Lyra Music, Inc. c/o Rachel Odo
57 Robinson Street
Beacon, NY 12508
info@lyramusic.org
June 13, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LYRA MUSIC PRESENTS SUMMER CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

Hudson Valley, NY – The Lyra Music Festival returns to the Hudson Valley for a third year with concerts and masterclass workshops from Sunday, June 30th to Saturday, July 13th, 2024. The Lyra Music Festival returns this summer to present an outstanding series of classical music performances, bringing together world-class musicians, advanced young string players and pianists, and an exceptional faculty of professional musicians and artist educators for concerts, masterclasses, and young artist performances.

The 2024 Lyra Music Festival will feature performances by guest artists: Min-Young Kim, violinist; Clancy Newman, cellist; and pianist, Fei-Fei. 

For a calendar of Lyra’s Festival Events and to purchase tickets or reserve free seats:  https://lyramusic.org/festival-events.

Concerts are open to the public and will take place at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, located at 477 Main Street, Beacon, New York. Masterclass Event will be held at the Storm King School, located on 314 Mountain Road in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. Tickets are available for purchase for Guest Artist ($25) and Young Artist ($20) Concert events. Lyra Music Faculty Artist Concert and Guest Artist Masterclass will be free! This year’s Faculty Artist Concert is supported in part by a grant from the Ann and Abe Effron Donor Advised Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley. 

Lyra Music Festival also takes classical music out of the concert hall and into the community, presenting a series of free events and outreach concerts throughout the Hudson Valley. Look for our events in Beacon, Cornwall-on-Hudson, Garrison, New Paltz, Rhinebeck, and Ossining.

Lyra Music Festival Event Highlights:

Tuesday, July 2nd | 7:00 PM | Howland Cultural Center
Lyra Music Faculty Artist Concert. Works by Brahms, Cassado, Grant Still, Mendelssohn,  Schumann, and Vanderveer.

Sunday, July 7th | 4:00PM | Howland Cultural Center
Lyra Music Benefit with Pianist Fei-Fei. Works by Chopin, Debussy, and Rachmaninoff.

Thursday, July 11th | 7:00 PM | Howland Cultural Center
Lyra Music Guest Artist Concert. Works by Dvorak, Haydn, Newman, and Shostakovich.

Saturday, July 13th | 2:00 PM | Howland Cultural Center
Lyra Music Young Artist Concert: Classical music’s next generation! Chamber Music works by Beethoven, Borodin, Faure, Goltermann, Handel, Piazzolla, and Price.

Lyra Music Free Outreach Events in the Community:

Wednesday, July 3rd | 3:00PM
Northern Dutchess Hospital, Outdoor Garden Performance, Rhinebeck, NY 

Saturday, July 6th | 9:00AM-10:30AM
Coldspring Farmers’ Market, Garrison, NY

Tuesday, July 9th | 2:00 PM
Lyra Music Masterclass at the Storm King School
Chamber music performance and training! Storm King School, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY. 

Additional Free Outreach Events Include: Atria on the Hudson, Ossining; Woodland Pond Senior Living, New Paltz; and Arbor Ridge at Brookmeade, Rhinebeck.

Lyra Music is a small non-profit with a mission to contribute meaningfully to the cultural richness of the Hudson Valley. Music brings people together and for two weeks each summer, we strive to create a variety of opportunities for audiences, from formal concert hall performances to family-friendly events. Lyra provides aspiring young musicians the training they need to excel and gives the community access to world-class concerts and free outreach programs performed by Lyra Music guest artists, faculty artists, and young artists. We are dedicated to inspiring tomorrow’s musicians and today’s audiences, breaking down barriers to performance by bringing classical music to life in and out of the concert hall.

For more information about concerts and programs by Lyra Music please visit lyramusic.org and email Rachel Odo at info@lyramusic.org.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Rachel Odo | Executive Director Lyra Music
rodo@lyramusic.org | 917-705-5089

Lyra Music Festival and Workshop
Celebrating 10 Years!

