THE FOUR SEASONS OF LAURELWOOD
Feb
18
2:30 PM14:30

THE FOUR SEASONS OF LAURELWOOD

The Four Seasons of Laurelwood
inspired by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Laurelwood Arboretum
725 Pine Lakes Drive
Wayne, NJ

Limited Seating - SOLD OUT
REGISTRATION REQUIRED: laurelwoodarboretum.org

Presented by Laurelwood Arboretum and Wayne Public Library and sponsored in part by
Monica Loncola, Artist

View Event →
PERCOLATION AT THE PUFFIN!
Nov
5
4:00 PM16:00

PERCOLATION AT THE PUFFIN!

Englewinds opens the ensemble’s 25th Season where it all began…at the Puffin Cultural Forum.
Percolating at the Puffin!
Musicians and scientists celebrate the recent wetland restoration of the Teaneck Creek Conservancy - in all four seasons! Discussion of how individuals can help prevent flooding in Northern New Jersey. World premieres include “The Discovery of Honey” by Marilyn Bliss and “Percolation” by Sarah Davol along with music by Bill Evans, George Gershwin, Edward MacDowell and Antonio Vivaldi.
Come celebrate Englewinds 25 years of concerts for environmental awareness!

20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ. 07666
Covid precautions and ticket reservation information here:
https://www.puffinculturalforum.org/tickets-reservations/

The Puffin Cultural Forum is ADA accessible.

Funding for this concert was made possible by the Puffin Foundation, Bogota Savings Bank and also in part by a grant administered by the Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs with funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts

View Event →
FOUR SEASONS AT FLAT ROCK BROOK
Jun
4
2:00 PM14:00

FOUR SEASONS AT FLAT ROCK BROOK

Englewinds performs “The Four Seasons at Flat Rock Brook” a concert celebrating the 50th
Anniversary of Flat Rock Brook Nature Center. Music includes “Four Seasons” by Vivaldi, Cyclogenesis by Gregory Rossetti, and others.

Please call before coming as space is limited; see below on how to obtain advance tickets.

For reservations/tickets: https://tinyurl.com/4SeasonsOfFlatRock
Flat Rock Brook Nature Association
443 Van Nostrand Avenue
Englewood, NJ
(201) 567-1265

Funding for this concert was made possible in part by a grant administered by the Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs with funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and with support from Bogota Savings Bank and Monica Loncola, artist.

Gregory Rossetti, composer


View Event →
UNDER THE BLUE DOME
Nov
30
7:00 PM19:00

UNDER THE BLUE DOME

Englewinds performs “Under the Blue Dome” at GALLERY BERGEN at Bergen Community College
The program about the importance of our ozone layer is for combinations of woodwind quintet and piano includes world premieres and new arrangements. “Under the Blue Dome by Native American composer J.J. Hollingsworth; “Across an Open Sky” by Peter PIacquadio, “Out of Chrysalis (2022)” by Sarah Davol, “Caelitus Mihi Vires” by Christian Humcke, “Sky Quest” by Garrie Harvey, “Blue Skies” by Irving Berlin, “Improvisation” by Margot Wright and more. This concert is dedicated to the memory of Rosemarie Faust.

FREE ADMISSION
Gallery Bergen, West Hall
Bergen Community College
400 Paramus Road
Paramus, NJ 07652

Funding for this concert was made possible in part by a grant administered by the Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs with funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts

View Event →
UNDER THE BLUE DOME
Oct
9
4:00 PM16:00

UNDER THE BLUE DOME

Englewinds performs “Under the Blue Dome” at the Puffin Cultural Forum
20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ. 07666
Covid precautions and ticket reservation information here:
https://www.puffinculturalforum.org/tickets-reservations/
The program for combinations of woodwind quintet and piano includes world premieres and new arrangements. “Under the Blue Dome by J.j.Hollingsworth; “Across an Open Sky” by Peter PIacquadio, “Out of Chrysalis (2022)” by Sarah Davol, “Caelitus Mihi Vires” by Christian Humcke, “Sky Quest” by Garrie Harvey, “Blue Skies” by Irving Berlin, “Improvisation” by Margot Wright with this season’s Young Artist, guest choreographer and dancer, Alexis Davol.

