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SUMMARY:Camp MoCA Registration is Now Open | Register Now!
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW FOR CAMP MoCA 2024! \n\nFULL DAY M-F 9:30a-3p HALF DAY M-F 9:30a- 12:30p\nOFFERING 12 WEEKS OF CAMP (**WEEK 5: JULY 1-3 ONLY**)\nALL CAMPERS MUST BE FULLY POTTY-TRAINED\nJoin us on Sunday\, August 25th at our annual Camper Art Exhibition “KALEIDOSCOPE”\n\nCamp MoCA is a fully accredited youth art camp that offers weekly half-day and full-day options for families who wish to give their children (ages 4-7) an enriching and educational summer experience. At Camp MoCA\, we make connections between self\, family\, and community in all of our creative pursuits. \nOur campers enjoy our air-conditioned and expansive indoor facilities along with our outdoor play and garden areas every day. Our camp is designed to provide children with a fun and creative environment where they will learn new skills\, make friends\, and explore expressing themselves artistically. We believe that exposure to the arts is essential for a child’s development\, and we are committed to providing campers with an experience that is both fun and educational. \nOn a typical day campers will move through art lessons\, immersive exhibition time\, a science lesson in our working garden\, time to play outside\, and time to relax with calm structured activities. We have specific plans to diversify instruction to meet the developmental needs of our campers and we have special activities on some days when they have water play\, ice cream and dance parties along with an informal camper talent show. \nWe have a maximum of 24 campers – 2-3 instructors and 2-4 counselors on site at all times along with a Camp Director. Campers bring with them nut-free snacks\, lunch and a water bottle. Camp MoCA is the perfect opportunity for parents to give their children a summer experience that they will never forget. Our camp is fully accredited\, which means that parents can rest assured that their children are in good hands. We are committed to providing a safe and nurturing environment for all of our campers. All families and friends will be invited to celebrate their camper’s artwork on Sunday\, August 25th at our annual Camper Art Exhibition. \nFor more information\, contact us at campmoca@mocawestport.org
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/save-the-date-camp-moca-2024-registration-opens-on-march-1st/
LOCATION:MoCA Westport\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
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SUMMARY:Connecticut Guitar Festival: Global Kick-Off Concert
DESCRIPTION:A feat of styles and artists kick off the 2024 festival in our beautiful space.\nThe Festival will take place over three days. Learn more  \nGlobal Kick-Off Concert\, March 1 at 7 PM – Get Tickets  \nPerformers:\n\nDaniel Lippel: Guitarist Daniel Lippel\, called an “exciting soloist” (New York Times) has a multi-faceted career as a soloist\, chamber musician\, collaborator\, and recording artist. Recent recital highlights include the Cleveland International Guitar Festival\, Le Poisson Rouge (NYC)\,  Sinus Ton Festival (Germany)\, the National University of Colombia in Bogota\, and the  Triangle and New York Classical Guitar Societies. As a contemporary chamber musician\, he has been a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble since  2005 and counter)induction since 2019\, and played as a guest with many other ensembles\, including St. Paul Chamber Orchestra\, New York City Ballet\, New York New  Music Ensemble\, Wet Ink Ensemble\, Talea Ensemble\, and Ensemble Dal Niente\,  performing at such venues as the Dutch National Opera\, Ultima Festival at the Oslo Opera House (Norway)\, Guitar Foundation of America Convention (Manhattan School of  Music)\, Macau Festival (China)\, and Kunst Universitaet Graz (Austria)\, Mostly Mozart  Festival\, Ojai Festival\, and Ottawa Chamber Festival (Canada). He has worked closely with many composers including Mario Davidovsky\, Nils Vigeland\, Charles Wuorinen\,  Ken Ueno\, Dai Fujikura\, Tyshawn Sorey\, Wang Lu\, Reiko Fueting\, Du Yun\, Douglas  Boyce\, Kyle Bartlett\, Mikel Kuehn\, and John Link. Lippel has also been active in various creative improvised contexts in performance and on recording\, including on projects with Cory Smythe\, Will Mason’s Happy Place\, Alejandro Florez\, Dan Bruce\, and Aidan  Plank. As a longtime guitarist with the eclectic indie group Mice Parade\, he performed on several international tours and albums. He is the co-founder\, owner\, and director of New  Focus Recordings\, performing and producing on several of its albums\, as well as appearing on recordings on other labels including Kairos\, Sony Classical Japan\, Bridge\,  Tzadik\, Wergo\, and New World. Australia’s Limelight magazine called his recent recording of Bach’s works on a re-fretted Well-Tempered guitar “a watershed in Lippel’s  ability to bring together novel musicological and philosophical strands in the service of  pure pleasure.” Lippel has given presentations and masterclasses to guitar and composition departments at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule (Berlin)\, Curtis Institute\, Sydney Conservatorium of Music\, Peabody Institute of Music\, and San Francisco  Conservatory\, among others. He completed his DMA at the Manhattan School of Music.