Lyra Music presents world-class guest artists The Horszowski Trio,
Fei-Fei, Ayano Ninomiya and Astrid Schween in Masterclass and Concert

Lyra Music Festival 2019 – 10th Anniversary   

July 7-27, 2019 | Smith College, Sage Hall
144 Green Street, Northampton, MA 01063

TICKETS available at: https://lyramusicfestival.bpt.me

Concerts: $20.00 | Masterclasses: $10.00

*Free Live Classical Music Outreach Concerts with Lyra Music Workshop Students in Amherst, Easthampton, Northampton, South Hadley and Springfield
See complete event listing: https://lyramusic.org/events-1

Festival Events
July 11 | 7:30 PM
Lyra Music Faculty Artists in Concert

July 13 | 1:00 PM
Violin Masterclass with Ayano Ninomiya and Lyra Music Workshop Students

July 13 | 4:00 PM
Violinist Ayano Ninomiya in Concert with Pianist Pei-Shan Lee

July 18 | 1:30PM
Chamber Music Masterclass: The Horszowski Trio & Lyra Music Workshop Students

July 18 | 7:30PM
The Horszowski Trio in Concert

July 20 | 10:30 AM
Piano Masterclass with Fei-Fei and Lyra Music Workshop Students

July 20 | 4:00 PM
Pianist Fei-Fei in Concert

July 21 | 10:30 AM
Cello Masterclass with Astrid Schween and Lyra Music Workshop Students

July 21 | 4:00PM
Cellist Astrid Schween in Concert with Pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion

July 27 | 1:00PM
Lyra Music Student Gala Final Concert

About the Lyra Music Festival: The Lyra Music Festival is an outstanding series of summer classical music events based in Northampton, MA. Each July Lyra brings together world class musicians, talented young string players and pianists with an exceptional faculty of professional musicians and educators for concerts, masterclasses and outreach performances. The 2019 Lyra Music Festival celebrates Lyra Music’s 10th Anniversary bringing live classical music to concert halls and non-traditional venues. Lyra Music is supported in part by grants from the Amherst, Easthampton, South Hadley and Springfield Cultural Councils and the Northampton Arts Council, local agencies which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; the Associated Chamber Music Players; and Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee.

Lyra Music Festival Guest Artists and Programs

The HORSZOWSKI TRIO, https://www.horszowskitrio.com, Hailed as “Impressive, lithe, persuasive” (The New York Times) and "The most compelling American group to come on the scene." (The New Yorker).

The Horszowski Trio Program:
Haydn: "Gypsy" Trio
Smetana: Trio in G min
Shostakovich: Trio no.2

FEI-FEI, Pianist http://feifeipiano.com, Winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition, a top finalist at the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, praised for her “passion, piquancy and tenderness.” (Dallas Morning News).

Fei-Fei Program: Music as an art of story-telling 
Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat major, op.31-no.3
Schumann: Kinderszenen, op.15
Debussy:  Joyeuse Isle
Chopin: 24 preludes

AYANO NINOMIYA, Violinist http://ayanoviolin.com, "Deeply communicative and engrossing," (The New York Times). Winner of the Naumburg International Violin Competition, the Tibor Varga International Competition, and the Astral Artists National Auditions. In recital with pianist Pei-Shan Lee.

Ayano Ninomiya with Pei-Shan Lee Program:
Bach: Sonata No. 1 in G min
Janacek: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Prokofiev: Five Melodies
Poulenc: Sonata for Violin and Piano

ASTRID SCHWEEN, Cellist https://www.astridschween.com, Internationally recognized solo artist, chamber musician and music educator, cellist of the Juilliard String Quartet, featured in Strings and Strad magazines, on “Living the Classical Life”, NPR, The Violin Channel, CelloBello and as a guest speaker at the Library of Congress. In recital with pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion.

Astrid Schween with Victor Santiago Asuncion Program:

Debussy: Sonate for Cello and Piano
Cassadó: Suite for Violoncello Solo
Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody
Schumann: Fantasy Pieces
Franck: Sonata for Cello and Piano

LYRA MUSIC FACULTY ARTISTS in concert, www.lyramusic.org/faculty, Yari Bond, cello; Francisco Montero, piano; Peter Rovit, violin; Jacob Savransky, piano.

Lyra Music Faculty Artist Program:
Martinu: Duo No.2 for Violin & Cello
Albeniz: Iberia (selections)
Cassado: Dance of the Green Devil
Schubert: Piano Trio in E-flat major
Piazzolla/Bragato: Spring, from The Four Season of Buenos Aires

LYRA MUSIC WORKSHOP STUDENTS in concert, www.lyramusic.org, The celebratory culmination of 3 weeks of conservatory-style classical music training; chamber and solo repertoire performed by the talented young musicians of the Lyra Music Workshop. This gala event is sponsored by Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company.                 

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