Catskill, NY – On Sunday, April 19, at 2 p.m., singers from the Graduate Vocal Arts Program of the Bard Conservatory of Music will highlight the second 2009 “Bard at Beattie-Powers” concert. The event is free and open to the public. The highly popular recital series is now in its third year.
Featured artists, accompanied by a pianist, will include Mary Bonhag, Ariadne Greif and Celine Mogielnicki, sopranos. In duo or solo performances, the artists will offer selections by Edvard Grieg, Mozart, Benjamin Britten, Alban Berg, Charles Ives, Puccini, Erik Satie and Francis Poulenc.
Joan Tower, one of America’s preeminent composers and Bard College’s Asher B. Edelman Professor in the Arts, says .. “The students have learned to love this music with commitment and passion.” The “Bard at Beattie-Powers” concerts are highly popular and guests are encouraged to arrive early. Ample parking is available.
Joan Tower, one of America’s preeminent composers and Bard College’s Asher B. Edelman Professor in the Arts, says .. “The students have learned to love this music with commitment and passion.” The “Bard at Beattie-Powers” concerts are highly popular and guests are encouraged to arrive early. Ample parking is available.
Beattie-Powers Place, a historic home overlooking the Hudson River, is owned by the Village of Catskill, and maintained by the Friends of Beattie-Powers, a non-profit volunteer organization whose goal is to preserve this exceptional community resource for the benefit of all citizens of Catskill and Greene County.
Beattie-Powers Place is the continuation of Bridge Street. From exit #21 of the New York State Thruway, turn left onto Route 23B, Main Street, to Bridge Street in Catskill, turn left onto Bridge Street, continue to Prospect Avenue; or from the east, cross the Rip Van Winkle Bridge, Route 23, to the first traffic light, turn left onto Spring Street, Route 385, to Bridge Street, turn left again to Prospect Avenue.For information, call (518) 943-4764, or visit online – http://webmail.mhcable.com/redir.php?http://webmail.mhcable.com/redir.php?http://www.friendsofbeattiepowers.org/
