NY OPERA CONSERVATORY: FREE July-August 2024 Summer Concert Series – Croton Free Library
2024-07-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-07 15:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-09 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-11 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Croton Free Librara, 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, 10520, United States
The Taconic Opera summer program for emerging opera singers, New York Opera Conservatory (NYOC), offers you an opportunity to hear the upcoming generation of professionally trained singers as they gain valuable experience perfecting their craft in a leading role. Established in 2018, the NYOC helps to fill an unmet need among trained singers to gain hands-on experience through actual performance.
Each event in the series listed below – one tragedy and one comedy – will have a different cast, making every performance completely unique from all the others! Each performance includes the complete opera and is semi-staged (costumes, props).
July Opera: Il Trovatore – Verdi
Verdi’s turbulent tragedy is a mainstay of the operatic repertory. The score is both dark and energetic, with infectious tunes that are not easily forgotten. Set in the turbulent Middle Ages, the story is about a count seeking revenge for the murder of his brother by the gypsy girl Azucena, who just happens to have raised the Count’s arch-enemy Manrico. This opera features the playful Anvil Chorus and the rousing tenor aria Di quella pira, a favorite in concert performances by Pavarotti, Domingo, et al. Sung in Italian.
Dates: Wednesday, July 3, 7:00 pm
Friday, July 5, 7:00 pm
Saturday, July 6, 7:00 pm
Sunday, July 7, 3:00 pm

August Opera: Dona Pasquale – Donizetti
The second opera performed as part of the NYOC summer series is Donizetti’s hilarious comedy, Don Pasquale. A bumbling buffoon is taught a life lesson as he is tricked into a fake marriage with a young woman who turns into a demanding shrew. Taconic Opera’s favorite hilarious mainstage buffo, Jorge Ocasio, joins the Conservatory’s young cast to sing the title role. Sung in Italian.
Dates: Wednesday, August 7, 7:00 pm
Friday, August 9, 7:00 pm
Saturday, August 10, 7:00 pm
Sunday, August 11, 3:00 pm
Location: Croton Free Library
171 Cleveland Drive
Croton-on-Hudson, NY

Fee: FREE
For information about becoming a student in the NY Opera Conservatory, visit the Conservatory website: https://www.newyorkoperaconservatory.com/
For general information about Taconic Opera and NY Opera Conservatory events, visit the website: https://taconicopera.org/
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Yonkers Waterfront Live – Alana Alexander
2024-07-26 18:30 - 20:00
Join us for the Yonkers Waterfront Live Concert Series! Starting June 14 and running every Friday night through August 16, enjoy free live music from 6:30 PM to 8 PM by the waterfront. Concerts will be held at 71 Water Grant Street, near X20 Restaurant. Don’t miss out on this summer’s musical festivities!

Yonkers Waterfront Live - Alana Alexander
2024-07-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Yonkers Amphitheatre, Water Grant Street, Yonkers, New York, 10701, United States

Yonkers Waterfront Live- SpanglishFly
2024-08-02 18:30 - 20:00 | Yonkers Amphitheatre, Water Grant Street, Yonkers, New York, 10701, United States
Join us for the Yonkers Waterfront Live Concert Series! Starting June 14 and running every Friday night through August 16, enjoy free live music from 6:30 PM to 8 PM by the waterfront. Concerts will be held at 71 Water Grant Street, near X20 Restaurant. Don’t miss out on this summer’s musical festivities!
On August 2nd, enjoy New York’s Premiere Latin Boogaloo Revival Band mixing Latin & Soul straight from the Club.

Yonkers Waterfront Live- SunDub
2024-08-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Yonkers Amphitheatre, Water Grant Street, Yonkers, New York, 10701, United States
Join us for the Yonkers Waterfront Live Concert Series! Starting June 14 and running every Friday night through August 16, enjoy free live music from 6:30 PM to 8 PM by the waterfront. Concerts will be held at 71 Water Grant Street, near X20 Restaurant. Don’t miss out on this summer’s musical festivities!
On August 16th, enjoy “The Heart & Heat of Roots Reggae with Funk, Fusion & FIRE”.

