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Caroga Concert Bulletin – Festival Week 5
7th Annual Caroga Lake Music Festival
Week 5: August 13 -19
Join us in Caroga Lake, Gloversville, Cooperstown and Ghent for a varied assortment of classical, contemporary, jazz and pop music!
With musicians Kayoko Mizakawa, Piano; Logan Contreras, Voice; Armando Contreras, Voice; Jazimina MacNeil, Voice; Seung Jeon, Flute; Graeme Steele Johnson, Clarinet; Arleigh Savage, Bassoon; Kaleigh Acord, Violin; Rebecca Benjamin, Violin; John Bian, Violin; Eva Dove, Violin; Aniela Eddy, violin; Josh Henderson, Violin; Ben Kronk, Violin; Andy Liang, Violin; Valerie Sanders, Violin; Aaron Schwartz, Violin; Tonya Burton, Viola; Andrew Griffin, Viola; Deborah Price, Viola; Jameel Martin, Viola; Stephanie Price-Wong, Viola; Jenna Heawon Shin, Viola; Ray Kim, Cello; Ken Kubota, Cello; Mitch Lyon, Cello; Scott McCreary, Cello; Julian Muller, Cello; Kyle Price, Cello; Nathan Chan, Cello; Jon Borden, Bass; Jordan Calixto, Bass; Nicholas Villalobos, Bass; Nate West, Bass
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 7:00 PM
Concert & Ice Cream at Caroga Museum
145 County Rd 111, Caroga Lake
Free
The Caroga Museum in New York State’s Adirondack Park is comprised of a charming old farm house, an exhibit barn, a general store, a cobbler’s shop, an ice house, and the most recent addition, Sherman’s Park Arcade.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 7:00 PM
Dinner & Music at Origins Cafe, Cooperstown
558 Beaver Meadow Rd, Cooperstown
$35
Artist in Residence Concert – Musicians of the Caroga Lake Music Festival debut in the charming baseball town of Cooperstown at Origins Cafe. $35 buys a seasonal, locally-sourced dinner buffet and concert! To reserve your dinner and seat, please call Origins Cafe at 607-437-2862.
You are invited:
Volunteer Appreciaton Pre-concert Reception
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 7:00 PM
Caroga Chapel Concert
106 Chapel Road, Caroga Lake
Free
CLMF’s premiere of American composer Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Featuring a variety of CLMF resident artists in small chamber groups as well as large orchestra!
In appreciation of the extraordinary volunteers who helped make Caroga Lake Music Festival a success this season, Caroga Arts would like to invite all volunteers and friends to a pre-concert reception. Enjoy drinks and light refreshments starting at 6:00pm at Caroga Chapel on Friday, August 17.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 10:00 PM
Encore! Jazz Sessions: Glenn Zaleski Trio
Nick Stoner Inn, 1810 NY-10, Caroga Lake
Free
Jazz piano trio with New York City’s Glenn Zaleski, a semi-finalist in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition and a finalist for the 2011 APA Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2:00 – 10:00PM
Sherman’s Revival Series: SAUNDERS FEST
Sherman’s Amusement Park, Caroga Lake
Free
Don’t miss the biggest event of the season! The multi-musical Saunders family, bluegrass virtuosos and Canada Lake residents, will perform an all-day bluegrass festival featuring Grammy-Award winning bassist, vocalist and banjo player Geoff Saunders from the Mark O’Connor Band and mandolin and banjo player Rob Saunders, among other family members. They’ll be joined by Crooked North, Kate Lee & Forrest O’Connor, Chris Wilson and local bluegrass bands for an afternoon of pure banjo thrills and open jam sessions!
Line up:
Crooked North
Saunders Family Band
Kate Lee & Forrest O’Connor
Chris Wilson
Caroga Lake Chamber Players
Durey Creek
SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 11:30AM
Brunch & Concert at Paul Nigra Center
Paul Nigra Center for the Creative Arts, 2736 New York 30, Gloversville
$35
Back by popular demand, CLMF perform their final 2018 season concert in the Caroga region at the Paul Nigra Center in Gloversville. Have a delicious brunch in the Grand Gallery while enjoying the incredible sounds of the musicians of the Caroga Lake Music Festival.
