Schroon Lake Arts Council will present its 50th summer of Live music in the Boathouse Theater from July 3 to Aug 10.
This year’s theme is “Roots of Adirondack Music” featuring the bands and artists that make up the Adirondack style of folk. All of the concerts are free and volunteer run. The concerts also overlook Schroon Lake located in the eastern part of Adirondack State Park.
Boathouse Theater has been operating since 1874 and is just one of the attractions in the town of Schroon. People come to the area for fishing, hiking and to soak in views of Schroon lake.
The lineup of bands is full of folk, blues and genre bending performances. On July 3, Get Up Jack, an Irish folk band, will start off the series. They have performed at Boathouse theater for multiple years and are a fan favorite. Music isn’t the only thing that brings people to the theater. On July 13, The Puppet People will present their “Puppet Potpourri.” Additionally, on July 15, the arts council will show the PBS documentary, “Songs To Keep: Treasures Of An Adirondack Folk Collector,” about the Adirondack folk artist Marjorie Lansing Porter.
To find more information on the series, you can visit the arts council website here.
Roots of Adirondack Music 2024
July 3: Get Up Jack
July 9: Dave Ruch
July 13: The Puppet People
July 15: Songs To Keep: Treasures Of An Adirondack Folk Collector with Dan Berggren
Renowned conductor Maestro Daniel Hege has renewed his contract as Music Director of The Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra.
Hege first took the position in 2018 and with this renewal he will continue his role for another five years. He is a seasoned director as he was the music director of the Syracuse Symphony for 11 years and in 2009 he became the director of Wichita Symphony. Right before his current position he was named Principal Guest Conductor of the Tulsa Symphony of the 2015/16 season.
Hege comes from a line of musical talent as his grandfather, Boyd Eagle Piatote was a Jazz Musician and composer. Although he currently works in New York, he is a Nez Perce Colorado Native and a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes. He is also one of the only Indigenous orchestra directors in America.
In 1978, he graduated from Bethel College, Kansas where he studied music and history. He then received a Master of Music degree in orchestral conducting from the University of Utah. During his time in Utah, he founded the University Chamber Orchestra, and served as both the Assistant Conductor of the University Orchestra and Music Director of the Utah Singers.
Notably, in 2015, Daniel Hege conducted Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle, with operatic bass, Samuel Ramey.
In this upcoming season he plans to do more community outreach by participating in the Kilmer Lectures and adding a series of public chats at the Broome County Arts Council.
Bard College announced the return of its Bard Music Festival, “Berlioz and His World,” a two-weekend concert event in the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts Aug 9-18.
The festival has been presented since 1990 and this summer will be its 34th season. Co-artistic director and founder of the festival, Leon Botstein will conduct The Orchestra Now (TŌN) on weekend one and the American Symphony Orchestra on weekend two. The Bard Festival Chorale is also featured in all vocal repertoire under the direction of James Bagwell.
As referenced in the title, the theme of this year’s festival is French composer, Hector Berlioz. He was a guitarist and flutist who toured all over Europe but surprisingly was not very popular in his home country. His most famous work is Symphonie fantastique, an orchestra piece inspired by an opium dream. Aside from larger orchestral pieces, Berlioz also wrote songs for guitar and voice.
Weekend one is titled “Revolutionary Spectacle and Romantic Passion.”The first of these five concerts will be Symphonie fantastique performed by the TŌN. The last concert will pay homage to “Women Musicians in Berlioz’s Time,” with music from composers like Clara Schumann and Louise Bertin.
The final weekend explores “Music and the Literary Imagination.”The first concert of the weekend will move to Rhinebeck, NY in Episcopal Church of the Messiah for the sound of its renovated organ.
For the final concert, “Faust and the Spirit of the 19th Century,” on Aug 18, New York City residents have the opportunity to take a bus to and from the venue. The roundtrip can be ordered online. Tickets for mainstage events are $25 per person and the live streams are $20. Patrons can purchase these tickets on the Fisher Center website.
