Mirroring the Other: Reflecting Jewish Experience in Medieval Germany
Codex Manesse, as well as secular songs, religious poems, liturgical texts, and contemporary chronicles. Delight in the antics of an early Purimshpil and the onomatopoeic sounds of medieval life as well as the sheer beauty of the earliest Jewish chants that survive in Western notation. Tracy Cowart (voice, harp, percussion) David McCormick (vielle, percussion) Elena Mullins (voice, percussion) Sian Ricketts (voice, douçaines, recorders) Niccolo Seligmann (vielles, gittern, scheitholt). This program is brought to you by NSPL and Musicivic Inc.’s community partnership dedicated in bringing quality music to the people.
Please keep checking back for the next scheduled Virtual Concert!
Live with Carnegie Hall
- During the live streams, episodes can be viewed on the below link, as well as on the Hall’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
- Live with Carnegie Hall
If you are interested in viewing concerts, please see the following:
The Metropolitan Opera has launched “Nightly Met Opera Streams,” a free series of encore Live in HD presentations streamed on the company website during the coronavirus closure.
The Seattle Symphony is offering live streams of their upcoming performances completely for free. Sign up for notifications for their upcoming streams!
The Museum of Modern Art has complied a list of songs about art!
The Staller Center is happy to offer you new resources from their very own Instrument Petting Zoo (IPZ). You can also download music education workbooks and create music together at home.
