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ORPHEUM DANCE FESTIVAL

CONCERTS & CONVERSATIONS

BLUES, FOLK & WORLD MUSIC

FOR THE FAMILY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Catskill Mountain Foundation is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, Greene County Legislature through the Cultural Fund administered by the Greene County Council on the Arts; the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation; the Samuel and Esther Doctorow Fund, the New York Council for the

Humanities; Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation; Marshall & Sterling Insurance; Stewarts Shops; and by private donations.

The residency by Twla Tharp Dance is a project of Pathways to Dance, of which Catskill Mountain Foundation is a partner, and is made

possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Funding support is also provided by the NYS Danceforce and the collaborating venues in the Pathways to Dance Initiative.

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2 Orpheum Dance Festival

6 Concerts & Conversations

10 Piano Performance Museum Festival Weekend

11 Blues, Folk & World Music

15 For the Family

17 Literary Arts

18 Annual Benefit

19 Also on Our Stages…

21 Find Us on Social Media

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23 2016 Events At-a-Glance

ORPHEUM DANCE FESTIVAL


Twyla Tharp Dance Residency: March 7-April 17Showcase of Works-in-Progress: Saturday, April 16, 2016 @ 7:30 pmOrpheum Film & Performing Arts Center6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville

Twyla Tharp has changed the face of American Dance, and at 74, Tharp is still doing what she loves to do: Create. With their immaculate technique and joy, her fierce band of dancers brings the choreography to life. In each piece, Tharp turns her decades of experience-- dances for Hollywood films, television, and the Broadway stage, ballets, modern dances—into living proof that time is her partner as she continues to deepen and expand the singular imagination which makes her one of the centu-ry’s most treasured artists.

Photo by Walter Whitman

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Twyla Tharp and her company of dancers will be in residence at the Catskill Mountain Foundation’s Orpheum Film and Performing Arts Center in Tannersville mounting repertory works, rehearsing a new work, and engaging the local community in outreach activities. During her six weeks at the CMF, Ms. Tharp will reconstruct two earlier works, COUNTRY DANCES from 1976 and BRAHMS PAGANINI from 1980, as well as show a new work set to Beethoven’s Opus 130. Since graduating from Barnard College in 1963, Ms. Tharp has choreographed more than 160 works, 129 dances, 12 television specials, six Hollywood movies, four full-length ballets, four Broadway shows and two figure skating routines. She received one Tony Award, two Emmy Awards, 19 honorary doctorates, the Vietnam Veterans of America President’s Award, the 2004 National Medal of the Arts, the 2008 Jerome Robbins Prize, and a 2008 Kennedy Center Honor. Her many grants include the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Twyla Tharp was born on July 1, 1941 in Indiana. When she was eight years old, her family moved to California where her father built a house with a playroom equipped with a dance floor and ballet barres. Tharp enjoyed music, and at the age of 6 began formal ballet lessons. Eventually, she moved to New York City where she studied art history while simultaneously attending the American Ballet Theatre school. After receiving her degree in art history in 1963, Ms. Tharp joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company before starting her own dance company. She has danced with several great masters of modern dance including Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Erick Hawkins.

The residency with Twyla Tharp Dance is part of Pathways to Dance, an annual eight-county Capital Region initiative, in concert with Man-hattan’s Joyce Theater, designed to support new dance creation and presentation through a variety of intensive workshops; performances;

exhibitions; lectures; and master classes. Members, along with the Joyce (New York County), include: The Egg and UAlbany Performing Arts Center (Albany); Basilica Hudson (Columbia); Catskill Mountain Foundation (Greene); Troy Savings Bank Music Hall (Rensselaer); National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Performing Arts Center (Saratoga); Proctors (Schenectady); and Hubbard Hall (Washington). Pathways to Dance is funded in part by the NYS Regional Economic Development Council, administered by the Electric City Arts and Entertainment Council.

Left: Photo by Bill King; Right: Twyla Tharp in SUE’S LEG, 1970

American DreamFeaturing Talented Student Dancers ofAmerican Dance StarsVictoria Rinaldi and Valentina Kozlova

Wednesday, April 20, 2016 @ 1:00 pmOrpheum Film & Performing Arts Center6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville

Tickets Purchased Ahead: $25; $20 seniors; $7 studentsAt the Door: $30; $25 seniors; $7 students

The Catskill Mountain Foundation and the Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory, New York presents and inspiring evening of dance for all ages. The award-winning dancers from VKDCNY will display their talents in a program ranging from ballet’s most bellowed classical solos and pas de deux to brand new cutting edge works making their world premiere. The same program will be presented the next week as part of the VKDCNY International Dance Festival at Symphony Space in New York City.

