coming up next…
tuesday may 7 @ 7:30 pm
renaissance voices - w/voices of ascension
church of the ascension: 5th Ave @ 10th Street
PAST…
thursday 14 march @ 7:30 pm
poulenc: stabat mater - soprano soloist
with voices of ascension - church of the ascension, w 10th st/5th ave, nyc
Program includes choral works of Lili Boulanger and Francis Poulenc
friday 16 & saturday 17 february @ 7:30 pm
music of paul salerni w/lehigh university philharmonic
baker hall, zoellner arts center @ lehigh univerity, bethlehem pa
Sunday 31 december @ 4pm w/ artek early music ensemble
handel: messiah | Bach: gloria bwv 191
st ignatius of antioch, west end ave/87th st, nyc
Saturday 19 august @ the basilica de valère, sion, suisse
a program of sacred works with gwendolyn toth, organ
Playing the world-famous organ, noted for being the oldest playable organ in the world
tHURSDAY 20 APRIL @ 7:30 pm: FAURE’S REQUIEM - SOPRANO SOLOIST
WITH VOICES OF ASCENSION
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION: 5TH AVE @ 10TH sT, NYC
thursday 14 december @ 7 PM: works by scott wheeler
boston athenaeum
with jonathan woody, baritone | scott wheeler, piano
A program of Scott’s settings of poems by Boston poets for voice and piano
friday 9 december @ 7:30 pm: handel’s messiah
soprano soloist
church of the transfiguration: 1 e 29th st, nyc
Tuesday 13 December @ 7:30 pm
Thursday 15 december @ 7:30 pm
candlelight christmas concerts w/voices of ascension
church of the ascension: 5th ave @ w 10th st, nyc
sunday, november 6 @ 3pm
Mozart: Requiem | beethoven: choral fantasy
sacred heart church - 417 broadway, dobbs ferry NY
Soprano soloist
Wednesday, November 9 @ 7:30 pm
voices of ascension
from adversity to triumph: prestini, bassi & haydn
church of the ascension - W 10th st/5th ave, nyc
MONTEVERDI: MADRIGALS, BOOK 9
with artek early music ensemble
3 dates!
Thursday 20 october @ 7:pm- st. ignatius of antioch - 552 West end ave, Nyc
friday 21 october @ 7:pm - st. clement’s church - 2013 appletree st, philadelphia
saturday 22 october @ 5:pm - all saints church - 286-88 7th ave, park slope, bklyn
Tickets and Info on the ARTEK website - click here
Tuesday, May 17 @ 8:30 pm
Benefit concert for ukraine
St. john’s in the village - 224 Waverly Pl New York, NY, 10014
Singing arias by Strozzi and Cavalli, with Gwendolyn Toth of ARTEK. Concert presented by Western Wind Vocal Ensemble
Saturday, June 4 @ 5 pm
voices outdoors: voices of ascension presents a program of choral favorites
Walled Garden Amphitheater @ Untermyer Gardens | 945 North Broadway | Yonkers, NY 10701
saturday, june 11 @ 8 pm
artemisia: light and shadow
presented by the berkeley early music festival
first church berkeley UCC | 2345 channing way, berkeley, ca
Saturday, Nov 6 @ 7:30 pm
sunday, nov 7 @ 4:00 pm
lagrime i : Monteverdi madrigals from book vi
with artek
Featuring the Sestina, written by Monteverdi in response to the deaths due to sickness and plague of his wife Claudia and principal singer Caterina Martinelli, along with other madrigals from Book 6 on themes of parting and separation.
Covid d.i.y. gigs
With my 2020-21 season all but cancelled, trapped into my apartment, I had to find my own way to make some music…
Up Next:
click here for tickets
also note!
artemisia will perform at middlebury college, vt, on friday 10/25, for free!
