ArtsWestchester Award Winner Presents World Premiere

Pamela Sklar’s award-winning project Words into Music will receive its in-person world premiere on Saturday, November 20th, 1:00 PM in Mt Vernon, NY.

Based on personal conversations with Mount Vernon community members, Words Into Music highlights people’s shared experiences with family situations, community issues, personal struggles, hopes and dreams. Their poignant, beautiful, and sometimes devastating experiences inspired Pamela Sklar, flutist & composer, to create music.

The one-hour premiere performance will co-feature Pamela Sklar, flute, bass flute and Native American flute, John Frisch, oboe & English horn, and Enid Blount Press, clarinet & bass clarinet. The premiere will also include educational components about Pamela’s experience creating Words into Music and brief demonstrations of the different instruments played by each of the performers.

 

The performance will take place at St Paul’s Church Historical Site, 897 S Columbus Ave, Mt Vernon, NY. Admission is Free. Reservations and Masks are required. To reservehttps://www.nps.gov/sapa/index.htm or call 914.667.4116

 

About Pamela Sklar

Described as “engaging…stimulating…piquant…delightful” by the New York TimesPamela Sklar has performed internationally and played with and for many well-known artists live and on recordings. In Westchester and elsewhere, she collaborates as a flutist and composer with groups playing a multitude of musical styles. 

A winner of two ArtsWestchester’s Awards,

she collaborates with other artists and presents colorful programs. As a soloist, Pamela plays flute, alto flute, bass flute and Native American flute in creative programs which include improvisation.

Recently, Pamela’s musical works were co-featured in Cuba (2019) as well as in Madrid (2017, 2018).  As both a flutist and composer, Pamela is praised as “hauntingly beautiful, full of colors…excellent…mastery” (the Flutist Quarterly). Her two critically acclaimed original CD’s, A Native American-Jazz Tribute, and Silver Pharaoh can be heard here (as excerpts; ‘click to listen’):

http://www.msrcd.com/catalog/cd/MS1484 

http://www.msrcd.com/catalog/cd/MS1498

Visit Pam’s website: https://www.pamelasklar.com 

A recipient of two ArtsWestchester awards for her original project Words into Music Parts 1 and 2, flutist Pamela Sklar collaborates with other artists playing different musical styles including classical, prog rock, jazz ballads and improvising. Pamela can be heard playing on more than fifty recordings (including three Grammy Award-winning) for well-known artists, and two original. Pam’s career also includes composing as well as teaching privately. Passionate about working with students, she uses her own effective approach to help young students enjoy learning and playing and gaining self-confidence. Pam also writes pieces to help them practice and learn challenging music. Please visit pamelasklar.com