Hoch Series Music of Innovation
Concordia Conservatory Presents:
The Final Concert of the 2024-25 Hoch Chamber Music Series
“Music of Innovation” An Evening of Classical & Contemporary Brilliance
Featuring Grammy-Winning Bassist John Patitucci
Bronxville, NY, and Greenwich, CT — Concordia Conservatory proudly marks the close of the 21st season of its esteemed Hoch Chamber Music Series by presenting Music of Innovation, on Saturday, April 26, at 7:00 PM at The Reformed Church of Bronxville (180 Pondfield Road) and and on Sunday, April 27 at 3:00 pm The Second Congregational Church in Greenwich, CT (139 E. Putnam Avenue).
This exceptional evening of music brings together Grammy-winning bassist and jazz icon John Patitucci and renowned violist Lawrence Dutton alongside a distinguished ensemble of chamber musicians, including Violinists Elizabeth Lim-Dutton and Emanouil Manolov, cellist Andrew Janss and guitarist Steve Cardenas.
The program features Dvořák’s String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 77, alongside works by J.S. Bach, Glière, and Patitucci, bridging the worlds of classical and contemporary music. This performance highlights the dynamic collaboration and musical artistry of Patitucci and Dutton, both of whom have made profound contributions to their respective genres.
Patitucci, a three-time Grammy Award-winning jazz bassist is internationally acclaimed for his virtuosity and innovative artistry. Dutton, a nine-time Grammy-winning violist, longtime member of the legendary Emerson String Quartet, and artistic director of the Hoch Series, has been a powerful force in the world of chamber music for decades.
Tickets for the Music of Innovation are $49 adult and $24.50 for senior/children and can be purchased at www.concordiaconservatory.org or by calling 914-395-4507.
Concordia Conservatory’s mission is to inspire, instruct, and enrich lives through music, offering excellence in education and performance.
About Concordia Conservatory
Concordia Conservatory, a preeminent center for music education in Westchester County, is a welcoming community where children and adults find lifelong inspiration and joy through learning, performing, listening to, and participating with others in music. Concordia Conservatory offers top quality music programs for early childhood, youth, adults and seniors. The Conservatory’s mission is to inspire, instruct, and enrich lives through music, offering excellence in education and performance. Concordia Conservatory is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt educational institution. Since 1977, Concordia Conservatory has offered music programs for early childhood, youth, and adults. Financial aid and active community outreach partnerships provide access for all. Concordia Conservatory is governed by a 17-member board of directors.
The mission of Concordia Conservatory is to inspire, instruct, and enrich lives through music, offering excellence in education and performance. Concordia Conservatory, an accredited member of the National Guild of Community Arts Education, offers top-quality music programs for early childhood, youth and adults and seniors in Bronxville, New York. With a faculty of highly educated, working musicians and artists, Concordia Conservatory has developed a rich array of programming. Offerings include private instruction in all instruments including voice, group and chamber music instruction, music theory and composition, musical theatre classes, an annual tuition-free community musical production, early childhood music classes, concert series, and camps, music and literature series at public libraries, an honors music program, classes, and music private instruction. Concordia Conservatory’s student body of over 1,500 is drawn from diverse surrounding communities that cover the gamut economically, from affluent Bronxville to impoverished Yonkers. Conservatory’s financial aid and active community outreach partnerships provide access for all, and the diverse faculty and student population represent over 20 countries. Currently over 400 students receive financial aid or full scholarships.