Since 1988, Girl Scouts of Nassau County has had the great fortune to have a chorus composed of girls ages 8 to 17 years old. Over the years, the chorus has been featured at various events such as at Mets and Jets games, and various local venues. The GSNC Chorus’ greatest achievement thus far is providing the vocals for “True Colors,” a Dove commercial that was aired during the 2006 Super Bowl.

In addition, for the Girl Scouts’ 95th National Anniversary in 2007, the GSNC Chorus was given the opportunity to travel to Washington DC to sing on the Washington Mall for over 300.000 people. Now, after a 2-year hiatus due to the pandemic, under the musical direction of Catherine Azzara and Jennifer Azzara, the GSNC chorus is gathering once again to lift their voices and bring smiles to our faces.

Holiday favorites will be performed in the Red Ballroom. No reservations required but seating is limited.

Included with admission.

The Long Island Flute Club Holiday Flute Choir will perform "Silvery Sounds of the Season," an hour-long concert of seasonal favorites. The choir, under the direction of Lauren Osnato, is comprised of 16 professional and adult amateur flutists from Nassau and Suffolk counties.

No reservations required but seating is limited, please arrive early. Tickets to Old Westbury Gardens does not guarantee seating for the concert; included with admission.

Holiday favorites performed in the Red Ballroom by the Long Island High School for the Arts Singers, Syosset. No reservations required but seating is limited.

Free with admission.

Holiday favorites performed in the Ballroom by the Long Island High School for the Arts Singers, Syosset. No reservations required by seating is limited; included with admission.

Since 1988, Girl Scouts of Nassau County has had the great fortune to have a chorus composed of girls ages 8 to 17 years old. Over the years, the chorus has been featured at various events such as at Mets and Jets games, and various local venues. The GSNC Chorus’ greatest achievement thus far is providing the vocals for “True Colors,” a Dove commercial that was aired during the 2006 Super Bowl.

In addition, for the Girl Scouts’ 95th National Anniversary in 2007, the GSNC Chorus was given the opportunity to travel to Washington DC to sing on the Washington Mall for over 300.000 people. Now, after a 2-year hiatus due to the pandemic, under the musical direction of Catherine Azzara and Jennifer Azzara, the GSNC chorus is gathering once again to lift their voices and bring smiles to our faces.

Holiday favorites will be performed in the Red Ballroom. No reservations required but seating is limited.

Included with admission.

The Long Island Flute Club Holiday Flute Choir will perform "Silvery Sounds of the Season," an hour-long concert of seasonal favorites. The choir, under the direction of Lauren Osnato, is comprised of 16 professional and adult amateur flutists from Nassau and Suffolk counties.

No reservations required but seating is limited; included with admission.

Holiday favorites performed in the Ballroom by the Holy Name of Mary School Hand Bell Choir and Choir of Valley Stream. No reservations required by seating is limited; included with admission.

Experience the beautiful ambiance of the Red Ballroom of Westbury House in Old Westbury Gardens on Saturday, November 6 at 8:00 pm, when the chamber music ensemble, Poetica Musica, will perform a concert entitled “A Parisian Soiree,” featuring soprano Eleanor Valkenburg, pianist Hayk Arsenyan, and special guest violinist, Filip Pogárdy.

Works will include: Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques for voice and piano, Sonatine for solo piano, and Tzigane for violin and orchestra by Maurice Ravel; Une Flûte Invisible for voice, piano and violin by Camille Saint-Saens, and more.

Violinist Filip Pogády has been praised in the media for the "beauty of his tone,” “lightning-like virtuosity” (Russkoe Slovo), and his "commanding performances" (The New York Times).

Tickets are no longer available for this event.

The concert is supported in part by the IBM Matching Grant Program.

New York State COVID restrictions will be strictly applied. Only people showing proof of vaccination will be admitted.

Old Westbury Gardens and Poetica Musica present “Nocturnal France” featuring Poetica Musica member and pianist Hayk Arsenyan. The program features three Chopin Nocturnes, Opus 15, Eight Nocturnes by Francis Poulenc, Variations on Chopin’s Opus 15, no 3 by Robert Schumann (discovered and published in the 1990s), Nocturnes, opus 33 by Gabriel Faure and a Nocturne by Armenian composer, Komitas.

Ticket sales for this event have ended. The next Poetica Musica concert is Saturday, November 6, 2021.

This concert is supported in part the IBM Matching Grant program.

Hayk Arsenyan, a native of Armenia, has appeared in numerous recitals in USA, Canada, Armenia, Russia, France, Italy, Spain, Canary Islands, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Syria, and Lebanon. His performance venues have included Carnegie Hall (New York), Palais d'UNESCO and Salle Cortot (Paris), Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and Kremlin (Moscow), "Petranka" House-Museum of Mozart (Prague), Auditorio de Miguel Delibes (Valladolid), Dar-Al-Assad Opera House (Damascus), and appearances at the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago and the Phillips Collection Concert Series in Washington DC. At the age of 11 Mr. Arsenyan made his orchestral debut with the Armenian National Philharmonic. Currently, Mr. Arsenyan teaches at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa and a Master’s degree from the Gnessin Music Academy in Moscow. In 2007 he was awarded the full-tuition Yevgeny Kissin Scholarship for the Professional-Studies performance program at Manhattan School of Music in New York. Mr. Arsenyan also studied the piano in Paris at École Normale Supérieure de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot and the Conservatoire National de Region D'Aubervillier La-Courneuve. He is a scholar of Iberian Early Music and has compiled a Performance Guide to Three Keyboard Sonatas of Antonio Soler as a part of his Doctoral Dissertation, published by the University of Iowa Press.