National Dance InstituteMountain Top Summer Residency Performance

Saturday, July 23, 2016 @ 7:00 pmOrpheum Film and Performing Arts Center 6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville

Tickets: $10

Over the course of two weeks in July, local children from the Mountain Top region of Greene County, NY, ages 9-13, will have an opportunity to experience dance as part of the 8th annual Mountain Top Summer Residency program led by the National Dance Institute. As a grand finale for this program, the students will perform in a fully-staged production accompanied by the NDI Celebration Team of young dancers from New York City.

National Dance Institute Summer Residency is supportedin part by Greene County Youth Fund, All Souls Church,

Stewart’s Shops, and Bank of Greene County.

New York Theatre Ballet performs “Cinderella”Saturday, November 12, 2016 @ 7:30 pmOrpheum Film & Performing Arts Center6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville


This timeless, enchanting story ballet, performed by the outstanding dancers of New York Theatre Ballet, is a delight for the entire family. Introduce a new generation to dance with winning choreography by Donald Mahler, the jubilant music of Sergei Prokofiev, and beloved characters.

www.catskillmtn.org • 4Top: Justin Valentine and Nikita Boris. Photo by Sonia Goicoechea

Middle: National Dance Institute Celebration TeamBottom: New York Theatre Ballet. Photo by Richard Termine


Photos by David Katzive

The NutcrackerFriday, December 9, 2016 @ 7:30 pmSaturday, December 10, 2016 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pmSunday, December 11, 2016 @ 2:00 pmOrpheum Film & Performing Arts Center6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville


Catskill Mountain Foundation, in cooperation with Victoria Rinaldi, the Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory New York, and Margo Sappington, presents the world’s favorite ballet—The Nutcracker—which enchants audiences young and old across the world during the holiday season. The long tradition of The Nutcracker will draw you into its magical realm, never to be forgotten. In this special production, Valentina Kozlova will stage the snow scene and second act, inspired by the Bolshoi Ballet pro-duction of her youth. Margo Sappington will play the role of Auntie Drosselmeyer. Victoria Rinaldi will once again work with local children and adults to stage the party scene, the battle, the second act angels and Mother Ginger’s children.

CONCERTS & CONVERSATIONSThese performances are part of the Piano Performance Museum Concerts & Conversations series of the Catskill Mountain Foundation’s

presenting season and are made possible with the generous support of the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation.

Pianos in Vienna and London around 1800:Reconciliable Differences?Maria Rose, piano and lectureAnton Walter piano ca. 1785 (replica by John Lyon, 1985)John Broadwood piano ca. 1842Broadwood piano selected from the Steven E. Greenstein Collectionof the Catskill Mountain Foundation Piano Performance Museum

Saturday, May 14, 2016 @ 8:00pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter


A recital of sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven, Koželuh, Dussek, and Clementi on pianos with which the composers would have been familiar. The differences between pianos in Vienna and London, and the implications for the music and performance habits of the time, are explained by pianist and musicologist Maria Rose. Why is a Mozart sonata different when played on a 1790 Viennese piano and why was Mozart critical of Clem-enti’s playing when they played in a contest at the Viennese court in 1781? Why were Koželuh’s sonatas more popular than Mozart’s in 1790, how did Dussek influence piano builders, and why was Clementi called the “father of the piano”? These are some of the questions that will be answered in brief lectures framing the performance of familiar piano music in new and unexpected ways.

PROGRAMLeopold Koželuh Sonata in A major, op. 35 no. 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in B flat Major, K. 333Muzio Clementi Sonata in B flat Major, Op. 24 no. 2 (I)

Muzio Clementi Sonata in B Minor, Op. 40 no. 2Jan Ladislav Dussek Sonata in G Minor, Op. 10 no. 2

Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in G Major, Op. 14 no. 2

Maria van Epenhuysen Rose is a native from the Netherlands and holds degrees in Piano Performance from the Groningen Conservatory, the Royal Academy of Music in London, and Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She also has an M.A. in Classical Languages from the University of Toledo and a Ph.D. in Musicology from New York University (2006) with the dissertation “L’Art de Bien Chanter: French pianos and their Music before 1820.” Ms. Rose is the author of many articles on piano performance practice and is an active performer on historical instruments; she has appeared in solo recitals and chamber music concerts across Europe and the U.S. She has also recorded piano works by Hummel, Clementi, Field, Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn for Musical Heritage Society and Newport Classic/Sony labels. Most recently, she recorded songs by 19th-century French women composers with soprano Florence Launay. Ms. Rose has taught at the University of Toledo, the Cooper Union, New York University, and Mont-clair State University. She presently works as editor at the International Center of RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City and lives in Stone Ridge, New York.

