at Cazenovia Public Library, Cazenovia Jewelry, Common Ground, Cazenovia Artisans, Isabella’s, The Key, St. Peter’s Episcopal Hall (acrylics, ceramics, collage, ber arts, illustration, mixed media, painting, pastels, photography, printmaking, sculpture, watercolor)(curated by Linda Bigness, Bob Gates, Toloa Perry, Jim Ridlon): Joan Applebaum, Constance Avery, Amy Bartell, Barbara Bickford, Linda Bigness, Naomi DeMuth, Roger DeMuth, Grant Dolge, John Fitzsimmons, Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Diana Godfrey, Elisabeth Groat, Barbara Kellogg, Robert Knight, Jana Kolowrat Laxa, Judith Haynes Levins, John Loy, Mary Gaylord Loy, David MacDonald, Alyson Markell, Tom McCobb, Diane Menzies, Paul Parpard, Toloa Perry, Jim Ridlon, Laurie Selleck, Gary Trento, Anita Welych, Sherry Wright

July 1 - 30 INVITATIONAL ART EXHIBIT

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12:30pm @St. Peter’s Episcopal Hall, 10 Mill St. Come hear the winners of regional competitions perform the classics:Soprano Audrey Monson (Pulaski) & pianist/organist Dominic

Fiacco (Poland, NY), plus premiere new works written for them by young composers Alexandria Kemp (Ithaca) & Mario

Pietra (Syracuse). Sar Shalom Strong,

collaborative pianist

July 12 RISING STARS

6:30-8:30pm @Lakeland Park (in conj. with Caz Chamber of Commerce) Watch the sun set over the lake during this jazz concert in the park by SAMMY winner & Liverpool native Melissa Gardiner, William Gorman & Byron Cage

July 13 MG3 JAZZ ORGAN TRIO

7:30pm @Route 20 Sofa Company, 3208 Route 20, Caz (Nelson) Music & video by Charles Peck, Nina C. Young, Edward Ruchalski, Andrew Martin Smith, Robert E. Thomas, Chris Cresswell/Colin Frank, Ken Ueno, Linda Catlin Smith; Light show by Caz native Katie Gilliland, on sta at Bu alo Lab Theater; Guest: ELINOR FREY (baroque cello) Admission

July 14 PUSHNG BEYOND

July 15 ARMORY SQUARE PLAYWRIGHTS

4pm @ Cazenovia 1st Presbyterian, (Sylvia Ahramjian, violin, Ovidiu Marinescu, cello, Anna Kislitsyna, piano)Music by NY WomenComposers – Diane Jones, Rain Worthington, Marga Richter, Hilary Tann, Judith Lang Zaimont (in conj. with NY Women Composers)

July 16 TRIO CASALS

July 17 – 22 YOUNG COMPOSERS CORNER

Sessions at Cazenovia Public Library for Middle & High School sstdents guided by composer & Caz native CHRISTOPHER CRESSWELL. Works completed performed at 2pm, July 22, SQHAP.

July 18 WRITERS CORNER Double-header

July 19 RISING STARS

12:30PM @St. Peter’s Episcopal Come hear winners of regional competitions perform the classics: utist Julia Musengo (Camillus), soprano Clotilde Cecchi (Cazenovia) & pianist Ben Daly (Manlius), plus premieres of works written for them by

composers Charles van Tassel, Bryan Sweeney & Gregg Welcher (S.U., FY, & Baldwinsville)Sar Shalom Strong, collaborative pianist

7:30pm @ St. Peter’s Episcopal (in conj. with Downtown Writers C.) Jane Springer is the author of Dear Blackbird and Murder Ballad & David Wojciechowski Dreams I Never Told You & Letters I Never Sent (poetry collection)

3pm @ St. Peter’s Hall (Peter Moeller & Donna Stuccio, coordinators) Join us for a reading of original short plays aboutwomen’s su rage & equal rights.

7:30pm @ Critz Farm, 3232 Rippleton Rd, Caz (a cabaret style concert)Featuring the premiere of Christopher Cresswell’s Maybe home is the sum of all our stories, along with music by Du Yun (2017 Pulitzer winner), Fang Man, Scott Gobin & Daniel Sutheran for chamber ens. & electronics.

July 19 HOME, THE SUM OF OUR STORIES

Admission

4:30-6:30 pm ART EXHIBIT RECEPTION Meet the artists, artist demonstrations & Christopher Spinelli, a prize-winning classical pianist & former Rising Star, who also plays jazz! Left: Laurie Selleck – Chittenango Creek

Immersive lighting and sound experience

Contemporary music of many styles, art & writing, featuring renowned regional artists, CNY natives & guests, presented by the Society for New Music.

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CELEBRATING SUFFRAGE:

KINDLING THE FLAME

in the historic village of Cazenovia, NY37th season of new music in Cazenovia

July 1 - 30, 2017

ARTINVITATIONAL ART EXHIBIT July 1-30At Cazenovia Public Library, Common Ground, Cazenovia Artisans, Cazenovia Jewelry, Isabella’s, The Key, St. Peter’s Episcopal HallART EXHIBIT RECEPTION (with live music) July 15

MUSICCONCERTS July 13, 14, 16, 19RISING STARS concerts July 12 & 19PUSHED ASIDE: Reclaiming Gage (opera scenes) July 21YOUNG COMPOSERS CORNER July 17 – 21, YCC performance July 22FAMILY ARTS DAY at SQHAP July 23

WRITINGARMORY SQUARE PLAYWRIGHTS July 15WRITERS CORNER July 18 & 23POETRY ROUND ROBIN July 23

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7:30pm @Catherine Cumming Theater–Caz Theater, Lincklaen St.Staged scenes from an opera about Matilda Joslyn Gage by Persis Parshall Vehar, libretto by Gabrielle Vehar, celebrating the NYS Centenary of the women’s suffrage movement. Mrs. Gage, a Fayetteville resident, was one of the triumvirate, along with Susan B. Anthony and Eliz. Cady Stanton, to spark the movement. Gage’s daughter Maud married L. Frank Baum in their FY home, and therefore the creator of the Wizard of Oz has a role in the opera!

Cast includes: Danan Tsan, Julia Ebner, Laura Enslin, Ivy Walz, Steve Stull, Jonathan Howell, Greg SheppardVictoria King, director, Heather Buchman, conductor, Sar Strong, keyboards

July 23 FAMILY ARTS DAY

1-6pm @ Stone Quarry Art Park, Stone Quarry Rd.

1pm POETRY ROUND ROBIN, Hilltop Led by David Hitchcock - All ages invited to read!

2:15pm WRITERS CORNER – Sarah Jefferis What Enters the Mouth, new book of poetry from Standing Stone Press

3:15pm – SOUND WANDERING II: Art, Music & Nature (5 sites with music at each – a variety of new music for percussion, trombone with Sacred Dance Collective of CNY, violin, flute, CNY Singers) concluding on the hilltop for the premiere of Park Music II by Edward Ruchalski, in collaboration with SQHAP artist-in-residence Geoff Navias.

4:30pm David Harper’s “We See You Mrs. Riester” exhibit, a collaborative sculpture celebrating the 100th year of Stone Quarry Hill Art Park’s founder, Dorothy Riester, entrance foyer of historic Hilltop House.  The sculpture represents a tree-like figure composed of open wood boxes.  Eighteen regional artists adopted a box and created a unique artistic tribute to Dorothy’s spirit.  The combined assemblage displays a marvelous diversity of creative expression.

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