From their web site:

Come join us for the first Gypsy Nomads live DVD filming on March 25th 2010! Scott and Samantha will be celebrating 10 years of creative collaboration and what better way than to have a concert at a mid 1800s brewery!

We need the most fun, lively, creative, rambunctious gypsy cabaret fans to come out and play with us. Costumes are a must to enter the filming area which will be in the “Bottling Works Tavern” a space that just oozes atmosphere. A vaudeville-esque stage with balcony and the entire room is wooded with original post and beam construction. A perfect location for an evening a la Moulin Rouge! Costumes galore PLEASE! Faerie/Ren/Steampunk/Gypsy/Vaudeville/Cabaret – go all the way!

We will have other guest performers whose talents will delight you throughtout the evening, the hypnotizing belly dancing of Elizabeth Muise, the myriad talents of the stiltwalking, glass ball contact juggling of the lovely Noelle Burk [of Cirque Voila fame], the entrancing fire and poi spinning of Adam Beatty and much more!

The location is amazing. A brewery that was built by German immigrant, Alois Bube, in the 1800s. The inside is like walking into Europe, you will instantly be transported. Don’t miss this magickal event! This is a 21+ event.

Tickets are $20. For more information, see their web site.

American Classical Orchestra

Carlo Farina was an Italian Baroque composer and earliest violin virtuosos.  His work, the Capriccio Stravagante is his most well known compositions and was highly innovative in its time (the early 1600s) for his use of creating techniques for imitating animal noises with the violin.

Not only will  The American Classical Orchestra be performing works from Farina, Motzart and others, but they will also be performing on period instruments.  It is highly unusual for such an orchestra, using a selection of almost 400 year old instruments to me assembled in Orange County.

After the concert there will be a meet and greet with the performers.  Doors open at 6 pm.

St Mary’s Church
10 Fox Hill Rd (just inside the main gate to Tuxedo Park)
Tuxedo Park, NY

$15. $20 on day of.  $10 for students and seniors.

Tickets are available through TPAG or from Tuxedo Merchants.  Concerts often sell out early

Celebrate the holidays at a special concert at the Newburgh Free Library on Sun., Dec. 13 at 3 p.m. The free concert features vocalist Maureen Morrissey and keyboardist Steve Kessler performing music for the holiday season. In addition, the program will include a performance by the Voices of Hope Children’s Choir, a community organization for children in grades K-6 that is funded by St. George’s Church in Newburgh. Refreshments will be supplied by the Friends of the Newburgh Free Library.

No stranger to the Hudson Valley, Maureen Morrissey might best be described “incredibly versatile”. She masterfully uses her remarkable range, from soft and sweet soprano to warm and expressive contra alto, when performing an almost unbelievably diverse repertoire from American songbook standards of the 30’s & 40’s to cabaret, classical and more. Maureen has been a featured performer with the Bodles Opera House Variety Show and lead singer with the New York Swing Exchange and the Klassics. Other groups Maureen has appeared with include USMA Jazz Knights at West Point, The Saints Of Swing and pianist Dave Myers.

No registration is necessary. For information, call the Newburgh Free Library, 563-3619 or 563-3600.

21 November, 8 pm

Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts
CR-13/Kings Highway
Sugar Loaf, NY

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is one of the best resources for artists in New York State.  Established back in 1971 by NYSCA as an independent organization, NFA has one of the most highly organized operations, roviding information to artists through their NYFA Source database (which is free and online, and you really should use), to offering Fellowships and grants to artists.

The NFA Artists’ Fellowships are $7,000 cash awards made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York for unrestricted use. Grants are awarded in 16 artistic disciplines, with applications accepted in eight categories each year. Since the awards began in 1985, NYFA has awarded over $22 million to over 3,688 artists. In 2009, NYFA awarded 131 Fellowships to 134 artists, with six of them working in a collaboration.

This year’s categories for review are: Architecture/Environment Structures, Choreography, Fiction, Music/Sound, Painting, Photography, Playwriting/Screenwriting, and Video

The deadlines for NYFA’s 2009-2010 Artists’ Fellowships will be:

November 2, 2009
Fiction
Playwriting/Screenwriting
Photography

November 3, 2009
Painting
Music/Sound

November 4, 2009
Architecture/Environmental Structures
Choreography
Video

This is a fantastic grant opportunity for individual artists that should not be missed.  They are highly competitive, but the application process is one of the best out there.

To get an insight into their process and see how their panels work, NFA is holding a number of workshops around the state for applicants.  The closest workshop to us is in Woodstock on 21 September – noon – 4 p.  More information on the workshop itself can be found here.

Monday, September 21, 12:00pm-4:00pm
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
Theater at Byrdcliffe Colony
3 Upper Byrdcliffe Way
Woodstock, NY
Carla Smith (845) 679-2079
rsvp to http://woodstockbyrdcliffe.eventbrite.com

Check them out and good luck!

For the balance of the program Hayes and Dalby, will be joined by violist, Meena Bhasin, and cellist, Julia MacLaine. Bhasin, MacLaine, and Dalby are fellows and alumni of The Academy, a post-graduate fellowship of Carnegie Hall and the Juilliard School that links a performer’s life with arts advocacy training, and an extensive teaching residency in New York City public schools. They are passionate about discovering connections between communities through music.

This concert series is made possible, in part, with funds from Orange County Tourism and the County of Orange. Pacem in Terris, a not-for-profit organization under the Education Law of the State of New York, is located at 96 Covered Bridge Road, Warwick, NY.

Tickets go on sale at 2 pm.
Suggested donation $10.00.

NO RESERVATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

The Opera Company of the Highlands Presents THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

The singers are: Rebecca Gordon, Sarah Kraus, Jacob Feldman, Chad Karl and pianist, David Maiullo

They will perform songs from Arlen, Gershwin, Berlin, Porter, Rodgers, Hammerstein, Hart & others

Bring a lawn chair or a blanket In case of rain the concert will take place in the Ritz Theatre Lobby, 111 Broadway, Newburgh

This concert is presented by The City of Newburgh and The Downing Park Planning Committee for more information: 845-562-5381 or email.

The conference is broken into a few separate tracks:
Track 1 Social Media & Technology
Track 2 Advocacy & Collaboration
Track 3 BOOTSTRAP Your Music Business
Track 4 Arts & Business Council of NY

As social media opens up numerous doors to the arts in terms of delivering messages, displaying work, creating a community of followers and supports, to growing alliances with the extended arts committee, NYS Arts Summit takes a full track and numerous key note speaches to bring you fully up to date on how the medium is changing and adding to the ways we can enhance our work.

Also, there is a very large focus on the music business, an area of the arts seriously impacted over the past few years.  With as many threats as their are opportunities, NYS Arts showcases an extraordinary track on the music business.  Topics range from the future of music coalition to pod casts.

Check out the full program here.

UPDATE:  Musicians who take their survey can receive free admission to the entire summit -