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  • Faculty Recital 4/21

    Silver Music Faculty present
    A ROMANTIC RECITAL
    Saturday, April 21, 2018
    5:45pm
    The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
    450 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
    $18 in advance/$20 at the door
    limited seating

    Selections from:
    Dohnányi Serenade for String Trio in C Major
    Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor
    Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor
    and more
    Purchase tickets online in advance
    *advance tickets will be available until Friday, April 20th, 5pm
    *cash or check required for tickets purchased at the doorgeneral inquiries may be sent to silvermusic@silvermusic.org
    This recital is designed for children! Children under 4  ~ free

    Featured Faculty

    Karolyn Bethke

    Violin

    Sage Cole

    Violin

    Molly Goldman

    Viola

    Jane Pae

    Cello

    Marko Stuparevic

    Piano

    Ellen Silver

    Cello

  • Festival Photo Purchase

    Interested in purchasing photos from our String Festival?

    The cost is $25 for an unlimited number of photos!

    CLICK HERE to submit this simple form to make your payment. You will receive an automatic email with a link and passcode to the photos.

    Enjoy!

    All photos are by photographer, Simon Powis.

  • Penny Challenge Results!

    CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR’S PRACTICING CHALLENGE! This year’s Penny Jars were heavier than ever!

    Our total number of minutes for all participants = 25,383 minutes

    Our Top 10 Practicers are listed below and any students who practiced a total of 325 minutes or more during the month of February should be on the look out for an invitation to a celebratory Pizza Party! In addition to improving our playing this month, we also managed to raise money for a good cause as we’ll be quadrupling the student pennies and donating to U.N.I.C.E.F.!

    TOP TEN PRACTICERS:

    1) Lena N, violin (1710 minutes) *Student Penny Jar Winner*

    2) Mia A, violin (1515 minutes)

    3) Colin C, violin (1390 minutes)

    4) Autumn R, cello (1280 minutes)

    5) Maya F, cello (1205 minutes)

    6) Hayato Z, violin (1182 minutes)

    7) Katie R, cello (1116 minutes)

    8) Irene G, violin (965 minutes)

    9) Frida CW, viola (841 minutes)

    10) Kai-Jin K-R, cello (689 minutes)

  • Music For Our Lives

    Community Concert for a Cause
    Music For Our Lives
    March 16, 2018
    7:00pm
    Silver Music
    45 Tiemann Place
    $10 suggested donation
    Diana Brown and Alvaro Carreño, violin
    En-Chi Cheng, viola
    Reenat Pinchas, cello
    Po-Wei Ger, piano
    Join us at Tiemann on March 16th for a unique and uplifting performance by Silver Music faculty and friends. The evening will include works by Bach, Leclair, Schubert, and more. All proceeds for this event will be donated to March for Our Lives, both a march and a movement led by students across the country demanding legislation to end gun violence.All ages welcome, RSVPs to silvermusic@silvermusic.org very much appreciated!

  • NYC Musical Events in March

    Advanced Student Violin Recital
    Friday, March 2, 7:30pm
    Silver Music 72nd St
    Silver Music will be hosting a recital for Lucy Frucht, a senior at Hunter currently attending Juilliard Precollege. Lucy is the daughter of Rachel Riggs, of our viola faculty. Lucy will be playing works by Franck, Gershwin, and more! FREE (RSVPs to silvermusic@silvermusic.org appreciated).

    Silver Music String Festival
    Sunday, March 4, 4:00pm
    The American Academy of Arts and Letters
    Hear ALL our string students perform in this incredible hall in traditional “play-down” format. Our youngest beginners and most advanced students will perform Suzuki repertoire as an ensemble, led by our wonderful teachers. Tickets are $15 (student performers receive 4 free tickets).

    Meet the Music!
    Sunday, March 11, 2:00pm
    Alice Tully Hall
    Come to Alice Tully Hall to hear a new musical and magical version of a very ancient story about an elephant, a monkey, a rabbit, and a bird who must learn to get along. Featuring a Japanese flute called the shinobue, Irish folk drums, a cello, and bass trombone. Perfect for our introductory class students! $10-$30.

    The Philadelphia Orchestra
    Tuesday, March 13, 8pm
    Carnegie Hall
    Come witness the premiere of Michel van der Aa’s concerto for violin and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2—a Philadelphia Orchestra specialty. Tickets prices start at $22

    Community Concert for a Cause
    Friday, March 16, 7pm
    Silver Music Tiemann Location
    A true community concert with our faculty and Claremont neighbors performing works for cello, violin, and viola! All proceeds for this event will be donated to March for Our Lives. $10 suggested donation

    Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, and Rohan De Silva
    Thursday, March 22, 8pm
    Stern Auditorium
    It’s a meeting of superstars when violinist Itzhak Perlman and violinist-violist Pinchas Zukerman perform music that spans Bach to Bartók, as well as a few surprises. Tickets start at $42.

