Concerts and Performances:
The 2022 Minnie Untermyer Concert Series
The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy announces its second annual Minnie Untermyer Concert Series. Taking place from May 28 to September 4, 2022 in the amphitheater in the magnificent Walled Garden and overlooking the length of this monumental Indo-Persian space, eleven concerts have been scheduled. There will be classical orchestral and vocal music, as well as three dance performances. Popular offerings will include both jazz and American songbook. A gospel choir from Brooklyn will be featured, as well as Indian and Persian fare.
Click the images below to purchase tickets to each performance.
Click the images below to purchase tickets to each performance.
Two Pianos—Playing for Life, May 28
The Minnie Untermyer Concert Series kicks off on Saturday, May 28 with Two Pianos—Playing for Life, a live duo piano concert performed by two pianists—one Ukrainian, one Russian—as the centerpiece of a multi-media reenactment of a historic performance by two female, Jewish pianists for a Jewish-only audience in Nazi Germany in 1934. The presentation will explore music as a creative response to cultural exclusion, and has an interesting connection to Samuel Untermyer's gift of an amphitheater at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, which was dedicated in 1933 to Minnie Untermyer.
Rain date Sunday May 29 at 5:00 PM.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Rain date Sunday May 29 at 5:00 PM.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Voices of Ascension, June 4
For this performance on Saturday, June 4 at 5:00 PM, a select group of members of the ensemble have chosen some of their personal favorite a cappella works. This program will celebrate the season of spring and the talented community of singers that Voices of Ascension has built over the past 35 years of choral music-making together.
Voices of Ascension Chorus & Orchestra founded in 1990 and directed by conductor Dennis Keene, presents exceptional performances of great works of music for chorus and orchestra. Over the course of its 35-year history, Voices of Ascension has produced an annual concert series, released Grammy-nominated recordings, and engaged in artistic collaborations with the San Francisco Symphony, Mostly Mozart Festival, José Limón Dance, the Mark Morris Dance Group, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and others. Recent performances have been described as 'richly colored, impressive, and beautifully balanced' (Wall Street Journal) and 'inspired' (NY Times).
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Voices of Ascension Chorus & Orchestra founded in 1990 and directed by conductor Dennis Keene, presents exceptional performances of great works of music for chorus and orchestra. Over the course of its 35-year history, Voices of Ascension has produced an annual concert series, released Grammy-nominated recordings, and engaged in artistic collaborations with the San Francisco Symphony, Mostly Mozart Festival, José Limón Dance, the Mark Morris Dance Group, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and others. Recent performances have been described as 'richly colored, impressive, and beautifully balanced' (Wall Street Journal) and 'inspired' (NY Times).
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Saba Ensemble, June 12
The Saba Ensemble was founded in 2004 and is dedicated to the preservation and cultivation of Persian Classical Music. Saba Ensemble performs widely in the metropolitan area, including the Miller Theater at Columbia University.
The music performed on Sunday, June 12 at 5:00 PM, will be from two of the seven Dastgahs, or modal schemes, of Persian music: Shur and Mahur. During the performance, the musicians will demonstrate the structure of these Dastahs.
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $35 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
The music performed on Sunday, June 12 at 5:00 PM, will be from two of the seven Dastgahs, or modal schemes, of Persian music: Shur and Mahur. During the performance, the musicians will demonstrate the structure of these Dastahs.
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $35 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Westchester Philharmonic String Quartet, June 26
On Sunday, June 26 at 5:00 PM, sit back and enjoy the strains of a string quartet, all four of them women! Anchored by two major works of Haydn and Mozart, there will also be a Clara Schumann lieder sung by a soprano.
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $30 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $30 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Mudavis Performing Arts Company, July 8
Experience a newly choreographed work by the Mudavis Performing Arts Company which deals spiritually with the subject of Covid. The performance on Friday, July 8 at 7:00 PM, will be a fusion of Indian classical dance styles and Shankar technique popularized by Uday Shankar in the 1920-30s.
Rain date Sunday, July 10 at 5:00 PM.
Tickets are $40 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Rain date Sunday, July 10 at 5:00 PM.
Tickets are $40 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Ana Vidović, Classical Guitar, July 17
Sunday, July 17 at 5:00 PM. Ana Vidovic is a native of Croatia, a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, and has an impressive career with performances and prizes from all over the world. Her classical solo guitar technique has been captured by multiple CDs enjoyed by countless admirers. She will be performing music of J.S. Bach, Scarlatti, Giuliani and Mangore.
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Tom Gold Dance, July 24
Tom Gold Dance’s performance at Untermyer Gardens was celebrated last year in the New Yorker magazine. His striking modern style in our historic setting was a dream of Bill Cunningham before he died, and we are proud to present a new performance.
Rain Date Friday, July 29 at 7:00 PM.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Rain Date Friday, July 29 at 7:00 PM.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Townsley’s Jubilee Singers, July 31
Brooklyn-based, this seasoned group of singers are 2nd and 3rd generation descendants of the great pioneers of gospel music. Selections include African chants, Negro spirituals, jubilee songs as well as jazz, pop, Broadway and Hip Hop, bridging the sacred and popular.
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $30 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $30 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
The Athenians, August 7
Enjoy the Athenians in a superb vocal performance featuring the best of opera, Broadway and the Great American Songbook. Seen at top venues and events in New York City including Carnegie Hall, there will even be an appearance by a ballet dancer!
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Victor LaGamma Ensemble, August 14
A longstanding favorite at Untermyer Gardens, the Yonkers-based quartet comprised of Victor LaGamma-piano, Dylan LaGamma-bass, Jon Doty-Drums, and Matt Garrison-sax, performs artistic and popular favorites of the jazz idiom, with butterflies ascending and descending in the late summer splendor of the garden.
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Lori Belilove and the Isadora Duncan Dance Company, September 4
The world famous Isadora Dancers performed at Untermyer Gardens in 1922 and 1932. Experience groundbreaking modern dance of the early twentieth century set to beautiful classical music at this historic setting.
Rain Date Monday September 5 at 5:00 p.m.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.
Rain Date Monday September 5 at 5:00 p.m.
Tickets are $50 each. Click here or the image above to purchase tickets.