Ringwood
Friends of Music
Ringwood Friends of Music Announces our 40th Anniversary Season
Classical Music Concerts
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Registration is open for our free concert
Saturday, February 8, 2025 - 3pm ET
Michael Stephen Brown, Piano
❄️snow date: Saturday, June 21, 7pm ❄️
Program:
♪ Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
♪ Michael Stephen Brown: Four Lakes for Children (2024)
♪ Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne no. 6 in D-flat Major, Op. 63
♪ Sergei Rachmaninoff: “Scherzo” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, after Mendelssohn (arr. 1933)
♪ Franz Liszt: “Wedding March and Dance of the Fairies” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, after Mendelssohn (arr. 1850, arr. Brown 2023)
♪ Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"
This concert will be performed at the Community Presbyterian Church, 145 Carletondale Road, Ringwood, NJ 07456.
NOTE:
Please register in advance by sending an email to ringwoodfriendsofmusic@gmail.com so that we have an idea of how many to prepare for. Thank you.
About the Artist
Michael Stephen Brown is a highly acclaimed performer-composer. He has received prestigious awards, including the 2018 Emerging Artist Award from Lincoln Center and the 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Michael has performed with major symphonies, at venues like Carnegie Hall and Beethoven-Haus Bonn. He recently toured his own Piano Concerto around the US and Poland with several orchestras. A frequent artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Michael is featured on the Society’s 2023-24 season with a solo recital at Alice Tully Hall. A winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition, Michael holds degrees in piano and composition from Juilliard. He is also an advocate for affordable mental healthcare for artists and lives in New York City with his two Steinway pianos.
“...one of the leading figures in the current renaissance of performer-composers”
— The New York Times