Rock 101: The Music and Stories of Ten Classic Songs
2024-09-15 16:00 - 18:00 | Shames JCC on the Hudson, South Broadway, Tarrytown, New York, 10591, United States
Thoughtful Productions explores the rock ‘n’ roll experience through the lens of ten classic songs in a fast-paced, inspiring, and unique multi-media presentation. Learn something new about your old favorites!

5th Annual ARToberfest at Bethany Arts Community
2024-10-05 11:00 - 16:00 | Bethany Arts Community, 40 Somerstown Rd, Ossining, NY, 10562, United States
Join Bethany Arts Community for music, art, crafts, food and family fun at ARToberfest!

BAC’s 5th Annual ARToberfest
October 5, 11AM-4PM (Rain Date: October 6)

Featuring visual artists, live musicians, food, and interactive demos and crafts, this festival is a great experience for ALL ages! ARToberfest will illuminate arts spanning a variety of styles and mediums and celebrate the unique culture of the Hudson Valley region. Activities throughout the day include:

Pumpkin Carving and Demos
Live musical performances
Ice Cream from The Blue Pig
BBQ
Crafts (including Fairy House Making, Tie Dye, Splatter Paint, and more!)
Fairy Walks
Community Art Projects
And MORE!!!

Tickets: $15.00 per car (people are free!)
Pumpkin & Carving Kit Pre-Order: $10.00 (Pre-order closes on 9/21! To guarantee your pumpkin(s) and carving kit at a discounted price, pre-order.)
INFO & TICKETS HERE: https://bethanyarts.org/artoberfest-2024/

We are thankful to our ARToberfest 2024 sponsors ArtsWestchester and Blick Art Materials for making this festival possible and accessible!

Tarrytown Halloween Parade
2024-10-26 17:00 - 21:00 | main street, Tarrytown
THE TARRYTOWN HALLOWEEN PARADE
Saturday, October 26 at 5:00pm (Rain Date Oct. 27)
This legendary Halloween Parade starts at Patriots Park on Route 9 and travels to Main Street in Tarrytown. Following the parade there is a DJ, band and block party. All ages. Parking is very limited so consider coming by train aboard Metro North’s Hudson Line to Tarrytown Station , then stroll up to Main Street. www.tarrytownhalloweenparade.com

Taconic Opera’s 27th Season Begins: Bizet’s CARMEN! Matinees Nov. 2 & 3, Tarrytown Music Hall (NEW!)
2024-11-02 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-03 13:00 - 16:00 | Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main Street, Tarrytown, 10591
Taconic Opera, celebrating its 27th year, is opening its 2024-2025 season with a production of probably the most popular opera of all times: Georges Bizet’s CARMEN. This not-to-be-missed event will take place in the company’s NEW opera performance venue, the historic, beloved and acoustically fabulous Tarrytown Music Hall.

For the full story on the Taconic Opera/Tarrytown Music Hall collaboration, visit: www.artswestchester.org/category/artsnews/

Saturday, November 2, 2024, 2:00 pm
Sunday, November 3, 2024, 1:00 pm
Tarrytown Music Hall, 13 Main St., Tarrytown, NY.
The theater is handicap-accessible.
Performed in French with English supertitles above the stage to further enhance the entire experience, the production will be fully staged with professional lead singers and orchestra. Maestro Jun Nakabayashi looks forward to providing the downbeat.

Taconic Opera’s production of Carmen will be a retelling of a theme familiar in all generations. Innocent young man (Don José) meets fiery young woman (Carmen). She charms him into leaving an adoring girlfriend, leads him astray into a life of crime, leaves him for someone famous, and refuses his pleas to return to him. His pain and jealousy cloud his judgement and turn his love into anger, leading him to do the unthinkable. Bizet’s music is undeniably exciting, spirited, memorable, and instantly likeable. It includes the famous Habanera and the March of the Toreadors.

Tickets
ONLY available from the Tarrytown Music Hall online, by phone or at the door.
Wide range of prices ($81 – $20) depending on seating; discount for seniors ($7); fixed price for students for all seats ($20).

