Events Archive 2009

7:30pm refreshments 8:00pm music Join us for a night of wonderful music in Jersey City! Program W.A. Mozart: Quartet for Oboe & Strings Franz Schubert (arr. JK Mertz): Aufenthalt Franz Schubert (arr. JK Mertz): Das Fischermadchen Rebecca Clarke: Duo for Clarinet & Viola J.S. Bach: Air Simon Fink: Pastorals Sergei Prokofiev: Duo for 2 Violins Noel Estrada (arr. Francisco Figueroa): En Mi Viejo San Juan Rafael Hernandez (arr. Emanuel Olivieri): Campanitas de Cristal Jose Ignacio Quinton (arr. Guillermo Figueroa): El Coqui Performed by Mazz Swift (violin), Guy Figer (violin), Jose Pietri (violin), Tarrah Reynolds (violin), Amelia Hollander Ames (viola), Carolyn... More info on our event page.

We are excited to be collaborating with Nimbus Dance Works! Supported by a grant from the American Music Center. More info on our event page.

Join us for "Boricua for Strings", a FREE outdoor concert at JC's Groove on Grove. Program Puerto Rican songs and Argentine tangos arranged for string quartet More info on our event page.

Con Vivo's 2009 Spring Quartet Festival, Concert 3 Our final concert features Pastorals by Simon Fink, the winner of Con Vivo’s first International Composition Competition, and is co-hosted by Temple Beth El and the United Synagogue of Hoboken. This concert is given in loving memory of Gilda Simon. Program Simon Fink: Pastorals Jonathan Keren: Hora Carmel Raz: Programmusik Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet Op. 12 Israeli Folk Songs Performed by Guy Figer and Mazz Swift (violin), Amelia Hollander Ames (viola), and Carolyn Jeselsohn (cello). The Spring Quartet Festival is supported by The Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs. More info on our event page.

Con Vivo's 2009 Spring Quartet Festival, Concert 2 Our second concert features the fabulous Toomai String Quintet. The Toomai Quintet won the 92nd St Y's 2007 Music Unlocked! Competition for Emerging Ensembles. The Quintet is dedicated to creating engaging interactive concerts for listeners of all ages. They have performed at Lincoln Center and throughout the New York City area. The quintet took its name from Rudyard Kipling's story "Toomai of the Elephants" about a young boy who witnesses the dance of the wild elephants. The Toomai Quintet aspires to cultivate a similar sentiment of curiosity and discovery by searching for... More info on our event page.

Con Vivo's 2009 Spring Quartet Festival, Concert 1 Our first concert features string quartet music from South Africa, USA, Russia, and Yugoslavia. Program Kevin Volans: String Quartet # 2, White Man Sleeps Frederic Rzewski: Les Moutons de Panurge Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin: Ori's Fearful Symmetry Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin: Bagel on the Malecon Aleksandra Vrebalov: Pannonia Boundless Performed by Guy Figer and Ana Milosavljevic (violins), Amelia Hollander Ames (viola), and David Himmelheber (cello). The Spring Quartet Festival is supported by The Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs. More info on our event page.