Past:
Thursday august 15 @ 7pm
cd release party: love sex death. the album
the duplex cabaret | 61 christopher street, nyc
with JOCELYN DUECK, piano
Thursday January 31 @ 7pm
Light and shadow: artemisia gentileschi
17 Frost gallery - 17 frost street, brooklyn
friday february 3 @ 5pm
Light and shadow: artemisia gentileschi
manhattan college - 4513 Manhattan College Pkwy, Bronx
Saturday, october 13 @ 8pm
light and shadow: artemisia gentileschi
september 27 @ 7pm *one night only
it's my party (and i'll sing what i want to)
the duplex cabaret - 61 christopher street, nyc
Come celebrate my 40th birthday with me, as I sing (and drink) anything and everything I want to -- wisdom, propriety, and taste be damned!
I'm very excited to sing with the brilliant pianist, arranger, composer and singer JAMES BASSI at the piano!
GET TICKETS HERE! Advance reservations highly recommended
MAY 15, 17, 19 @ 7:30pm, May 20 @ 4pm
LIGHT AND SHADOW: ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
THE FLEA THEATER - 20 thomas street, tribeca nyc
From ARTEK: In development now: a brand new theatrical show from ARTEK celebrating the renowned artist, Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the most colorful and talented artists of the Italian baroque era, with works now in major museums. Artemisia Gentileschi's life was more dramatic than an Italian opera: trained in art by her father, raped by another artist as a teenager, she became the lover of a Florentine nobleman and a painter at the English royal courts...Artemesia's dramatic depiction of Judith Beheading Holofernes has become one of the icons of baroque art. Renowned opera librettist and theater playwright Nahma Sandrow is creating the scenario. Singer/actress Sarah Chalfy will interpret the role of Artemisia and sing selections from the great opera repertory of mid-17th-century Rome and Venice. Stay tuned for updates throughout the season and exact dates and times of performances.
I'm really excited for this one! A Baroque cabaret/one-woman show!
Click here for tickets
tuesday, march 13 - nyc
poetry of kings and prophets: psalms from spain's golden age and beyond
madison avenue presbyterian church - 921 madison avenue, nyc
voices of ascension - Dennis keene, artistic director
From Voices of Ascension: Voices of Ascension presents a program anchored by Spanish Renaissance masters Cristobal de Morales, Francisco Guerrero, Alonso Lobo, Roque Ceruti, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Domenico Scarlatti, and George Frideric Handel's Joseph and His Brethren.
thursday, march 15 - nyc
artemisia: light and shadow - exclusive sneak peek
house concert - upper west side nyc
with gwendolyn toth, harpsichord - artistic director of artek
From ARTEK: ARTEK has been hard at work on our latest theatrical venture: a dramatic show on the life and loves of 17th-century Italian baroque female painter Artemisia Gentileschi, with 17th-century arias by Francesco Cavalli (from the opera Artemisia) and cantatas and arias by the female baroque composer Barbara Strozzi. Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-c.1656) is now considered one of the most famous painters of the generation following Caravaggio. She was the first woman to be accepted as a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence, Italy. She is particularly famous for her painting of Judith Slaying Holofernes (pictured above). Soprano Sarah Chalfy performs the role of Artemisia. The show will premiere on May 15, 2018 at the Flea Theater in Tribeca, with subsequent performances on May 17, 19, and 20. Tickets will be available starting in April at the Flea Theater website.
Come get a taste of our show, and hear Sarah Chalfy sing the beautiful music chosen by director Gwendolyn Toth with excerpts from the libretto written by Nahma Sandrow at a house concert on the Upper West Side. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres begin at 6:30 with the performance taking place at 7:30. Admission is by donation ($100 minimum) and seating is extremely limited. To reserve a place, email director Gwendolyn Toth at artekgwent@aol.com, or call (212) 967-9157 (please be sure to leave a voice message to receive a callback).
11/18 2017 - NYC
lasciatemi morire: beyond monteverdi
with artek early music ensemble
the flea theater | 20 thomas street, nyc
PERFORMANCES AT 5PM AND 9PM
From ARTEK: Back by popular demand - ARTEK reprises its madcap theatrical take on Monteverdi's famous lament "Lasciatemi morire" from the lost opera Arianna with our fabulous madrigal singers (Laurie Heimes, Barbara Hollinshead, Ryland Angel, Philip Anderson, and Peter Becker) and the magnificent Queen Ariadne herself (Sarah Chalfy). The show was a total hit last spring. Don't miss this second chance to hear beautiful madrigals, haunting solos, and the enchanting story of Ariadne. The show will be performed as a one-act cabaret set without intermission, approximately 75 minutes. Complimentary wine will be served.
