We are proudly announcing our fall 2025 Concert Details!
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Fall 2025: In Bold 3 to 6 Quarter Time
Featuring Cellist Muriel Kerr on "Swan" by St. Saens, Pianist/Violinist Katie Smith and Violinists Judy Ann Curtis and Rhiannon Adsit on Piano Trios by Shostakovich, Artistic Director and multi-instrumentalist Alex Malin on Bassoon in Mozart's Bassoon Concerto, Dr. John Curtis as guest Conductor
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Summer 2025
The Community String Orchestra for the Adirondacks will perform two concerts with the theme of "Majestic Moravian Melodies"
Wednesday, June 17th at 7:30 pm, Saranac Village at Will Rogers, Saranac Lake
Thursday , June 19th at 6:00 pm at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts (LPCA)
The concerts are free, a free will donation is suggested and appreciated.
The concert will be conducted by Artistic Director Alex Malin.
Featuring Cellist Muriel Kerr on Cello, Pianist/Violinist Katie Smith and Violinists Judy Ann Curtis and Rhiannon Adsit, Alex Malin on Bassoon and Dr. John Curtis as guest conductor.
We shall feature composers from Moravia and surrounding areas starting with a Hungarian Circle Dance and the theme of the "Largo" from Dvorak's New Worlds Symphony, both arranged by Mary Cohen for easy access for all string players including beginners on open strings.
This is followed by selections from Leos Janacek "Idyll for Strings".
The "Turning Point" will be a brand new composition for Bass Clarinet and Violin.... details to come.
As we are featuring a young trumpet player, High School Senior Sam Keating on Solo Trumpet in the first movement of Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in Eb, we have invited our friends on wind instruments for the Haydn Concert and the closing piece: Dvorak's 8th Symphony in an arrangement
by Mark Goddard.
You will hear the best of the best of our area musicians!
Come and Enjoy playing with us or come for our concerts!
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Spring 2024: "A Stroll through the Evolution of Occidental Music
The concert will start with a nursery rhyme, the earliest form of musical expression, and will be followed by a folk tune from Scotland. These two tunes allow all players to partake.
From there the concert will move to a glorious Renaissance piece, a Gregorian Chant ("Terribilis est Locus Iste" and "Nuper Rosarum Flores") in an arrangement for string orchestra by Alex Malin.
A high light of the Baroque era is the JS Bach Violin Concerto for 2 solo violins, string orchestra and harpsichord in three movements. This will be performed by 6 soloists (2 per movement), 5 professionals and a high school student looking at a career in music, and will be supported by John Curtis, a much sought after harpsichord, organ and piano player. This elaborate concert is underwritten by the Essex County Arts Council.
Joseph Haydn is a Classical composer who has written a proliferative number of symphonies. We picked #30 for our performance, the “Allelujah Symphony”. For this we have invited our wind player friends and you will see 10 violins, 4 violas, 6 celli and a Great Bass on stage together with a quartet of recorder players, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, a trumpet and a French horn for a great sound, quite representative of Classical era orchestras.
The tie to the modern times is an arrangement of the “Song of Peace” from Finlandia, a great Romantic symphonic work by Jean Sibelius.
And then we'll move on to Lindsey Stirling! Elizabeth Izzo, Iron Woman, EMT, Emergency Medicine PA and music woman will solo on “The Song of the Caged Bird” accompanied by a a quiet string orchestra “Wall of Sound”
We promise two great performances of this unique concert:
The concerts have been made possible, in part, by several community grants for which we thank the following organizations: -Statewide Community Regrant (SCR) for the Adirondack (ADK) Quad-County region of Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Hamilton counties, administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts Center,
- Cloudsplitter Foundation,
- Essex County Arts Council,
- Lake Placid Institute for the Arts and Humanities,
- Lake Placid Rotary Club
Featuring Cellist Muriel Kerr on "Swan" by St. Saens, Pianist/Violinist Katie Smith and Violinists Judy Ann Curtis and Rhiannon Adsit on Piano Trios by Shostakovich, Artistic Director and multi-instrumentalist Alex Malin on Bassoon in Mozart's Bassoon Concerto, Dr. John Curtis as guest Conductor
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Summer 2025
The Community String Orchestra for the Adirondacks will perform two concerts with the theme of "Majestic Moravian Melodies"
Wednesday, June 17th at 7:30 pm, Saranac Village at Will Rogers, Saranac Lake
Thursday , June 19th at 6:00 pm at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts (LPCA)
The concerts are free, a free will donation is suggested and appreciated.
The concert will be conducted by Artistic Director Alex Malin.
Featuring Cellist Muriel Kerr on Cello, Pianist/Violinist Katie Smith and Violinists Judy Ann Curtis and Rhiannon Adsit, Alex Malin on Bassoon and Dr. John Curtis as guest conductor.
We shall feature composers from Moravia and surrounding areas starting with a Hungarian Circle Dance and the theme of the "Largo" from Dvorak's New Worlds Symphony, both arranged by Mary Cohen for easy access for all string players including beginners on open strings.
