Carmel Quinn ~ Songs & Stories from Ireland

 October 7th  

The captivating Carmel Quinn has been charming audiences for decades ever since she captured the American public’s heart as part of the Arthur Godfrey family on his famed ‘50s television show. Whether singing, sharing Celtic lore, or telling her wonderfully outrageous tales, she immediately has an audience in the palm of her hand.  A favorite of the best talk show hosts, from Carson to Cavett, from Merv to Regis, Carmel will have you singing, laughing and reminiscing.  A star of television & stage and an ever-popular recording artist, Carmel is the only performer to have graced Carnegie Hall’s stage for 25 consecutive years.

Tickets: $14.00;  $12.00 for students & seniors (65+);

 $10.00 for all Bergen Community College

Simple Gifts  ~ Music from Around the World

November 11th

Three women musicians plus twelve instruments equals one very good time.  Drawing on an amazing variety of ethnic folk styles, Simple Gifts plays everything from down-home American reels to lively Irish jigs, from hard-driving Klezmer to haunting Gypsy melodies, all while spicing the mix with Balkan dance music and Scandinavian twin fiddling.  Combining tradition with innovation, they create and play some of the finest and most original folk arrangements today, with the assorted instruments making unusual appearances in the unlikeliest musical places.

Tickets: $12.00;  $10.00 for students & seniors (65+);

$8.00 for all of Bergen Community College

February 17th

In exotic Eastern Europe, the roots of World Music go back centuries through many faiths and nationalities. Musicians had to know as many musical styles as the diverse languages of the people with whom they lived and worked.  Confidently crossing the border between mature mastery and village madness, Veretski Pass, an ensemble of veteran klezmer artists, plays Old Country Music, melodies from Medieval Poland, dances from Bessarabia, Ruthenia, and Bukovina, music with origins in the Ottoman Empire (once fabled as the borderlands of the East and the West). This virtuosic group combines energy and musicianship in performances of depth and power, fire and finesse, warmth and wonder, with expertly played violin, viola, bass viol, button accordion, bass drum and tsimbl.

Tickets: $14.00;  $12.00 for students & seniors (65+); 

Bergen Sinfonia~ Classics for Strings   - April 27th

The Bergen Sinfonia, a professional orchestra of the finest musicians in the NY/NJ metropolitan area, presents a program featuring some of the world’s greatest music for string orchestra. Received with a standing ovation on its “brilliant” debut performance at Bergen Community College last season, the Bergen Sinfonia returns under the leadership of Music Director Murray Colosimo to present another adventurous program of masterworks for strings by Baroque, Romantic and American composers - highlighted by a performance of George Frideric Handel's famous “Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 1.”  Don’t miss this rare opportunity and major musical event!

Tickets: $16.00;  $14.00 for students & seniors (65+); 

$12.00 for all of Bergen Community College

Pro Arte Chorale ~ Bernstein and Britain: Voices Across the Ocean

May 4th   

Bergen County’s renowned Pro Arte Chorale presents Bernstein and Britain: Voices Across the Ocean featuring Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms,” Rutter’s “Requiem” and favorite Spirituals. This wonderful program, comparing styles of American and British repertoire, features Conductor/Music Director David Crone and Accompanist Janet Montgomery with percussion accompaniment, boy soprano and soprano soloist.  Pro Arte Chorale is an Honorary Resident Arts Group at Bergen Community College and is sponsored in part by The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and The New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.  Recent performances have included Carnegie Hall, the PNC Performing Arts Center and NJ-PAC.

Tickets: $14.00;  $12.00 for students & seniors (65+); 

$10.00 for all of Bergen Community College