Program details of Bard Music Festival, “Berlioz and His World”
WEEKEND ONE: Revolutionary Spectacle and Romantic Passion
PROGRAM ONE: Staging the Musical Imagination
Friday, August 9
Sosnoff Theater
7pm performance with commentary by Leon Botstein, with Joshua Blue, tenor; Alfred Walker, baritone; Bard Festival Chorale and James Bagwell, choral director; and The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director (plus livestream)
Hector BERLIOZ (1803–69)
Symphonie fantastique: Episode de la vie d’un artiste, Op. 14 (1830)
Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie, monodrame lyrique, Op. 14b (1831–32, rev. 1855)
PANEL ONE: A Revolutionary Life in a Revolutionary Era
Saturday, August 10
Olin Hall
10am–12 noon
Leon Botstein, moderator; Anna Celenza; Esther da Costa Meyer; Michael P. Steinberg
Free and open to the public
PROGRAM TWO: Anxieties of Influence: Models and Teachers
Saturday, August 10
Olin Hall
1pm preconcert talk: Jonathan Kregor
1:30pm performance: Jana McIntyre, soprano; Rebecca Ringle Kamarei, mezzo-soprano; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Noël Wan, harp; Michael Stephen Brown and Erika Switzer, piano; Balourdet Quartet; and others
Hector BERLIOZ (1803–69)
Le montagnard exilé (1822–23)
Songs
Luigi CHERUBINI (1760–1842)
Etude No. 2 (1804)
Anton REICHA (1770–1836)
String Quartet in C minor, Op. 49, No. 1 (1803)
Carl Maria von WEBER (1786–1826)
Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 (1819)
Elias PARISH ALVARS (1808–49)
Introduction and Variations on Themes from Bellini’s Norma, Op. 36 (n.d.)
Arias by Jean-François LE SUEUR (1760–1837), Gaspare SPONTINI (1774–1851), and Ambroise THOMAS (1811–96)
PROGRAM THREE: The Sounds of a Nation: Patriotism and Antiquity
Saturday, August 10
Sosnoff Theater
6pm preconcert talk: Sarah Hibberd
7 pm performance: with Jana McIntyre, soprano; Megan Moore, mezzo-soprano; Joshua Blue, tenor; Bard Festival Chorale and James Bagwell, choral director; and The Orchestra Now, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director (plus livestream)
Hector BERLIOZ (1803–69)
Hymne des Marseillaise (arr. 1830)
“Trojan March,” “Nuit d’ivresse et d’extase infinie,” and “Royal Hunt and Storm” from Les Troyens (1856–58)
Te Deum Op. 22/H.118 (1849)
Christoph Willibald GLUCK (1714–87)
Overture to Iphigenia in Aulis (1774; arr. R. Wagner 1847)
Daniel-François-Esprit AUBER (1782–1871)
Overture to Fra Diavolo (1830)
PROGRAM FOUR: Chansons, romances, et mélodies: Vocal Music from Cosmopolitan Paris
Sunday, August 11
Olin Hall
11 am performance with commentary by Byron Adams; with Jana McIntyre, soprano; Rebecca Ringle Kamarei, mezzo-soprano; Maximillian Jansen, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone; and Kayo Iwama and Erika Switzer, piano
Hector BERLIOZ (1803–69)
From Irlande, Op. 2 (1830); songs
Songs and arias by Giacomo MEYERBEER (1791–1864); Gioachino ROSSINI (1792–1868); Franz LISZT (1811–86); Richard WAGNER (1813–83); Pauline VIARDOT (1821–1910); Ernest REYER (1823–1909); Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921); Georges BIZET (1838–75); Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–93); and Gabriel FAURÉ (1845–1924)
PROGRAM FIVE: Women Musicians in Berlioz’s Time
Sunday, August 11
Sosnoff Theater
2:30pm preconcert talk: Hilary Porris
3pm performance: Laquita Mitchell, Monica Yunus, and Camille Zamora, sopranos; Rebecca Ringle Kamarei and Adriana Zabala, mezzo-sopranos; Noah Stewart, tenor; Babatunde Akinboboye, baritone; Anna Polonsky and Lucy Tucker Yates, piano; Sharyn Pirtle, director of Le dernier sorcier; and others (plus livestream)
