BridgeMusik Summer Festival 2024
Deepest thanks to all students, parents, faculty members, guest artists, the Dolphins Quartet, staff, volunteers, and audience members who made the BridgeMusik Summer Festival 2024 so much fun and so memorable!
Jazz Week Highlights VIDEO Classical Week Highlights
BridgeMusik Summer Festival 2024 CLOSING CONCERT
The Concert included remarkable performances of *Carnival of the Animals* and *Peter and the Wolf*, flawlessly narrated by Keith Buterbaugh, with terrific pianists Elaine Burns & Chun-Wei Kang, and the outstanding 50-piece BridgeMusik Festival Orchestra masterfully conducted by maestro Diego Garcia. 🎼
Carnival of the Animals VIDEO
BridgeMusik Summer Festival 2024 JAZZ & THE DOLPHINS QUARTET
The final concert of the Festival's Jazz Week was truly memorable! Many thanks to William Hughes (horns), who put together an amazing group of jazz faculty members: Cameron Brown (bass), Bob Magnuson (sax), Tony Jefferson (drums), and Albert Ahlf (piano). Bravo to our talented jazz students (mostly from Bill’s jazz band at TZHS), and last but not least, the super talented young The Dolphins Quartet from Juilliard School, recipients of the Bob McGrath College Fellowship.
In The Mood VIDEO
BridgeMusik Summer Festival 2024 OPENING CONCERT
"What the world needs now is love" 💖 performed live on Sunday, July 21, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Pearl River, NY by Shirley Crabbe, Jazz Vocalist with David Budway on piano, Cameron Brown on bass, and Tony Jefferson on drums, with BridgeMusik’s Tanya Witek (flute), Krystof Witek (violin) and BridgeMusik students.
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IVAN GOFF TRIO AND BRIDGEMUSIK
Closing concert of BridgeMusik Summer Festival 2023 with an awesome Irish band: Ivan Goff (pipes), Katie Linnane (fiddle), Matt Stapleton (guitar) and BridgeMusik Festival faculty & students. We thank all festival parents, students, faculty members and guest artists for two fun weeks of making music together at Christ Church in Sparkill and Good Shepherd in Pearl River.
Two Jigs Video
CAROL WINCENC AND BRIDGEMUSIK
Thank you Carol Wincenc for this amazing Magic of Flute concert with BridgeMusik Festival faculty & students 👏👏👏 Our summer festival continues onto week 2!
Shenandoah Video
Bridgemusik Founders
TANYA WITEK
Tanya Witek (flute) is the co-founder of BridgeMusik. She is a member of the New York City Ballet Orchestra and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at Lincoln Center. She has performed with American Ballet Theater, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Witek received her Master and Doctoral degrees from The Juilliard School as a student of Carol Wincenc. She has appeared at the Banff and Marlboro Music Festivals and has toured with "Musicians from Marlboro." Formerly on the faculty at Montclair State University, Ms. Witek has also worked as a teaching artist for the New York Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center Institute. Her own studies began in Calgary, Canada as a student in the innovative Academy program at Mount Royal Conservatory, where masterclasses with internationally acclaimed artists provided weekly inspiration to the young musicians. These impactful experiences, combined with her professional career as chamber musician, orchestral flutist and teaching artist, led to the creation of BridgeMusik.
KRYSTOF WITEK
Krystof Witek (violin) is the co-founder of BridgeMusik. He performs on Broadway with the Lion King orchestra and with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Lincoln Center. Mr. Witek has served as concertmaster of the Greenwich Symphony in Connecticut. Born in Poland, he came to study at The Juilliard School in New York with Joseph Fuch, where he received his Bachelor, Master and Doctoral Degrees. Mr. Witek has appeared in solo and chamber music concerts in Europe, Canada, Japan and the United States. He has performed with the New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, New York Chamber Symphony, Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and the New York Pops.
Bridgemusik Artists
BridgeMusik features world class musicians who perform regularly in the orchestras at Lincoln Center and on Broadway. The roster of professional musicians includes Grammy-winning artists, emerging young talents, teachers from top music conservatories and local schools. These generous artists work with BridgeMusik by playing alongside the young artists, coaching the students in masterclasses and performing together at a variety of community venues. Click on the pictures to learn more about the artists.
