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Spencertown Academy Presents Classical Sunday with Pianist Joanne Polk January 19
Spencertown, New York–Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents Classical Sunday with pianist Joanne Polk on Sunday, January 19 at 3:00pm at the Academy’s Blanche Grubin Auditorium. The program will include Johann Sebastian Bach, Amy Beach, Cécile Chaminade, Alberto Ginastera, David Shenton, and Cole Porter. General admission tickets ($25 public, $20 Academy members, $10 students) are available via www.spencertownacademy.org.
“Joanne Polk’s Spencertown recital offers a unique opportunity to hear a major artist in an intimate setting,” says Jan Douglas, member of the Academy Music Committee and head of Classical Sunday programming. “She is known for playing with graceful, elegant conviction and brilliant technique and for her award-winning and critically acclaimed recordings of works by women composers.”
Polk’s albums have been deemed “best of the year” by the New York Times and Seattle Times, been nominated for a Grammy, and debuted at #1 on the Classical Billboard Chart. Among her many illustrious credits are performances with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Barbican Center in London under the baton of Paul Goodwin, the Women’s Philharmonic in San Francisco with conductor Apo Hsu, and with Lark Quartet at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City. She received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Degrees from The Juilliard School, and her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from Manhattan School of Music, where she serves as a member of the piano faculty.
This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Founded in 1972, Spencertown Academy Arts Center is a cultural center and community resource serving Columbia County, the Berkshires, and the Capital region. Housed in a landmark 1847 Greek Revival schoolhouse, the Academy is located at 790 State Route 203 in Spencertown, New York. For more information, please contact info@spencertownacademy.org.