Hungrytown, the husband-wife folk duo of Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson - a perennial Gardens favorite, described by Country Jukebox as "modern representatives of tradition-based folk music"- returns after a two-year absence to close out this year's series with a concert of their unique and lovely songs, with cellist Suzanne Mueller joining them to provide basslines, descants, harmonies, and perhaps even a solo or two.

Included with admission.

Concert held on the lawn outside the Barn at Orchard Hill or inside the Barn in case of inclement weather or extreme heat. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

The new duo of cellist Suzanne Mueller and Savage Classical Guitar-sponsored guitarist Christopher Gotzen-Berg makes its long-delayed debut with an eclectic program of classical and contemporary duets and solos, including works by Bach, Duplessy, Saint-Saens, and more!

Included with admission.

Concert held on the lawn outside the Barn at Orchard Hill or inside the Barn in case of inclement weather or extreme heat. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

In another Gardens tradition, The McCarron Bros. jazz quartet - Saxophonist Paul Carlon, guitarist Mark McCarron, bassist Trifon Dimitrov, and drummer Arei Sekiguchi - return with their atmospheric blend of Scofield funk, Cuban, Brazilian, and Miles Davis fusion influences, Frissell-ish country, swing, Radiohead, and free jazz, with cellist Suzanne Mueller joining the quartet for Mark's new arrangement of George Harrison's Beware of Darkness, as well as performing a new cello/guitar duet composed by Mark, "The Gift."

Included with admission.

Concert held on the lawn outside the Barn at Orchard Hill or inside the Barn in case of inclement weather or extreme heat. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

CROSS ISLAND - Cellist Suzanne Mueller and Pianist Elinor Abrams Zayas open the series, continuing a 13-year tradition. The program will comprise solos and duets spanning centuries and styles, seamlessly blending beloved favorites and intriguing discoveries.

Included with admission.

Concert held on the lawn outside the Barn at Orchard Hill or inside the Barn in case of inclement weather or extreme heat. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Old Westbury Gardens and Poetica Musica present “Serenade of Strings” featuring works by Dvorak and Borodin performed by Quartet Poetica.

Rain date Sunday, June 6, 7:00 p.m.

The concert is sold out. We will livestream the concert through our Facebook page.

This concert is supported in part the IBM Matching Grant program, and the Irene Levoy Foundation.

Old Westbury Gardens and Poetica Musica present “Just We Three” featuring Louise Schulman, viola; Barry Crawford, flute; and Oren Fader, guitar; performing works by Bach, Mozart, Durufle and more.

Rain date Sunday, May 23, 7:00 p.m.

This concert is supported in part the IBM Matching Grant program, and the Irene Levoy Foundation.

This concert is sold out. Click here to watch the event live on Facebobok on Saturday.

Old Westbury Gardens and Poetica Musica present “Two  Romantic Guitars” featuring the Anderson/Fader Guitar Duo, guitarists William Anderson and Oren Fader. The duo will perform the Spanish Dances by Enrique Granados, Duos for two lutes by John Dowland, the Grand Duo by Joseph Haydn and more.

The concert is sold out but we will live stream the performance.

Rain date is Sunday, August 23.  

This concert is supported in part the IBM Matching Grant program, and the Irene Levoy Foundation.

For the past 20 years the Anderson/Fader Guitar Duo has been heard in concerts, festivals and Master Classes throughout the US, Latin America and Europe, both as a duo and as members of the award-winning Cygnus Ensemble. Guitar Review magazine noted that “Anderson and Fader are expert chamber musicians with a perfect sense of timing, virtuosity and a sensitivity to nuance.” Reviewing the Duo's premiere performance of a commissioned work by Milton Babbitt, the NY Times reported that: "His melodies leap freely around the fret board, and his rhythms are complex and perilous. Yet Mr. Anderson and Mr. Fader played the work from memory, and gave an impressive account of it." The Duo champions the work of living American composers.  Now based in New York City, the Duo has performed with many presenters and organizations, most notably with James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera Chamber Players at Zankel Hall and was in residence at the Library of Congress in the winter of 2012. Ongoing residencies include the CUNY Graduate Center and Sarah Lawrence College.

Salon de Chopin features Eleanor Valkenburg, soprano, Hayk Arsenyan, piano, members of Poetica Musica, Artists-in-Residence at Old Westbury Gardens.

Works by Chopin, Faure, Schumann, Ravel and others
A tour of the House will be conducted at 6:45 pm. A pre-concert talk at 7:30 pm. A reception in the West Porch will follow the concert
$30, $25 age 62+, $25 Old Westbury Gardens member. Tickets will be available for purchase on March 1.

Holiday favorites performed in the Ballroom by the Girl Scout Chorus of Nassau County. No reservations required by seating is limited; included with admission.