Music returns to Ten Broeck!
Join us for a special afternoon exploration of women, culture, history, and music, connecting women’s lives in the 19th century to women who are musicians of today on Saturday August 24 at 3:30 pm. Participants will Learn about women’s creativity in an interdisciplinary program exploring early Albany through a creative lens. Participants will experience an authentic experience of chamber music in a historic parlor setting, then proceed outdoors to the Ten Broeck Mansion gardens for a full concert performance.
At 3:30 pm, the Ten Broeck Mansion hosts a talk on women as shapers of culture in early Albany. Held in Ten Broeck Mansion Parlor. Program concludes with a performance of music by Amy Beach (1867-1944 ). At 4:00 pm, a concert is held on the grounds of Ten Broeck Mansion. Participants are asked to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets. Capacity limited. Pre-registration required.
Pianist Melinda Faylor and flutist Melanie Chirignan are classically trained musicians who take elements of classical pieces and reimagine them into improvised compositions. Q&A session to follow with the performing artists plus reception with free refreshments to follow.
Flute player Melanie Chirignan has worked with a multitude of composers, including Alex Ford’s “Berus in the Woods” in collaboration with Electric City Puppets and Ralph Raymond Hays’ musicalization of the story “Keller’s Heart” by John Gray. A teaching artist at heart, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in music performance and music education, graduating magna cum laude from SUNY Fredonia and holds a Master of Music in flute performance from the Hartt School.
Melinda Faylor, a native of New York City, received her BM from the Oberlin Conservatory and her MM in piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music. She has worked extensively with electronics and has performed original electroacoustic music at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, Hofstra University (NY), the Performance Garage (PA), the Firehouse Space (NY), Spectrum (NY), Grounds for Sculpture (NJ), Andrea Clearfield’s Salon (PA), the Home Audio series (NY), the Park Church Co-op (NY), the Brooklyn Public Library and the North Brooklyn Arts Festival.
This program has been made possible with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Arts Thrive and Grow Program funded by New York State, Kathy Hochul, Governor. We thank Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins for her extraordinary commitment and leadership, and our elected officials who represent our grantmaking region: Senators Jake Ashby and Neil D. Breslin; Assemblymembers Scott H. Bendett, Patricia Fahy, John T. McDonald III, Angelo Santabarbara, Phil Steck, and Mary Beth Walsh.