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MCW Celebrates New Artist Exhibition Series in their March Concert Lineup
MCW | March 8, 2010 | 11:21 am

The Music Conservatory of Westchester welcomes Croton-on-Hudson painter Christopher Magadini as part of their new Artist Exhibition Series
featuring local painters and photographers. Magadini’s exhibition, Light and Shadows, The Hudson and Beyond, has been on display since February 25. On Friday, March 19, there will
be an opportunity to meet the artist and view the works. The exhibit will remain up through Wednesday, April 14. This event begins at 6PM inside the Michael Stadther & Helen Demetrios
Recital Hall and is free and open to the public. The gallery space is a generous gift of Mary Lynn Marx Bianco, in honor of her parents Virginia and Leonard Marx. For more details, email info [at] musiced.org.

Building Closed Today Due To Snow; Live on Central Concert Postponed
MCW | February 26, 2010 | 7:07 am


Due to inclement weather, the Conservatory will be closed today – Friday, Feb.26. The building will reopen on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 8:30 a.m. Tonight’s “Live on Central” concert featuring Joanna Jenner has been postponed until further notice.

Live on Central: Instead of the Orchestra
MCW | February 16, 2010 | 3:02 pm

On March 19, 2010, join piano duo Svetlana Gorokhovich and Irena Portenko for our next “Live on Central” concert at 7 p.m.  Symphonic and operatic repertoire that has been arranged for four-hand or piano duo setting. Attempts to minimize the number of players, but retain broad variety of timbres and dynamics as well as to mirror the range of voices and orchestral instruments.

Tickets are $15; $10 for students and senior citizens; and free for MCW students and faculty. Reservations are recommended.

Get tickets here!

MCW – Ensemble Concert – Teen Vocal Ensemble
MCW | February 2, 2010 | 9:53 am


Music Conservatory of Westchester – Teen Vocal Ensemble – Singing “Hushabye Mountain” and “Sleigh Ride” – Thomas Jamerson, Conductor – Marianna Salzman, pianist

Winter Ensembles Concert: Rock Band Performance
MCW | February 1, 2010 | 9:45 am


“All Right Now…”

MCW Events Now On Sale
MCW | January 25, 2010 | 10:43 am

Photo/Rick Falco Photography

Tickets are now available for our upcoming “Live on Central” series.  Links below:

MCW “Kids on Central” Series: The String Family – Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 3 p.m.

MCW “Live on Central” Series: Serious But Not Stuffy – Friday, February 26, 2010 at 7 p.m.

MCW “Kids on Central” Series: Piano, Percussion and Harp – Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 3 p.m.

MCW Among WQXR’s Classical Music Resolutions for 2010
MCW | January 4, 2010 | 10:02 am

New Year’s resolutions offer the promise of a thinner, debt-free, highly sociable and more organized you. But all too often, our pledges never make it past that first January thaw. Consider a different action plan: one involving classical music. Here are five ways you can become a better classical music fan–and participant.

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MCW – Holiday Jazz Concert – “Little Drummer Boy / Toy Land”
MCW | December 15, 2009 | 11:42 am


Music Conservatory of Westchester Holiday Jazz Concert, Little Drummer Boy / Toy Land by Katherine B. Davis and Victor Herbert with Aaron Flagg – Trumpet, Hiroshi Yamazaki – Piano, Steve LaSpina – Bass, Nick Mangini – Drums

Music Conservatory of Westchester Jazz Concert “Firm Roots”
MCW | December 14, 2009 | 2:45 pm


Music Conservatory of Westchester Holiday Jazz Concert “Firm Roots” by Cedar Walton with Aaron Flagg – Trumpet. Hiroshi Yamazaki – Piano, Steve LaSpina – Bass, Nick Mangini – Drums.

Release: MCW to Honor Former Executive Director and Faculty at December 5 Tribute Concert
MCW | November 10, 2009 | 11:12 am

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Lisa Deutsch
Continuing its yearlong series of 80th anniversary celebrations, the Music Conservatory of Westchester will hold a Faculty Honors and Tribute Concert on Saturday, December 5 to recognize the illustrious contributions of Lisa Deutsch to the cultural life of Westchester and celebrate the remarkable work of four Conservatory faculty members. The special evening of music and celebration features performances by renowned classical musicians and honors longtime faculty members Juliet Gopoian (of  Hartsdale), Dorothy Jonas (of White Plains), Harold Jones (of Manhattan), and David Krieger (of Pleasantville) with the Conservatory’s 2009 Teaching Awards. The evening will also mark the formal dedication of the newly installed Faculty Recognition Wall in honor of Lisa Deutsch (of Armonk), who joined the Music Conservatory in 1998 and became Executive Director in 2001. Read more »


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