Bargemusic Ltd

FOR 45 YEARS BARGEMUSIC CONTINUES TO BE DEDICTED TO ENHANCING THE CULTURAL LIFE OF NEW YORK CITY BY PRESENTING CONCERTS GIVING PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES TO A DIVERSE GROUP OF MUSICIANS AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING MANY ADMISSIONS FREE CONCERTS MAKING THE ENTIRE CANON OF CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE IN A UNIQUE FLOATING CONCERT HALL.

OVERVIEW: IN ITS 45TH SEASON, BARGEMUSIC CONTINUED TO PROVIDE PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A DIVERSE GROUP OF MUSICIANS & PROVIDED A VERY SPECIAL EXPERIENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY & THOSE WHO VISITED NEW YORK CITY. ALL CONCERTS TOOK PLACE ON THE BARGE, A UNIQUE FLOATING CONCERT HALL, WITH A MAGNIFICENT VIEW OF THE MANHATTAN SKYLINE AND A SEATING CAPACITY OF 74. ALL THE PROGRAMS WERE CURATED BY EXECUTIVE/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MARK PESKANOV. PESKANOV SOLICITED WORK SAMPLES, MET WITH ARTISTS AND COMMISSIONED NEW WORKS. DISCOUNTED TICKETS WERE OFFERED FOR SENIORS AND STUDENTS, ALONG WITH THE ADMISSION FREE FAMILY CONCERTS, WHICH MADE BARGEMUSIC'S CONCERTS ACCESSIBLE AND AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE. BARGEMUSIC'S FOUR MAIN SERIES SERVED A WIDE RANGE OF PATRONS. THE ECLECTIC SERIES JUXTAPOSED UNDERREPRESENTED COMPOSERS WITH KNOWN WORKS, PERFORMED BY DIVERSE ARTISTS. THE HERE & NOW SERIES WAS DEDICATED TO CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND WORLD, UNITED STATES AND NEW YORK PREMIERES. THE MASTERWORKS SERIES FEATURED THE CANON OF CHAMBER MUSIC. THE ADMISSION FREE CONCERT SERIES MADE MUSIC ACCESSIBLE TO ALL BY OFFERING FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY CONCERTS.DETAILS: IN FY22 (SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 TO AUGUST 31, 2023) BARGEMUSIC PRESENTED 120 DIFFERENT PROGRAMS IN 146 CONCERTS. FY22PROGRAMS: THE ECLECTIC SERIES FEATURED COMPOSERS SCHUBERT, PERKINSON, BEETHOVEN, KIRSTEN, NICHOLS, LEVERING, JOAO GILBERTO, DEBUSSY, TAKEMITSU, SCARLATTI, WILLIAM GRANT STILL, TANIA LEON, BACH, ADOLPHE, ANDRES, KODALY, AKSHELYAN, NDODANA-BREEN, BEACH, BORTKEVYCH, BARBER, GERSHWIN, RUDIN, RAMEAU, CHOPIN, AND SAMUEL COLERIDGE TAYLOR, YEDIDIA, VILLA-LOBOS, AND PERFORMERS INCLUDED DONALD BERMAN, MUSICIANS FROM THE KNIGHTS, THE HARLEM CHAMBER PLAYERS, DORIAN WIND QUINTET, JAKOB TAYLOR, DAVE EGGAR, AMBER RUBARTH, YUFEI XU, DARA+KYLE, MIRANDA CUCKSON, KYLE WALKER, AARON LARGET-CAPLAN, MATT HAIMOVITZ, EASTERN LIGHT, SIRIUS QUARTET AND RICHIE BEIRACH, COLIN JACOBSEN, VICKY CHOW, GILA GOLDSTEIN IN A SERIES OF CONCERTS COMBINING NEW WORKS & MASTERWORKS. THE HERE & NOW SERIES INCLUDED CONCERTS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, PLUS QUARTERLY FESTIVALS & REGULARLY FEATURED WOMEN, BIPOC, AND LGBTQIA