www.catskillmtn.org • 6Top to Bottom: Maria Rose; John Broadwood Semi-Grand, ca. 1842

La Veneziana:Music of Barbara StrozziPre-Concert Lecture:“Virtuosic Vocal Chamber Musicof Mid 17th Century Italy”Tracy Cowart, Mezzo-sopranoSian Ricketts, SopranoRichard Kolb, Theorbo & ArchluteTomoko Sugawara, Harp

Saturday, May 28, 2016Lecture @ 7:30 pm; Concert @ 8:00 pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter


Welcome to 17th-century Italy, where vocal chamber music pyrotechnics explode in frothy rhetoric. This program explores the melodic inventiveness and passionate harmonic twists that flourished in the music of the virtuosissima Barbara Strozzi in Venice. Barbara Strozzi was one among many famous women singers of her generation, but she was unique in her equal proficiency as a composer, that established her as one of the leading composers of vocal chamber music of the entire Ba-roque period. Join us for an evening featuring voices, plucked strings and violins in a feast of captivating songs, lively dance tunes and sensuous sonatas.

Vladimir Feltsman,solo pianoSaturday, June 11, 2016 @ 8:00pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter


“Quite simply an amazing pianist…” —The New York Times

Pianist and conductor Vladimir Feltsman comes to the Doc-torow Center for the Arts for an exquisite evening of solo pi-ano. He is one of the most versatile and constantly interesting musicians of our time. His vast repertoire encompasses music from the Baroque to 21st-century composers. He has appeared with all the major American orchestras and on the most presti-gious musical stages and festivals worldwide.

Program: Schumann, Kinderszenen, Op. 15, Scenes from Childhood and Faschingsswantaus Wien, Op. 26; Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition


Top row, left to right: Sian Ricketts, Tracy CowartSecond row, left to right: Richard Kolb, Tomoko SugawaraBottom: Vladimir Feltsman


Lecture: “Playing Mozart as Mozart Would Have Played Mozart” Jeffrey Langford and Joanne Polk

Saturday, June 18, 2016 @ 2:00 pmPiano Performance MuseumDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter

Tickets Purchased Ahead: $10; $7 students

Musicologist Dr. Jeffrey Langford with pianist Dr. Joanne Polk at the 1783 Stein Viennese Pianoforte from the Steven E. Greenstein collection, will show that what we know today as musical notation needs to be “deciphered” by today’s pianists when it comes to music from the 18th century. An important part of this lecture is the opportunity audi-ences will have to hear this music played on an instrument that is considerably different from a modern concert grand and to consider how this older instrument might have impacted com-posing and performance.

Manhattan in theMountainsFaculty Concert Saturday, July 30, 2016 @ 8:00 pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter


Concert presented by faculty and students of Manhattan in the Mountains. Manhattan in the Mountains, a program of the Catskill Mountain Foundation, offers highly personalized rigorous musi-cal training in solo and chamber music for violinists, violists, and pianists, ages 13 and up working under the guidance of an inter-nationally renowned faculty. Nestled in the Catskill Mountains two hours from New York City, the festival provides a uniquely individual approach to developing musicianship. Through concerts, open master classes, lecture and other events, the public is invited to join in the process acknowledging that live performance is an integral aspect of becoming a professional musician.

Manhattan in the Mountains FacultyTop row, left to right: Jeffrey Langford, Joanne Polk

Second row, left to right: Tatiana Goncharova, Marion FeldmanThird row, left to right: Yang Song, Robin Scott, Weicong Zhang

Fourth row, left to right: Jaram Kim, Julian Langford, Jeejin Chang

Bottom: The 1783 Stein Viennese Pianoforte that will be played during the lecture, “Playing Mozart as Mozart Would Have Played Mozart”

Igudesman and Joo:And Now Mozart Hailed as “Mozart meets Monty Python”

Saturday, August 6, 2016 @ 8:00 pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter


“I had the time of my life when I first saw them live in action, and felt honored to be put in a cameo in some of their nutty skits! Take the opportunity to get a taste of their over brimming musical imagination!”

—Emanuel Ax

… then, a little nightmare music, and now, Mozart. For those who listen to Mozart, live with Mozart, gave birth to Mozart, eat, pray, and love Mozart, don’t care at all for Mozart, never even heard of Mozart, this show promises you all that it will contain absolutely NO Mozart! But that’s giving away way too much… The world of classical music has finally entered its future. And Now Mozart is a show that will change nothing, except enhance your love of music and toning your stomach muscles by hysterically laughing to and with Igudesman & Joo.

