Catskill Mountain Region December 2011 GUIDEwww.catskillregionguide.com TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TABLE www.catskillregionguide.com VOLUME 26, NUMBER 12 December 2011 PUBLISHERS Peter Finn, Chairman, Catskill Mountain Foundation Sarah Finn, President, Catskill Mountain Foundation EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION Sarah Taft ADVERTISING SALES Rita Adami Steve Friedman Sharon Reich CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Carol White and David White ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE Candy McKee Toni Perretti Laureen Priputen PRINTING Catskill Mountain Printing DISTRIBUTION Catskill Mountain Foundation On the cover: “Looking South,” photo by Al Alexsa. EDITORIAL DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE: December 6 The Catskill Mountain Region Guide is published 12 times a year by the Catskill Mountain Foundation, Inc., Main Street, PO Box 2 THE ARTS 924, Hunter, NY 12442. If you have events or programs that you would like to have covered, please send them by e-mail to tafts@ catskillmtn.org. 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Winter Suite will feature the dynamic HVP String Competition winner Yoshihiko Nakano performing one of the greatest works for viola and orchestra: Bartok’s Viola Concerto, posth. op. BB128. HVP Music Director Randall Craig Fleischer conducts. The 52nd Anniversary Season is sponsored by Rhinebeck Savings with additional support from the Dr. Jeffrey Perchick Memorial Fund through the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley and WMHT/WRHV FM. The concert also features Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella) Overture, Sibelius’ The Swan of Tuonela (Tuonelean Journey) and Tchaikovsky’s’ Suite no. 4, op.61, C major (Morzartiana). Ticket-holders are invited to a pre-concert talk with Maestro Fleischer, Mr. Nakano, and members of the orchestra at 2 pm. Yoshihiko Nakano studies at the Juilliard School, where he is pursuing a Master of Music degree in viola under the tutelage of Michael Tree. He has been a principal violist of the Juilliard Orchestra and a frequent performer with contemporary music group AXIOM. Nakano has received awards and prizes in numerous competitions, including the Juilliard Concerto Competition, Union League Civic & Art Awards, Northwestern University Concerto Competition, Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, WAMSO Young Artist Competition, Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, and Kingsville International Competition. He has appeared as a soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Symphony Orchestra, and Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Though now pursuing his career as a violist, Nakano began his musical studies at the age of five on the violin. During high school he studied with Almita and Roland Vamos at the Music Institute of Chicago as a Merit Scholarship recipient. He continued to study with Vamos at Northwestern University where he served as concertmaster and principal violist of the symphony orchestra and earned a Bachelor of Music degree in violin performance with Departmental Honors. Nakano plays on a viola made by Giulio Cesare Gigli (1762) on loan from the Juilliard School. Tickets are available at various prices ranging from $26 to $48. Student Rush tickets will be available one hour prior to the concert for $20. Tickets can be purchased at: the Bardavon Box Office, 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie (845 473 2072), at the UPAC Box Office, 602 Broadway, Kingston (845 339 6088), or through TicketMaster at 800 745 3000 or www.ticketmaster.com. 2 • www.catskillregionguide.com December 2011 • guide 3 “The Visit,” by Rita Bernstein Gallery selections: Group show of Featured Artists at Galerie BMG in Woodstock Galerie BMG is delighted to present Gallery Selections, a group exhibition of work by photographers featured at the gallery over the last several years. The exhibition highlights the creativity and craftsmanship of these artists, while celebrating their diverse approach to in- novative imagery and process. Among the selections on rotating display throughout the two months will be ethereal dream-like images by Angela Bacon-Kidwell, pinhole self portraits by Alyson Belcher, beautifully crafted images on hand-made paper by Rita Bernstein, gold leaf transparencies by Lynn Bianchi, hand-painted still lifes and nudes by Brigitte Carnochan, bromoil prints by Joy Goldkind, haunting polaroid film prints by Jessica M. Kaufman, photo-collage botanicals by Kim Kauffman, encaustic and mixed media narratives by Leah Mac- donald, and unique mixed media collages by Kamil Vojnar. Gallery Selections will open on De- cember 2, 2011, coinciding with Wood- stock’s Open House and will continue through February 6, 2012. Winter gallery hours are Friday 12-5, Saturday 11-6, Sunday 11-5 and Monday 12-5 or other times by appointment. Galerie BMG is located at 12 Tannery Brook Road in Woodstock. For further in- formation, please contact the gallery at 845 679 0027. 4 • www.catskillregionguide.com Planning a Weekend or Family Gathering in the Catskills? Stay with us! We offer affordable residential and meeting facilities in a beautiful setting only two hours from New York City The Catskill Mountain Foundation has extensive and affordable facilities for artistic residencies, corporate retreats, and private events in a spectacular natural setting only two hours from metropolitan New York. for more information visit our Web site: www.catskillmtn.org/ facilities/index.html call: 518.263.2073 or email: [email protected] December 2011 • guide 5 ellen sinopoli Dance Company at Kaatsbaan The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company will perform at Kaatsbaan Inter- national Dance Center in Tivoli, New York on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 7:30 pm. Since 1992, the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company (ESDC) has been the resident company of The Egg in Albany, NY. Pre- senting the uniquely American art form of contemporary modern dance as interpreted through the richly imagined choreography of Artistic Director Ellen Sinopoli, ESDC strives to engage both dance aficionados and the uninitiated into the exhilarating world of modern dance. The evening’s program includes three of the company’s exciting repertory pieces along with a preview performance of a new work to be presented at The Egg on January 20, 2012. A Gathering in Red, Photo by Gary Gold Departing, with music by Cornelius Dufallo, a virtuosic and versatile acoustic and electric violinist, captures the sweep and breath of his compelling score. “The dancers, dressed in red, seem blown like leaves or birds by soft breezes and high winds.” (Times Union) Brink is a dance which ingeniously dives into the disparate and compelling music of Dave Douglas, American trumpeter and two-time Gram- my nominated jazz musician. “This is a cool, ultra-hip work that devoured space while expending gobs of energy….” (Daily Gazette) Vooz-é-la is set to four songs by Zap Mama, whose eclectic mixture of styles hovers around soul, gospel, pygmy song, and Afro-Cuban rhythms. ESDC’s dancers are propelled and inspired by the acrobatic female voices of these extraordinary singers. The Albany Times Union said that this is “…a gorgeous, juicy dance, one of Sinopoli’s best…crisp, sensual and pure fun all at once….” To Sing, Laugh, Play, a preview of a new ESDC work, is athletic, serendipitous and filled with joy. This new dance soars to the music of contemporary classical composer John Adams with selections from his “John’s Book of Alleged Dances” Tickets are $25 adults; $10 children and student rush at the door. The Kaatsbaan International Dance Center is located at 120 Broad- way, Tivoli, NY.