\n\nĐani Šehu: Đani Šehu (b. 1980) received his primary education in his hometown of Sarajevo\, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After high school\, he studied guitar with professor Rafael Andia at the Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris\, France. In 2000\, he continued his education at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna\, Austria. He studied with professors Konrad Ragossnig and Alexander Swete and graduated in 2006 at the concert department for guitar. He earned his master’s degree in 2010 studying under professor Alexander Swete. Throughout his education\, Šehu attended several seminars and master classes with world-class professors and artists. As a soloist and chamber musician\, Šehu has performed throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Croatia\, Serbia\, Austria\, France\, Sweden\, Italy and Germany. He has performed as a soloist with the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra (Bosnia and Herzegovina)\, the Tonart Simfonietta (Austria)\, and the Dubrovnik string quartet (Croatia). Since 2006 he is teaching at the Music Academy of University of Sarajevo. His students have gained worldwide attention with their successes at international competitions and concerts throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina and abroad. In addition to his active concert schedule\, he is a guest of many festivals internationally as a master class clinician and serving as a member of the juries. He is a founder and director of the Sarajevo International Guitar Festival and International “SIGF Summer School”. \n\nQuarantined Quartet: Quarantined Quartet are Elysa (mom)\, Jason (dad)\, Joseph (13 y.o) & Noah (12 y.o) Hochman. They are a family guitar quartet that plays a unique brand of guitar fusing Spanish\, Classical\, Flamenco and Acoustic styles. The Quarantined Quartet has been posting daily on Instagram since March 21\, 2020 to track their practice and share it with the world. Right after closing their music school in Manhattan due to the NYC shutdowns.  They grew to have a following of over 670k followers on Instagram and over 517k on Facebook throughout these 3+ years. They released an EP under Quarantined Quartet in December 2021. Their uplifting pandemic story was featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show\, Good Morning America\, NBC Stay Tuned Now and many more media outlets for their unique family band. Elysa and Jason are also the founders of the New York Guitar Academy. Their academy offers classes and lessons for children to adults in all styles and levels of guitar and they had to closed thier Manhattan studio in 2020 and transfer everything to remote learning. New York Guitar Academy was rated the number 1 school to learn guitar in TimeOut New York Kids. They released 3 books with Classical & Flamenco Guitar Solos & Etudes that features over 65 original etudes and songs for classical and flamenco guitar students.. Their family project unexpectedly lifted their academy online classes to new heights. Jay & Lee Rumba Flamenca is Jason (Jay) and Elysa’s (Lee) highly acclaimed guitar duo that performs Rumba Flamenca and Spanish Classical Guitar in New York metropolitan area. They’ve had tons of notable performances including performances at Lincoln Center\, US Open Finals Pre-Game Shows and many more events for widely recognized organizations\, businesses\, celebrities and museums. They released 2 albums under their guitar duo name “Jay & Lee.” These albums are titled “Strums of Brooklyn” and “Guitar Duets.”\n\n\n\n\nDavid Steinhardt: Winning over 10 competitions\, David is the youngest guitarist to place first at the Hamilton International and Great Lakes Collegiate Guitar Competition. A sought after performer\, David has concertized across the US\, Canada\, and Europe in venues including Carnegie/Wigmore Hall and festivals including Hamilton\, Montreal\, and Ullapool International Guitar Festivals. Concerto highlights include his debut with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 17 and the Los Angeles debut of Steve Goss’ Concerto of Colours with the USC Wind Ensemble. On the radio\, David has performed for NPR’s From the Top\, WXXI’s Backstage Pass\, and Classical KUSC’s Sunday’s Live. Through online platforms\, he has been featured by Guitar Salon International and Guy Traviss. As a podcaster\, David was host and producer of The Tonebase Classical Guitar Podcast. Through the show\, David interviewed guitarists of well renown including Pepe Romero\, Judicaël Perroy\, Scott Tennant\, Eliot Fisk\, and Gabriel Bianco. The podcast focused on insightful  topics ranging from pedagogical approaches to recording techniques with listeners across 20+ countries. A passionate educator\, David has taught masterclasses/workshops for Guitar Hamilton\, Guitar San Antonio\, and the Interlochen Arts Academy. He is on faculty at Levine Music and holds a virtual private studio. David currently plays a Paco Santiago Marin guitar.
