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Soprano Kearstin Piper Brown brings Harriet Tubman to life in a world premiere 4/7 @8pm

Soprano Kearstin Piper Brown at the Skaneateles Festival in the summer of 2023.
Skaneateles Festival
Soprano Kearstin Piper Brown at the Skaneateles Festival in the summer of 2023.

This series takes you into concert halls, sacred spaces, and festivals across Western and Central New York.



Support for Performance Upstate is made possible by The Waldron Rise Foundation, in memory of Anne G. Whitman.

PERFORMANCE UPSTATE Program 2407
Hour 1

Cole Porter: So in love
Kearstin Piper Brown, soprano | Aaron Wunsch, piano | Skaneateles Festival | First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY | August 4, 2023 | James LaRonde, engineer

Franz Schubert: Violin Sonata in a, Arpeggione  
Eric Wong, viola | Esther Park, piano | Geneva Music Festival | Froelich Hall, Geneva, NY | May 2023 | James LaRonde, recording engineer

Nailah Nombeko/Alicia Haymer (text) : Fortitude (World Premiere)
Kearstin Piper Brown, soprano | Itamar Zorman, violin | Anna Elashvili, violin | Kyle Armbrust, viola | Julia Bruskin, cello | Skaneateles Festival | First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY | August 4, 2023 | James LaRonde, engineer

Manuel de Falla: Selections from Suite Populaire Espagnole
Juliana Athayde, violin | Nicholas Goluses, guitar | | Society for Chamber Music in Rochester | Beston Hall at Glazer Music Performance Center, Nazareth University | Rochester, NY | June 2023 | John Truebger, engineer

Hour 2

Andrea Ramsey: Lineage
Concentus Women’s Chorus | Anna Atwater, conductor | June 2024 | Rochester, NY | Carl Pultz, Alembic Productions

Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne from Partita in d minor
Eliot Fisk, guitar | Skaneateles Festival | First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY | July 26, 2023 | James LaRonde, engineer

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op. 76, No. 1
Clara Lyon, violin | Geoffrey Herd, violin | Tanner Menees, viola | Clive Greensmith, cello | Geneva Music Festival | Froelich Hall, Geneva, NY | June 2023 | James LaRonde, recording engineer

Carlos Sanchez – Gutierrez: “Things that Go…” from …Ex Machina (2008)
Cordancia Chamber Orchestra | Haeyeun Jeun, piano | Matthew Witten, marimba | Evan Meccarello, conductor | Rochester, NY | April 2023

Steven Banks: Cries, Sighs, and Dreams
Steven Banks, sax | Parker Quartet: Daniel Chong, violin | Ken Hamao, violin | Jessica Bodner, viola | Kee-Hyun Kim, cello | Skaneateles Festival | First Presbyterian Church, Skaneateles, NY | August 18, 2023 | James LaRonde, engineer

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