Concerts and Performances:
The 2025 Minnie Untermyer Concert Series
The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy announces its fifth annual Minnie Untermyer Concert Series. Taking place from June 7 to September 27, 2025, 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 orchestral and vocal music as well as dance performances. Popular offerings will include jazz and folk. All sales are final.
The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy is grateful for the generous support of the 2025 Minnie Untermyer Concert Series by the Asbjorn Lunde Foundation.
Scroll down for information about each performance and to purchase tickets.
The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy is grateful for the generous support of the 2025 Minnie Untermyer Concert Series by the Asbjorn Lunde Foundation.
Scroll down for information about each performance and to purchase tickets.
June 21 — Christopher Williams Dance
La Rhétorique des Dieux
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS DANCES: LA RHETORIQUE DES DIEUX - JUNE 21 ***RAIN DATE Sunday, June 22, at 5:00 PM***
Christopher Williams' distinctive style combines contemporary dance with visual design, music, and puppetry to produce multifaceted works.
Nine dancers will perform Christopher’s interpretation of Greek mythological figures, such as Apollo, Diana, Narcissus, Andromeda, and Phaethon. The elegant music will be La Rhétorique des Dieux , composed by Denis Gaultier (1603-1672) for unaccompanied lute.
The unique suite crafted for this performance at Untermyer Gardens features dancers Cemiyon Barber, Janet Charleston, Maxfield Haynes, Burr Johnson, Cynthia Koppe, Justin Lynch, Logan Pedon, Deniz Erkan Sancak, and Christopher Williams. PLEASE NOTE: This performance contains some moments of sexually suggestive content as well as partial male nudity. All sales final. Photo credit Julie Lemberger.
Saturday, June 21, at 5:00 PM
RAIN DATE: Sunday, June 22, at 5:00 PM.
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
Christopher Williams' distinctive style combines contemporary dance with visual design, music, and puppetry to produce multifaceted works.
Nine dancers will perform Christopher’s interpretation of Greek mythological figures, such as Apollo, Diana, Narcissus, Andromeda, and Phaethon. The elegant music will be La Rhétorique des Dieux , composed by Denis Gaultier (1603-1672) for unaccompanied lute.
The unique suite crafted for this performance at Untermyer Gardens features dancers Cemiyon Barber, Janet Charleston, Maxfield Haynes, Burr Johnson, Cynthia Koppe, Justin Lynch, Logan Pedon, Deniz Erkan Sancak, and Christopher Williams. PLEASE NOTE: This performance contains some moments of sexually suggestive content as well as partial male nudity. All sales final. Photo credit Julie Lemberger.
Saturday, June 21, at 5:00 PM
RAIN DATE: Sunday, June 22, at 5:00 PM.
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
June 29 — Voices of Ascension Singers
Love, Renaissance Style
VOICES OF ASCENSION SINGERS: LOVE, RENAISSANCE STYLE - JUNE 29
Renaissance music like you’ve never heard it—playful, passionate, and just a little bit scandalous.
Join us for the saucy side of the secular Renaissance—a summer evening of light, ancient, and delightfully naughty music. From playful madrigals to songs so full of ribaldry we’re lucky they’re in other languages, this is the music your high school choir never dared to sing.
Performed by four of the Voices of Ascension Singers, specialists in Renaissance repertoire, this intimate concert blends music and storytelling to reveal the passion, humor, and humanity of a bygone age. Perfect for a June night when love—and laughter—is in the air.
Voices of Ascension is one of New York City’s premier professional choral ensembles, dedicated to presenting masterworks for chorus and orchestra at the highest artistic level. Founded in 1990 by Artistic Director Dennis Keene, Voices has built an international reputation for its exquisite choral artistry, innovative programming, and commitment to expanding the choral canon. Performances by the Grammy-nominated ensemble have been praised as “richly colored, impressive, and beautifully balanced” (Wall Street Journal) and “inspired” (The New York Times).
Maren Montalbano began her vocal career with the San Francisco Girls Chorus at age seven and has been singing ever since. A graduate of both New England Conservatory of Music and Tufts University, Ms. Montalbano can be heard on five GRAMMY Award-winning albums. She appears on over 30 commercial recordings, including her debut solo album, Sea Tangle: Songs from the North.
Jessica Beebe: Lauded by Opera News as “evocative and ethereal”, “a honey-colored tone”, and "the most radiant solo singing," soprano Jessica Beebe is steadily gaining international attention as an affecting interpreter of repertoire spanning over four centuries, ranging from Renaissance music to contemporary American opera. In recent seasons, she has appeared as a guest soloist in concert with many orchestras and ensembles. Ms. Beebe teaches voice at Franklin and Marshall College.
