The All Seasons Chamber Players will perform at Emmanuel Church of Ridgewood on Sunday, March 26 at 3:00 P.M. The church is located at 14 Hope Street at the corner of East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07540. The church is ADA-accessible, and admission is free. Ample parking exists behind the church. Masks are optional. A free-will offering will be taken for the Center for Food Action (CFA), at intermission. A Meet-The-Artists reception will be held after the concert in the Peace Lounge. For more information call the church at (201) 444-7300 or visit www.emmanuelridgewood.org.
The program, entitled MUSICAL TASTINGS: DELIGHTS FROM VIVALDI TO PRICE will include varied works for flute, violin, cello and piano ranging from the baroque period to contemporary including two African American composers. Performers will include Lisa Hansen of Leonia, NJ, Bob Lawrence of New York, NY, Zoe Hassman of New York, NY and Jean Strickholm of Demarest, NJ. All Seasons Chamber Players is a leading music ensemble in the New York City metropolitan area and is in its 42nd season. This concert will be its 13th at Emmanuel Church.
The concert honors the musical legacy of William F. Wilkins, affectionately referred to as “Bill,” who was a long-time active member of Emmanuel’s choir and had a deep appreciation for music.
It is a tribute to his memory that All Seasons Chamber Players will perform at Emmanuel and that the concert will raise much-needed funds for CFA, a 501(c)(3) organization that provides emergency food and homelessness prevention services to northern New Jersey’s poorest and most vulnerable residents.
About Emmanuel Church: Emmanuel, founded in 1891, maintains a tradition of community outreach. Emmanuel is located at 14 Hope Street, at the corner of Hope Street and East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ. The building is ADA accessible, and all are invited to attend. https://emmanuelridgewood.org.
About All Seasons Chamber Players: All Seasons Chamber Players, a leading chamber music ensemble in the New Jersey metropolitan area performed over 850 concerts since its inception in 1981. Support for this concert is provided by the Sjaardema Family Foundation; a grant administered by the Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs from funds granted by the NJ Council on the Arts; the Frank & Lydia
Bergen Foundation; the Lillian P. Schenck Foundation; the Puffin Foundation and Friends of All Seasons. Information on the ensemble can be found on its website at www.allseasonschamberplayers.org or by calling (201) 768-1331.