| Contact: Mara Rupners (914) 428-4220 x 229 mrupners@westarts.com Masters Unite! Westchester Arts Council Hosts an Evening of Extreme Chamber Music Presented by Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts (April 17, 2006- White Plains, N.Y.) On Sunday, April 30 at 5 p.m., the world renowned talents of three musicians and a trio will come together in The Music of Musto & Mozart presented by Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts. John Musto, Edward Arron, William Sharp, and The Amelia Piano Trio will dive into a mixed bag of classics and contemporary originals in the Grand Banking Room of the Westchester Arts Council’s Arts Exchange, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains. Tickets for this exciting event are only $10, and may be purchased by calling (914) 428-4220 x223, or by mailing in an order form which can be downloaded at www.westarts.com. John Musto, composer and pianist, is regarded as one of the most versatile musicians before the public today. Mr. Musto was a finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for his orchestral song cycle Dove Sta Amore; he has garnered two Emmys and two CINE Awards for his scores written for television. He is the Composer-in-Residence at the Caramoor Festival for the 2005-6 season, during which he will experience 2 firsts- the premiere by the Jupiter String Quartet of his String Quartet, and the premiere of his Piano Concerto, which he himself will perform. Amelia Piano Trio, formed six years ago, has already established an international reputation. In its short history the Amelia has been grand prize winner at the Yellow Springs National Competition and recipient of the prestigious ASCAP award for Adventurous Programming. The Amelia Trio members have quickly made their mark as performers and commissioners of new music. Notably, Pulitzer Prize winning composer John Harbison has written his first full-length Piano Trio for the Amelias ("Short Stories"). This trio is commissioned in part by the Caramoor International Music Festival and will premiere there on July 1. Edward Arron, cello, is a perennial audience favorite at Caramoor. In addition to his Caramoor appearances, he has performed recitals throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, and has appeared as a soloist with the Charleston Symphony, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, the Stamford Symphony Orchestra, and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Arron has been a member of the Caramoor Virtuosi since 1997. Mr. Arron is a regular performer at Bargemusic and is the artistic coordinator for the Caramoor Virtuosi. Praised by The New York Times as a "sensitive and subtle singer", baritone William Sharp was nominated for a 1989 Grammy award for Best Classical Vocal Performance for his recording featuring the works of American composers (New World Records). His recording on the Koch label of Leonard Bernstein's Arias and Barcarolles with the New York Festival of Song received a 1990 Grammy award. The Music of Musto & Mozart is part of the Arts Council’s LIVE @ the Arts Exchange series, an exciting and eclectic line-up of performances running from January through June of 2006. The LIVE series is generously funded by a grant from State Senator Nicholas Spano, and is additionally supported by media sponsors Westchester Magazine, The Journal News, El Aguila, WFAS, and The White Plains Times. The classical music series is sponsored in part by UBS. Throughout LIVE, the Westchester Arts Council is collaborating with and showcasing the extraordinary work of some of our best local performers and cultural organizations in the spectacularly renovated Grand Banking Room space. Tickets for the majority of events will be $10, ensuring that LIVE @ the Arts Exchange is accessible to all. A complete schedule of events is available on the Westchester Arts Council’s website www.westarts.com or by calling 914-428-4220. Caramoor Center for Music & the Arts is best known for its annual International Music Festival, which attracts the world's greatest classical, operatic, and jazz artists, and where the Orchestra of St. Luke's enjoys an official residency. Caramoor maintains an extraordinary collection of Renaissance and Asian art in its House Museum, a large, rambling Mediterranean-style palazzo, which was the former home of Caramoor's founders - Walter Tower Rosen and Lucie Bigelow Dodge Rosen. Their art, furniture, costume, and photography collections are the subjects of frequent exhibitions. During the spring and fall, concerts are held indoors in the House Museum's elegant Music Room, where chamber music, mid-week recitals, and cabaret concerts are presented. The Caramoor estate is situated on 90 lovely acres, designed to be a jewel-like setting for its musical events, as well as a place for pleasurable strolling and picnicking. Its nine unique gardens were planned to enhance the site's Renaissance sensibility. Westchester Arts Council, founded in 1965, is the largest, private, not-for-profit arts council in New York State. Its mission is to provide leadership, vision, and support, to ensure the availability, accessibility, and diversity of the arts. In 1998, the Arts Council purchased 31 Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains, now known as the Arts Exchange, and has since developed the building as a multi-use resource for artists, cultural organizations, and the community. ### |
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