Hector BERLIOZ (1803–69)
Le mort d’Ophélie, Op. 18, No. 2 (1842)
La captive, Op. 12 (1831–32)
Pauline VIARDOT (1821–1910)
Le dernier sorcier (1869)
Works by Gioachino ROSSINI (1792–1868); Louise BERTIN (1805–77); Clara SCHUMANN (1819–96); and others
WEEKEND TWO: Music and the Literary Imagination
PROGRAM SIX: Sacred Music in France
Thursday, August 15 at 7pm
Friday, August 16 at 3pm
Episcopal Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck
With Renée Anne Louprette, organ, and members of the Bard Festival Chorale and members of The Orchestra Now, conducted by James Bagwell
Hector BERLIOZ (1803-1869)
Veni Creator Spiritus (c. 1860-68)
La fuite en Égypte: Mystère en style ancien (1850)
Choral and organ works by Dmitry BORTNIANSKY (1751-1825), Luigi CHERUBINI (1760–1842), Giacomo MEYERBEER (1791–1864), Gioachino ROSSINI (1792–1868), Pierre-Louis DIETSCH (1808–65), Alfred LEFÉBURE-WÉLY (1817–69), César FRANCK (1822–90), Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921), Gabriel FAURÉ (1845–1924), and Olivier MESSIAEN (1908–92)
PROGRAM SEVEN: Berlioz: The Composer as Writer
Friday, August 16
Sosnoff Theater
6:30pm preconcert talk: Peter Bloom
7pm performance: Jana McIntyre, soprano; Noah Stewart, tenor; Alfred Walker, bass-baritone; Luosha Fang, viola; Piers Lane and Orion Weiss, piano; and others (plus livestream)
Hector BERLIOZ (1803–69)
Harold en Italie, Op. 16 (1834; arr. Liszt)
Niccolò PAGANINI (1782–1840)
Cantabile (1823)
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809–47)
Andante and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14 (1830)
Piano works and arias by Louis SPOHR (1784–1859), Fromental HALÉVY (1799–1862), Adolphe ADAM (1803–56), Mikhail GLINKA (1804–57), Michael BALFE (1808–70), Charles-Valentin ALKAN (1813–88)
PANEL TWO: Musical Romanticism and Literature
Saturday, August 17
Olin Hall
10am–12 noon
Eric Trudel, moderator; Francesca Brittan; Mark Pottinger; and others
Free and open to the public
PROGRAM EIGHT: Literary Romantics
Saturday, August 17
Olin Hall
1pm preconcert talk: Dana Gooley
1:30pm performance: Jana McIntyre, soprano; Rebecca Ringle Kamarei, mezzo-soprano; Noah Stewart, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Piers Lane, Anna Polonsky, and Orion Weiss, piano; Balourdet Quartet; and others
Hector BERLIOZ (1803–69)
Les nuits d’été, Op. 7 (1841)
Fanny MENDELSSOHN (1805–47)
From Sechs Lieder, Op. 1 (1846)
Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809–47)
String Quintet No. 2, Op. 87 (1845)
Robert SCHUMANN (1810–56)
Andante and Variations, Op. 46 (1843)
Piano works by Ferdinand HILLER (1811–85), Stephen HELLER (1813–88); and Louis Moreau GOTTSCHALK (1829–69)
SUMMER SOIRÉE
Saturday, August 17
Blithewood
3:30pm
PROGRAM NINE: An Evening with the Orchestra
Saturday, August 17
Sosnoff Theater
6 pm preconcert talk: Christopher H. Gibbs
7 pm performance: American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director (plus livestream)
Hector BERLIOZ (1803–69)
Waverley Overture, Op. 1 (1827)
Gioachino ROSSINI (1792–1868)
Overture to William Tell (1829)
Louise FARRENC (1804–75)
Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36 (1847)
Joachim RAFF (1822–82)
Symphony No. 10 in F minor, “In Autumn,” Op. 213 (1879)
PROGRAM TEN: Berlioz’s Transformation of the World of Sound
Sunday, August 18
Olin Hall
11 am preconcert talk: Richard Wilson
11:30am performance: Anna Polonsky, piano; New Hudson Saxophone Quartet; Bard Festival Wind Ensemble; and others