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/connecticut-guitar-festival-2024/
LOCATION:MoCA Westport\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
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SUMMARY:MoCA Some Noise | Open Mic Night
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an Open Mic night at MoCA Westport featuring acoustic music\, poetry\, and slam poetry on Friday\, March 8th at 6:30 PM! Everyone is invited to participate and attend. \nGet your tickets to participate or attend here. \nOpen Mic night is FREE for Members to watch; MoCA Member Participation is FREE; General Admission $10; Participation Fee $5 \nContact Isabelle at isabelle@mocawestport.org with questions.
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/moca-some-noise-open-mic-night-4/
LOCATION:MoCA Westport\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
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SUMMARY:Heida Competition Alum Stephanie Tang Returns with the Paddington Trio
DESCRIPTION:Suggested Donation: $25  \nTo RSVP email thepaddingtontrio@gmail.com \nHeida Competition alum pianist Stephanie Tang to return to Westport with the Paddington Trio: Don’t miss an evening of wonderful chamber music! Featuring works by Beethoven and Shostakovich as well as exciting new works by Ellen Lindquist and Sam Perkin. \n\n\n\n\nProgram: \n\nBeethoven Op. 1 No. 3\nSam Perkin: Freakshow (2016)\n\nIntermission\n\nEllen Lindquist: Shining Through (2023)\nShostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2\n\n\n\n\nAbout Paddington Trio:\n\n“Their youth does not remotely detract from their excellence – these are accomplished musicians by any standard\, not only in technique but in rapport and nuance. In places\, there was true beauty but never as an end in itself: everything served a higher conception of the music. I have rarely been so excited by performers new to me.” –Strings Attached \nSeen as one of the most exciting chamber ensembles of their generation\, the Paddington Trio has been recognized in international competitions and live performances for their fresh interpretations and exuberant energy. As did the famous bear\, Finnish violinist Tuulia Hero\, Irish cellist Patrick Moriarty and American pianist Stephanie Tang have made London their home and emerged as an ensemble of an entirely unique and lasting entity. The trio is celebrated for its close and energetic communication\, insightful and imaginative programming as well as its highly refined ensemble playing. The trio’s grand mission is to bridge the gap between new listeners and serious classical music enthusiasts by welcoming everyone into their living room of musical discovery and shared love of chamber music.  \nHaving started their first adventure together at the Paddington Station in 2020\, a year after they met\, the trio won the First Prize in the 70th Royal Over-Seas League Competition for Strings & Piano Ensemble. Firmly committed to promoting new music\, education and outreach in chamber music\, they were also honoured with the First Prize of the NEW FORMATS Project Prize 2022 in Graz\, Austria\, and the First Prize at the Clara Schumann International Competition. In April 2023\, they were the winners of the prestigious Parkhouse Award held in Wigmore Hall\, and they are currently generously supported by the City Music Foundation\, Kirckman Concert Society and GBZ Management. In the summer of 2023\, the trio completed an Artist Fellowship programme at their alma mater\, the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London\, and in 2023/24 continues to teach and inspire young ensembles as Chamber Fellows in the renowned Chamber Fellowship Programme at the Royal Northern College of Music.  \nIn March 2023\, the Paddington Trio made its concerto debut performing the Beethoven Triple Concerto with Jan Söderblom and the Jyväskylä Symphony Orchestra in Finland. They have appeared in prominent halls and series\, such as Wigmore Hall\, LSO St. Luke’s\, Oxford Coffee Concerts\, St. George’s Bristol and the BBC Total Immersion. Their most recent debuts saw them at the TivoliVredenburg and the Schiermonnikoog Festival in the Netherlands\, the Edinburgh Fringe\, Buxton International and Brighton Festivals\, and Lake District Summer Music. The trio has appeared on YLE Radio (Finland) and BBC Radio 3 In Tune. \nTuulia\, Patrick and Stephanie have had the privilege to work closely with internationally renowned musicians\, such as Eberhard Feltz\, Marc Danel\, Gary Hoffman\, Levon Chilingirian\, Robert Levin\, Johannes Meissl\, David Dolan and members of the Ébène\, Takács\, Endellion and Meta4 quartets. They join the European Chamber Music Academy in 2023 and also receive mentorships from ChamberStudio and the Netherlands String Quartet Academy. The trio studied under Thomas Adès at the IMS Prussia Cove’s 50th anniversary masterclasses. \nTuulia plays on a 1707 Stradivarius violin\, generously on loan from the Sibelius Academy\, University of the Arts Helsinki. \nTuulia Hero is an award-winning concert violinist and chamber musician\, as well as an accomplished improviser and educator currently based in London. Originally from Finland\, Tuulia was trained in violin from the age of 4 and brought up at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki\, the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Playing a Stradivarius violin from 1707\, generously lent to her by the Sibelius Academy\, University of the Arts Helsinki\, Tuulia is the 2024 artistic grant recipient of the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation in Finland. Tuulia gave her debut in 2012 at the Kauniainen International Music Festival and has since been invited to perform at the Presidential Palace in Finland\, Wigmore Hall in London\, Konzerthaus in Berlin\, and numerous festivals and concerts around Europe\, North America and Eastern Asia.  \nA native of Los Angeles\, Stephanie Tang performed in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall at the age of 12 and has since then performed in major venues such as Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles)\, Shenzhen Concert Hall\, Himalayan Concert Hall (Shanghai)\, Sendai Concert Hall\, venues throughout the Netherlands\, Place Flagey (Brussels)\, Wigmore Hall\, Barbican Centre\, Milton Court (London)\, Banff Centre\, and Koerner Hall (Toronto). Most recently\, Stephanie won Guildhall School’s most distinguished award\, the Gold Medal\, and in the past she has won 1st prize at the Young Pianists’ Beethoven Competition\, 2nd prize at Louisiana International Piano Competition and the Jury’s Discretionary Prize at the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Bronislaw Kaper Awards. \nCellist Patrick Moriarty is one of Ireland’s foremost musicians and is in high demand as a soloist and as a chamber musician. Patrick has performed in venues across Europe such as Wigmore Hall\, Barbican Hall\, Victoria Hall\, Muziekgebouw\, Musiikkitalo\, IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music\, West Cork Chamber Music Festival\, and GAIA Music Festival. He has won numerous competitions and prizes such as the 70th Royal Over-Seas League Competition and the prestigious Parkhouse Award in Wigmore hall. Recording work includes working with The Abbey Road Studios Institute as well as multiple recordings for BBC3\, RTE lyric FM\, YLE and VPRO. 
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/paddington-trio/
LOCATION:MoCA Westport\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
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SUMMARY:Performing Arts at MoCA: Frederic Chiu & David Gonzalez
DESCRIPTION: Come as early as 6:30 PM to check out the current exhibition. Purchase tickets here. \nThe Carnival of the Animals is a musical suite composed by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. It comprises 14 separate pieces\, each one suggesting a particular animal. It has become one of the most popular pieces in history\, often serving as an introduction for young audiences to Classical music.  David Gonzalez’s original free-verse poetry brings a fresh\, modern perspective on Saint-Saëns’ music. \nThe French composer Camille Saint-Saëns wrote the Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) while on vacation\, for a rag-tag student orchestra. He considered the piece frivolous\, but it was an instant hit. He therefore banned performances of it and did not allow his publisher to release it during his lifetime (except for one piece that became an instant classic – the Swan). Only after his death was the entire suite published. \nWhen it was finally published\, it appeared in multiple forms: the original version for 11 instruments\, for full orchestra\, for 2 pianos\, for 1 piano-4 hands\, and for solo piano. \nThe version Frederic Chiu is playing is for solo piano. Because of the difficulty for the solo pianist playing the parts of 11 instruments at the same time\, it turns a piece that might be frivolous into something much more virtuosic and\, at the same time\, more personal and touching. \nAbout Frederic Chiu: \nFrederic Chiu performs in major venues on five continents\, such as Lincoln Center in New York\, the Kennedy Center in Washington\, The Chatelet in Paris\, or the Mozarteum in Buenos Aires\, and extensive tours in smaller and unusual venues. He collaborates with Classical music friends Joshua Bell\, Pierre Amoyal\, Gary Hoffman and the St Lawrence String Quartet\, as well as non-Classical friends like jazz pianist Bob James\, writer/storyteller David Gonzalez\, Shakespearean actor Brian Bedford\, and the clown Buffo\, trying to bring the vivid live concert experience to as many people as possible. He has worked with conductors such as Christoph Campestrini\, John Nelson\, Stefan Sanderling\, Rodolfo Fischer\, Susan Haig\, Bernhard Klee\, Xian Zhang and Alexander Titov. \nAmong his recital programs\, Frederic Chiu presents “Classical Smackdown\,” an on-going series where composers face off in head-to-head comparisons\, with listeners voting for their favorite composer. After his first successful Smackdown between Debussy and Prokofiev\, he presented Bach vs. Philip Glass\, with results tracked at ClassicalSmackdown.com. The latest installment: Young Geniuses Smackdown between Mendelssohn and Chopin before the age of 20. \nFrederic Chiu has released over 30 recordings\, including the most extensive complete piano works of Prokofiev\, works of Chopin\, Liszt\, Ravel\, Mendelssohn\, Brahms\, Schubert\, Rossini and Grieg\, as well as the Beethoven/Liszt Symphony V and VII\, and the solo