Music @ LIM
Sunday Street Concert Series
The Long Island Museum, Port Jefferson Arts Council, and WUSB-FM are proud to present an eclectic music series featuring nationally and internationally known touring artists. All performances take place in the Gillespie Room at the Carriage Museum for an intimate listening experience. Tickets are sold through the Port Jefferson Arts Council at sundaystreet.org.
Rory Block
Sunday, October 4 @ 5:00 pm
Due to injury this performance is postponed indefinitely. We hope to reschedule soon.
Rory Block is a legendary blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for her powerful, authentic interpretations of traditional country blues and her original compositions. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, she grew up in Manhattan, where she was immersed in the Greenwich Village folk scene and surrounded by musical giants including Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and others. At age 15, she began seeking out and learning directly from blues legends such as Son House, Skip James, and Mississippi John Hurt, establishing herself as a prominent figure in the blues world.
Her latest release, Heavy On The Blues, on Long Island-based M.C. Records, adds to an impressive catalog of more than 35 albums, including one devoted entirely to the songs of Bob Dylan.
Celebrating Joni Mitchell and Tom Waits
Sunday, November 8 @ 5:00 pm
Joni Mitchell and Tom Waits—two singular voices, two extraordinary songbooks, and decades of music that continue to captivate audiences. Join a dozen talented artists as they explore songs from these legendary catalogs, reaching back to the late 1960s and traveling through the decades that followed. Expect familiar favorites, unexpected gems, and perhaps a few surprises along the way.
Featuring performances by Gene Casey, Caroline Doctorow, Andie Juliette Fortier, Andrew Fortier, Cole Fortier, Bryan Gallo, Claudia Jacobs, Ray Lambiase, Jack Licitra, Russ Seeger, Hank Stone, and Bob Westcott.
TICKETS
$25 advance online sales
$30 at the door, if available (cash only)
Carriage House Salon Series
Songs of the Gilded Age for Violin and Piano
Sunday, September 27 @ 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm
A new collaboration between Long Island Museum and Long Island Chamber Music, the series aims to embrace the early American tradition of intimate living room salons of the Gilded Age. The Carriage House Salon Series pairs world-class chamber music inside Long Island Museum’s historic Carriage Museum, offering audience members an up-close, vibrant connection to classical music and local heritage.
This concert promises a memorable afternoon performed by Steinway Artist Zhenni Li-Cohen on piano and Long Island Chamber Music founder Gergana Haralampieva on violin. Songs of the Gilded Age explores the heritage of American classical music, featuring music by Gershwin, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, and more. Take a step back in time to a transformative era in music history, tracing the roots of a distinctly American style of music through rich, romantic, and soul-stirring melodies.
TICKETS
General Admission (Non-member): $30 online / $35 at door
General Admission (Member): $25 online / $30 at door
Student Admission: $10
About the Musicians
Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano
Hailed for her “torrents of voluptuous sound…Li-Cohen impresses as an artist of tremendous conviction, who fascinates even as she provokes“ by Gramophone Magazine, “a thrillingly good pianist” by The New Yorker and for her “…big, gorgeous tone and a mesmerizing touch” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, Ms. Li-Cohen has performed in such notable venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and WQXR’s Greene Space in New York, the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia’s Kimmel Performing Arts Center, San Jose’s California Theater, the Helsinki Music Center in Finland, the Grieghallen in Norway and the Berliner Philharmonie in Germany.
Gergana Haralampieva, violin
Gergana Haralampieva is a Bulgarian-American violinist and educator passionate about making classical music relevant and accessible. Born to a musical family, Gergana began violin lessons at the age of six in the Czech Republic. At the age of 11, she moved to Boston and continued her education at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School and the Walnut Hill School for the Arts. In 2016, Gergana received her bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Ida Kavafian and Pamela Frank. She obtained her master’s degree at the New England Conservatory as a student of Miriam Fried.
