Musica Reginae: Wonderful Women
Free (RSVP requested)
- Sarah Pratt-Parsamian, violin
- Liuh-Wen Ting, viola
- Roberta Cooper, cello
- Barbara Podgurski, host
- Beata Moon, host
What stories can music tell? Come listen to music for piano and strings and learn about amazing women from all over the world who tell their stories through the music they write.
Community Concerts for Kids is a series created with our youngest audience members in mind. All concerts are interactive, 60 minutes in length, and are free to all who attend. All ages are welcome!
At 7:30pm there will be a full length concert with paid admission. Anyone who attends the kiddie show and brings proof of attendance will receive 50% off the concert ticket price for the evening show (2 tickets per person will be honored at this discount).
We request that you "purchase" your free ticket through Eventbrite to hold your reservation. Please consider making a donation at checkout on Eventbrite or at the door when attending the concert. Your donations help keep these concerts free for the community.
About Musica Reginae
Founded in 2000, Musica Reginae Productions (MRP) brings innovative programming and world-renowned artists to concert spaces in Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the world. MRP's mission is to be "Your natural choice for fine music in Queens."
MRP produces affordable, informative, and family-friendly concerts featuring music that draws its inspiration from the classical, chamber, opera, jazz, and world music literature. Our concerts provide a venue for talented and exciting young and established artists and we have become increasingly devoted to presenting new music by emerging composers, particularly those who have an affiliation with NYC and with our home borough of Queens. MRP fulfills its educational outreach mission with its Community Concerts for Kids, a free interactive, educational series for children and families ages 4 and up, led by teaching artists Beata Moon and MRP Artistic Director Barbara Podgurski. In addition, our artists perform at several public events every year including the 9/11 ceremonies in lower Manhattan and have also performed for Pope Francis during his Papal Visit of 2015.
About Sarah Pratt-Parsamian, violin
Originally from Listowel, ON, and currently based in New York, NY, acclaimed violinist Sarah Pratt-Parsamian enjoys a diverse and exciting musical career. She has been a prizewinner at the Jeunesses Musicales International Violin Competition, and Silver Medal winner in the Canadian National Music Competition. At the age of 14 she made her solo debut with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra at the Guelph Spring Festival in Ontario, and since has performed as soloist with orchestras in Canada and the U.S., including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa. Recent highlights include a riveting performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra, (Stratford, ON).