ARTISTS AND COMPOSERS. IT PRESENTED WORKS BY COMPOSERS SHPACHENKO, CERRONE, PAMELA Z, FLAHERTY, SANFORD, MELTZER, DICKE, DUBON, WARE, KAUFMAN, HAILSTORK, STUBBLEFIELD, WHEELER, MIURA, FUNG, WALDEN, REZ VALI, DISTLER, RZEWSKI, MASLANKA, TAYLOR, GLASS, BAYOLO, PLATT, WARSHAW, BEACH, ARMANDO BAYOLO, CRANE, ORNSTEIN, HAGEN, SHAPRIO, DANILA, SIERRA, PERFORMED BY PHILIP BUSH, WENDY SUTTER, DUO YUMENO, SOPHIE DELPHIS, MARC PELOQUIN, JASPER STRING QUARTET, JAMIE JORDAN, GILBERT KALISH, DANIEL SCHLOSBERG, DECODA, JED DISTLER, CARL PATRICK BOLLEIA, BRANDON GEORGE, THOMAS PIERCY, SABINA TOROSJAN, DANIEL HASS, TENGKU IRFAN, DAVID TAYLOR, LAURA STRICKLING, NATALIYA MEDVEDOVSKAYA, ARGUS QUARTET, STEVEN BECK. THE MASTERWORKS SERIES INCLUDED QUARTETS AND QUINTETS OF MOZART, BEETHOVEN, FLORENCE PRICE, HAYDN, DVORAK; SOLO, DUO, TRIO, AND OTHER CHAMBER WORKS BY CHOPIN, LISZT, SCRIABIN, RACHMANINOV, GERSHWIN, BACH, CLARA SCHUMANN, RAVEL, BEETHOVEN, MENDELSSOHN, SHOSTAKOVICH, MOZART, RZEWSKI, SCHUBERT, PROKOFIEV, PAGANINI, HAILSTORK, BARTOK, SCHOBER, BOLOGNE, LECLAIR, IVES, BORTKIEWICZ, LYSENKO, DUNPHY, HINDEMITH, DOHNANYI, SZYMANOWSKI, BRUCH, BRAHMS, REBECCA CLARKE, JESSIE MONTGOMERY, GERMAINE, BUSONI. PERFORMERS: INNA FALIKS, MARK PESKANOV, RIEKO AIZAWA, JESSE MILLS, WAYNE SMITH, MARINA IWAO, EDWARD ARRON, JEEWON PARK, ASIYA KOREPANOVA, ALEXANDRA JOAN, URSULA OPPENS, JEROME LOWENTHAL, SOPHIE SHAO, DORIS STEVENSON, MARIKA BOURNAKI, JOHN URBAN, AMADI AZIKIWE, YAEL WEISS, JULIAN SCHWARZ, GERALD ROBBINS, ILYA YAKUSHEV, ANDREW GONZALEZ, MARC PELOQUIN, ANNA SHELEST, ROLF SCHULTE, JOSEPH LICCARDO, CHAUNCEY PATTERSON, HANA MUNDIYA, ORLANDO ALONSO, RITA SLOAN, DONNA WENG FRIEDMAN, COLIN CARR, KYUNGWHA CHU, ROBERT CHEN, NOAH CHEN, ALEXANDER FITERSTEIN, SARA DAVIS BUECHNER, AND ENSEMBLES INCLUDING THE HORSZOWSKI TRIO, SULLIVAN STRING QUARTET, TALLA ROUGE VIOLA DUO, SEMPLICE PLAYERS, APOLLO TRIO. THE ADMISSION FREE CONCERT SERIES INCLUDED PROGRAMS FROM ALL BARGEMUSIC SERIES AND INCLUDED A Q & A SESSION WITH THE MUSICIANS. BARGEMUSIC CONTINUED TO OFFER DISCOUNTED AND FREE TICKETS TO SENIORS, STUDENTS, AND CHILDREN. BARGEMUSIC'S PROGRAMMING CONTINUED TO REGULARLY FEATURE ARTISTS AND COMPOSERS FROM TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS SUCH AS LBGTQIA, BIPOC, AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. BARGEMUSIC CONTINUED TO HOST AND PARTICIPATE IN PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE MUSIC RECITALS FOR THE PATRICIA ROBINSON MUSIC SCHOOL WHICH SERVES AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS IN THE BEDFORD-STUYVESANT NEIGHBORHOOD OF BROOKLYN AND HOST RECITALS FOR THE BROOKLYN MUSIC TEACHERS GUILD. ONLINE, BARGEMUSIC CONTINUED TO LIVESTREAM FREE CONCERTS TO HOMEBOUND HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS IN THE NEW YORK AREA AND ACROSS THE US.