BEWARE OF SCAM TICKET VENDORS
www.tarrytownmusichall.org
(914) 233-3856

Visit the company website at www.taconicopera.org

Christ Church San Marcos Christmas Concert and Holiday Fair
2024-12-07 14:00 - 17:00 | Christ Church San Marcos, 43 South Broadway, Tarrytown, NY, 10591, United States
Get into the festive spirit by joining Christ Church San Marcos at our Christmas concert and holiday market.
Listen to fabulous performances by our choir and guests and get a start on your holiday shopping while enjoying some light refreshments,

Mary Mancini & Mario Tacca's 30th Annual Christmas Concert
2024-12-20 19:00 - 21:30 | Church of the Assumption, 920 First Street, Peekskill, 10566
Please join us Friday, December 20, 2024 at 7pm for our 30th annual Christmas Concert at the Church of the Assumption in Peekskill, NY. Featuring Internationally Acclaimed Vocal Artist Mary Mancini, World Renowned Accordion Virtuoso Mario Tacca, and the incomparable Hudson Valley Accordion Ensemble. They will perform your favorite classic and contemporary Christmas Hymns and Carols, as well as stunning pieces from Bach, Vivaldi, Handel and Mozart.
Tickets are $20 for Adults; $15 for children under 15. Light refreshments will be served after the concert in the Fr. Wilson Hall. Tickets will be on sale in the church vestibule after all the Masses on the weekends of Dec. 7/8 and Dec. 14/15. You can also purchase your tickets at Church Rectory. For more information contact Gioia Productions at 914-737-8872.

Hudson Chorale Spring Concert
2025-05-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Irvington Presbyterian Church, North Broadway, Irvington, NY, 10533, United States
Please join us for a thrilling afternoon as we present three inspiring works conducted by Artistic Director David Baranowski and Assistant Director Wilden Dannenberg.
Each of the works by the three composers on the program, Maurice Duruflé, Randall Thompson, and Ola Gjeilo, challenges the listener to face the worst and affirm the best in humanity.
In “Dark Night of the Soul,” composed in 2010, Gjeilo weaves the human voices of a double chorus into a voiced instrument in urgent conversation with piano and strings.
Thompson’s 1936 work, “The Peaceable Kingdom” braids the warlike poetry of Isaiah’s Biblical prophecy into a contemporary plea for peace.
In Duruflé’s 1948 “Requiem,” chorus, chamber orchestra, mezzo and baritone soloists, and organ summon traditional plainchant and the ritual of the Requiem Mass to reaffirm, today, the persistence of hope.
The concerts will be on Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18 at 3pm at Irvington Presbyterian Church, 25 North Broadway, Irvington, NY
Tickets can be purchased for $30 each at https://events.humanitix.com/hudson-chorale-spring-concert-2025
Half-price tickets for students will be available at the door.
For further information, please visit www.HudsonChorale.org or email us at hudson.chorale@gmail.com
Hudson Chorale concerts in 2025 are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Hudson Chorale is proud to be a grantee of ArtsWestchester with funding made possible by Westchester County government with the support of County Executive Ken Jenkins.

Road Trip: Old Mill Singers Annual Spring Concert
2025-05-31 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-01 15:00 - 2025-06-02 17:00 | The Clearview School, Albany Post Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY, 10510, United States
Fasten your seatbelts and rev your engines! Join The Old Mill Singers, a talented and fun loving community chorus of men, women and children, along with their Musical Director, Nell Macdonald, who will take you on a fabulous joy ride with a coast to coast musical adventure:” Road Trip”, their 2025 Spring Concert.
From classic tunes that capture the spirit of the open highways and scenic byways to toe tapping favorites from across the country, this concert will have you singing along as you journey from sea to shining sea. Start off on Route 9 in Briarcliff which will have you “Chasing Cars” with “Life Is A Highway” that is “Blowing In The Wind” on “Route 66”.
New members are always welcome. Auditions are not required. Just sing in tune and spread joy through music.