Hector BERLIOZ (1803–69)
Chant sacré (arr. 1844)
Jean-Baptiste ARBAN (1825–89)
Fantaisie and Variations on The Carnival of Venice (1861)
Richard STRAUSS (1864–1949)
Andante, op. posth. (1888)
Edward ELGAR (1857–1934)
Romance, Op. 62 (1910)
Eugène BOZZA (1905–91)
Andante et Scherzo (1938)
Edgard VARÈSE (1883–1965)
Density 21.5 (1936, rev. 1946)
Olivier MESSIAEN (1908–92)
Le merle noir (1952)
Steve REICH (b. 1936)
Clapping Music (1972)
Luciano BERIO (1925–2003)
Sequenza V (1966)
György LIGETI (1923–2006)
Six Bagatelles (1953)
PROGRAM ELEVEN: Faust and the Spirit of the 19th Century
Sunday, August 18
Sosnoff Theater
2pm preconcert talk: Francesca Brittan
3pm performance: with Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Joshua Blue, tenor; Alfred Walker, bass-baritone; Stefan Egerstrom, bass; Bard Festival Chorale and James Bagwell, choral director; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director (plus livestream)
The two-piece rock band, AM Gold, just released their long awaited, self-titled album on all streaming platforms.
Today, Aaron Magram and Dana Fasano make up the rock band. When the project first started, AM Gold was Magram’s solo work. Between 2017 and 2020 he released three albums, Fuckin’ A, Love Pharmaceuticals & Smooth Jazz and SuperUltraMegaMediocre along with their two EPs, Xanax and Aww Yeah!
In late 2022, the project was re-born and Magram and Fasano started to perform together. Originally, the two wanted to find other bandmates to fill out their sound more, but with the help of music technology, they no longer have that need.
With octave and vocal pedals along with guitar looping, AM Gold sounded like a full band. Recordings for this new album started in early 2024 at Magram’s home studio with the help of Bob Hershberger, who professionally mastered the album.
In preparation for the new album they’ve released three singles, “Unto You,” “Use Your Delusions I” and “Tell Me.”
Listening to AM Gold is like taking a journey through rock history. You can find the resemblance to 80’s hair rock with the opening track “Word of God” as well as “About Me.” Their intense guitar instrumentations and harsh vocals speak to the inspiration. “Sleight of Hand” is a more easy-going carefree 70’s style song.
Although this grunge punk album has clear inspiration, it is original and unique to AM Gold’s style. Their mixing and instrumentation is exactly the modern touch rock music needs in 2024.
AM Gold also has some performance dates in the Hudson Valley and you can find more information about it on their website.
Grammy Award winning pop star, Jason Mraz will perform alongside the Boston Pops at Tanglewood on Tuesday, July 2.
This iconic singer-songwriter has been releasing music since 1999 as a self-published artist and released his first studio album Waiting For My Rocket To Come in 2002. Mraz’s career started at Java Joe’s coffee shop in Ocean Beach, San Diego. Mraz was signed to Elektra Records in 2001 and opened on Jewel’s 2002 tour.
His singles “The Remedy” and “You & I Both” made it onto Billboard charts. In 2005, he released Mr A-Z with Atlantic Records and went on to open for stars like The Rolling Stones and Alanis Morissette. His 2008 album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things, blossomed his career and gave listeners his most well known songs like “I’m Yours,” “Lucky” and “Make It Mine.” He won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for “Make It Mine” and Best Pop Collaboration for “Lucky” with Colbie Caillat at the 2010 Grammy Awards.
