CONCERT | Saratoga Chamber Players

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This concert is made possible by a generous gift from Dick and Beverley Messmer.

Please scroll down for COVID-19 protocols and more details about the Saratoga Chamber Players and this concert program.

TICKETS TO ATTEND IN PERSON:

Advance $15 | Day of Event $20 | Free for Youth

For advance price tickets, please visit the TPC box office, call (518) 251-2505 x128, or click on “Tickets” - then select the in person version of this event to purchase thru eventbrite. Advance price tickets are available for reservation / purchase until the day before the event. “Day of Event” tickets are available for purchase at the box office two hours before the event begins.

COVID-19 protocols for in person events:

1. All patrons must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination upon arrival at the center if attending a performance or special event that is presented by Tannery Pond Center, the nonprofit organization. Proof can be paper or digital copy of vaccination card and/or NYS Exclesior Pass. Alternatively, attendees can provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test result taken within 72 hours of showtime.

2. Masks are encouraged, but not required (after showing proof as outlined above).

The program includes:

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. (1875-1912) Ballade in C Minor, Op. 73 for violin & piano

Manuel de Falla. (1876-1946) Suite Populaire Espagnole (arr. by Paul Kochanski from “7 Canciones Populares Españolas” for violin & piano)

• I. El Paño Moruno
• II. Nana
• III. Canción
• IV. Polo
• V. Astruiana
• VI. Jota

Franz Schubert. (1797-1828) Fantasie in C Major for Violin and Piano, D 934 (Op. Posth. 159)

• Andante Molto
• Allegretto
• Andantino
• Allegro vivace

Meet the Musicians

Violinist Jill Levy is now in her 25th season as Artistic Director and violinist of the Saratoga Chamber Players, bringing together musicians from Europe, Canada, and the U.S. since 1994. She currently serves as concertmaster of the Albany Symphony Orchestra, having joined them in 1993. Her numerous solo performances with them include the December 2008 performance with Jaime Laredo of Bach’s “Double Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra,” and the premiere and recording of Evan Chambers’ “Concerto for Irish Fiddle and Violin” which was released on the CD Brutal Reality by Albany Records. She is scheduled to solo with them again in Spring 2020. As a winner of competitions, she twice performed as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. The New York Times review of the ASO Carnegie Hall appearance in May 2011 praised the “graceful solo from the concertmaster, Jill Levy.” Ms. Levy is also featured on the Saratoga Chamber Players CDs of Live Performances. She has performed at the Blossom, Sebago-Long Lake Festivals, with the Pittsburgh Chamber Soloists, the Williams Chamber Players (Williams College), and North Country Chamber Players. She has been a member of the Sherman Chamber Ensemble in Sherman, CT. since 1993. She is a former member of the Pittsburgh Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, and Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Italy. Ms. Levy is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with Jascha Brodsky and Arnold Steinhardt. She has also worked with Franco Gulli at the Academia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy.

Pianist Margaret Kampmeier enjoys a varied career as soloist, collaborative artist and educator. Equally fluent in classical and contemporary repertoire, she has concertized and recorded extensively. Ms. Kampmeier has performed with the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic Ensembles, Kronos Quartet, Sherman Chamber Ensemble, Richardson Chamber Players, and Mirror Visions Ensemble. As orchestral keyboardist, she performs regularly with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and is a frequent guest of the New York Philharmonic, American Composers Orchestra, and Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. As a recording artist, Ms. Kampmeier can be heard on the Albany, Centaur, CRI, Koch, Nonesuch, and Bridge labels.

Ms. Kampmeier teaches piano and chamber music at Princeton University, and is Chair and Artistic Director of the Contemporary Performance Program at the Manhattan School of Music. She has given lecture recitals on a wide range of topics including Preludes and Fugues through the Ages, Contemporary Keyboard Techniques, and Piano Music of Women Composers. She earned degrees from the Eastman School of Music and SUNY Stony Brook, and is deeply grateful to her mentors Barry Snyder, Jan Degaetani, Julius Levine, and Gilbert Kalish. In addition to her professional activities, Ms. Kampmeier is an avid reader, and enjoys traveling and spending time with her family. A native of Rochester, NY, she resides currently in New York City.