Jacob Perry, tenor, is lauded for his stylish interpretations of early music. As a soloist, he lends his graceful sense of phrasing and luminous tone to local and national orchestras and ensembles. As Co-Artistic Director of Bridge, a genre-defying vocal collective based in Washington, he draws on his instincts for theatricality and storytelling, as the group explores the connections between early masterpieces and ground-breaking new works.
Daniel Schwartz, a Philadelphia native, received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from Temple University where he studied voice with retired Metropolitan Opera baritone David Arnold. Upon his graduation in 2011, Daniel was honored with the Elaine Brown Award for musicianship, dedication to excellence, and humanitarianism. After graduating, Daniel won the position of Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Voices of Pride, Philadelphia’s LGBT mixed voice chorus.
Kevin Payne, Lutenist, is active as a recitalist, accompanist, and continuo player. Recent ensemble work includes performances with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Blue Heron, Handel and Haydn Society, and Bach Collegium San Diego. Festival appearances include Caramoor, Tanglewood, Spoleto, and Newport Classical. His playing has been broadcast on a number of nationally syndicated radio programs including Sunday Baroque and Performance Today.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, June 29, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
Renaissance music like you’ve never heard it—playful, passionate, and just a little bit scandalous.
Join us for the saucy side of the secular Renaissance—a summer evening of light, ancient, and delightfully naughty music. From playful madrigals to songs so full of ribaldry we’re lucky they’re in other languages, this is the music your high school choir never dared to sing.
Performed by four of the Voices of Ascension Singers, specialists in Renaissance repertoire, this intimate concert blends music and storytelling to reveal the passion, humor, and humanity of a bygone age. Perfect for a June night when love—and laughter—is in the air.
Voices of Ascension is one of New York City’s premier professional choral ensembles, dedicated to presenting masterworks for chorus and orchestra at the highest artistic level. Founded in 1990 by Artistic Director Dennis Keene, Voices has built an international reputation for its exquisite choral artistry, innovative programming, and commitment to expanding the choral canon. Performances by the Grammy-nominated ensemble have been praised as “richly colored, impressive, and beautifully balanced” (Wall Street Journal) and “inspired” (The New York Times).
Maren Montalbano began her vocal career with the San Francisco Girls Chorus at age seven and has been singing ever since. A graduate of both New England Conservatory of Music and Tufts University, Ms. Montalbano can be heard on five GRAMMY Award-winning albums. She appears on over 30 commercial recordings, including her debut solo album, Sea Tangle: Songs from the North.
Jessica Beebe: Lauded by Opera News as “evocative and ethereal”, “a honey-colored tone”, and "the most radiant solo singing," soprano Jessica Beebe is steadily gaining international attention as an affecting interpreter of repertoire spanning over four centuries, ranging from Renaissance music to contemporary American opera. In recent seasons, she has appeared as a guest soloist in concert with many orchestras and ensembles. Ms. Beebe teaches voice at Franklin and Marshall College.
Jacob Perry, tenor, is lauded for his stylish interpretations of early music. As a soloist, he lends his graceful sense of phrasing and luminous tone to local and national orchestras and ensembles. As Co-Artistic Director of Bridge, a genre-defying vocal collective based in Washington, he draws on his instincts for theatricality and storytelling, as the group explores the connections between early masterpieces and ground-breaking new works.
Daniel Schwartz, a Philadelphia native, received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music from Temple University where he studied voice with retired Metropolitan Opera baritone David Arnold. Upon his graduation in 2011, Daniel was honored with the Elaine Brown Award for musicianship, dedication to excellence, and humanitarianism. After graduating, Daniel won the position of Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Voices of Pride, Philadelphia’s LGBT mixed voice chorus.
Kevin Payne, Lutenist, is active as a recitalist, accompanist, and continuo player. Recent ensemble work includes performances with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Blue Heron, Handel and Haydn Society, and Bach Collegium San Diego. Festival appearances include Caramoor, Tanglewood, Spoleto, and Newport Classical. His playing has been broadcast on a number of nationally syndicated radio programs including Sunday Baroque and Performance Today.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, June 29, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
July 13 — Westchester Philharmonic Brass Quintet
Leaves of Brass
WESTCHESTER PHILHARMONIC BRASS QUINTET: LEAVES OF BRASS - JULY 13
Trumpeter Wayne du Maine and the Westchester Philharmonic's brass quintet return to Untermyer to perform Leaves of Brass.
Amid the botanical splendor of Untermyer Gardens, trumpeter Wayne du Maine and the Westchester Philharmonic's brass quintet are back by popular demand. This concert is dedicated in loving memory of Christine Kenney O'Rourke.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, July 13, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
Trumpeter Wayne du Maine and the Westchester Philharmonic's brass quintet return to Untermyer to perform Leaves of Brass.