This is followed by selections from Leos Janacek "Idyll for Strings".
The "Turning Point" will be a brand new composition for Bass Clarinet and Violin.... details to come.
As we are featuring a young trumpet player, High School Senior Sam Keating on Solo Trumpet in the first movement of Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in Eb, we have invited our friends on wind instruments for the Haydn Concert and the closing piece: Dvorak's 8th Symphony in an arrangement
by Mark Goddard.
You will hear the best of the best of our area musicians!
Come and Enjoy playing with us or come for our concerts!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Spring 2024: "A Stroll through the Evolution of Occidental Music
The concert will start with a nursery rhyme, the earliest form of musical expression, and will be followed by a folk tune from Scotland. These two tunes allow all players to partake.
From there the concert will move to a glorious Renaissance piece, a Gregorian Chant ("Terribilis est Locus Iste" and "Nuper Rosarum Flores") in an arrangement for string orchestra by Alex Malin.
A high light of the Baroque era is the JS Bach Violin Concerto for 2 solo violins, string orchestra and harpsichord in three movements. This will be performed by 6 soloists (2 per movement), 5 professionals and a high school student looking at a career in music, and will be supported by John Curtis, a much sought after harpsichord, organ and piano player. This elaborate concert is underwritten by the Essex County Arts Council.
Joseph Haydn is a Classical composer who has written a proliferative number of symphonies. We picked #30 for our performance, the “Allelujah Symphony”. For this we have invited our wind player friends and you will see 10 violins, 4 violas, 6 celli and a Great Bass on stage together with a quartet of recorder players, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, a trumpet and a French horn for a great sound, quite representative of Classical era orchestras.
The tie to the modern times is an arrangement of the “Song of Peace” from Finlandia, a great Romantic symphonic work by Jean Sibelius.
And then we'll move on to Lindsey Stirling! Elizabeth Izzo, Iron Woman, EMT, Emergency Medicine PA and music woman will solo on “The Song of the Caged Bird” accompanied by a a quiet string orchestra “Wall of Sound”
We promise two great performances of this unique concert:
The concerts have been made possible, in part, by several community grants for which we thank the following organizations: -Statewide Community Regrant (SCR) for the Adirondack (ADK) Quad-County region of Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Hamilton counties, administered by the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts Center,
- Cloudsplitter Foundation,
- Essex County Arts Council,
- Lake Placid Institute for the Arts and Humanities,
- Lake Placid Rotary Club
26th Annual Winter Carnival Baroque Concert
Sunday, February 11, 2024 3pm First United Methodist Church Saranac Lake
Performance of a Deborah Baker arrangement from Gustav Holst's "Jupiter" by the Community String Orchestra of the Adirondacks
with guest conductor, Alex Malin. Closing piece of the 27th 'Baroque and Beyond' concert hosted by the SLYAA.
Video Links:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vWlkisIB0O7i9Z9Nk5Y7CX_8x05Sm2MW/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O_ovG7aQ2zMmb6epG7OPtJlPGJAmhyWQ/view?usp=sharing
The CSOA will be announcing their Spring pogram starting in April with a tentative performance date at the LPCA on June 20th. Details soon!
Sunday, February 11, 2024 3pm First United Methodist Church Saranac Lake
Performance of a Deborah Baker arrangement from Gustav Holst's "Jupiter" by the Community String Orchestra of the Adirondacks
with guest conductor, Alex Malin. Closing piece of the 27th 'Baroque and Beyond' concert hosted by the SLYAA.
Video Links:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vWlkisIB0O7i9Z9Nk5Y7CX_8x05Sm2MW/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O_ovG7aQ2zMmb6epG7OPtJlPGJAmhyWQ/view?usp=sharing
The CSOA will be announcing their Spring pogram starting in April with a tentative performance date at the LPCA on June 20th. Details soon!
On Thursday November 2nd, 2023, the CSOA will present their fall concert at 5:30 pm at the LPCA. We’ll open the doors for a bake sale and a
string instrument raffle at 5 pm.
On Thursday November 9th at 7:30 pm is the second concert at the Saranac Village at Will Rogers.
The theme of the concerts will be “Prayers and Dances” and Artistic Director Alex Malin will open the concert with “Dueling Fiddles” arranged by
Gretchen Kohler and close with a lively Celtic Gig.
The CSOA will present two compositions by Matthew Dunne, a well known local composer from Keene Valley, “Prayer” and “Diek’s Awful Tree”. His music was written for a film project depicting life in the explorer times of the Wild West.
Gustav Holst’s Jig from the “St. Paul Suite” and a string arrangement for “Jupiter” from the “Planets” will be on the program.
We hope to see y'all there! Thank you for supporting our community music events!
string instrument raffle at 5 pm.
On Thursday November 9th at 7:30 pm is the second concert at the Saranac Village at Will Rogers.
The theme of the concerts will be “Prayers and Dances” and Artistic Director Alex Malin will open the concert with “Dueling Fiddles” arranged by
Gretchen Kohler and close with a lively Celtic Gig.
