Friends Of Music Concerts is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization dedicated for the past 69 years to advancing chamber music in Westchester County, New York. We host concerts featuring artists of the highest caliber at convenient local venues at attractive prices; engage professional groups to provide masterclass educational experiences in local schools; and subsidize scholarships for talented but needy music students.
The Program for our 70th season is:
Fall 2023 (click on highlighted concert to order tickets)
- Manhattan Chamber Players; Saturday, September 23, 2023, 8:00 pm
- Trio Zimbalist; Saturday, October 7, 2023, 8:00 pm – Note change of venue: this concert will be at Ossining High School.
- Escher String Quartet with Jason Vieaux, guitar; Saturday, October 21, 2023, 8:00 pm
- Le Consort; Saturday, November 4, 2023, 8:00 pm
Spring 2024
- Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone, and Chelsea Guo, piano and soprano; Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 pm
- Michelle Cann, piano; Saturday, April 13, 2024, 8:00 pm
- Isidore String Quartet; Sunday, April 28, 2024, 3:00 pm
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Partnership In Education Program Offers Local Schools Free Master Classes
Through its grant-funded Partnership in Education program, Friends of Music Concerts, Inc., has sponsored one-day residencies of young professional musicians at several Westchester County schools during the 2021-22 season. Following performances for and with the students, they then conduct master classes. Read more here … and here…
Our new Scholarship Program, completed its first season supporting classical music education to local students
The Board of Directors is pleased to draw your attention to this new program to give young people in the community the opportunity to appreciate classical music with a view toward building audiences for the future. Read more here …
Review of last season
Fall 2022 concerts were:
- Emerson String Quartet; Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, 8pm
- Jeremy Denk, piano; Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, 3pm
- Jordan Bak, viola, w. Ji Yung Lee, piano; Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022,
8pm3pm (note time change) - Dover Quartet; Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, 3pm EST
Spring 2023 concerts were:
- Curtis on Tour; Saturday, March 18, 2023, 8pm; White Plains HS
- Albert Cano Smit, piano; Sunday April 16, 2023, 3pm; Ossining HS
- Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Wind Ensemble; Saturday, April 22, 2023, 8pm; Ossining HS
View our 2022-2023 brochure and watch this brief video to learn more about our 69th season program.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything. — Plato