Funding for this concert was made possible by the Puffin Foundation, and also in part by a grant administered by the Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs with funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts

Alexis Davol, choreographer and dancer

Peter PIacquadio, composer

View Event →
BRANCHING OUT AT LAURELWOOD ARBORETUM
Jun
12
2:00 PM14:00

BRANCHING OUT AT LAURELWOOD ARBORETUM

Summer concert! Englewinds performs indoors at LAURELWOOD ARBORETUM in the new Knippenberg Center with windows open and with audience both indoors and under an adjacent tent . Program will include music by Malcolm Arnold, Dawn Avery, Kenneth Bray, Valerie Coleman, Sarah Davol, Edward MacDowell, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and David Sanford

725 Pines Lake Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470

https://laurelwoodarboretum.org/sculpture-trail/summer-concert-series/

View Event →
BRANCHING OUT!
Feb
24
12:30 PM12:30

BRANCHING OUT!

Shea Center for the Performing Arts

Midday Artist Series presents Englewinds with additional funding from PNC Bank & private donors

Featuring two Native American composers: “Tulpe” and “Branches” by Dawn Avery and one movement of our upcoming world premiere this season of “Under the Blue Dome” by J.J. Hollingsworth. Concert also includes “Full Moon” by Tomoko Ohno and more.
Guest Artists:: Art of Motion Dance Theatre and WPU percussion students
IN PERSON CONCERT - FREE ADMISSION (vaccination card and masks required)
Shea Center for the Performing Arts
William Paterson University
300 Pompton Road
Wayne, NJ

J.J. Hollingsworth, composer

View Event →
BRANCHING OUT:  TUHÒNA
Oct
20
7:00 PM19:00

BRANCHING OUT: TUHÒNA

Surround-sound style concert at Gallery Bergen in Paramus, NJ. Englewinds celebrates the branching out of people and of ideas featuring the world premiere of Onhata Shon'a (“Branches”) by Dawn Avery, 2021 commission Wingspan by Martha Sullivan; Umoja by Valerie Coleman; Alchemy by David Sanford; Wings by Joan Tower; Elephant by Carman Moore. Stella Splendida by Tomoko Ohno and Out of Chrysalis by Sarah Davol. Concert is in coordination with the gallery’s exhibit of “Women of the Ramapough Lenape Nation“: photographic portraits of women embodying poetic myths by Lisa Levart.

FREE ADMISSION
Gallery Bergen, West Hall
Bergen Community College
400 Paramus Road
Paramus, NJ 07652

Dawn Avery, composer

View Event →
BRANCHING OUT:  Berkshire Busk
Jul
24
6:00 PM18:00

BRANCHING OUT: Berkshire Busk

Berkshire Busk presents Englewinds performing Classical music for woodwind trio with new arrangements by Mitch Kriegler and Sarah Davol. The mission of Berkshire Busk is to bring music to Great Barrington during this summer’s transition from the Covid pandemic.

Free!

Rubiners Alley
Great Barrington, MA
more information at:
https://www.berkshirebusk.com


View Event →
BRANCHING OUT:  SUNSET CONCERT ON MOUNT HOLYOKE
Jul
22
7:30 PM19:30

BRANCHING OUT: SUNSET CONCERT ON MOUNT HOLYOKE

Concert at sunset on Mount Holyoke mountain in Skinner State Park, Hadley, MA

Tickets: $12  http://www.friendsofmhr.org/summer-concert-series.html

Together we are all branching out after our Covid sequester. Englewinds performs music to celebrate our newfound freedom with music by Valerie Coleman, Steven Gerber, John Mackey, William Grant Still. Ann Ronell, new arrangements by David Sanford, Tomoko Ohno, Sarah Davol and Mitch Kriegler, and two world premieres: WINGSPAN for woodwind quintet by Martha Sullivan and SNOWFALL for solo bassoon by Chad Smith.

Both indoor seating and outdoor seating on wrap around porch available.

