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Our Upcoming Season

 

It was wonderful to finally return to a full season of programming in 2023-24. We so enjoyed the warm reception we received from our attentive Saturday evening concert audiences, the joyful energy of our sensory/autism-friendly Family Program, the eager listening by residents in units of the VA Medical Center, and more! It was so rewarding to share music with friends, old and new.

Now, as we look forward, we face the new post-Covid realities in the live classical music industry – e.g. live audiences are down 30% nationally, the rise of streaming with paywalls, the prevalence of social media, etc. – and we must explore new directions. We have decided that the best way forward is to put our evening concert series programming on hiatus for the coming season to give ourselves time for these explorations.

But we plan to maintain, and hopefully even expand, our outreach programming! These events seem to be even more necessary, and more appreciated, than ever before, and we are delighted to announce that the NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital is continuing their generous sponsorship in 2024-25. Thanks to them and to the support of so many in our community, we have been able to sustain and expand these outreach efforts since 2009.

So please check back for updates. We will be presenting our annual free sensory/autism-friendly Family Program at our home at CSAIR, and visiting area special-needs classrooms, the VA Medical Center, and area nursing homes. As you can see, although our evening concert series will be on hiatus, we will be busy in the community! If you would like to support these 2024-25 community outreach programs, please go to our donation page for information.

We look forward to seeing you all in the near future. Please do not hesitate to write to us if you have any thoughts and ideas as we move ahead.