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Music from Salem is a
chamber music
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festival in Washington County, New York. Founded in 1985 by violist Lila Brown and violinist Judith Eissenberg. The festival features a summer concert series at the historic Hubbard Hal in
Cambridge, New York
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The town of Cambridge contains part of a village, also called Camb ...
; free children's workshops at area libraries and open rehearsals at the Brown Farm in Salem, New York – birthplace of Music from Salem. In 2006, the cellist Rhonda Rider and the pianist Judith Gordon joined Music from Salem as artistic co-directors.
The festival fuses familiar classics with lesser known works and the repertoire often includes contemporary works by composers such as Lee Hyla, John Harbison,
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading fi ...
and John Adams. The Cambridge Commission, a community supported bi-annual award launched in 2002, has brought the works of
Allen Shawn
Allen Evan Shawn (born August 27, 1948)''Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008'' is an American composer, pianist, educator, and author who lives in Vermont.
His music
Shawn began composing at the age of ten, but dates his mature work from 1977. ...
,
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Gerald Busby
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Busby was born in Tyler, Texas.In the interview with Adam Gopnik he indicated that there was a Baptist minister as part of his growing up. He studied piano as a child, play ...
to Music from Salem audiences.
Festival performers have included Diane Walsh,
Ida Levin
Ida Levin (1963 – 19 November 2016) was an American concert violinist. Levin taught at the Sander Vegh International Chamber Music Academy in Prague and was a former faculty member of Harvard University, the Colburn School and the European Mozar ...
Nina Tichman
Nina Tichman (born 27 April 1949 in New York) is an American pianist.
She studied at the Juilliard School in New York, which awarded her the Eduard-Steuermann-Prize for outstanding achievements, then in Europe with Alfons Kontarsky, Hans Leygraf ...
, Werner Dickel, Kari Ravnan, David Breitman, Ulrike-Anima Mathe, Kjell-Arne Jorgensen, Dongsok Shin and Delores Stevens.
Music from Salem is performed throughout Washington County at venues such as Pompanuck Farm Institute, Dionondehowa Wildlife Sanctuary and School and
Salem Art Works
Salem Art Works (SAW) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-exempt sculpture park, arts center, and artists community on the grounds of a former dairy farm in Salem, New York. SAW hosts artist residencies, workshops, and community events.
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. Off–season programming includes winter and spring concerts and, in early June, the acclaimed Cello Seminar for young professional musicians.
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* Ambridge, Indiana, a former neighborhood, now part of Ambridge Mann, Indiana, US
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', 8 August 2007, p. 9 "Lila Brown Interview" ''ThinkQuest Library'', 20 October 2008 LARAC, 22 October 2008
*Waller, John, "The Emotion is in the Music at Hubbard Hall", ''Bennington Banner'', 7 August 2008
Nina Tichman
Nina Tichman (born 27 April 1949 in New York) is an American pianist.
She studied at the Juilliard School in New York, which awarded her the Eduard-Steuermann-Prize for outstanding achievements, then in Europe with Alfons Kontarsky, Hans Leygraf ...