Windham FestivalChamber OrchestraTanya Gabrielian, pianoElmar Oliveira, violinRobert Manno, conductor

Saturday, November 26, 2016 @ 8:00 pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter


The Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra returns for their annual Thanksgiving weekend concert with 23 musicians, featuring Tanya Gabrielian, piano and Elmar Oliveira, violin, performing works by Vivaldi, Finzi, Grieg and Mendelssohn. Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra was formed in 2000 by conductor Robert Manno and has performed at the Wind-ham Civic Centre Concert Hall and the Doctorow Center for the Arts. The orchestra is comprised of the finest musicians from the New York area and includes current and former members of some of the world’s most esteemed orchestras and ensembles.


Top: Igudesman & JooSecond row, left to right: Robert Manno; Elmar Oliveira, photo by Tucker Densley Bottom: Tanya Gabrielian

PIANO PERFORMANCE MUSEUM FESTIVAL WEEKEND

Two days, two great lectures byesteemed educators and musiciansThese programs are part of the Catskill Mountain

Foundation’s Piano Performance Museum Concerts &Conversations series. They are made possible withthe generous support of the Jarvis and Constance

Doctorow Family Foundation.

Piano Performance Museum, Doctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter

Mendelssohn: His Life in Violin SonatasViolinist Abigail Karr and Fortepianist Yi-heng Yang1842 John Broadwood Semi-Grand1873 Erard Paris 7’ Grand

Saturday, August 20, 2016 @ 2:30pmTickets Purchased Ahead: $25; $20 seniors; $7 studentsAt the Door: $30; $25 seniors; $7 students

This performance will explore the relatively unknown but delightful violin and piano works of Mendelssohn. Rarely performed as a set, the composer’s three full sonatas and an unfinished Fragment are explored by baroque violinist Abigail Karr and historical keyboard specialist Yi-heng Yang. The works tell the story of Mendelssohn’s life and creative progress, as the first was written when he was only 11 years old, the second as he was coming into his own as one of the great Romantics, and the third during his mature period. Using a historic piano from the Piano Performance Museum as well as a period-faithful violin, Karr and Yang also draw the audience into the sounds and aesthetics of 19th century music making, demonstrating and explaining the differences between older instruments and the modern piano and violin.

The Frederick Collection of Historical PianosAshburnham, MassachusettsEdmund Michael and Patricia FrederickAccompanied by Fortepianist Yi-heng Yang

Sunday, August 21, 2016 @ 2:00 pmTickets: $10; $7 students

Edmund Michael and Patricia Frederick visit the Steven E. Greenstein Collection of Historical Pianos in Hunter to lecture about their own superb collection of historical 18th and 19th century playable pianos and to comment on the piano collec-tion in the Doctorow Center. Fortepianist Yi-heng Yang will demonstrate on the pianos.

Top: Erard Paris 7’ GrandSecond row, left to right: Abigail Karr, Yi-heng Yang

Third row: Felix MendelssohnBottom: The Frederick Collection of Historical Pianos, photo by Kevin Sletten

Common Ground on the Mountain: A Concert of Folk, Bluegrass and Acoustic MusicWalt Michael & Company, Tony Trischka, Professor Louie and the Crowmatix and Greg Dayton

Saturday, January 16, 2016 @ 8:00 pmDoors Open @ 6:00 pm • Cash Beer and Wine BarOrpheum Film & Performing Arts Center6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville

Tickets Purchased Ahead: $30At the Door: $35

“…Walt Michael has established himself as one of the most innovative and expressive of traditional musicians….”

—Lincoln Center

Professor Louie and the Crowmatix“a tasty mix of rhythm and blues and rock & roll.Americana at it’s best”

—Village Voice

This special event brings Common Ground to The Orpheum Film and Performing Arts Center. Common Ground On The Hill is a traditional, roots-based music, arts and humanities or-ganization founded in 1994 by Executive Director Walt Michael in Westminster, MD. This concert will feature musicians who have been part of the Common Ground experience, cele-brating the ethnic & cultural traditions of Folk, Bluegrass and Acoustic Music.

Walt Michael is considered to be a virtuoso of tremendous influence in the revival of the hammered dulcimer. Walt’s wide repertoire ranges from old-time Southern Appalachian, to Celtic, to breath-taking original compositions.

Tony Trischka is considered to be the consummate banjo artist and perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music world. For more than 45 years, his stylings have inspired a whole generation of bluegrass and acoustic musicians.

Professor Louie & The Crowmatix repertoire is steeped in rock‘n’roll, blues, gospel and American roots music and fea-tures a compelling collection of original and traditional tunes.

Greg Dayton is a singer/songwriter and guitarist with influences from acoustic blues to classic rock.

This event is part of the Catskill Mountain Foundation 2016 Performing Arts Season and is funded by private donations.