The brunch menu will include quiche, stuffed French toast, bacon, sausage, potatoes, salad greens, refreshments and desserts.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 6:00PM
Concert at Hawthorne Valley School
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School, 330 Co Rd 21C, Ghent, NY
Free
Artist in Residence Concert – CLMF musicians return to Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School for the season finale featuring music of multiple scopes and genres.
Caroga Concert Bulletin – Festival Week 4
7th Annual Caroga Lake Music Festival
Week 4: August 6 -12
Join us in Cobleskill, Canojaharie, Cooperstown, Gloversville, and Caroga Lake for a varied assortment of classical, contemporary, jazz and pop music!
You’re never too young to play music! Local children experience the “Instrument Petting Zoo” with CLMF Artists at a Kids Concert at Sherman’s. Thank you Nightingale Violin Shop for the instruments!
With musicians Logan Contreras, Voice; Armando Contreras, Voice; Nicole Heinen, Voice; Esther Park, Piano; Zsolt Bognar, Piano; Graeme Steele Johnson, Clarinet; Alex Mayon, Trumpet; Mason Yu, Violin; Erica Tursi, Violin; Clayton Tillotson, Violin; Aaron Schwartz, Violin; Andy Liang, Violin; Ben Kronk, Violin; Eva Dove, Violin; Michael Chien, Violin; Stephanie Price-Wong, Viola; Deborah Price, Viola; Alice Ping, Viola; Jinsun Hong, Viola; Alejandro Duque, Viola; Nathan Watts, Cello; Kyle Price, Cello; Julian Müller, Cello; Ken Kubota, Cello; Alex Cox, Cello; Jordan Calixto, Bass; Nate West, Bass
SUMMER STRING PROJECTS
The Summer String Projects provide local music students from Fulton, Montgomery and Schoharie Counties the opportunity to experience, learn and share music with the Caroga Lake Music Festival artists for five days leading up to finale performances. Thank you to the agencies who support these endeavors!
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 7:00 PM
Fulton & Montgomery Counties: Summer String Project Finale Concert
Arkell Museum, 2 Erie Blvd, Canajoharie
Free
Saratoga Arts made this program possible with an Arts Education Grant funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 7:00 PM
Schoharie County: Summer String Project Finale Concert
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
138 Washington Ave, Cobleskill
Free
This event is made possible in part with public funds from the Decentralization Program of the NYS Council on the Arts, administered in Schoharie County by the Greene County Council on the Arts through the Community Arts Grants program.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 7:00 PM
Caroga Chapel Concert
106 Chapel Road, Caroga Lake
Free
Don’t miss! This week you’ll hear some of Opera’s favorite songs from Bizet’s Carmen and Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Featuring a variety of CLMF resident artists in small chamber groups as well as large orchestra!
J-Music Pocket Band Returns!
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 10:00 PM
Encore! Jazz Sessions: J-Music Pocket Band
Nick Stoner Inn, 1810 NY-10, Caroga Lake
Free
Back by popular demand! J-Music Pocket Band is an innovative jazz ensemble performing arrangements of Japanese pop and video game music. With Patrick Bartley, Jr., a Grammy-nominated saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 9:30-10:30AM
Quartet Performance at Cooperstown Farmers’ Market
101 Main Street, Cooperstown
Free
Come visit the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market to experience the agricultural bounty of the region and hear live music!
Gypsy Jazz with Rhythm Future Quartet
SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 7:00PM
Sherman’s Revival Series: Rhythm Future Quartet
Sherman’s Amusement Park, Caroga Lake
Free
The acoustic jazz ensemble Rhythm Future Quartet has a straightforward agenda: to keep the spirit of gypsy jazz alive and expanding in today’s musical universe. The virtuosic foursome, named for a Django Reinhardt tune, offers up a newly minted sound, influenced by the classic Hot Club of France, yet wholly contemporary. Learn more here!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 4:00PM
Concert at Peck’s Lake Marina
180 Peck Lake Rd, Gloversville
Free
Artist in Residence Concert – Musicians of the Caroga Lake Music Festival debut in neighboring Peck’s Lake for an late afternoon concert on the water at the popular Peck’s Lake Marina.
Thank you to Main Motorcar for the sponsor vehicle! 🚗
