CHAMBER CONCERTS THIS SUNDAY, JULY 28 THROUGH THURSDAY, AUGUST 1
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Ron Stabinsky
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Dave Stahl
At 7 p.m. this Sunday, July 28 at the Gmeiner Art & Cultural Center at 134 Main Street in Wellsboro is “Sweet Sounds of Violin and Piano,” a chamber concert featuring Noelle Tretick Gosling on violin and Érico Freire Bezerra at the piano. They will perform Michael Schelle’s “Endless Mountain Music;” selections from Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story;” Henry Mancini’s “Sunflower” and “Two for the Road;” George Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm;” and Astor Piazzolla’s “Oblivion” and “Libertango.” Gosling will also play one movement of “Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major” written by her father Sidney Tretick who performed it during its premiere in January of 1962 and died five weeks later when his daughter was two years old
At 7 p.m. Monday, July 29 at the Tioga County Courthouse at 118 Main Street in Wellsboro, the Endless Mountain Music Festival String Quartet will play “Toccata” by Sidney Tretick; “Strum” by Jessie Montgomery, “The Bullfighter’s Prayer” by Joaquin Turina and “String Quartet in C Minor, Opus 18, No. 4” by Ludwig van Beethoven. Performing are: Jennifer Farquhar and Linda Yu Picard on violin, Lauren Strachan on viola and Gita Ladd on cello.
At 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 30 at the Grand Community Room at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro will be a performance by Trina Gross on clarinet, Érico Freire Bezerra at the piano and Melanie Mashner on harp. They will play “Cantilène for Clarinet and Piano” by Louis Cahuzac, “Pagina d’Album” by Michele Mangani; “Sonata for Clarinet and Piano” by Amanda Harberg and “Suite from The Victorian Kitchen Garden for Clarinet and Harp” by Paul Reade.
At 7 p.m.. Wednesday, July 31 will be a show by jazz pianist Ron Stabinsky and Friends at the Penn Wells Hotel Dining Room, 62 Main Street, Wellsboro. Stabinsky performs throughout the United States and Europe. Dinner will be available from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.; for reservations, call 570-724-2111.
At 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 1 will be a performance by the Dave Stahl Jazz Sextet featuring lead trumpet legend Dave Stahl at the Coolidge Theatre in the Deane Center for the Performing Arts at 104 Main Street in Wellsboro. The concert is BYOB with audience members encouraged to reserve a table, bring their own favorite beverages and snacks and sit with family and friends to enjoy the music.
Youth, 20 and under, are admitted free to all festival concerts.
There is a fee for the Friday and Saturday orchestra concerts on July 26 and 27 and Aug. 2 and 3 and for the chamber concerts.
To purchase tickets or flex or season passes or for more information about the Pennsylvania and New York concerts being offered now through Sunday, Aug. 4, call the Endless Mountain Music Festival Box Office at 570-787-7800 or visit www.endlessmountain.net.