Top row, left to right: Walt Michael, Tony TrischkaSecond row: Professor Louie and the Crowmatix Bottom: Greg Dayton



Concert to Celebrate Black History MonthGospel, Soul andInspirational MusicAlexis P. Suter BandRay Blue Organ Trio

Saturday, February 13, 2016 @ 8:00 pmDoors Open @ 6:00 pm • Cash Beer and Wine BarOrpheum Film & Performing Arts Center6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville


Alexis P. Suter BandThis acclaimed five piece ensemble is fronted by a vocalist who transcends styles and genres. When the great B.B. King first heard Alexis Suter sing her opening set for him, he shook his head in wonder in his characteristic way and said, “It’s a rare thing to share the stage with a great talent like that young lady.”

Ray Blue Organ Trio

“Ray Blue has a majestic presence … when playing, his sense of purpose is obvious. It’s one thing to be a good composer it’s another to be a great performer. Ray Blue’s got the whole package.”

—Jean Szlamowicz, Jazz Hot, Down Beat Magazine

Ray is a New York bred saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator who performs and conducts workshops and master classes internationally. Ray is the winner of the Jazz Legacy Award and was inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame.

This event is part of the Catskill Mountain Foundation 2016 Performing Arts Season and is funded by private donations.

OMNY Taiko DrummersFeaturing Grammy Award-Winning Taiko Master, Koji Nakamura

Sunday, July 3, 2016 @ 7:00 pmOrpheum Film & Performing Arts Center6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville

This is a community event and tickets are Free.

“Art, music, connection, these things are as old as the hills.”—Amanda Palmer

Join us to experience the powerful vibrations of Grammy Award winner Koji Nakamura and OMNY Taiko’s traditional Japanese taiko drumming. Taiko drumming is a spiritual art. The sound of the taiko drum is as pure and as fundamental as the heartbeat and has the power to cleanse ourselves and our surroundings. It is thought that Taiko drumming may go as far back as 2,000 years!

Top to bottom: Alexis P. Suter, Ray Blue, OMNY Taiko

New York Blues Hall of Fame Concert & Awards CeremonySaturday, July 16, 2016 @ 8:00 pmOrpheum Film & Performing Arts Center6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville


New York Blues Hall of Fame Concert & Ceremony returns to the Orpheum this year. The inductees for 2016 are Professor Louie & the Crowmatix and the Michael Packer Blues Band. The other artists who will be leading the induction ceremony and performing during the evening are Rory Block, John Plata-nia, Larry Packer & Greg Dayton.

Tall HeightsFolk Music DuoSaturday, August 27, 2016 @ 8:00 pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter


“Intimate and arresting” —NPR

“In addition to finger-picked guitar, swelling cello and tight, prismatic vocal harmonies, ‘Spirit Cold’ boasts a bold, airy drum part that propels the song through the peaks and troughs of the arrangement.”

—Wall Street Journal

It’s been half a decade since Tall Heights kicked off their career in Boston’s Faneuil Hall, busking for more than 100 days to help fund their very first EP. Paul Wright would play cello, Tim Har-rington would strum the acoustic guitar, and both bandmates would sing, their voices cutting through the noise of shoppers and tourists. Since those days, the duo’s harmony-heavy indie folk has taken Tall Heights to stages across the country. They’ve toured America, released the critically-acclaimed album, Man of Stone, and earned a spot on the same folk family tree as Simon & Garfunkel and Bon Iver. On 2015’s Holding On, Holding Out, the duo widen their reach significantly, beefing up their sound with electronics, synthesizers, drums loops, Casio keyboards, and plenty of shimmer and shine. It’s a record of exploration and expansion, with Tall Heights building something towering on top of their folksy foundation.

This performance is made possible with the generous support of the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation.


Top row, left to right: Michael Packer, Larry Packer; Second row: Professor Louie and the Crowmatix; Third row, left to right: Rory Block, John Platania, photo by Wyatt McSpadden, Greg Dayton, photo by Kristina Zaidner; Bottom: Tall Heights


Hudson River TrainCatskill RegionVariety ShowWith Carver Blanchard,host of the radio program, “Carver’s Barn”Guest Artists:Tania Stavreva, piano, Jim Wann, lyricist

Sunday, September 4, 2016 @ 8:00 pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter


“Carver’s Barn” is a live radio broadcast featuring regional art-ists and writers of broad reputation. The program will include Jim Wann, creator of the Broadway show Pump Boys and Di-nettes performing selections from his latest CD Blue Heaven. In addition, Jim will be introducing material from a new show in progress, “Hudson River Train” which draws upon Catskill Mountain folk music and history. Also appearing will be Tania Stavreva, a young pianist who will be make her third Carnegie appearance this June. Radio host Carver Blanchard is former lutenist for the Smithsonian Institution, composer and singer.