piano version of Carnival of the Animals. His recent projects include “Hymns and Dervishes\,” music of Gurdjieff/de Hartmann\, “Distant Voices: Piano music of Claude Debussy & Gao Ping” and Schubert Fantasy for Violin and Piano with William Harvey. He is a regular on St. Paul Sunday and Performance Today\, and a favorite of public radios across the country. \nChiu’s teaching program Deeper Piano Studies – a philosophic and holistic approach to piano playing – has been featured at the Juilliard School\, Indiana University’s Jacob School of Music\, the Manhattan School of Music\, the New England Conservatory\, the Banff Centre and most of the National Conservatories in China. He currently teaches at both Carnegie Mellon University and The Hartt School in Hartford\, CT. \nWith his wife\, Jeanine Esposito\, Chiu is the co-founder and artistic director of Beechwood Arts and Innovation in Connecticut\, focused on the crossroads between art\, innovation and transformation. His efforts to promote music coincide with his desire to foster peace and understanding\, recently recognized by a Senatorial Commendation from the United States Congress. He has been\, for more than 35 years\, a Yamaha artist\, and has explored the integration of their instruments ranging from the highest-quality acoustic to the purely digital\, and all the different hybrid combinations in between. \nAbout David Gonzalez\, Doctor of Arts: \nDavid is the recipient of the International Performing Arts for Youth “Lifetime Achievement Award for Sustained Excellence”. Mr. Gonzalez was named a Joseph Campbell Foundation Fellow and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for “Unique Theatrical Experience” for his production of The Frog Bride at Broadway’s New Victory Theater. He has created numerous productions\, including the critically acclaimed ¡Sofrito! with The Latin Legends Band\, and MytholoJazz\, both of which enjoyed sold-out runs at New Victory Theater. David completed Wounded Splendor\, a two-year residency and commission from the University of Maryland that celebrates the natural world and our responsibility to it. Sleeping Beauty\, featuring Bach’s Goldberg Variations\, premiered at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. David was a featured performer at the National Storytelling Festival\, and has performed at festivals in Spain\, Switzerland\, France\, Costa Rica\, Norway\, Puerto Rico\, and throughout the United States. He also appeared for three seasons at the Royal National Theatre in London. Mr. Gonzalez was the Artistic Director for The Alliance for a New Humanity\, an international service organization dedicated to peace and sustainability. The Man of the House was commissioned by and premiered at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. \nMr. Gonzalez’ work Double Crossed: The Saga of the St. Louis toured nationally\, including a run at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998. The same year\, David was honored with the Helen Hayes Performing Artist of the Year Award. As If the Past Were Listening\, a suite of creation myths\, was selected for Lincoln Center Institute’s repertory for three seasons. David’s Latin Jazz poetry project City of Dreams was commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and premiered at La Mama Theater. He wrote Finding North\, a one-man play based on Underground Railroad hero John Parker that was commissioned by the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and performed at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center; Aesop Bops! and co-wrote Mariel\, an Afro-Cuban musical set in the turbulent times of the Mariel boatlift from Cuba\, with Grammy-nominated songwriter John Forster. Mariel is the winner of the Macy’s “New Play Prize for Young Audiences.” David is also the author of the opera libretto Rise for Freedom! produced at the Cincinnati Opera\, and Jimi and Mr. B\, a musical commissioned by the Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center. His long form poem Oh Hudson in collaboration with violin virtuoso Mark O’Connor commemorates the Hudson quadricentennial\, and his version of The Carnival of the Animals with classical piano virtuoso Frederic Chui\, has toured nationally. David received his doctorate in Music Therapy from New York University and taught there for ten years. \nDavid’s poetry was featured at Lincoln Center’s Out-of-Doors Festival\, Bill Moyers’s documentary Fooling with Words on PBS\, NPR’s All Things Considered\, and the World Science Festival among many other venues. His poetry book\, Soundings\, is available wherever books are sold. He was the host of New York Kids on WNYC for eight seasons. He earned a doctoral degree from New York University in Music Therapy and has conducted numerous seminars\, workshops\, and lectures\, and worked as a music therapist in clinical and educational institutions. He is the Artistic Director of Crisalida Communications\, an organization that supports communities through arts outreach. Online at www.crisalidacom.com
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/performing-arts-at-moca-frederic-chiu-david-gonzalez/
LOCATION:MoCA Westport\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, CT\, 06880\, United States
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