  • Advanced Violin Student Recital

    Lucy Frucht Violin Recital
    Friday, March 2, 7:30pm
    218 W 72nd St

    We’re excited to host a recital for Lucy Frucht, a senior at Hunter currently attending Juilliard Precollege. Lucy is the daughter of Rachel Riggs, of our viola faculty. Lucy will be playing works by Franck, Gershwin, and more! The program will be about 40 minutes in length. This is a great opportunity for your child to see an older student play at a very high level!

    Please RSVP if you are interested in attending as space is limited.

    RSVP HERE

    Lucy Frucht, Violin

    Date: Friday, March 2nd

    Time: 7:30pm

    Location: Silver Music, 218 W 72nd St

  • Penny Practicing Challenge!

    SILVER MUSIC CHALLENGE:

    325 MINUTES OF PRACTICING

    Our 325 Minute Practicing Challenge, which begins February 1st through February 28th!

    We’ve created a Practice Sheet for you to help your child keep track of their practice minutes. Print out and bring this sheet to your child’s lesson to show your teacher! If your child earns 325 practice minutes or more, they will be invited to a PIZZA PARTY at Silver Music! Woo!

    This challenge is open to ALL students (lessons/group do not count as practice time).

    We’ll be tracking our practice time at our 72nd St location and at Tiemann with pennies in jars so students can measure their progress. Students add 1 penny to the practice jar for every 15 minutes of practice.

    We’ll combine the pennies at both locations and the student with the most practice minutes will win all pennies in the practice jar!

    In another jar, Silver Music will be doubling the amount of the practice jar and donating the proceeds to UNICEF, a United Nations program headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children in developing countries.

    The top 10 Practicers will be featured on our blog and receive a practicing prize.

    Completed practice sheets will be accepted between March 1-March 2 at 72nd St. (An emailed picture of the sheet is fine!)

    Email any questions to silvermusic@silvermusic.org. Happy Practicing!

  • Musical Events in February

    Silver Music Faculty Recital
    Saturday, February 3, 5:30pm
    The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
    Throughout the school year, Silver Music hosts 4 Faculty Recitals, each focusing on a different time period in music. Join us on February 3rd for our recital featuring music from the Classical era. The event includes an interactive discussion designed for children. $18 advance/$20 at the door

    LOS Kids
    Sunday, February 4, 11:30am or 1pm
    Kaye Playhouse
    The Little Orchestra Society introduces the music of Sergei Prokofiev to young children in “Peter, the Wolf, and More”. This is their third concert of the season and perfect for our RSP students! Single tickets are $15-$48

    Sonatenbend
    Wednesday February 14, 6pm
    The Juilliard School
    Program Information:
    Pianists from Juilliard’s Collaborative Piano department perform sonata repertoire in partnership with student instrumentalists. Great for our advanced students! FREE.

    Community Concert for a Cause
    Friday, February 23, 7pm
    Silver Music Tiemann Location
    Come hear Kayla Herrmann, of our cello faculty, perform glorious works by Mendelssohn and Barber to support Musicians Without Borders at Cello Sonatas for Social Change. $10 recommended donation.

    Vienna Philharmonic
    Saturday, February 24, 8pm
    Carnegie Hall
    One of the greatest orchestras in the world performing some truly powerful music under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel! Recommended for parents or older students to thrill in Mahler’s 10th Symphony and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. Tickets start at $37.50

  • Cello Sonatas for Social Change

    Community Concert for a Cause

    Cello Sonatas for Social Change
    February 23, 2018
    7:00pm
    Silver Music
    45 Tiemann Place

    Kayla Herrmann, cello
    Marko Stuparevic, piano
    $10 suggested donation

    Come bask in the beauty of cello on February 23rd! Kayla Herrmann will be performing cello sonatas by Mendelssohn and Barber at our Tiemann Place location. All proceeds for this event will be donated to Musicians Without Borders, which uses music education as a medium for long term social change globally.

    All ages welcome!
    RSVP by emailing silvermusic@silvermusic.org, or by RSVPing to our Facebook event page.

  • Faculty Recital: 2/3/18

    Silver Music Faculty present
    A CLASSICAL RECITAL
    Saturday, February 3, 2018
    5:30pm
    The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
    450 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
    $18 in advance/$20 at the door
    limited seating

    Selections from:
    Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major, K. 364
    Mozart Variations on “Ah vous dirai-je maman”
    Lombardini Sirmen String Quartet
    Beethoven Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 3
    Purchase tickets online in advance
    *advance tickets will be available until Friday, February 2, 5pm
    *cash or check required for tickets purchased at the door

    general inquiries may be sent to silvermusic@silvermusic.org
    This recital is designed for children! Children under 4  ~ free

    Featured Faculty

    Karolyn Bethke

    Violin

    Sage Cole

    Violin

    Molly Goldman

    Viola

    Ellen Silver

    Cello

    Wenhan Anderson

    Piano