Leyla McCalla TrioSaturday, October 8, 2016 @ 8:00 pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter


“Her voice is disarmingly natural, and her settings are elegantly succinct … her magnificently transparent music holds tidings of family, memory, solitude and the inexorability of time: weighty thoughts handled with the lightest touch imaginable.”

—The New York Times

Leyla McCalla is a New York-born Haitian-American living in New Orleans, who sings in French, Haitian Creole and English, and plays cello, tenor banjo and guitar. Deeply influenced by traditional Creole, Cajun and Haitian music, as well as by Amer-ican jazz and folk, her music is at once earthy, elegant, soulful and witty—it vibrates with three centuries of history, yet also feels strikingly fresh, distinctive and contemporary. Leyla’s debut album, Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes, was named 2013’s Album of the Year by the London Sunday Times, and received additional raves from a number of other publications for its haunting mixture of music and message.

This event is funded in part by the Jarvis andConstance Doctorow Family Foundation

Top to bottom: Tania Stavreva, Jim Wann, Leyla McCalla www.catskillmtn.org • 14


FOR THE FAMILYRed Herring Puppets: “Little One-Inch”Tuesday, March 15, 2016 @ 3:45 pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter

Tickets Purchased Ahead: $10; $7 studentsAt the Door: $12; $7 students

“The children were mesmerized. Several parents commented that this was the best puppet show they’d ever seen, highly professional, and absolutely fabulous.”

—Pam Bloom, Rowan County Libraries

Based on the popular Japanese folktale of love and enchant-ment, Little One Inch is the magical story of an agedcouple whose prayers are answered when they find a small baby by the side of the road. This new solo show, performed in a delicately hand-crafted theatre is designed for family audiences of all ages. Lisa Sturz, Artistic Director of Red Herring Puppets, is an Emmy award-winning puppeteer who has worked with Jim Henson Productions, Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Imagineering, PBS, NBC, UNC-TV, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Indiana School of Music, the Asheville Symphony and many more.

Enchantment Theatre in “Peter Rabbit”Saturday, May 7, 2016 @ 3:30 pmOrpheum Film & Performing Arts Center6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville


“Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter….” These famous opening lines of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” have enchanted young audiences for over one hundred years with the exploits of a charming hero, who, going against his mother’s wishes, has adventures (and misadventures) in Mr. McGregor’s garden. In celebration of Beatrix Potter’s 150th birthday anniversary, Enchantment Theatre brings her captivating stories to life. Us-ing fantastic masks, whimsical puppets, gorgeous scenery and original music, the magical, marvelous World of Beatrix Potter™ comes alive on stage.

This event is funded in part by the Jarvis and ConstanceDoctorow Family Foundation and theSamuel and Esther Doctorow Fund


The Kamikaze FirefliesSaturday, June 4, 2016 @ 3:30 pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter


Vivid Imagination that will have you roaring with Laughter!

The Kamikaze Fireflies are a Los Angeles based two person vaudeville smack down featuring Rob Williams (formerly of the renowned comedy troupe The Flaming Idiots) and Casey Mar-tin (formerly of the acrobatic show Barely Balanced). Whether spinning gigantic metal cubes, juggling, stilt-walking, performing daring stunts, breathing fire, or breaking into contortionist backbends, their performances incite awe and laughter for the whole family.


The Puppet People:“The Wizard of Oz”Saturday, October 22, 2016 @ 3:30 pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter


“ …most mesmerizing puppet show we’ve ever had!”—Director, Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum

Join The Puppet People as they follow the yellow brick road to The Emerald City and beyond in the magical Land of Oz and bring to life this literary classic! See Dorothy, The Scarecrow, The Tinman and The Cowardly Lion learn about home, cour-age, heart and smarts! This puppet fantasy features mario-nettes, shadow puppets, rod puppets, a large parade puppet and more! “You have plenty of courage, I am sure,” answered Oz. “All you need is confidence in yourself. There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.” Frank L Baum, The Wizard of Oz



LITERARY ARTS

Poetry at 1600 Feet FestivalCurated by Margaret Uhalde and Breanna Metcalf-Oshinsky

Featured Performance: Friday, April 15, 2016 @ 7:00 pmArs Poetica Workshop series: Saturday, April 16, 2016Doctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Hunter

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE!

