Events Archive 2010

28 Oct

2010 Gala

Thursday, October 28, 2010
8:00pm - 11:00pm
Grace Church Van Vorst - 39 Erie Street, Jersey City, NJ
Join us for our 2010 Gala fundraiser with Heather Masse and The Con Vivo String Quartet! A post-concert reception and jam session with Con Vivo musicians, food and wine follows at 10:00. Tickets for the concert alone are $30. Tickets for the whole event are $75. Purchase tickets by check written to Con Vivo Music. Mail to Con Vivo Music, Inc., 237 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302 or by credit card on our web site www.convivomusic.org. Program Edvard Grieg: Quartet #1 in g minor Heather Masse: arrangements of original songs Singer-songwriter Heather Masse is a member of the Wailin’... More info on our event page.

19 Aug

CVM at Kanibal Home

Thursday, August 19, 2010
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Kanibal Home - 213 Montgomery St, Jersey City, NJ
Join us for a free chamber music show at Kanibal Home. Performed by Rebecca Comerford (mezzo-soprano) and Daniel Lippel (guitar). Program Manuel De Falla: Selections from Siete Canciones Populares Españolas Vineet Shende: Selections from Sonetos de Amor Isaac Albeniz: Granada Enrique Granados: La Maja Dolorosa Manuel De Falla: Homenaje (Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy) Joaquin Rodrigo: Tres Canciones Españolas More info on our event page.

08 Jul

CVM at Kanibal Home

Thursday, July 8, 2010
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Kanibal Home - 213 Montgomery St, Jersey City, NJ
Join us for a free chamber music show at Kanibal Home. Program Bohuslav Martinu: Serenade # 2 Antonin Dvorak: Terzetto, Op. 74 Zoltan Kodaly: Serenade, Op. 12 Performed by Bryony Stroud-Watson & Mazz Swift (violins) and Amelia Hollander Ames (viola). More info on our event page.

11 Jun

CVM at Kanibal Home

Friday, June 11, 2010
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Kanibal Home - 213 Montgomery St, Jersey City, NJ
Join us for a free chamber music show at Kanibal Home, featuring Hear in Now trio. Program selection of jazz songs Hear in Now trio is Mazz Swift (violin and vox), Silvia Bolognesi (contrabasso), and Tomeka Reid (cello). More info on our event page.

23 May

Spring Fest: Sweet Plantain

Sunday, May 23, 2010
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Art House Productions - 1 McWilliams Place, Jersey City, NJ
Con Vivo's 2010 Spring Fest, Concert 3 co-presented by Art House Productions Sweet Plantain Eddie Venegas (vocals, trombone), Orlando Wells (viola), David Gotay (cello), Leonardo Suarez Paz (violin) Nobody bridges the gap between generations or musical genres like SWEET PLANTAIN. Fusing Western classical traditions in which they were trained with hip-hop, jazz improv, and Latin rhythms on which they were raised, their original writing and live shows educate and entertain. Separately hailing from the South Bronx, New Jersey and Venezuela, together these musicians give voice to a sound that is contemporary, multicultural and very New York. http://www.sweetplantain.com/ This concert is... More info on our event page.

16 May

Spring Fest: Toomai Quintet

Sunday, May 16, 2010
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Grace Church Van Vorst - 39 Erie Street, Jersey City, NJ
Con Vivo's 2010 Spring Fest, Concert 2 Toomai Quintet Emilie-Anne Gendron and Ko Sugiyama (violins), Erin Wight (viola), John Popham (cello), Andrew Roitstein (bass) with special Guest Alina Roitstein (soprano) Program Erik Satie (arr. Vincent Raikhel): Gnossiennes no. 1 Erik Satie (arr. Vincent Raikhel): Gnossiennes no. 5 Georges Onslow: Quintet No. 27 opus 68 Erik Satie (arr. Andrew Roitstein): Gnossiennes no. 2 Erik Satie (arr. Andrew Roitstein): Gnossiennes no. 3 Erik Satie (arr. Andrew Roitstein): Gnossiennes no. 4 Richard Carrick: Adagios for String Quintet Antonio Castro (arr. Andrew Roitstein): No Encuentro Palabras Ernesto Duarte (arr. Andrew Roitstein): Como Fue Obdulio... More info on our event page.

25 Apr

Spring Fest: Bryant Park Quartet

Sunday, April 25, 2010
4:00pm - 5:30pm
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church - 440 Hoboken Ave, Jersey City, NJ
Con Vivo's 2010 Spring Fest, Concert 1 Bryant Park Quartet Anna Elashvili and Benjamin Russell (violins), Adam Meyer (viola), Tomoko Fujita (cello) Program Igor Stravinsky: Trois Pièces Pour Quatuor à Cordes W.A. Mozart: String Quartet in Eb Major, KV 428 Hugo Kauder: Tenth Quartet Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in f minor, Opus 80 This concert is made possible in part by funds from the NJ State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, Thomas A. DeGise, County Executive, and the... More info on our event page.

28 Mar

Bach Fest: Trio Duriusculus

Sunday, March 28, 2010
5:00pm - 6:00pm
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church - 440 Hoboken Ave, Jersey City, NJ
Con Vivo's 2010 Bach Fest, Concert 4 Trio Duriusculus Danilio Bonina (violin), David Himmelheber (cello), Raphael Fusco (harpsichord) Program F.M. Veracini: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G minor, Op. 1 No. 1 A. Vivaldi: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in C minor, Op. 2 No. 7 A. Corelli: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in C major, Op. 5 No. 3 G.F. Handel: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in A major, HWV 361 J.S. Bach: Sonata for Violin and Keyboard in C minor, BWV 1017 This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council... More info on our event page.

27 Feb

Bach Fest: Sarah Nelson Craft and Christa Robinson

Saturday, February 27, 2010
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Grace Church Van Vorst - 39 Erie Street, Jersey City, NJ
Con Vivo's 2010 Bach Fest, Concert 3 Sarah Nelson Craft (mezzo-soprano) and Christa Robinson (oboe and oboe d’amore) with Ralph Allen and Rachel Golub (violins), Amelia Hollander Ames (viola), Carolyn Jeselsohn (cello), Andrew Roitstein (bass), and Irene Wong (harpsichord) Program J.S. Bach: Concerto for Oboe d'amore in A major Arvo Pärt: Concerto Piccolo über B-A-C-H: III. Deciso Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio & Fugue for strings, K. 546 J.S. Bach: Cantata #82, "Ich habe genug" This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National... More info on our event page.

19 Feb

Bach Fest: Dan Lippel

Friday, February 19, 2010
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Art House Productions - 1 McWilliams Place, Jersey City, NJ
Con Vivo's 2010 Bach Fest, Concert 2 Co-Presented with Art House Productions Daniel Lippel (guitar) and Karim Sulayman (tenor) Program John Dowland: Say Love if ever thou didst find John Dowland: Weep no more, sad fountains John Dowland: What if I Never Speede J.S. Bach: Lute Suite #3 BWV 995 J.S. Bach (trans. Lippel): Partita in B minor BWV 1002 John Dowland: I saw my Lady weep John Dowland: It was a Time when Silly Bees Could Speak John Dowland: Time Stand Still This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the... More info on our event page.