 

View Event →
BRANCHING OUT (SPRING):  PUFFIN PERFORMS!
Jun
5
12:00 PM12:00

BRANCHING OUT (SPRING): PUFFIN PERFORMS!

Englewinds performs virtuosic solos prepared during the pandemic time. Concert outside the Puffin Cultural Forum 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ. Event includes musicians featured on the Puffin Cultural Forum roster. Raindate is the following Saturday, June 5th at 12:30 p.m.
FREE

Solos
Marcia Hankle - ”Winter Spirits” for solo flute by Katherine Hoover
Sarah Davol - “Out of Chrysalis - I” for solo oboe by Sarah Davol *world premiere
Mitch Kriegler - “Duet” for solo clarinet by Steven Gerber
Atsuko Sato - ”Soliloqy” for solo bassoon by Steven Gerber
R.J. Kelly - ”Elephant” for solo horn by Carman Moore
Ensemble music
”John Henry” by Steven Gerber for woodwind quartet and piano (arranged by Tomoko Ohno)
”Sheltering Sky” by John Mackey for woodwind quartet
”Umoja” by Valerie Coleman for woodwind quintet

Valerie Coleman, composer

Valerie Coleman, composer

Carman Moore, composer

Carman Moore, composer

View Event →
KINDRED SPIRITS ARTS - CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
Sep
5
3:00 PM15:00

KINDRED SPIRITS ARTS - CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

DRIVE IN CONCERT - Music for Woodwind Quintet by Ludwig van Beethoven, Georg Philip Telemann, Adrien Barthe and “Umoja” by Valerie Coleman

Milford Health Parking Lot 111 E. Catherine Street, Milford, PA
(Across from the street from the Milford Theatre)
Audience will be in cars or next to cars wearing masks

http://www.kindredspiritsarts.org/#content

FREE ADMISSION

View Event →
MIDSUMMER SOIRÉE: TEANECK CREEK CONSERVANCY GALA
Aug
5
6:30 PM18:30

MIDSUMMER SOIRÉE: TEANECK CREEK CONSERVANCY GALA

Midsummer Soiree: A Walk Through the Wetlands virtual gala, is a celebration of the history, ecology and art of Teaneck Creek Conservancy, while reflecting upon the legacy of their founder, Perry Rosenstein, who was sadly lost to the pandemic this year. The event will feature an exciting musical performance from Englewinds, Nikki Manx Dance Project, and guitarist Steve Kelman. 

The event will premiere on Teaneck Creek’s Facebook, Youtube and at www.teaneckcreek.org/midsummer on August 5th at 6:30 pm.

View Event →
CONCERTS BY THE POND - A GREEN AWAKENING
Nov
24
3:30 PM15:30

CONCERTS BY THE POND - A GREEN AWAKENING

Music by Malcolm Arnold, Sarah Davol, Eric Ewazen, R.J. Kelley, Kenneth Bray, Akshaya Avril Tucker, Rimsky-Korsakov and more. Music to celebrate the ongoing transformation of Cold Spring Harbor from whale hunting to conservation, coastal fishing supplemented by fish hatchery, creation of a state park, farm sanctuary, life science laboratory, environmental center and more.

St. John’s Episcopal church 1670 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

For reservations and more information: 516-692-6368 ext. 5

Donation: $20 Adults; students and children free

View Event →
A GREEN AWAKENING - PUFFIN CULTURAL FORUM AND TEANECK CREEK CONSERVANCY
Oct
25
7:30 PM19:30

A GREEN AWAKENING - PUFFIN CULTURAL FORUM AND TEANECK CREEK CONSERVANCY

PUFFIN CULTURAL FORUM, 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ Ticket Reservations: (201) 836-3599

Englewinds celebrates the Wetland Restoration of the Teaneck Creek Conservancy

Two world premieres! “Into Whose Mouth the Stars by composer and dancer Akshaya Avril Tucker, and “Ode to a Monarch Butterfly” for clarinet solo by Arlo McKinnon, Jr.
Also works by Edwin Avril, Tomoko Ohno, Sarah Davol, William Grant Still and Malcolm Arnold. Come celebrate Englewinds’ longstanding relationship with the Puffin Cultural Forum and the 46 acre nature conservancy just outside of NYC.

