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In
an effort to heal from their devastating loss, and to bring good to the world
to overcome the evil that had taken their son, Alison Crowther, violinist
and mother of Welles, and the Crowther family organize an annual Concert of
Remembrance, 9/11 with the very generous help of friends in the world of professional
music.
The concert is given in memory of all of the victims and heroes of the attacks against our country on September 11, 2001. The Concert for Remembrance 9/11 Orchestra is composed of professional musicians from American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, New Jersey Symphony, Albany Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Long Island Philharmonic, Stamford Symphony, Rockland Symphony and gifted students who volunteer their time for this concert.
There is no charge for admission, and the public is warmly invited.
10th Annual Concert for Remembrance, 9/11
Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 5 p.m.
Grace Episcopal
Church [ directions ]
130 First Avenue,
Nyack, NY 10960
Edward Simons, Holly Druckman and Robert Barrows will conduct.
Lament and Restoration, composed for Alison Crowther by Ron Wasserman, principal double bassist of the New York City Ballet Orchestra, will open the concert. Alison Crowther, as violinist, premiered the concerto in Italy on May 30, 2004, and gave its US premier at Concert for Remembrance on September 12, 2004. Holly Druckman, Columbia University and international conducting student, will conduct the concerto. Jan Deats, internationally renowned pianist, soloist and teacher on the faculty of Elizabeth Morrow School and Manhattan School of Music, Pre-college division, will perform as the featured harpsichordist.
Barbara Allen, principal harpist for American Ballet Theatre, will perform Marcel Grandjany’s Aria in Classic Style. Marti Sweet, violinist, founder and artistic director of Musica Amici, will perform Meditation by Alexander Glazunov.
Edward Simons, Music Director, maestro of the Rockland Symphony Orchestra and founder of the Rockland Conservatory of Music, will conduct the Concert for Remembrance Orchestra in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, K 364. Annamae Goldstein, violin, and Désirée Elsévier, violist, both of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, will perform as soloists.
Grace Church Choir, Robert Barrows conducting, will join the orchestra to perform In Paradisum from Faure’s Requiem as the final piece of the concert.
Sponsored by The Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust, Grace Episcopal Church and the musicians who are members of the orchestras named above.
For information about the concert, please call 845-358-2766.
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