Currently, The Jason Mraz Foundation raises money for arts education organizations like Harmonic Humanity and the Rock n’ Roll Camp For Girls. Since 2011, he has raised over $1 million to help these inclusive arts programs.
The Boston Pops will perform alongside him on the Koussevitzky Music Shed stage. They have performances throughout the Tanglewood concert series including with the band DISPATCH and with the Boston Symphony Orchestra during their film nights. Tanglewood is a summer series located in the Berkshire hills in Western Massachusetts and will continue until August 31.
For more information of Jason Mraz’s Tanglewood performance and to purchase tickets you can visit the website here.
This Summer, Playland Amusement Park in Port Chester presents the Playland Summer Sounds Concert Series from July 6 to Aug 31.
This is Playlandâs first partnership with The Capitol Theatre, a historical venue that has showcased legends like Bob Dylan, The Strokes and David Bowie. Playland is also collaborating with The Rock and Roll Playhouse from July 7 to Sept 1 for a family concert series.
The Rock and Roll Playhouse was founded in 2014 as a way for children to interact with music of all different genres. The group is based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, it has hosted over 1000 shows all over the U.S. Playhouse will present sing-along performances and family friendly covers of Queen, Taylor Swift and more.
Playland Summer Sounds will kick off with 1 Wild Night, a Bon Jovi Tribute band. The next day, on July 7, The Rock and Roll Playhouse: The Music of Queen the next day.
Playland is conveniently located near the Metro North Station in Rye, Ny. Beyond musical performances park guests can enjoy the 50 rides and attractions the area has to offer. Every Friday night, the park will have fireworks shows starting June 28. Playland has been entertaining the Long Island area since 1928. Anyone can attend the concerts with a day pass or an all-access season pass.
Long Island based Hip-hop artist and producer, Jesse Eplan released his single, “Sunburst,” on June 21.
Eplan releases music under his own name and produces all of his work, including pop, rap and trap music and works in every aspect of production from writing to mixing and mastering. Eplan attempts to push boundaries and create unique genre blending beats.
His interest in music started with more of a classic rock discography when he was 9 years old. “I was learning to play drums and guitar. I was listening to some of the classic rock bands such as Led Zeppelin, ACDC, The Rolling Stones and The Who” Eplan told NYS Music. “As I got into middle school, my friends and I started listening to Rick Ross, Kanye West and Chris Brown. I was DJing at local parties. All I wanted to do was make beats. So, my classic rock roots and rap-trap/pop, met somewhere in the middle and I’ve been making beats and music ever,” he said.
Eplan’s projects venture beyond his music productions. He currently owns and operates The Sound Lab, a recording studio in Bellmore, Long Island. He engineers in both studio rooms and works with other up and coming artists in the area.
After he released his first two LPs, Trap Harmony and Purple Wave at the University of Tampa the Hip Hop world took notice of the young star. He collaborated with similar artists like Wacotron, Famous Dex and Kontraversy. Although his music started to blossom in Tampa, he ultimately decided to attend The Los Angelos film school where he studied audio engineering. His range of sounds spans across his seven albums and many singles like “Sunburst.”
“Sunburst” has a catchy hook and exposes his vocals over a simple beat. It has a relatively slow tempo making it an easy-going song. Along with Sunburst, he released a “Sunburst remix,” a song with a more dance friendly tempo. The new single is accompanied by a music video featuring Eplan performing the song at a beautiful sunset lit beach.
Jesse Eplan’s upcoming album Jetty Life 3 is set to be released on July 14 – you can find his music on any streaming service – list to “Sunburst” below.
The legendary James Taylor and his All-star band will perform two nights at the Tanglewood concert series on July 3 and 4.
The “Fire and Rain” singer is also a six-time Grammy award winner and was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015. Taylor started his journey playing with a band in Greenwich Village, NYC. After leaving a rehabilitation center for drug abuse, he signed to Warner Bros. Music and released his iconic sophomore album Sweet Baby James.
Throughout his long and ongoing career, Taylor has released 20 studio albums and collaborated with other folk artists like Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Linda Ronstadt.
