ALCA’s Weekend Series features variety of concerts

BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts has announced its 2023 lineup for its Weekend Series of concerts, featuring a variety of musical genres, including classical, funk rock, musical theatre and Americana folk. Performers will range from the world-renowned Euclid string quartet, to the award-winning Buffalo band Organ Fairchild, to the return of ALCA favorite the Bob Stump band.

The Weekend Series kicks off on Saturday, June 24 with the classical duo of cellist Julian Schwarz and pianist Marika Bournaki. On Saturday, July 15, the Euclid Quartet makes its ALCA debut with a program of classical music including works by Haydn, Hugo Kauder and Beethoven, and the beautiful Crisantemi by Puccini. The quartet features violinists Jameson Cooper and Aviva Hakanoglu, cellist Justin Goldsmith and violist Luis Enrique Vargas.

On Friday, July 21, the young Plattsburgh-based indie/psychedelic rock band Ursa and the Major Key also makes its ALCA debut, followed by the funk jamband Organ Fairchild, led by Dave Ruch, on Friday, Aug. 11. Classical pianists Stephanie Ho and Saar Ahuvia, as Duo Stephanie & Saar, will perform a program of music for piano four-hands on Saturday, Aug. 19.

In September, the Seagle Music Festival returns with its brand-new touring revue, Almost Like Being in Love — Music of Lerner & Loewe, on Friday, Sept. 15. To

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close out the Weekend Series, local favorite the Bob Stump Band will be rocking the arts center with its blend of bluegrass and Americana-inspired originals on Friday, Sept. 22.

All concerts begin at 7 p.m. at the arts center, located at 3446 state Route 28 in Blue Mountain Lake. Tickets and more information are available on the arts center’s website at www.AdirondackArts. org, along with more information and announcements on other upcoming programming, including the Adirondack Lakes Theatre Festival, adult workshops, Kids’ Arts Camp and more.

Sponsors for the Arts Center’s Weekend Series include Tony Zazula and Mark Chamberlain, the Joe and Rita Coney Memorial Fund, and other generous sponsors and donors. Everything the arts center does is funded and supported by the New York State Council on the Arts.

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