Amid the botanical splendor of Untermyer Gardens, trumpeter Wayne du Maine and the Westchester Philharmonic's brass quintet are back by popular demand. This concert is dedicated in loving memory of Christine Kenney O'Rourke.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, July 13, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
July 20 — Victor LaGamma Jazz Quartet
VICTOR LAGAMMA JAZZ QUARTET - JULY 20
A longstanding favorite at Untermyer Gardens, the Yonkers-based Victor LaGamma quartet performs artistic and popular favorites.
Join us for a magical afternoon of jazz in the picturesque setting of Untermyer Gardens Amphitheater. The Victor LaGamma Ensemble consists of Victor LaGamma on piano, Dylan LaGamma on bass, Jon Doty on drums, and Matt Garrison on sax. From artistic interpretations of jazz classics to popular favorites, the Victor LaGamma Ensemble's performance promises to be a true jazz feast.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, July 20, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $25 plus Eventbrite Fees
A longstanding favorite at Untermyer Gardens, the Yonkers-based Victor LaGamma quartet performs artistic and popular favorites.
Join us for a magical afternoon of jazz in the picturesque setting of Untermyer Gardens Amphitheater. The Victor LaGamma Ensemble consists of Victor LaGamma on piano, Dylan LaGamma on bass, Jon Doty on drums, and Matt Garrison on sax. From artistic interpretations of jazz classics to popular favorites, the Victor LaGamma Ensemble's performance promises to be a true jazz feast.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, July 20, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $25 plus Eventbrite Fees
July 27 — Eléanor Biezunski & Friends
Tree of Life: Yiddish Songs about Nature
ELÉONORE BIEZUNSKI & FRIENDS: TREE OF LIFE - YIDDISH SONGS ABOUT NATURE - JULY 27
Award-winning Parisian musician and her friends perform Yiddish songs about nature in the gorgeous natural setting of the Walled Garden.
Immerse yourself in the the lively energy of klezmer music in this performance of Yiddish Songs About Nature at the Untermyer Gardens Amphitheater, with the award-winning Parisian musician Eléonore Biezunski. This performance will feature original compositions and archival gems that will transport you to a bygone era of Eastern European Jewish culture. Eléonore Biezunski, on violin, vocals, and ukelele will be joined by Christina Crowder on accordion, Jordan Hirsch on trumpet, and Richie Barshay on percussion.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, July 27, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $30 plus Eventbrite Fees
Award-winning Parisian musician and her friends perform Yiddish songs about nature in the gorgeous natural setting of the Walled Garden.
Immerse yourself in the the lively energy of klezmer music in this performance of Yiddish Songs About Nature at the Untermyer Gardens Amphitheater, with the award-winning Parisian musician Eléonore Biezunski. This performance will feature original compositions and archival gems that will transport you to a bygone era of Eastern European Jewish culture. Eléonore Biezunski, on violin, vocals, and ukelele will be joined by Christina Crowder on accordion, Jordan Hirsch on trumpet, and Richie Barshay on percussion.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, July 27, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $30 plus Eventbrite Fees
August 3 — Sahba Motallebi & Reza Mohsenipour
SAHBA MOTALLEBI & REZA MOHSENPOUR - AUGUST 3
Grammy Award winning "Queen of the Tar" Sahba Motallebi & fellow Tar virtuoso Reza Mohsenipour return to the amphitheater.
Four-time winner at the Iranian Music Festival and the Tehran Conservatory, Sahba Motallebi is a modern master of the tar and sitar, as well as an enchanting vocalist. In addition to performing globally, she performed at the White House celebration of Nowruz in 2023. Her singing and playing captivates audiences globally with music born from centuries of Iranian tradition and interpreted through a contemporary lens. Joined by her husband and fellow Tar virtuoso, Reza Mohsenipour, and vocalist Mitra Khorsandi.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, August 3, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
Grammy Award winning "Queen of the Tar" Sahba Motallebi & fellow Tar virtuoso Reza Mohsenipour return to the amphitheater.
Four-time winner at the Iranian Music Festival and the Tehran Conservatory, Sahba Motallebi is a modern master of the tar and sitar, as well as an enchanting vocalist. In addition to performing globally, she performed at the White House celebration of Nowruz in 2023. Her singing and playing captivates audiences globally with music born from centuries of Iranian tradition and interpreted through a contemporary lens. Joined by her husband and fellow Tar virtuoso, Reza Mohsenipour, and vocalist Mitra Khorsandi.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, August 3, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
August 10 — SONNAMBULA
Floregium Musicum: Musical Flowers of the Renaissance and Baroque
SONNAMBULA: FLORILEGIUM MUSICUM: MUSICAL FLOWERS OF THE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE - AUGUST 10
SONNAMBULA is a historically informed ensemble that brings to light unknown music for early instruments.
