Photo Courtesy of Dennis Thorton

Ariel Rudiakov – Music Director and Conductor 

 

Sunday February 9, 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)
Amadi_Azikiwe
Amadi Azikiwe, Viola

Save the dates for our upcoming concerts!

 
May 4, 2025  – 3pm – Concerto Competition Winners Concert 
 

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!

Photo Courtesy of Dennis Thorton

The Yonkers Philharmonic and Fine Arts Orchestral Society are proud New York State Council for the Arts 2025 Grantee recipients

We’ve just earned our 2023 Gold Seal with @CandidDotOrg! We are excited to share the work our nonprofit does – here.

A few videos of previous performances…

        

See more videos of the Yonkers Philharmonic here!


Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra is sponsored by the Fine Arts Orchestral Society – is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit. Concerts are supported by the Fine Arts Orchestral Society in cooperation with The City of Yonkers and Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, Yonkers Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation, Westchester County Executive George Lattimer, ArtsWestchester, Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation, Pro Bono Partnership, Yonkers – East Yonkers Rotary, NYS Assemblyman Nadir Sayeg, State Senators Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Shelley Mayer and loyal patrons of the arts.