Friends of Music Concerts

Friends of Music Concerts Friends of Music Concerts is proud to support chamber music performances in Westchester County, NY.

We are a non-profit offering live concerts with world-renowned musicians and we partner with educators to bring professional musicians into schools.

10/22/2025

Soovin Kim, Gloria Chien and Paul Watkins sent a special message for our Nov. 2 concert!

The Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio arrives on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 3 p.m. at Sleepy Hollow High School's Kusel Auditorium, Sleepy H...
10/22/2025

The Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio arrives on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 3 p.m. at Sleepy Hollow High School's Kusel Auditorium, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. Their program includes Liszt's "Orpheus" Symphonic Poem arranged for piano trio by Saint-Saëns, Beethoven's Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2 and Dvořák's Piano Trio in F Minor, Op. 65. Get tickets here:

Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, 3:00 pm, Sleepy Hollow High School Auditorium, Sleepy Hollow, NY The Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio comprises three of classical music’s most highly esteemed artists performing today: pianist Gloria Chien, violinist Soovin Kim, and cellist Paul Watkins. They ha...

Enthusiastic audience members from age 10 and up met members of the Tesla Quartet after our Oct. 19 concert featuring Mo...
10/20/2025

Enthusiastic audience members from age 10 and up met members of the Tesla Quartet after our Oct. 19 concert featuring Mozart, Ravel and Shaw.

10/17/2025

If you are attending the Tesla Quartet concert on Sunday, Oct. 19 at 3 p.m., at Sleepy Hollow High School, please note:
The high school is holding a fundraiser in the parking lot on Sunday, asking for donations of $20 to the football boosters. Concert patrons DO NOT have to pay for parking – just inform the participants that you are arriving for the Friends of Music Concerts event. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Please also note that October is a very busy time in Sleepy Hollow and leave extra time to get to the concert. To avoid Sleepy Hollow’s main street, North Broadway (Route 9), note these directions:
The high school parking lot entrance from Route 448 would be most direct for those coming from the east (e.g. the Taconic and Saw Mill River Parkways, Route 9A, Pleasantville and environs). Take Route 117 west (towards the river) to the first traffic light after Route 9A; turn left (south) onto Route 448, following it through the hamlet of Pocantico Hills for 2.3 miles. At that point Route 448 makes a right turn. Then continue 1.4 miles west toward the river. The entrance to the high school is on the left.

Landscapes, seasons and impressions mark the Tesla Quartet's concert on Sunday, Oct. 19, 3 p.m. at Sleepy Hollow High Sc...
10/09/2025

Landscapes, seasons and impressions mark the Tesla Quartet's concert on Sunday, Oct. 19, 3 p.m. at Sleepy Hollow High School's Kusel Auditorium. Get tickets here: https://friendsofmusicconcerts.org/tesla2025/
On their program, Shaw's "Plan and Elevation" references the other two pieces they will play: Mozart's String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, K. 387, “Spring” and Ravel's String Quartet in F Major. Come wish a happy 150th birthday to Ravel.

Tesla Quartet Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, 3:00 pm, Sleepy Hollow High School Auditorium, Sleepy Hollow, NY Photo by Titilayo Ayangade The Tesla Quartet’s emotive and thoughtful interpretations reveal their deep commitment to the craft and to their ever-expanding repertoire, from contemporary works to e...

We had a happy time yesterday, engaging with guitarist Sharon Isbin and the Pacifica Quartet and their magnificent progr...
10/06/2025

We had a happy time yesterday, engaging with guitarist Sharon Isbin and the Pacifica Quartet and their magnificent program of music from Spain and Italy. Audience members met Sharon and purchased her CDs, and had tea and cookies with the members of the Pacifica.

10/05/2025

Here is one minute of guitarist Sharon Isbin and the Pacifica Quartet rehearsing before today's concert at 3 p.m. at Sleepy Hollow High School. Come on down for the other 99 minutes! Tickets are $40 adults, under 18 free.

We checked out Jeremy Denk’s most recent activities, since he is one of the pre-eminent pianists of our time and also a...
06/06/2025

We checked out Jeremy Denk’s most recent activities, since he is one of the pre-eminent pianists of our time and also a best-selling author. As published in the New Yorker last March, he reviewed five books on various aspects of music, and his reading choices are as fascinating as his piano playing. He and the Isidore Quartet open our season on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, 7:30 p.m., Sleepy Hollow H.S.'s Kusel Auditorium. www.friendsofmusicconcerts.org

https://www.newyorker.com/books/book-currents/jeremy-denks-musical-account-of-american-divisions

The award-winning pianist on the relationship between music and politics—and on five books that hold them in tension.

Here's a glowing review of the Dover Quartet's recent concert in Seattle. We presented them last year as part of our mis...
05/28/2025

Here's a glowing review of the Dover Quartet's recent concert in Seattle. We presented them last year as part of our mission to showcase the finest in professional chamber music. The next season starts Sept. 20, 2025 - buy a subscription for the best ticket discount! www.friendsofmusicconcerts.org

https://www.thestrad.com/reviews/concert-review-dover-quartet-in-seattle/19729.article?utm_id=32510&utm_campaign=414&utm_term=NEWSLETTER%20STORY%20THREE%20BUTTON&utm_medium=email&utm_source=adestra&adredir=1

US correspondent Thomas May attends a concert by the Dover Quartet at Benaroya Hall on 25 May 2025

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Presenting chamber music concerts and supporting music education

Friends of Music Concerts, Inc., is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that for 65 continuous seasons has brought the finest chamber music to Westchester, New York audiences. In an annual six-concert series, it showcases both world-renowned ensembles and distinguished younger artists who illustrate the diversity and fine quality of chamber music today. With its residency program in public schools and free student admission to its concert series, it gives young people in the community enhanced exposure to and appreciation of classical music, with a view toward building audiences for the future.

Performers

Starting with its first sold-out concert in Croton-on-Hudson on March 27, 1954, by the then-fledgling Juilliard String Quartet, each new season has brought to the Friends of Music concert venue an exciting mix of the established and the new. Many groups and artists, such as the Emerson and Tokyo String Quartets, Garrick Ohlsson, Gil Shaham, and Jeremy Denk, have made multiple appearances over the years. Since the 2010-11 season, the series has included a concert by the winner of our Performance Award (which see), presented to a winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions held in New York City. Programs for each concert have been chosen carefully so as to provide overall an eclectic repertoire for Friends of Music’s audiences. In celebration of its 50th anniversary in 2004, the season’s final concert (by the Guarneri String Quartet) included the world premiere of a new string quartet from American composer Richard Danielpour, commissioned by Friends of Music Concerts and now part of the general chamber music repertory.