Renaissance theorist Marchetto da Padua claimed his music treatise Pomerium (“The Fruit Tree,” late 14th century) contained the “flowers and fruits” of the art of music. The sensuousness of a floral bouquet similarly inspired Pierre Phalèse to publish a collection of diverse musical gems in Antwerp in 1602, which he titled the Florilegium sacrarum cantionum. Today’s program explores Renaissance and Baroque music with a relationship to nature, and the composers who sought flora’s ultimate allegorical expression: in sound.
SONNAMBULA: Jude Ziliak, violin, James Kennerley, harpsichord, Elizabeth Weinfield, viola da gamba
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, August 10, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
SONNAMBULA is a historically informed ensemble that brings to light unknown music for early instruments.
Renaissance theorist Marchetto da Padua claimed his music treatise Pomerium (“The Fruit Tree,” late 14th century) contained the “flowers and fruits” of the art of music. The sensuousness of a floral bouquet similarly inspired Pierre Phalèse to publish a collection of diverse musical gems in Antwerp in 1602, which he titled the Florilegium sacrarum cantionum. Today’s program explores Renaissance and Baroque music with a relationship to nature, and the composers who sought flora’s ultimate allegorical expression: in sound.
SONNAMBULA: Jude Ziliak, violin, James Kennerley, harpsichord, Elizabeth Weinfield, viola da gamba
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, August 10, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
September 7 — Tom Chapin & Friends
TOM CHAPIN & FRIENDS - SEPTEMBER 7
Hudson Valley Troubadour Tom Chapin is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and storyteller, with hundreds of songs in his repertoire.
With a six-decade career that boasts 27 albums, three GRAMMY awards, and performances on Broadway, television, radio, and film, Tom Chapin serves up a tasty mix of story songs, ballads, comedic and political songs, family music, sing-alongs, old-time folk classics and a favorite song or two of his late brother Harry’s. Tom accompanies himself on guitar, banjo and autoharp. Joining Tom will be Jon Cobert on piano and accordion and Michael Mark on electric bass and concertina.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, September 7, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
Hudson Valley Troubadour Tom Chapin is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and storyteller, with hundreds of songs in his repertoire.
With a six-decade career that boasts 27 albums, three GRAMMY awards, and performances on Broadway, television, radio, and film, Tom Chapin serves up a tasty mix of story songs, ballads, comedic and political songs, family music, sing-alongs, old-time folk classics and a favorite song or two of his late brother Harry’s. Tom accompanies himself on guitar, banjo and autoharp. Joining Tom will be Jon Cobert on piano and accordion and Michael Mark on electric bass and concertina.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, September 7, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
September 20 — Tom Gold Dance
TOM GOLD DANCE - SEPTEMBER 20 ***RAIN DATE Sunday, September 21 at 4:30 PM***
Tom Gold Dance returns to the Amphitheater for their fifth year in a row and promises another bold and original performance.
Tom Gold Dance returns to the Amphitheater at Untermyer Park and Gardens. Against the stunning backdrop of Bill Cunningham's "magical garden," the Company will present a new program featuring the work of Tom Gold Dance founder and director Tom Gold.
Bold and original, the company aspires to the highest level of artistry through an integrated approach to original choreography, music, and design within the framework of a traditional classical dance vocabulary. All sales final.
Saturday, September 20 at 4:30 PM
RAIN DATE: Sunday, September 21, at 4:30 PM.
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
Tom Gold Dance returns to the Amphitheater for their fifth year in a row and promises another bold and original performance.
Tom Gold Dance returns to the Amphitheater at Untermyer Park and Gardens. Against the stunning backdrop of Bill Cunningham's "magical garden," the Company will present a new program featuring the work of Tom Gold Dance founder and director Tom Gold.
Bold and original, the company aspires to the highest level of artistry through an integrated approach to original choreography, music, and design within the framework of a traditional classical dance vocabulary. All sales final.
Saturday, September 20 at 4:30 PM
RAIN DATE: Sunday, September 21, at 4:30 PM.
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
September 27 — Marc Molomot & Friends
The Great American Songbook: Art Song to the Stage
MARC MOLOMOT & FRIENDS: THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK: ART SONG TO THE STAGE - SEPTEMBER 27
Spend an afternoon with the Great American Songbook, as Marc Molomot & Friends perform art song to the stage.
Amy Justman, soprano, Marc Molomot, tenor, Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone, and accompanist Alex Ruvinstein reach into the Great American Songbook for this performance of art songs.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, September 27, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees
Spend an afternoon with the Great American Songbook, as Marc Molomot & Friends perform art song to the stage.
Amy Justman, soprano, Marc Molomot, tenor, Joseph Beutel, bass-baritone, and accompanist Alex Ruvinstein reach into the Great American Songbook for this performance of art songs.
RAIN OR SHINE: In case of inclement weather, the performance will move indoors to the Community Room of the Cola Center at Untermyer Park and Gardens. All sales final.
Sunday, September 27, at 5:00 PM
Concert Tickets: $35 plus Eventbrite Fees