The Harlem Chamber Players - FREE Concert at Merkin Concert Hall - Thursday at 7:30 PM

Spring Concert Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 7:30 PM Merkin Concert Hall 129 West 67th Street New York, NY 10036 Between Broadway and Amsterdam Click here for directions. Program Stravinsky Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks" Bernstein Serenade after Plato's "Symposium"* Jeffrey Scott A Hug for Harlem (World Premiere) Copland Appalachian Spring Featuring David Gilbert, Conductor Terrance McKnight, Host and Orator Ashley Horne, Solo Violinist with members of The Harlem Chamber Players and special guest performers Tickets This concert is FREE and open to the public, and there are only a few tickets left!  RSVP required. Click here for more info and to reserve your free ticket. About the World Premiere The Harlem Chamber Players and ChamberMusicNY commissioned Jeffrey Scott to compose A Hug for Harlem for orator and orchestra especially for this concert. This piece is inspired by the poetry of various prolific writers of the Harlem Renaissance Era -- Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston and Wallace Thurman. Jeffrey Scott writes what he calls "urban classical music." Scott draws from his experience and joy of composing musical "Hugs" to honor personalities or locales. Most recently, he has composed A Hug for Sharon for bassoon and piano and A Hug for Gonzalo, which, like A Hug for Harlem, fuses strings, winds, percussion and spoken word. Also ... This Weekend in NJ (Click on the images for details.) *The performance of the Bernstein is co-sponsored by The Antara Ensemble and dedicated to the late flutist Harold Jones (March 25, 1934 - January 12, 2015), founder of The Antara Ensemble. The Harlem Chamber Players 2015 - 2016 Season is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; in part by Council Member Inez E. Dickens, 9th Council District, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the New York City Council; in part by a grant from Columbia Community Service; a grant from the West Harlem Development Corporation of Tides Corporation; a grant from the Turrell Fund for educational programs throughout the Newark area; and through the generous donations of our individual supporters. This 2015 - 2016 Season is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, The Lily Auchincloss Foundation (in honor of the legacy of Janet Wolfe), the Puffin Foundation Ltd., and the Manhattan Community Award Program through Manhattan Borough President, Gale A. Brewer's office.