The Association of Classical Musicians and Artists (ACMA) is a vibrant community of both amateur and professional classical musicians, and is the largest such organization in New York. We are dedicated to giving adult musicians the opportunity to perform in front of an appreciative and supportive audience, and we currently count nearly 3,000 members.
Our very first Music Festival celebrates the gradual return of normalcy, socialization and live music in our lives, while acknowledging the great toll this pandemic has taken in our community, and seeks to rise above and rebuild by doing what we do best - taking the stage!
The Festival will include the ACMA Orchestra performing works by Verdi, Tchaikovsky, George Walker and others. We are very fortunate to have the spectacular Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band performing as part of this concert. Lastly, several of ACMA’s finest musicians will perform solo and chamber works. This will take place over 3 hours, with several brief intermissions.
Part 1: The ACMA Orchestra: Christopher North, Principal Conductor and Mayumi Lehr, Assistant Conductor
1. A Time for Us, by Nino Rota
2. Serenade for Strings: Waltz (2nd movement), by P.I. Tchaikovsky
3. Lyric for Strings, by George Walker
4. The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) Overture, by F. Mendelssohn
5. La Forza del Destino: Overture, by G. Verdi
Part 2: Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band: Henco Espag, Music Director and Royden Ringer, Assistant Conductor
1. It Don’t Mean A Thing by Duke Ellington - arranged by Dick Ravenal
2. Glenn Miller Medley - by Glenn Miller - arranged by Naohiro Iswai
3. Power House - music by Raymond Scott - arranged by Paul Murtha
4. Selections from Kiss Me Kate - words and music by Cole Porter - arranged by John Moss
Part 3: ACMA Solo and Chamber Performers
1. Lorraine Fuchs (Piano): Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79 No. 2, by J. Brahms
2. Amy Jisun Ahn (Piano/Voice): Makin Whoopee, by W. Donaldson; This Time the Dream's On Me, by H. Arlen; The Lady is a Tramp, by Rodgers and Hart
3. Yejin Han (Piano): Scherzo No. 2 in Bb minor, Op. 31, by F. Chopin
4. Leigh Nash (Soprano) and Ruslan Oditsov (Piano): "Ach, ich liebte, war so glucklich" from Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, by W.A. Mozart
5. Ruoyuan Shen (Piano): Piano Sonata in A Major, D 959, 1st movement, by F. Schubert
6. Rich Mizuguchi (Cello) and Gabrielle Chou (Piano): Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, 1st movement, by J. Haydn
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