Arts at St. John’s
Spring/ April
Tuesday, 2 April - 7:00 PM Gallery Opening
REZENDES IN RETROSPECT
Joyce Rezendes has an artistic career spanning over five decades: in California, then Europe, then New York City. By training a painter her output has invovled diverse media and styles, from traditional representational oils-on-canvas, to water-colour, to pen and ink drawing, to collage, and other forms.
Free, but registration is important.
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Friday, 5 April - 8:00 PM
FERRARA INTERNATIONAL PIANO CONCERT
Sophia Zhou and Daniel Schreiner play works by Claude Debussy (Selections from Études), György Liget (Selections from Musica Ricercata), Olivier Massiaen (Selections from Musica Ricercata) and Gyorgy Kurtág (Selections from Játékok).
$10 - $15
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Saturday, 6 April - 2:00 PM
SACRED HARP SINGING
Sacred Harp is a vibrant, living tradition of sacred choral music, sung a cappella, that has been handed down for generations. Singers of all levels of experience and ability are encouraged to attend. Everyone is welcome!
Saturday, 6 April - 3:00 PM
JAZZ CONCERT - ARCTIC CIRCLE
The jazz quintet Arctic Circle will performing the music of John Coltrane in connection to that of Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt
Open Donation
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Saturday, 6 April - 8:00 PM
VIER LETZTE LIEDER
A spectacular evening featuring one of Richard Strauss' most sumptuous works alongside technicolor beauties from Wagner, Korngold, Chopin, Joplin and Paisiello! Ravishing Soprano Julianna Milin will be delivering these delights along side Master Pianist and Coach William Hicks.
$20
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Sunday, 7 April - 3:00 PM
CONCERT: JUILLIARD AT ST. JOHN’S
Back by popular demand, Yaegy Park is joined by her fellow Juilliard concert artists on March 24 & April 7th in two beautiful chamber music concerts.
Yaegy Park, violin; Bo Kyung, piano
PROGRAM: Schubert Violin Sonatina in D Major Op. 137; Brahms Scherzo in C major from FAE Sonata; Clare Schumann Three Romances; Vitali Chaconne; Chopin, solo piano
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Tuesday, 8 April - 7:00 PM (Gallery)
SINGER-SONGWRITER SOIREE
A truly Greenwich Village evening of song and verse in which local artists share their talent with one another and with you. Cabaret-style seating. Space is limited. Early booking is advised. BYO wine (no spirits, no beer)
$10
Booking information to follow
Thursday, 11 April - 7:00 PM
CONCERT: FRENCH/GERMAN OPERA NIGHT
After the success of “Opera in the Village”, German soprano Katrin Bulke and French mezzo-soprano Emma Lavandier return to St John’s in the Village for a night of songs, arias and duets from their native countries: Offenbach, Strauss, Schumann, Brahms, Hahn and more! Pianist Eric Sedgwick will accompany. A reception will follow.
Price: regular $20, early bird until March 31st $15, reduced $10. Family and group prices available.
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Friday, 12 April - 7:30 PM
CONCERT: PAUL VERONA, PIANIST
Pianist PAUL VERONA will recreate the European Salon performing Six Nocturnes by Frédéric Chopin, the Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven and 4 pieces from Isaac Albéniz's Iberia Suite. Please join us as for an evening of lush and sensuous music.
$15 - $23.50
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Saturday, 13 April - 2:00 PM
SYMPOSIUM: LEONARDO DA VINCI
The Musician and Scientist
How Leonardo DaVinci's musical knowledge and skills informed, and was informed by his scientific inventions and knowledge of the natural world.
Part 1 of the two part symposium will provide an overview of Leonardo's early musical journey, his musical instrument design, and his use of other scientific domains to inform his acoustical experiments as grounded in the musical, intellectual, and scientific inquiry of the Sforza, Medici, and Este courts.
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Saturday, 13 April 4:00 PM (Courtyard)
CRAFT: BIRD BOX BUILDING
A workshop for children of all ages in building homes for our feathered friends.
For further information and registration click here.
Leading in to this evening’s concert:
Saturday, 13 April - 7:30 PM
CONCERT: AN EARLY VILLAGE BIRD HOUSE
ANGLIA ANTIQUA
This concert celebrates our ‘avian architecture’ with bird-themed vocal music from 16th and 17th centuries with music by Henry Purcell, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Morley, Henry and William Lawes, and others, including (from the 1660s) some of the first English-language songs to be heard in Manhattan.
$10 - $20 at the door
Sunday, 14 April (Palm Sunday) 3:00 PM
OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN VILLAGE
This concert will present spirituals by African-American composer Roland Carter, celebrating Black Village heritage. With baritone, Frank Mathis, and St John’s Honorary Assistant Organist, Jonathan DePeri.
Drinks reception to follow.