Poetry At 1600 Feet is moving to National Poetry Month! The second annual incarnation of your favorite spoken word series has become a two-day festival, and will bring four poets to the Catskill Mountain Foundation’s Doctorow Center for the Arts. In an all-new Ars Poetica Workshop series that has been added to the Festival, the public has the chance to learn about creat-ing forms of poetry and art that may be completely new to them through workshops with each featured artist. In the open mic, the audience will have the opportunity to fill the role of performer and share their work. All events are free. Last year’s featured poets were Joanna Hoffman, Jeanann Verlee, and Margaret Uhalde; this year Uhalde will return and bring Breanna Metcalf-Oshinsky, Mike Rosen, and a surprise guest poet with her! For poet bios and more information, visit the Founda-tion’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CatskillMtn. Poetry at 1600 Feet aims to show the Catskill Mountain area what it’s been missing, and to spark an interest in a quickly grow-ing genre that may last a lifetime. Use the hashtag #CMFPoetry to stay updated! Ars Poetica Workshop Series:12:45 - 1:45 workshop with Margaret Uhalde2:00 - 3:00 workshop with Mike Rosen3:15 - 4:15 workshop with Breanna Metcalf-Oshinsky4:30 - 5:30 workshop with surprise guest poet6PM open mic

Left to right: Breanna Metcalf-Oshinsky, Margaret Uhalde, Mike Rosen


The Catskill Mountain Foundation presents

K-ARTS DANCE COMPANYThe 2016 Annual Benefit

Established in 1993 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports

and Tourism of Korea, the Korea National University of Arts (K-Arts)

aims to train talented artists by pro-viding curricula for professionals of all artistic

genres through highly qualified faculty and advanced educa-tional facilities. Established to provide practical and high-stan-dard education to meet the goal of achieving professionalism and excellence in dance education, the School of Dance is one of the six schools at K-Arts. Consisting of school faculty and students at Korea National University of Arts, the K-Arts Dance Company was established in 1997.

Beginning with France Lyon Conservatory in 2000, Korea Na-tional University of Arts has executed cultural exchange agree-ments with many institutions throughout the world, including the State University of New York (SUNY) Purchase College, Beijing Dance Academy, Conservatoire de Paris, California Institute of the Arts, and Trinity Laban Conservatory.

Join us to Celebrate our 19th Year of Bringing World Class Arts to the Mountaintop.

“ … one of the best dance performancesI have seen in a very long time.”

—Diana White, former soloistwith the New York City Ballet

SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2016@ 6 PMORPHEUM FILM &PERFORMING ARTS CENTER6050 Main StreetVillage of Tannersville

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ALSO ON OUR STAGES…Christmas in July with Thornton Wilder Two One-Act Plays: The Long Christmas Dinner & Pullman Car HiawathaPresented by The Kaaterskill Actors TheaterDirected by Jim Milton

Friday & Saturday,July 1 & 2 @ 7:00 pmSunday, July 3 @ 2:00 pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter

Joint us for two one-act plays by the author of Our Town and a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. The Long Christmas Dinner carries the Bayard family through 90 years of Yuletide cele-brations, as we see generations born, grow up, prosper, age and die, all in the space of a single meal. Pullman Car Hiawatha carries its comical sleeping car passengers to Chicago by way of Ohio, time, space and the Milky Way, as we see them (and ourselves) as part of a great celestial celebration. Beat the heat and have a Merry Christmas in July with Mr. Wilder.

Ragtime andthe Birth of JazzChris Washburne’sRagtime BandPresented by Catskill Jazz Factoryand 23Arts Initiative

Friday, August 5 @ 7:30 pmOrpheum Film & Performing Arts Center6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville

“One of the best trombonists in New York” (The New York Times) joins forces with “one of Brazil’s best kept secrets” (EJazz News) in a bi-hemispheric ragtime revival! Latin Jazz master trombonist and Catskill Jazz Factory all-star Chris Washburne returns to the Catskills alongside Brazilian virtuoso pianist André Mehmari for the first installment of a two-year project in centennial tribute to the “King of Ragtime Writers,” Scott Joplin and an exploration of the international roots of jazz performing the best of the Cuban Habanera and Brazilian Choro traditions.

Bottom left: Chris Washburne, photo courtesy of the artist

Fictions: Borges in TangoChris Pattishall OctetPresented by Catskill Jazz Factoryand 23Arts Initiative

Friday, August 12 @ 7:30 pmOrpheum Film & Performing Arts Center6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville

Named by Wynton Marsalis as one of the top five jazz musi-cians under 30 to watch, pianist Chris Pattishall will lead an octet in this debut night dedicated to the writings of Argentini-an author Jorge Luis Borges and the rich history of tango. A monumental magical realist, Borges described the tango as invoking “an apocryphal past, simultaneously stoic and orgi-astic, in which I have challenged and fought, in the end to fall silently in an obscure knife-fight.” Pattishall’s compositions will draw on classic tango, the symphonic tone poems of Rimsky-Korsakov and Richard Strauss, and the works of Astor Piazzolla, weaving a network of inspiration, reference and imagination.