Taylor is currently touring with his talented band members including Kate Markowitz and Dorian Holley on vocals. His instrumentalists include Andrea Zonn on fiddle, Larry Goldings on piano, Lou Marini on horns, Walt Fowler on keyboard and horns, Michael Landau on Guitar, Jimmy Johnson on bass, Luis Conte on percussion and Steve Gadd on drums.
After his July 3 performance, Taylor will receive The Tanglewood Medal due to his contribution to the concert series. Altogether, he has performed on the Koussevitzky Music Shed 51 times.
James Taylor’s July 4 performance will end in a celebration of fireworks and in addition, all the proceeds from his performance will be donated back to Tanglewood.
Tanglewood is located in the Berkshire hills of Western Massachusetts. The series is the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and features performances from other stars like Brandi Carlile, Jason Mraz and Jon Batiste.
To find more information and to purchase tickets you can visit the website here.
After a long hiatus, San Francisco Based Producer and musician, Tycho announced his first tour in five years, Including a date in Brooklyn.
Tycho announced that he’s dropping a new album, Infinite Health, on Aug. 30 and released a new single “Phantom” on June 25. With these two announcements he also released his 2024 North American tour dates. On Nov. 12 he is set to perform at Brooklyn Steel.
Tycho, also known as Scott Hansen, is an electronic, IDM music producer who has worked on music for artists like Maggie Rogers and Leon Bridges. Tycho is also a two-time Grammy nominee. He was nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album for his 2016 album Epoch and again for his album Weather in 2020.
His new music takes a more electronic route. “I wanted ‘Phantom’ to feel like a blend of lights in a nightclub with some unknown entity; a moving and shifting intelligence that served as a conduit to a deeper understanding of what’s beneath the surface of existence,” Hansen said. Although “Phantom” is a dance track, it doesn’t feel too heavy or intense in contrast more techno club music.
Infinite Health is set to be a danceable album. “The big overarching concept, at least on the technical side, is ‘Let’s try to make this sound as different as possible,’” Hansen said about the new tracks.
Tickets for Tychos’s tour go on sale on June 28 on AXS.
Tycho Tour Dates
SEPTEMBER
13 – Ogden, UT – Ogden Twilight
14 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory Concert House
15 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theatre
17 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
18 – Vancouver, BC – New Hollywood Theater
19 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
20 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory Concert House
21 – Bozeman, MT – The ELM
23 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma
25 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
27 – Stateline, NV – Harrah’s LAke Tahoe
28 – San Francisco, CA – Portola Music Festival 2024
Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, Brandi Carlile, will perform at Tanglewood on Sunday, June 30.
Carlile grew up outside of Seattle, Washington and played in clubs across the city. In 2004, she was signed to Columbia Records and released her first self-titled album in 2005. Her second album, The Story, topped international charts and sold over 257,776 copies in the U.S.
Her song “The Joke” off of the 2018 album, By The Way I Forgive You, earned her two Grammy awards for both best American roots song and best American roots performance. The album won Best Americana album.
In 2018, she founded her music festival “Girls Just Wanna Weekend” in Cancun, Mexico. The festival headlined female only bands and artists like The Indigo Girls, Maren Morris and Patty Griffin. Most recently, she’s collaborated with big names like Noah Khan, Hozier and Miley Cyrus on their albums.
Joining Carlile on the Koussevitzky Music Shed, is a group she performed with during her Seattle beginnings, The Hanseroth Twins. Phillip John and Timothy Jay Hanseroth have been writing music since the 90’s and have written many widely popular Carlile songs such as “The Joke,” “The Story,” and “The Eye.” They’ve performed alongside Carlile herself as well as Joni Mitchell and Kristoffer Kristofferson.
Each year the Tanglewood concert series in the Berkshire hills of Western Massachusetts, becomes the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Tanglewood which will run until Aug 31, welcomes headliners from across the world.
For more information about Brandi Carlile’s Tanglewood performance you can visit the Tanglewood website here.