$10 - $20
Wednesday, 17 April through Sunday, 19 May
RATTLESTICK THEATER
Lockdown takes an authentic, intimate and powerful look at the impact of long-term incarceration and the reality of what life inside prison is really like. Inspired by Cori Thomas's time with people serving life sentences at San Quentin Prison, Lockdown explores the possibilities for transformation through human connection.
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Friday, 19 April - 7:30 PM
CONCERT: PERGOLESI’S STABAT MATER
Amber Evans: soprano
Luke Pauline: countertenor
The Strathemere Ensemble
$0 - $20
FREE TO SENIORS by the generosity of West View News
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There will be no other concerts in Holy Week.
Monday, 22 April - 7:30 PM
CONCERT: AMBER EVANS + LENA VIDULICH
A varied and exciting program showcasing the possibilities of the timbral meldings of the voice and violin.
Marina Kifferstein - the master of such moments partial
Max Vinetz - 123
György Kurtág - excerts from Kafka Fragmente
Ben Johnston - Legacy
Ashkan Behzadi - az hoosh mi..
Kate Soper - Cipher
$10 - $20
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Tuesday, 23 April - 7:00 PM
CONCERT: PIANO & CELLO (Gallery)
Alexis Pia Gerlach, cellist
Reed Tetzloff, concert pianist
PROGRAM
J.S. BACH: Sonata no. 2 in D major for Viola da Gamba and Cembalo, BWV 1028
SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata in D minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 40
BEETHOVEN: Sonata no. 3 in A major for Cello and Piano, Op. 69
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Thursday, 25 April - 7:30 PM
JAZZ CONCERT: CHARU SURI TRIO
An evening dedicated to lyrical, jazz, with pieces composed by Suri from a new album called "The Book of Ragas" written for a classical jazz trio (double bass, piano, drums) in collaboration with the internationally-renowned gifted Sufi/Ghazal singer, Apoorva Mudgal. Also on the program are new pieces from "The Great American Songbook," a collection of jazz pieces in the style of Ella Fitzgerald and George Gershwin. Wine reception to follow.
$25
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Friday, 26 April 7:30 PM
CONCERT: AMBER + THOMAS
We're at it again! Come for a fabulous night of music and of course beverages afterwards!
Milton Babbitt - Du
Elliott Carter - Of Challenge and of Love
George Crumb - The Sleeper
Tonia Ko - Smoke and Distance
Tickets $20/$15/$10
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Saturday, 27 April - 5:00 PM
OPERA’S HOTTEST HITS
Join Lindell Carter, Jonathan Greene, Samuel Varhan, Hajeong Lee, Anna Viemeister, and Manya Steinkohler in an evening of great arias and duets from the world of classical and romantic opera.
$20
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Sunday, 28 April - 3:00 PM
CONCERT: PIANO & CELLO
Margarita Rovenskaya, piano; Kevin Mills, cello
PROGRAM: Dvorak rondo, silent woods; Brahms E minor cello sonata; Rachmaninoff op. 2 piano and cello; Schumann op. 73 Fantasiestucke
A fantastic program of Dvorak, Brahms & Schumann
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Monday, 29 April - 7:30 PM
CONCERT: AROUND THE WORLD IN SONG
A recital of international good-will showcasing six singers presenting programs of their choice in their home languages.
Xiaotong Cao, Soprano
Sulgi Cho, Soprano
Alexandra Linde, Soprano
Polixeni Tziouvaras, Mezzo-Soprano
Alexei Kuznietsov, Tenor
José Maldonado, Baritone
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Tuesday, 30 April 7 PM (Gallery)
WOODY GUTHRIE AND OLD MAN TRUMP
A fund-raiser for The Village Trip, our local arts festival in the last weekend of September.
Will Kaufman presents song-and-spoken-word “live documentary” telling the story of Guthrie’s battles against his racist Brooklyn landlord, Fred C Trump, father of the US president. It is based on songs, letters, and notebooks discovered in the Woody Guthrie Archives. Tickets from $20.
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BOOKING
Booking, both for free and for charging events, is chiefly via our website. A link within the event description will take you to online ticketing. In some cases online ticketing will not become available until a month or so before the event. Those who cannot access the internet are encouraged to ask friends or family for assistance and to book in that way. Tickets can, however, be purchased in cash on the door (except when an event has sold out).
SENIORS
St John’s is aware that many residents of Greenwich Village, particularly those on fixed incomes, find access to the arts a challenge. That is why St John’s events are typically economically priced or simply free. We offer, however, further access in two ways.
⦁ Unless otherwise stated each event has an allocation of free seniors’ places which can be booked in advance. Bookings open, by email or phone, one week prior to the event and close at noon on the day before the event.
⦁ In our ‘Senior Standby’ scheme seats unsold at the time of the event can be given to seniors at the door free on a first-come first-served basis. This would typically be a few minutes before the event begins. There is no guarantee of admission.
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Email: admin@stjvny.org
Phone: 212 243 6192