View Event →
A GREEN AWAKENING - MUSIC IN THE CASTLE
Jul
14
5:00 PM17:00

A GREEN AWAKENING - MUSIC IN THE CASTLE

Englewinds performs at historic Lambert Castle
Concert about the paintings in the beautiful atrium of the castle and music celebrating the newly renovated Paterson Great Falls National Park. Music by Kevin Mallon, Eric Ewazen, Malcolm Arnold, Sarah Davol, Tomoko Ohno, John Coltrane and Mark Zaki (world premiere). Historian Martha Brozyna will give a historic perspective of the Castle, Paterson and George Washington’s connection to the Great Falls.

Lambert Castle 3 Valley Road, Paterson, NJ Reservations: (973) 247-0085
Tickets: $15

image by the wonderful photographer and percussionist Daniel Haskins

View Event →
A GREEN AWAKENING - PART ONE
Feb
17
2:00 PM14:00

A GREEN AWAKENING - PART ONE

Concert to celebrate 20 years of music written for the Teaneck Creek Conservancy. The Conservancy will close for restoration in early 2019 and reopen later in the year…truly “A Green Awakening”.

World premieres by Pamela Sklar and Edwin Avril! Also music by Dawn Avery, Sarah Davol, Max Lifchitz, Ting Ho, Tomoko Ohno and others.

TEANECK PUBLIC LIBRARY 840 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666

View Event →
KINDRED SPIRITS ARTS SERIES
Nov
3
7:30 PM19:30

KINDRED SPIRITS ARTS SERIES

BEES, PLEASE!

Englewinds performs its virtuosic Bees, Please program featuring Mitch Kriegler, our "swift" clarinetist (Broadstreet Review), in Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky Korsakov.  Also, a world premiere by Edwin Avril, and works by Ballay, Carter, Chopin, Davol, Kim, Macdowell, Sklar, arrangements by Kriegler and more.

The historic Milford Theater 114 East Catherine Street,  Milford, PA  

View Event →
MUSIC ON THE BRANDYWINE
Aug
9
7:00 PM19:00

MUSIC ON THE BRANDYWINE

A performance in the beautiful Brandywine River Museum, home to the art of Wyeth family of artists:  Andrew Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth (Andrew's son), and Andrew's father, N.C. Wyeth, best known for his illustrations.  Englewinds performs music inspired by the beautiful Brandywine River area and calls attention to environmental issues that face the Brandywine Nature Conservancy.  This concert is in conjunction with the current exhibit "Natural Wonders:  The Sublime in Contemporary Art".  

Music by: Dawn Avery, Edwin Avril, Elizabeth Brown, Sarah Davol, Eric Ewazen, Allen Farnham, Milton Granger, R.J. Kelley, Edward MacDowell (arr. Mitch Kriegler), Ann Wyeth McCoy, Ann Ronell, Gregg Rossetti

Tickets:  $20 members  $25 non-members Doors open at 6.
http://www.brandywine.org/museum/exhibitions/current
http://andrewwyeth.com  

 

 

 

View Event →
WIND ENERGY!
Jun
3
4:00 PM16:00

WIND ENERGY!

"WIND ENERGY!" at the Puffin Cultural Forum,  20 Puffin Way, Teaneck NJ

Learn more about wind energy!  This program features a world premiere of  "Cyclogenesis" by Gregory Rossetti and "World Winds" by Bruce Odland for woodwind quintet and multi-media, as well as other gusty music. Discussion with documentary film maker, Melanie La Rosa, who will show film clips about wind energy in the Northeast U.S. 

 

View Event →
LIFT ME UP
Apr
30
6:00 PM18:00

LIFT ME UP

Englewinds peforms for the Spring Benefit Celebration
for The New York Center for Children
THE PENINSULA NEW YORK 700 Fifth Avenue
at 55th Street, New York City
Festive attire  * Auction *  Cocktails & hors d'oeuvres
Kate Spade, Honorary Chair of the Board of Directors

http://www.newyorkcenterforchildren.org/

The NYCC helps children heal from abuse and thrive.

