Ariel Rudiakov – Music Director and Conductor
New Date!
Sunday February 23, 2025 – 3pm
Saunders Trades and Technical High School
183 Palmer Road, Yonkers, NY
Black History Month
Take a tour from classical to modern, blues to soul with music by Florence Price, William Grant Still, Scott Joplin, Adolphus Hailstork, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington and others, featuring viola soloist Amadi Azikawe and a rousing gospel choir finale with the Antioch Baptist Church Choir.
- Symphony no. 1 – Joseph Bologne, Cavalier de Saint-Georges Allegro (1745-1799)
- Overture to Treemonisha – Scott Joplin (1868-1917)
- Two Romances for viola and orchestra – Adolphus Hailstork (b.1941)
- Amadi Azikiwe, Viola
- Incidental music from Othello – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
- Dances in the Canebrakes – Florence Price (1887-1953) Arr. William Grant Still
- Duke Ellington! A medley – Edward Kennedy ‘Duke’ Ellington (1899-1974) Arr. Calvin Custer
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / When the Saints Come Marching in (traditional)
YPO will be joined by Ase-AmenRa Kariamu, a skilled West African drum maker and gourd artist. He performs Afrikan Drumming, a west African tradition where stories are told and culture is celebrated through drums and dance.
Save the dates for our upcoming concerts!
All concerts are held on Sunday afternoons at 3pm
Saunders Trades and Technical High School
183 Palmer Road, Yonkers NY
Handicapped accessible, ample parking
More info: (571) 310-7060
All Concerts are Free of Charge!
All Are Welcome!
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The Yonkers Philharmonic and Fine Arts Orchestral Society are proud New York State Council for the Arts 2025 Grantee recipients
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