Richard Einhorn News

The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Clara Longstreth, opens its 44th season with a program entitled A Child in Winter, featuring David Lang's 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning The Little Match Girl Passion, the New York Premiere of Steven Sametz's Niño de Rosas, and works by Abbie Betinis, Morten Lauridsen, Vytautas Miškinis, and J.S. Bach's motet, Jesu, meine Freude.

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) will partner with the San Francisco Silent Film Festival (SFSFF) to present screenings of short silent films before select Friday night performances of its season opener, Once in a Lifetime, the madcap Kaufman and Hart comedy about how the movies learned to talk.

The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present a program of American works from 1978 to 2009 written in the Romantic style, and entitled With a Lily in Your Hand-the title of a recent piece by Eric Whitacre, which the chorus will perform.

The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present a program of American works from 1978 to 2009 written in the Romantic style, and entitled With a Lily in Your Hand-the title of a recent piece by Eric Whitacre, which the chorus will perform.

The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present the world premiere of Dateless Calendar by Paul Alan Levi, commissioned by the chorus to honor Mr. Levi's 70th birthday. The concert will take place on Sunday, March 13 at 4 p.m. at The Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88th Street.

The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present the world premiere of Dateless Calendar by Paul Alan Levi, commissioned by the chorus to honor Mr. Levi's 70th birthday.

The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present the world premiere of Dateless Calendar by Paul Alan Levi, commissioned by the chorus to honor Mr. Levi's 70th birthday.

The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present 'Bach to Betinis,' a program featuring rarely-heard works for double chorus, at the chorus's first concerts of the season. The works include Josef Rheinberger's seldom performed magnum opus Mass in E flat, written in 1878 for double chorus a cappella, and the beloved J. S. Bach motet Komm, Jesu, komm. Familiar works of Poulenc (Hodie Christus natus est) and Verdi (Ave Maria) will also be performed, as well as three New York premieres. The concerts will take place at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 East 88th Street at Lexington Avenue, on Friday, December 10 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 12 at 4 p.m.

The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present 'Bach to Betinis,' a program featuring rarely-heard works for double chorus, at the chorus's first concerts of the season. The works include Josef Rheinberger's seldom performed magnum opus Mass in E flat, written in 1878 for double chorus a cappella, and the beloved J. S. Bach motet Komm, Jesu, komm. Familiar works of Poulenc (Hodie Christus natus est) and Verdi (Ave Maria) will also be performed, as well as three New York premieres. The concerts will take place at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 122 East 88th Street at Lexington Avenue, on Friday, December 10 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 12 at 4 p.m.

New York City Center's seventh annual Fall for Dance Festival, running September 28 - October 9, will showcase 20 national and international companies and choreographers. With ticket prices remaining at $10 for all seats, a night of dance is more affordable than a night at the movies. The festival will include world and U.S. premieres, and will feature several companies making their first U.S. appearances.

New York City Center's seventh annual Fall for Dance Festival, running September 28 - October 9, will showcase 20 national and international companies and choreographers. With ticket prices remaining at $10 for all seats, a night of dance is more affordable than a night at the movies. The festival will include world and U.S. premieres, and will feature several companies making their first U.S. appearances.

The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will perform New York premieres by Ronald Perera and Kirke Mechem on a program of choral music entitled Morning, Evening, Earth and Sky Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 8 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88th Street. Ronald Perera's Earthsongs, a cycle of six poems by E. E. Cummings, was written in 1983 for women's voices, and was recently rearranged by the composer for mixed voices.

The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will perform New York premieres by Ronald Perera and Kirke Mechem on a program of choral music entitled Morning, Evening, Earth and Sky Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 8 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88th Street. Ronald Perera's Earthsongs, a cycle of six poems by E. E. Cummings, was written in 1983 for women's voices, and was recently rearranged by the composer for mixed voices.

NEW AMSTERDAM SINGERS will end its run of MADRIGALS FOR HARD TIMES, which replicates a Madrigal Singers concert of 1938, on March 21st.

NEW AMSTERDAM SINGERS PRESENTS MADRIGALS FOR HARD TIMES Program replicates a Madrigal Singers concert of 1938. Performances will be held on Friday, March 19, 2010 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 4 p.m.

Two long-time West Side musical institutions, New Amsterdam Singers, Clara Longstreth, Music Director and Broadway Bach Ensemble, Michael F. Tietz, Music Director, will collaborate for the first time in two concerts on February 7 at 2 p.m. and February 9 at 8 p.m. at Broadway Presbyterian Church, Broadway at 114th Street.

NEW AMSTERDAM SINGERS PRESENTS MADRIGALS FOR HARD TIMES Program replicates a Madrigal Singers concert of 1938. Performances will be held on Friday, March 19, 2010 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 4 p.m.

Two long-time West Side musical institutions, New Amsterdam Singers, Clara Longstreth, Music Director and Broadway Bach Ensemble, Michael F. Tietz, Music Director, will collaborate for the first time in two concerts on February 7 at 2 p.m. and February 9 at 8 p.m. at Broadway Presbyterian Church, Broadway at 114th Street.

Sensual dancers will enact the ancient ecstatic rites of Dionysus when Theater for the New City presents Alessandra Belloni and her company, I Giullari di Piazza, in 'Tarantella: Spider Dance' January 15 to 17, 2010.