PURCHASE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC STUDENTS TO PERFORM VARIATIONS ON VIVALDI’S “WINTER” CONCERTO IN NEW ROCHELLE, DECEMBER 11, 11:00AM-2:00PM

Performance Combines Experimental Concert with Community Giving, Will Collect Holiday Food Donations

Put together jazz, classical, and indie rock, and what do you get? If you ask a Purchase Conservatory of Music student, the answer could very well be “Vivaldi.” They’re playing Vivaldi, all right, but they’ve built in a series of original compositions, drawing from various musical styles, all inspired by the master’s “Winter Concerto.”

“This will be a concert like no other,” says Purchase Professor Laura Kaminsky, a composer and the artistic director of Symphony Space in New York. “An added bonus is that the students will collect food donations for families in need, true to the holiday spirit.” Food contributions, in the form of canned and non-perishable items, will be donated to the food pantry of Born Again United Church in New Rochelle.

Timed for the busiest day of Christmas tree purchases, the performance is free and open to the public. It will take place at Cooper’s Corner Nursery in New Rochelle on Sunday, December 11th, from 11 am to 2 pm. 

This concert represents the final project of the College’s new course, “New Modalities in Chamber Music,” taught by Professor Kaminsky. Students in the course brainstorm innovative ways of presenting music in today’s changing society. Ranging from classical violinists to indie rock songwriters and jazz guitarists, the students bring their varied talents together for a live concert in the spirit of collaboration. 

Cooper’s Corner Nursery is located on Mill Road in New Rochelle, NY 10801. For directions and more information, call (914) 632-2647.  

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Purchase College, part of the State University of New York (SUNY) network of 64 universities and colleges, was founded in 1967 by Governor Nelson Rockefeller. His aspirations for Purchase were to combine on one campus conservatory training in the visual and performing arts with programs in the liberal arts and sciences. Today, Purchase College, SUNY is a community of students, faculty, and friends where open-minded engagement with the creative process leads to a lifetime of intellectual growth and professional opportunity. For more information about the College, visit www.purchase.edu.