Annual Holiday MusicalPresented by The Greene Room Players

Friday & Saturday,November 18 and 19 @ 7:30 pmSunday, November 20 @ 2:00 pmDoctorow Center for the Arts7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter

Scrooge & Son,or The Last Spiritwritten and directed by Jim MiltonPresented by The Kaaterskill Actors Theaterand Petite Productions

Friday & Saturday,December 2 and 3 @ 7:00 pmSunday, December 4 @ 2:00 pmOrpheum Film & Performing Arts Center6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville

Third annual holiday presentation! Charles Dickens’ classic tale of the Christmases Past, Present and To Come has moved to the Catskill Mountains during the post-Civil War era. Spirits, ballet, history, kids and everyone’s favorite Mean Old Man mix to make a truly special evening of local lore, old-time music, laughter, song … and The Nutcracker! Join your friends and neighbors for one of the season’s most beloved and heartening rituals: the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge.

Top right: Chris Pattishall, photo by Zenith Richards


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2016 EVENTS AT-A-GLANCEJANUARYCommon Ground on the Mountain: Folk, Bluegrass and Acoustic MusicSaturday, January 16 @ 8:00 pmOPAC

FEBRUARYConcert Celebrating Black History Month: Alexis P. Suter Band & The Ray Blue Organ TrioSaturday, February 13 @ 8:00 pmOPAC

MARCHRed Herring Puppets:“Little One-Inch”Tuesday, March 15 @ 3:45 pmDCA

APRILPoetry at 1600 Feet FestivalFriday, April 15 @ 7:00 pmSaturday, April 16DCA

Twyla Tharp Dance ShowcaseSaturday, April 16 @ 7:30 pmOPAC

American DreamWednesday, April 20 @ 1:00 pmOPAC

MAYEnchantment Theater:“Peter Rabbit” Saturday, May 7 @ 3:30pmOPAC

Pianos in Vienna and London around 1800: Reconciliable Differences? Saturday, May 14 @ 8:00 pmDCA

La Veneziana:Music of Barbara StrozziWith Pre-Concert LectureSaturday, May 28Lecture @ 7:30 pmConcert @ 8:00 pmDCA

JUNEThe Kamikaze Fireflies Saturday, June 4 @ 3:30pmDCA

Vladimir Feltsman, Solo PianoSaturday, June 11 @ 8:00 pmDCA

Lecture: Playing Mozart as Mozart Would Have Played Mozart Saturday, June 18 @ 2:00pmDCA

JULYChristmas in Julywith Thornton WilderFriday & Saturday, July 1 & 2@ 7:00 pmSunday, July 3 @ 2:00 pmDCA

OMNY Taiko Drummers Sunday, July 3 @ 7:00pmOPAC

CMF Annual Benefit:K-Arts Dance Company Saturday, July 9 @ 6:00pmOPAC

New York Blues Hall of FameAward Show Saturday, July 16 @ 8:00pmOPAC

National Dance InstituteMountain Top SummerResidency PerformanceSaturday, July 23 @ 7:00 pmOPAC

Manhattan in the MountainsFaculty ConcertSaturday, July 30 @ 8:00 pmDCA

AUGUSTIgudesman and Joo: And Now MozartSaturday, August 6 @ 8:00 pmDCA

Mendelssohn:His Life in Violin SonatasSaturday, August 20 @ 8:00pmDCA

The Frederick Collectionof Historical PianosSunday, August 21 @ 2:00 pmDCA

Tall Heights Folk Music DuoSaturday, August 27 @ 8:00 pmDCA

SEPTEMBERHudson River Train:A Catskill Region Variety Show Sunday, September 4 @ 8:00 pmDCA

OCTOBERLeyla McCalla TrioSaturday, October 8 @ 8:00 pmDCA

The Puppet People: “Wizard of Oz”Saturday, October 22 @ 3:30 pmDCA

NOVEMBERNew York Theatre Ballet: “Cinderella” Saturday, November 12 @ 7:30pmOPAC

Windham Festival Chamber OrchestraSaturday, November 26 @ 8:00 pmDCA

DECEMBERScrooge & Son, or The Last SpiritFriday & Saturday, December 4 & 5@ 7:00 pmSunday, December 6 @ 2:00 pmOPAC

The NutcrackerFriday, December 9 @ 7:30 pmSaturday, December 10@ 2:00 & 7:30 pmSunday, December 11 @ 2:00 pmOPAC

OPAC=Orpheum Film & Performing Arts Center, 6050 Main Street, Village of TannersvilleDCA=Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Village of HunterOUR VENUES

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