Hudson Festival Orchestra (HFO), a professional orchestra conducted by Founder/Artistic Director, Gwen Gould, will feature area musicians and special guest artists. Student musicians will perform with the orchestra, as part of HFO’s “Take a Seat…in the Orchestra” mentoring program.

PROGRAM (in process)

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Opening Acts

Entertaining acts (to be announced soon) as we welcome guests to the lawn of the historic Henry Hudson Riverfront Park!

Community Drum Circle and Dance - Kuumba Dance & Drum Academy/Operation Unite, Elena Mosely, improvisation dancer

7 pm - 9 pm - HUDSON FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA (HFO)
under the tent, Gwen Gould, Founder/Conductor

FIRST HALF

• “Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman #1 “- Joan Tower

• “La Conga del Fuego Nuevo” - Arturo Marquez (with students dancing the Conga)

• “The Wedding” - Kinan Azmeh, Grammy-award-winning clarinet

• Piazzolla Tango - to be announced

• Bangladeshi folk song - to be orchestrated by Eric Fraser/Jonathan Talbott

• “The Wizard of Tap “- Tony Kieraldo, piano, & Demi Remick, tap dancer

INTERMISSION

• Rag: “Teddy Bears Picnic “ - John Walter Bratton, arr. Dan Paget

All attending children are invited to join The Teddy Bears’ Picnic Parade, following a larger-than-life teddy bear (a brave volunteer in a bear costume) to a picnic blanket with treats for all!

SECOND HALF

• Diata Diata International Folkloric Theater - Call & Response, with Pamela Badila and family

• Ukrainian number - to be announced

• “Fiddle-Faddle” by L. Anderson - with kid fiddlers

• “Klezmer Dance #3” - Goran Frost - with Kinan Azmeh, Grammy-award-winning clarinet

• “My Sweet Harp/Eem Anoush Davigh” - Armenian Jazz number - Armen Donelian, piano

• “The Gods Love Nubia” from Aida - Community Choir, Anneice Cousin & Beautiful Racket

• “Servicemen on Parade” – A medley of marches: arr. Richard Hyman