 

View Event →
FOR THE EARTH: SUNSET CONCERT ON MOUNT HOLYOKE
Jul
20
7:30 PM19:30

FOR THE EARTH: SUNSET CONCERT ON MOUNT HOLYOKE

Concert at sunset on Mount Holyoke mountain in Skinner State Park, Hadley, MA

Tickets: $10  http://www.friendsofmhr.org/summer-concert-series.html

Englewinds performs music to honor our Earth and to celebrate the 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.  Earthly and lunar music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Neal Kirkwood, Eric Ewazen, Tomoko Ohno, Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini, Bart Howard, Sarah Davol and more.  

 

View Event →
BEES, PLEASE!
Apr
11
12:30 PM12:30

BEES, PLEASE!

SHEA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
William Paterson University, 300 Pompton Rd, Wayne, NJ   
Admission free   ADA Accessible   Free Parking in Visitor Lot

 

Englewinds performs honeybee concert for woodwinds and piano featuring the virtuosic Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakoff, The Bee by Sarah Davol, and other bee-related music by Edwin Avril, Georges Bizzzet, Elise Carter, Kevin Kim, John McMurtery, Monte Morgenstern, and more.  A New Jersey beekeeper will talk during the concert about honeybees and how we can help.  

 

View Event →
DANCE FOR THE EARTH:  SPRING!
Apr
9
4:00 PM16:00

DANCE FOR THE EARTH: SPRING!

NJ's award-winning eco-music ensemble collaborates with NIKKI MANX DANCE PROJECT, NJ's celebrated environmental and socially conscious dance company in an exciting performance of site-specific music and dance. Composition and choreography is based on vine art made from invasive vines collected from nearby Teaneck Creek Conservancy and other environmental themes such as "Combustion" by Gregg Rossetti, "Estuary" by Sarah Davol, "Danza de la Mariposa" (Butterfly Dance) by Valerie Coleman, and more.

PUFFIN CULTURAL FORUM
20 Puffin Way
Teaneck, NJ  07666
$10 Suggested Donation
Reservations Recommended
tix@puffinfoundation.org  or  201-836-3499
ADA Accessible

This program is made possible by funds from the Puffin Foundation and  by a grant administered by the Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs from funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts

View Event →
DANCE FOR THE EARTH:  WITH NIKKI MANX DANCE PROJECT
Mar
12
4:00 PM16:00

DANCE FOR THE EARTH: WITH NIKKI MANX DANCE PROJECT

NJ's award-winning eco-music ensemble collaborates with NJ's celebrated environmental and socially conscious dance company in an exciting performance of site-specific music and dance. Compositions and choreography based on exhibits at the nature center.

FLAT ROCK BROOK NATURE CENTER, 443 Van Nostrand Avenue, Englewood, NJ  07631
Advance tickets: $20   Students/Seniors: $15   Tickets at the door: $25
Early reservations recommended (201) 567-1265

This program is made possible in part by a grant administered by the Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs from funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

View Event →
BEES, PLEASE!
Apr
29
1:00 PM13:00

BEES, PLEASE!

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN On the Conservatory Plaza at 1, 2 and 3 o'clock  

Englewinds performs honeybee concert for woodwind quintet featuring the virtuosic Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakoff, The Bee by Sarah Davol, and other bee-related music by Edwin Avril, Guillaume Balay, Georges Bizzzet, Elise Carter, Scott Joplin, Edward McDowell, John McMurtery, Pamela Sklar and more.  A New York beekeeper will talk after the concert about honeybees and how we can help.  

Performance free with Garden admission

View Event →
COMPOSERS WORKSHOP
Apr
28
11:30 AM11:30

COMPOSERS WORKSHOP

The Playhouse, Westminster Choir College at Rider University, Princeton, NJ

 

Englewinds performs the world premieres of woodwind quintets written by Composition Students of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, and demonstrates to student composers the characteristics of both individual and combined wind writing.

 

 

View Event →