The Roxbury Arts Group Announces Quartets

ROXBURY — On Saturday August 10th the Roxbury Arts Group presents a series of events celebrating vocal quartets at the Roxbury Arts Center.  These events will feature an exceptional cast of vocal artists from some of the top opera stages in the world: Tami Swartz- Soprano, Mary Phillips- Mezzo Soprano, Adam Klein- Tenor, Timothy Lafontaine- Baritone and pianist Greg Strohman.  Starting the day at 3pm, a fun, affordable and educational event for families that will answer the question, “What is a vocal quartet?. At 6pm, a garden party in the historic Gould House (next door to the Roxbury Arts Center) featuring local fare and cocktails leading to a performance of Quartets: From the Renaissance to Jazz with special guest Andy Cahill at 7:30p on the Roxbury Arts Center.  Ticket prices vary and tickets are available at www.roxburyartsgroup.org.  All the events will take place at the Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury. 

This series of benefit events has been curated for Roxbury Arts group by our talented and highly-accomplished neighbor Timothy Lafontaine.  Tim and his colleagues will take audiences on a sonic journey through history with a selection of vocal quartets from the early Renaissance through classical, jazz, musical theater, and pop music of today.  The day begins with a program geared towards families with young children who will marvel at the capabilities of the human voice and experience a broad selection of vocal quartets through time.  Later that afternoon, join the garden party where you can mingle with the artists while enjoying light fare and cocktails in the beautifully-cultivated gardens of Roxbury's historic Gould House. Or come directly to the 7:30 performance of Quarets: from the Renaissance to Jazz where the aforementioned artists will be joined by special guest Andy Cahill to present semi-staged examples of vocal quartets through time. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Roxbury Arts Group, a non-profit community-arts organization that is dedicated to making the arts an integral part of life in the rural Catskill communities that we serve.

All programs offered by the Roxbury Arts Group are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O’Connor Foundation, the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation, The Community Foundation for South Central New York, the Tianaderrah Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and The Delaware National Bank of Delhi.