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Bach to Broadway
Saturday, September 26, 7:30 PM
Christ Episcopal Church, 20 Carroll St, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Two organs. Two organists. All fun.
Bach to Broadway returns to Christ Episcopal Church on Saturday, September 26. Two organists, Nathan Avakian and James Fitzwilliam, take on two very different instruments: the church's classical pipe organ, and a theatre organ, the kind that once filled movie palaces with the sound of a full orchestra out of a single console. They play each in turn, then together, moving from Bach to Broadway across the evening. Singer Claire Avakian joins her brother Nathan for several numbers.
An organ is played with both hands, both feet, and constantly work at the stops and controls, and in a room this size you hear and feel all of it. The two instruments were built for different worlds, one for the concert hall and the church, one for the theatre and the crowd, and hearing them side by side is the whole point. It is a bigger, livelier night than most people expect, and that is the reason people come back.
Bring someone who thinks they don't like organ music and change their minds!
Doors at 7, music at 7:30.
Co-presented by the New York Theatre Organ Society (NYTOS) and the Central Hudson Valley chapter of the American Guild of Organists (CHVAGO).
Phantom of the Opera
Sunday, November 1 4:00p
Lafayette Theater
97 Lafayette Ave, Suffern, NY 10901
Back by Popular Demand!
Lon Chaney's 1925 Phantom of the Opera returns to the Lafayette, with Dr. David Kopp live at the Ben Hall Wurlitzer. The theatre organ was built to do the work of a whole orchestra, one player summoning strings, brass, percussion, and sound effects to score a film as it unfolds. It is a sound you feel as much as hear, moving with every scene on screen. That is how audiences first experienced Phantom a century ago, and how you will hear it here: the music and the film alive in the same room, at the same moment.
Avakians' Cool Yule
Sunday, December 13 7:30p
The Stissing Center
2950 W Church St, Pine Plains, NY 12567
Celebrate the season with Nathan and Claire Avakian in this festive holiday concert presented by the New York Theater Organ Society. Featuring dazzling theatre organ arrangements, soaring vocals, and favorites like “Carol of the Bells” and “The Christmas Waltz,” The Avakians’ Christmas Show blends classic holiday spirit with contemporary flair in a joyful musical celebration for audiences of all ages.
