Musica Bella Orchestra Future Concerts

Future Concert Schedule

Admission to our concerts is by donation (we suggest a very reasonable $15.00, student/senior $10.00). By “by donation,” we mean that we ask you to kindly make a donation of any size, but preferably of at least the recommended minimum size if you can afford it, in order to help us continue to present these concerts.

Donations: Please feel encouraged to make a donation to Musica Bella, in addition to your donation at the door. You may donate as much — or as little — as you want; every penny is appreciated. It’s really not too dramatic to say that our very survival depends on your generosity, since putting on these concerts is incredibly expensive. For more details, click here or on the “Donations” link on the left of any page. Please note that your donation is tax-deductible, as Musica Bella is a 501(c)(3) organization.

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The details below are subject to change, although all the information is as final as we can possibly make it at this time. To keep current, please join our mailing list or occasionally check back here.

THE 2009-2010 MUSICA BELLA ORCHESTRA SEASON:
OUR NINTH SEASON!

Please scroll to the bottom of this page for directions to our concert locations.

ORCHESTRA CONCERTS #1 and 2:
Saturday, December 19, 2009, 7:00 p.m.
   St. John’s Lutheran Church
   81 Christopher Street, Manhattan
Sunday, December 20, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
   Holy Name Church
   245 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn
OUR BAROQUE CONCERT SERIES:
Bach: Double Concerto for Two Violins and Strings in d minor, BWV 1043
            Stanichka Dimitrova and Christina McGann, violins
Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8 (“Christmas Concerto”)
            Stanichka Dimitrova and Christina McGann, violins; Anahit Harutyunyan Gaskill, cello
Handel: Soprano arias from Messiah, HWV 56
      “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion”
      “He shall feed His flock”
      “How beautiful are the feet”
      “I know that my Redeemer liveth”
      “If God be for us, who can be against us?”
            Sofia Dimitrova, soprano (December 19)
            Courtenay Schowalter, soprano (December 20)

ORCHESTRA CONCERTS #3 and 4:
Sunday, June 6, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
   St. Thomas Aquinas Church
   249 9th Street (at 4th Avenue), Brooklyn
Sunday, June 13, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
   St. John’s Lutheran Church
   81 Christopher Street, Manhattan
AN ALL-MOZART CONCERT:
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219 (“Turkish”)
      Stanichka Dimitrova, violin
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622
      Pascal Licciardi, clarinet
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in g minor, K. 550

Download flyer: Click here to download the printable flyer for our June 2010 All-Mozart concerts.

ORCHESTRA CONCERT #5:
Saturday, June 19, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
   Clay Tennis Courts
   Riverside Park, Manhattan (Hudson River at 97th Street)
OUR ANNUAL SUMMER PARK CONCERT:
For the fifth straight year, we have been asked to play on the Riverside Clay Tennis Association’s concert series in Riverside Park. (And for the fifth straight year, we have accepted!)
      This concert series is free to the public. The concert will be approximately an hour long, from 7:00 until it gets too dark to see our music. Click here for the Clay Tennis Court Association’s Web site, which includes a map with directions on how to get there; it also will include their summer concert schedule as soon as that’s determined. (Click here to go straight to the map.) The concert site is just to the north of the tennis courts, which are plainly marked on the map.
      Bring a blanket or chair to sit on and a picnic basket (sorry, no barbecueing) and enjoy a free concert in the park!
      The program will be almost the same as our June 6 and 13, 2010 concerts:

      Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622
            Pascal Licciardi, clarinet
      Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in g minor, K. 550

If we get rained out, we’ll try again on Sunday, June 20, same place, same time. If the weather looks questionable, call this hotline number, 212-978-0277, to find out whether the concert is on or not.

Download flyer: Click here to download the printable flyer for our June 2010 All-Mozart concerts.

MUSICA BELLA CHAMBER MUSIC/SOLO RECITAL SERIES

Musica Bella sponsors chamber music concerts, solo recitals, master classes, and similar events featuring members (or former members) of the orchestra. These events are held at various locations, which, along with the dates and times, are always mentioned right here.

Events that are scheduled:

None at the moment, and pretty certainly none for the rest of the season. We anticipate having many more next season, though. As soon as anything is scheduled, we will post it right here.

HOW TO GET TO OUR CONCERT LOCATIONS:

St. Thomas Aquinas, 249 9th Street (corner of 4th Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn, is right across the street from the 4th Avenue elevated station on the F train. On the lower level (below street level) of the same station, you’ll find the M and R trains, which are two other trains you can use to get here, from the Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street station, a major transfer point in Brooklyn also serving the N,Q,W,2,3,4,5 trains. (This station at 4th Avenue and 9th Street is called “9th Street” when you’re on the M or R train.) Click here for a Mapquest map, and here for the MTA subway map.

St. John’s Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher Street, Manhattan, in the West Village just west of 7th Avenue (it’s technically 7th Avenue South, but nobody calls it that), is a very short distance from the Christopher Street #1 train station. (Please note that the #2 and #3 express trains do NOT stop at this station; change to the #1 train at 14th Street if you’re coming on the 2 or 3 from the north, or at Chambers if you’re coming from the south.) St. John’s is also close (essentially one crosstown block) to the West 4th Street station serving the A,B,C,D,E,F,V trains; just walk along West 4th Street from 6th Avenue to 7th Avenue. Click here for a Mapquest map, and here for the MTA subway map.

Riverside Park Clay Tennis Courts, 97th Street and the Hudson River: click here to download a map. Our concert site is just north of the tennis courts, which are clearly indicated on the map.

This page was last modified Friday, June 18, 2010.

The Musica Bella Orchestra of New York, Inc., a New York State Not For Profit Corporation, was incorporated in 2004 and became a 501(c)(3) organization the same year. For further information about becoming a donor, please visit our Donations/Support page.