NY OPERA CONSERVATORY: FREE July-August 2025 Summer Concert Series – Croton Free Library
2025-07-09 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-07-11 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-07-13 15:00 - 16:30, 2025-08-13 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-08-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Croton Free Library, 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, 10520
The Taconic Opera summer program for emerging opera singers, New York Opera Conservatory (NYOC), offers you an opportunity to hear the upcoming generation of professionally trained singers as they gain valuable experience perfecting their craft in a leading role. Established in 2018, the NYOC helps to fill an unmet need among trained singers to gain hands-on experience through actual performance.

Each event in the series listed below – one tragedy and one comedy – will have a different cast, making every performance completely unique from all the others! Each performance includes the complete opera and is semi-staged (costumes, props).

July Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) – Verdi
What can happen when a king falls in love with the wife of one of his advisers? What does he do when a fortune teller reveals that she loves him too? Based on an actual event in Sweden, come and watch his unraveling in a dramatic yet gently comedic way. Since it’s Verdi, expect some outstanding arias and ensembles.

Dates: Wednesday, July 9, 7:00 pm
Friday, July 11, 7:00 pm
Sunday, July 13, 3:00 pm

August Opera: La Cenerentola (Cinderella) – Rossini
In this dramatic variation of the fairy tale, the Wicked Stepmother is replaced by a stepfather, the Fairy Godmother is replaced by a philosopher and tutor to Prince Charming, and Cinderella is identified not by a glass slipper but by a silver ring. It’s not the Disney story: the supernatural elements that traditionally characterize the Cinderella story were removed from Rossini’s libretto because they couldn’t be staged in his day. However, Taconic Opera will make it just as entertaining and endearing to watch!

Dates: Wednesday, August 13, 7:00 pm
Friday, August 15, 7:00 pm
Sunday, August 17, 3:00 pm

Location: Croton Free Library
171 Cleveland Drive
Croton-on-Hudson, NY

Fee: FREE

For information about becoming a student in the NY Opera Conservatory, visit the Conservatory website: https://www.newyorkoperaconservatory.com/

For general information about Taconic Opera and NY Opera Conservatory events, visit the website: https://taconicopera.org/

MorDance Presents "Fats Waller's Rhythm": A Free Performance of Dance and Live Music
2025-07-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park
Join MorDance for a joyous evening of live music and dance under the summer sky on Saturday, July 19 at 7 PM at Dobbs Ferry Waterfront Park. Fats Waller’s Rhythm is a vibrant, jazz-infused ballet set to the swinging sounds of legendary composer and pianist Fats Waller. Blending classical ballet with the infectious energy of Harlem stride and swing, this original work celebrates Waller’s enduring legacy while bringing community, music, and movement together in perfect harmony.

The Up The River Blues Festival
2025-09-13 12:00 - 20:00 | Louis Engel Waterfront Park, Ossining, NY, Westerly Road, Ossining, NY, NY, 10562, United States
The 2025 Up The River Blues Festival is a free to attend 8-hour live concert featuring Local, National and International Blues artists
Scheduled to appear: King Solomon Hicks, Willa & Company, The Traveling Riverside Blues Band, BlueFireSoul and Backbone featuring Rae Simone. Blues legends Big Frank Mirra and Mike Smith Juke Joint Duo will be performing during band switches.
Held riverside in Ossining, NY, at Louis Engel Waterfront Park, the Festival runs Noon to 8PM.
Food Trucks/Vendors – Beer/Wine Garden – Craft Vendors
Bring a lawn chair or blanket and come enjoy the day!

Everett Bradley's HOLIDELIC with Special Guest Meredith Vieira
2025-12-07 15:00 - 17:00 | Irvington Theater, Main Street, Irvington, New York, 10533, United States
On Sunday, December 7, HOLIDELIC is coming to Irvington Theater! Created by Grammy-nominated singer/percussionist Everett Bradley (Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Hall & Oates, and more), HOLIDELIC is a family-friendly funk-tacular celebration of holiday cheer, love, and one nation under a groove. Plus, Irvington’s favorite elf Meredith Vieira will be in tow for the festivities!
“A flashy, bass-heavy, retro-futuristic take on the holidays.” — The New Yorker
https://www.irvingtontheater.com/events/holidelic
