{"id":11521,"date":"2024-04-10T16:55:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T20:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=11521"},"modified":"2024-04-10T16:55:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T20:55:17","slug":"taconic-opera-two-piano-concertos-ravels-g-major-plus-a-world-premiere-may-11-matinee-in-tarrytown","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/event\/taconic-opera-two-piano-concertos-ravels-g-major-plus-a-world-premiere-may-11-matinee-in-tarrytown\/","title":{"rendered":"TACONIC OPERA \u2013 Two Piano Concertos: Ravel\u2019s G Major plus a World Premiere, May 11 Matinee in Tarrytown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Come join us at our NEW performance venue, the TARRYTOWN MUSIC HALL!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Currently celebrating its <strong>26<sup>th<\/sup> Season<\/strong> and past recipient of the ArtsWestchester Organization of the Year Award, <strong>Taconic Opera <\/strong>invites you to enjoy two piano concertos in one concert: \u00a0<strong>Maurice<\/strong> <strong>Ravel&#8217;s <\/strong>famous <strong><em>Piano Concerto in G Major,<\/em><\/strong> written after the composer had been exposed to jazz on a US visit, and the world premiere of <strong>Dan Montez&#8217;s <em>Piano Concerto in C Minor<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both pieces will be performed by rising star, <strong>Kessa Mefford<\/strong>, who recently made her debut at Carnegie Hall with an All-Ravel concert. Ms. Mefford, an award-winning pianist who specializes in the works of the composer, will perform both concertos on a concert grand, along with the full Taconic Opera Orchestra conducted by the company\u2019s Musical Director, Jun Nakabayashi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn More:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kessa Mefford &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kessamefford.com\/\">https:\/\/kessamefford.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jun Nakabayashi &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakabayashi.info\/\">https:\/\/www.nakabayashi.info<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tarrytown Music Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>13 Main St., Tarrytown, NY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, May 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2:00 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This award-winning venue is handicap accessible and ideally suited for live music of this caliber due to its outstanding acoustical properties. The theater is handicap accessible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ticket Prices &#8211; <\/strong>Fees included<\/p>\n<p>General Admission &#8211; $36<\/p>\n<p>Seniors &#8211; $31<\/p>\n<p>Students &#8211; $21<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To purchase tickets in advance, visit the Music Hall website at<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/twopianoconcertos\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/twopianoconcertos<\/a> or call (914) 233-3856.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taconic Opera: <a href=\"http:\/\/taconicopera.org\/\">http:\/\/taconicopera.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tarrytown Music Hall: http:\/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/tarrytownmusichall.org\/\">https:\/\/tarrytownmusichall.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come join us at our NEW performance venue, the TARRYTOWN MUSIC HALL! &nbsp; Currently celebrating its 26th Season and past recipient of the ArtsWestchester Organization of the Year Award, Taconic&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11522,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[38],"class_list":["post-11521","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-music","cat_music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11524,"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/11521\/revisions\/11524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11521"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hudsonriver.com\/hhrt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=11521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}