The CSOA will present two compositions by Matthew Dunne, a well known local composer from Keene Valley, “Prayer” and “Diek’s Awful Tree”. His music was written for a film project depicting life in the explorer times of the Wild West.
Gustav Holst’s Jig from the “St. Paul Suite” and a string arrangement for “Jupiter” from the “Planets” will be on the program.
We hope to see y'all there! Thank you for supporting our community music events!
We would like to welcome Mr. Alex Malin for the Fall 2023 season as our new guest Maestro!
Mr. Malin earned his Bachelor of Music degree at
SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music,
with an emphasis on Music Theory and Composition.
WELCOME TO OUR STRING FAMILY, ALEX!
2018 FALL CONCERT
Saturday, November 17th at 12pm @ Keene Central School District
Semester Literature
3 Miniatures for String Orchestra....William Stokes
Written & Conducted by Bill Stokes
Rondeau....Moret/Leidig
Conducted by Janeen Streeter
Quartet No. 2....David Stone
Fire Mountain Intermezzo....Denisch
Guest conductor,
Evan Meccarello
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Evan Meccarello
Thames Valley Music School http://wordpress.conncoll.edu/tvms/faculty/strings/evan-meccarello/ |
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SPRING 2019 PROGRAM
May 30th, 2019 @ 6:30 pm
Lake Placid Synagogue
Repertoire
William Tell Overture....Giacomo Rossini, arr. Dackow
Conducted by Janeen Streeter
Chorale....Matesky & Rush
Shall We Gather at the River....Robert Lowry, arr. Burswold
Led by Alison Simcox
Allegro from Concerto for Two Cellos....Antonio Vivaldi
Led by Alison Simcox
Yellow Bird....Monton, arr. William Stokes
Conducted by Bill Stokes
Prelude for Strings....Gerald Finzi
Conducted by Esther Rogers Baker
The Community String Orchestra of the Adirondacks is a non-profit organization for musicians and by musicians of all ages and abilities. Our work strives to bring string musicians together and to bring string music to the local communities of the northern Adirondack region.
May 30th, 2019 @ 6:30 pm
Lake Placid Synagogue
Repertoire
William Tell Overture....Giacomo Rossini, arr. Dackow
Conducted by Janeen Streeter
Chorale....Matesky & Rush
Shall We Gather at the River....Robert Lowry, arr. Burswold
Led by Alison Simcox
Allegro from Concerto for Two Cellos....Antonio Vivaldi
Led by Alison Simcox
Yellow Bird....Monton, arr. William Stokes
Conducted by Bill Stokes
Prelude for Strings....Gerald Finzi
Conducted by Esther Rogers Baker
The Community String Orchestra of the Adirondacks is a non-profit organization for musicians and by musicians of all ages and abilities. Our work strives to bring string musicians together and to bring string music to the local communities of the northern Adirondack region.
FALL 2019 PROGRAM
Saturday, November 23rd @ Noon
Keene Central School Auditorium
Dueling Fiddles...Gretchen Koehler
Celtic Jigs...traditional Celtic songs, arr. Pedro Gilabert
Two Chinese Paintings: Ancient Echo, Silk and Bamboo
...traditional Chinese songs, arr. Wu Man, realized by Danny Clay
Glimpses of Muqam Chebiyat: Third Dastan
...traditional Chinese song, arr. Wu Man, realized by Danny Clay
Le Reel du Pendu...traditional Québécois song
Amrit...Kala Ramnath
Lovers Waltz...Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, arr. Andrew Dabczynski
Special Guests This Semester:
Gretchen Koehler, fiddler
http://www.gretchenkoehlermusic.com/
Daniel Levin, contemporary cellist
http://daniel-levin.com/about
We focused this session on styles of ornamentation and improvisation around folk-based aural traditions
(including celtic and American folk), free jazz and conduction, and Chinese and Indian styles.
Saturday, November 23rd @ Noon
Keene Central School Auditorium
Dueling Fiddles...Gretchen Koehler
Celtic Jigs...traditional Celtic songs, arr. Pedro Gilabert
Two Chinese Paintings: Ancient Echo, Silk and Bamboo
...traditional Chinese songs, arr. Wu Man, realized by Danny Clay
Glimpses of Muqam Chebiyat: Third Dastan
...traditional Chinese song, arr. Wu Man, realized by Danny Clay
Le Reel du Pendu...traditional Québécois song
Amrit...Kala Ramnath
Lovers Waltz...Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, arr. Andrew Dabczynski
Special Guests This Semester:
Gretchen Koehler, fiddler
http://www.gretchenkoehlermusic.com/
Daniel Levin, contemporary cellist
http://daniel-levin.com/about
We focused this session on styles of ornamentation and improvisation around folk-based aural traditions
(including celtic and American folk), free jazz and conduction, and Chinese and Indian styles.
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Summer, 2021 Concert Video Clip!....
SPRING 2022
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