11/6 2017 - NYC
ascension sings for caribbean aid
ascension parish hall | 12 west 11th st, nyc
suggested donation: $35 at the door - donations in any amount accepted
Cash and checks accepted at the door – no credit cards at this venue.
For credit card donations go to
https://support.episcopalrelief.org/hurricane-relief
Join me and my friends from Church of the Ascension and Voices of Ascension as we sing a benefit concert to raise money for aid to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, which are still in a state of crisis after the recent hurricanes. It will be an evening of glorious music, with refreshments and good cheer, and the proceeds will all go to Episcopal Relief, doing the good work to help get our fellow humans through a truly devastating crisis. The suggested donation is $35, but any amount is welcome. See you there!
9/30 2017 - nyc
love.sex.death: a cabaret @ cornelia street cafe
saturday 9/30 at 6pm | 26 cornelia street, NYC
WITH PEIHARN CHEN, PIANO
7/16 2017 - thessaloniki, greece
requiem for fossil fuels - by bruce odland/Sam auinger
6/2 2017 - NYC
Lassus: Prophetiae Sibyllarum
with members of Artek - gwendolyn toth, director
Immanuel Lutheran Church - 122 e 88th street @ lexington ave
Friday, June 2nd @ 7pm
4/10 2017 - boston
manuel cardoso: missa pro defunctis
with vox ensemble - george steele, director
and new york polyphony
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - Boston, MA
3/30-4/1 2017 - NYC
lasciatemi morire: beyond monteverdi
Thursday 3/30-Saturday 4/1 @ 7:30 pm, sunday 4/2 @ 4:00 pm
café d'artek @ the Hall of st. michael's church
225 w 99th street (bway/amsterdam), nyc
2/14 2017 - nyc
V-Day Cabaret!
Tuesday, 2/14 @ 7PM
Let's talk about LOVE, baby! Join me for a cabaret program of songs about Love, in all its forms -- the good, the bad, and the ugly! There will be wine and snacks -- and best of all, we should be done before 8:30, so plenty of time to make that overpriced prix-fixe dinner at that schmancy restaurant that you booked for you and your Tinder date!
12 W 11TH ST, NYC -- PARISH HALL OF THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION
$20 suggested donation at the door
xoxoxo
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November is schubert time in sarahland!
wednesday november 9 at 7pm
schubert songs | with gwendolyn toth, fortepiano
college of mt. st vincent | president's reception room
admission by donation - suggested donation $20 ($15 students/seniors)
from ARTEK's website:
Schubert's beautiful lieder, or German language songs, will be sung by the outstanding soprano Sarah Chalfy. Ms. Chalfy is an active performer on a variety of musical stages, from Off-Broadway theatres to classical music concert halls, to cabaret and rock venues. Some of the venues she has performed in include Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Knitting Factory, Galapagos, Don’t Tell Mama, and beyond.
Her magical ability to evoke the emotional drama of poetry in any style is perfect for the poems of Goethe and Schiller that Schubert set as songs with piano accompaniment.
Ms. Chalfy will be accompanied by Gwendolyn Toth, Mount Saint Vincent Choral Director, on the fortepiano - a historical copy of the piano that Schubert knew, and very different from a modern piano.
The program will last approximately fifty minutes without intermission.
CLICK HERE for ARTEK's website
friday, november 18 at 8 pm
music of schubert and spohr
with nina stern, clarinet, and gwendolyn toth, fortepiano
Immanuel lutheran church | 122 east 88th street @ lexington avenue
tickets: $40 | $20 students/seniors | available at gotham early music scene (gems): click here
From ARTEK's website:
Early romantic period songs and chamber music, including Spohr's rarely heard song cycle for soprano, clarinet, and piano, and Schubert's effervescent "Shepherd on the Rock."
Artists: Sarah Chalfy, soprano
Nina Stern, clarinet
Gwendolyn Toth, fortepiano
Ms. Toth will perform on her antique 1780s fortepiano attributed to Karl Benedict.
CLICK HERE for ARTEK's website