From noise to silence, PBN’s 16th season will cover all of the musical bases. We invite you to our new 2023-24 season full of a tantalizing array of musical styles, including newly-composed works, Middle-Eastern inspired works, jazz standards, enduring classical piano music, silent film interactive accompaniment, outdoor live trail music, and more. So save the dates and subscribe to our email list on our website (at the bottom of any page) to receive up-to-date information on all of the concerts. Can’t wait to see you there!!!!
Announcing PBN’s NEW 16th Season: The Sound of Color
SINGING NOISE COLORS: The Life and Time Signatures of Composer Dennis Báthory-Kitsz
October 6, 7, & 8, 2023, at the Hand House
Friday, October 6th at 7PM – An Informance: A Deep Dive with DBK
Saturday, October 7th at 7PM – Singing Noise Colors #1
Sunday, October 8th at 3PM – Singing Noise Colors #2
There will also be an DBK-Day school event at the Willsboro Central School on Thursday, October 5, and a Champlain Centre Mall Pop-Up Concert at 3:30 PM on Friday, October 6. More coming on this soon.
2nd Concert
Tapestries
Music from the Mediterranean with double-bassist Volkan Orhon, pianist Rose Chancler, and guest cellist Peter Zay.
November 18 & 19, 2023, at the Hand House
3rd Concert
Blue Hues
Jazz Trio Music with Larry Ham and Matt Dunne
February 17 & 18, 2024, at the Hand House
4th Concert
The Pianist’s Palette
Diana Fanning—solo piano concert
April 20 & 21, 2024, at the Hand House
Piano By Nature presents internationally-acclaimed pianist Diana Fanning in a solo concert featuring Schubert’s monumental Sonata in A Major, D. 959. One of the outstanding piano works of the Romantic era, it is a dazzling masterpiece of imagination, virtuosity, and expressivity. Beautiful works by Chopin, Lili Boulanger, and Ravel complete the program.
“American pianist Diana Fanning transported her audience into a scenic paradise”—Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich.
5th Concert
Primary Colors
3rd Annual Student CODA Concert
May 19, 2024 (Sunday only) at the Hand House
6th Concert
Speech is Silver and Silence is Golden
With Ben Model, MOMA Silent Movie Curator/Pianist
May 29, 2024, at The Strand Theater in Plattsburgh, NY & May 30, 2024, at Willsboro Central School
This May PBN will be partnering with The Strand Theater in Plattsburgh to present MOMA Silent Movie guru Ben Model in a special two-fer opportunity to hear two different movies with two different instruments accompanying them. Ben will appear Wednesday, May 29th at The Strand Theater in Plattsburgh, where he will be accompanying a silent movie on their wonderful in-house theater organ. And on Thursday, May 30th Ben Model will do a half-day school presentation at the Willsboro Central School followed by an evening movie performance in the auditorium with live piano accompaniment. And this will be a different movie just for the Willsboro audience! Don’t miss these two very special opportunities.
7th Concert
The Music of Nature
Ben Cosgrove, Landscape Pianist
June 29, 2024, at Champlain Area Trails Essex Quarry Nature Preserve & June 30, 2024, at the Hand House
And for all of the Quarry Concert Devotees PBN will absolutely be having it again with the wonderful Ben Cosgrove and in conjunction with CATS. A new date has been selected to accommodate more people and to make it even more special, so be sure to put June 29th in your calendar. And for all of those wanting to see Ben again in a more formal setting, Piano by Nature will have an indoor concert on June 30th at the Hand House at 3PM. Please stay tuned for times and more details in the coming weeks! This will be epic!