Caramoor is delighted to announce a full range of virtual and live fall programming. Dashon Burton, Jeremy Denk, Amy Helm, Anthony McGill, the Aaron
Diehl Trio, Callisto Quartet and TENET Vocal Artists will all perform without an audience in the Rosen House, continuing the series of livestreams from
the Music Room that the New York Times calls “adventurous and excellent.” Also presented as a livestream, Broadway stars Laura Osnes and Tony Yazbeck
give a special performance for this year’s Cabaret Benefit. In addition, in-person visitors to the 90-acre Westchester estate will be able to explore the site-specific sound art installations of Sonic Innovations and attend two Beginner’s Ear concerts, in a continuation of the series pairing guided meditations with live music that was introduced last month. With its idyllic woodlands, gardens and indoor and outdoor spaces, Caramoor is ideally placed to participate responsibly in New York’s re-opening process and inspire audiences safely this fall.
Livestreams from the Music Room (Sept. 25–Dec.12)
Known for its historic furnishings and superior acoustics, the “intimate, elegant Music Room” (New York Times) of the Rosen House makes an ideal setting for
Caramoor’s livestream series.
Amy Helm (Sept. 25)
The series launches with a performance by American singer-songwriter Amy Helm, a founding member of the alt-country collective Ollabelle and former
member of the Midnight Ramble Band, who “takes you to transcendent moments built from a lifetime of singing” (American Highways). Her performance is
presented in collaboration with City Winery.
Anthony McGill & Gloria Chien (Oct. 2)
New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist Anthony McGill is known for his “trademark brilliance, penetrating sound and rich character” (New York Times). He and pianist Gloria Chien, director of Music@Menlo’s Chamber Music Institute, perform a program combining works by Brahms and Weber with
Peace by Bernstein Award-winner Jessie Montgomery, whose music is “turbulent, wildly colorful and exploding with life” (Washington Post).
Aaron Diehl Trio (Oct. 16)
Classically trained pianist Aaron Diehl is “a rising star of jazz piano [with] an individual talent so huge that one day he may extend the jazz tradition” (New
York Daily News). Presented in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, he appears as part of the Aaron Diehl Trio, with Aaron Kimmel on drums and Paul
Sikivie on bass.
Callisto Quartet (Oct. 18)
The Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence is one of three mentoring programs through which Caramoor supports emerging young artists. Newly appointed
for the 2020-21 season, the Callisto Quartet already boasts a string of honors including grand prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
and top prizes at the Banff, Bordeaux, Melbourne and Wigmore Hall competitions.
Jeremy Denk (Oct. 25)
The recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the Avery Fisher Prize, Jeremy Denk is “a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs” (New York Times). For his Music Room livestream, Denk gives a recital of music by Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins, Scott Joplin, Tania León and Frederic Rzewski, bookended by Mozart’s Sonata in C minor and Beethoven’s final piano sonata, Op. 111.
Dashon Burton & Lindsay Garritson (Nov. 8)
An original member of the innovative Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, bass-baritone Dashon Burton is known for his “enormous, thrilling
voice” (Wall Street Journal). Showcasing his versatility, Burton’s recital with pianist Lindsay Garritson combines Schumann’s complete Dichterliebe with
works by John Dowland, Charles Brown, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, Ernest Charles and William Bolcom, and a set of spirituals.
TENET Vocal Artists(Dec. 12)
Continuing Caramoor’s holiday concert tradition, TENET Vocal Artists, the early music ensemble that the New York Times calls “quite simply terrific,” sings
“Love Enfolds Thee Round,” a seasonal program of traditional carols and music by English composers Peter Warlock, Herbert Howells, Hubert Parry and
Ralph Vaughan Williams under the leadership of Artistic Director Jolle Greenleaf.
Cabaret in the Music Room Benefit with Laura Osnes and Tony Yazbeck (Nov. 20)
Caramoor presents a special livestream, when Tony-nominees Laura Osnes and Tony Yazbeck reunite for “An Evening of Gershwin Greats and Other
Favorites” in this year’s Cabaret in the Music Room Benefit. Their program celebrates the music of George Gershwin, in whose “Crazy For You” the two recently wowed audiences together at Lincoln Center.
In-person offerings outside at Caramoor: live music, sound art and more.
Sonic Innovations and more (Sept. 4–Oct. 11)
Also on offer to in-person visitors is the chance to discover the unique collection of sound art nestled in Caramoor’s landscaped Italianate and woodland
gardens. Collectively titled Sonic Innovations, this rotating annual exhibition is curated by Chicago-based sound artist Stephan Moore. Four works, all representing artists working beyond the realm of concert music, are currently on display.
A collaboration between sound sculptor Spencer Topel and Hana Kassem, Undercurrent creates a feedback loop between the environment and its visitors, whose movements activate small pods among the trees and grasses. Annea Lockwood and Bob Bielecki’s Wild Energy takes visitors on a fantastical tour of sounds occurring outside the range of human hearing, from sped-up solar oscillations to slowed-down ultrasound from within a Scots pine tree. In the
drystone structure of Ranjit Bhatnagar’s Stone Song, strain gauges and sensors for humidity, temperature and barometric pressure are fed into a drone synthesizer whose fundamental tones shift slowly over the months, as the weather changes and the stones settle. Finally, Taylor Deupree’s t(ch)ime turns a quiet, wooded passage into a shimmering sonic environment; familiar yet otherworldly, its sounds derive from a collection of bell chimes, manipulated
to create a sense of time’s slowing down as visitors approach the middle of the path. (Previously announced as part of this year’s exhibition, Trimpin’s
in“C” has yet to be completed because of the pandemic, and will debut at Caramoor next summer instead.)
Caramoor’s grounds will be open from 12 p.m.-6 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 11. On Sundays, a sound art educator will be in
attendance from 2 p.m.-4 p.m., and at 4:30 p.m. guests will be able to hear an archived Caramoor concert recording, amplified throughout the grounds.
To explore Sonic Innovations or interact with nature, architecture and history on socially distant picnics and walks, reservations are required. All artists
and dates are subject to change. To explore Caramoor’s grounds and the Sonic Innovaions exhibition, reservations are required. (Submitted)
