THE CONCERTS
Am I my brother’s keeper? The oldest question posed by one human concerning his responsibility to another, one then posed and re-posed by artists ever since. What do owe each other; our families; our communities; our friends; and our enemies, real and imagined? We’ll ponder it all through music born out of compassion and the search for justice. With music of Henze; Rzewski; Waggoner; Composer in Residence Trevor Weston; and Mendelssohn. And featuring an all-baroque week on period instruments, with works of Bach; Biber; and Marais. Check back soon for full concert details!
July 16th at 7:30PM
Music and conversation with Composer in Residence Trevor Weston, on music as a parallel existence, and why The People Could Fly!
Featuring Phillip Solomon, clarinet; Mari Sato, violin; Caroline Stinson, cello; and Mimi Solomon, piano
Thursday, July 16th at 730 PM
Catskil Art Space
48 Main Street, Livingston Manor NY
$25
July 17th at 7PM
Join WCM artists for rehearsal and discussion on works from our July 19th program, Traditions Intersecting
Friday, July 18th, 7 PM
The Arnold House
839 Shandelee Rd, Livingston Manor, NY 12758
FREE!
July 18th at 730PM
Looking within, calling out, standing up. Music that calls it as it sees it and always celebrates the human.
Saturday, July 18th at 7:30 PM
Catskill Art Space
48 Main Street
Livingston Manor, NY
$30
July 19th at 11AM
Music for kids, parents, grandparents, pets (wait, we’re in a gallery. No pets!), from the summer repertoire and made up on the spot.
Sunday, July 19th, 11 AM
Catskill Art Space
48 Main Street
Livingston Manor, NY
FREE!
July 23rd at 730PM
The singular, resonant magic of period instruments!
Performance, demonstration and discussion with WCM artists Julia Glenn & Nurit Pacht, violins; Caroline Stinson, cello; and Andrus Madsen, harpsichord
$25
July 24th at 7PM
Our second open rehearsal of the season! Come for a preview and discussion of works from our July 26th concert, Traditions Expanding.
Catskill Art Space
48 Main Street
Livingston Manor, NY
FREE!
July 25th at 7:30 PM
Deeply expressive, meditative music of compassion from the Baroque, on period instruments.
Saturday, July 25th, 7:30 PM
Catskill Art Space
48 Main Street
Livingston Manor, NY
$30
As always, love: of chamber music, of our musical friends, and our Catskill community, is the thing that drives and sustains us, and that makes everything possible. We can’t wait to share that love with you all once again. -Andrew Waggoner & Caroline Stinson
NEWS
Here Come the Danes!
The Rudersdal Chamber Players, in Concert In New York and at the Cooperage!
April 11th & 18th, 2025
The Danes are back, armed with visas this time and ready to take New York City and the Catskills by storm! With a beautiful program of new and old American and Danish music, the group that BBC Magazine has praised as one of the most exciting on the scene will perform as WCM’s guests this April.
VIDEO: Andrew Waggoner’s Down/Up
Here is a live video from our March 25, 2016 concert at the Tenri Institute in New York City.
Artist Q & A: Oboist Peggy Pearson
Two big pillars of your Artistical life are Winsor Music and Emmanuel Music…
ABOUT WCM
Artistic Directors’ Message
Am I my brother’s keeper? The oldest question posed by one human concerning his responsibility to another, one then posed and re-posed by artists ever since. What do owe each other; our families; our communities; our friends; and our enemies, real and imagined? We’ll ponder it all through music born out of compassion and the struggle for justice. We’re not looking for political statements; while all music has a political dimension, it’s the big, all-embracing humanity of this season’s program that inspires us. With music of Hans Werner Henze; Frederick Rzewski; Waggoner (ours truly); Composer in Residence Trevor Weston; and Felix Mendelssohn, and featuring an all-baroque week on period instruments, with works of deep mystery and intensity of expression by Bach; Biber; and Marin Marais. Music to share, as a family, then take with us into our lives as we care for each other, care for the world.
Love,
Andy & Carrie
Our Mission
We engage the public of the Catskills and the Upper Delaware region directly by bringing transformative performances of, and discussion around, chamber music to a wide variety of venues across the region. With events each season in a converted barn (our main concert home); a distillery; a country inn; a farmer’s market; a church lawn; a repurposed school; and an old mill-turned-gallery, we bring our work straight to the people wherever they are. Our commitment to what we see as an essential mix of standard repertoire, new music, encounters with living composers, and improvisation, ensures that our audiences come to see chamber music as a vital, contemporary, evolving art form, one that speaks directly to them, of their lives and their shared humanity.
Meet the Artists
WATCH + LISTEN
Highlights from our 2021 Season, Into the Light
Ludwig van Beethoven, Heiliger Dankgesang, from Quartet Op. 132
Nurit Pacht & Mari Sato, violins; Kathryn Lockwood, viola; Caroline Stinson, cello
Kurt Rohde, 4 Remixes, for piano trio
Sunghae Anna Lim, violin; Caroline Stinson, cello; Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano
Rohde, Inside Voice, for string quartet
Nurit Pacht & Mari Sato, violins; Kathryn Lockwood, viola; Caroline Stinson, cello
Andrew Waggoner, Now, the Fire (Movement for piano quartet after James Baldwin)
Mari Sato, violin; Kathryn Lockwood, viola; Caroline Stinson, cello; Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano
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CONTACT US
GENERAL INFORMATION
Weekend of Chamber Music, Inc.
PO Box 147
Jeffersonville, N.Y. 12748
INFORMATION
(917) 664-5185