DISTINGUISHED BY A ROSTER OF THE REGION'S MOST ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIANS, THE KNICKERBOCKER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA IS A SUPERB PROFESSIONAL ENSEMBLE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GARY S. FAGIN, SERVING THE LOWER MANHATTAN COMMUNITY.

 

What We Do

○ PERFORM CLASSICAL ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN HISTORIC LOWER MANHATTAN


○ OFFER INTERACTIVE, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMS


○ PROVIDE CLASSICAL MUSIC ENSEMBLES FOR DOWNTOWN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EVENTS

Upcoming Events…

 

Recent Events…

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A CONCERT DEDICATED TO COURAGE AND COMPASSION
Mar 21
A CONCERT DEDICATED TO COURAGE AND COMPASSION

March 21, 2024, 7:00 PM
Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City

IIn coordination with “Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark,” a special exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage highlighting the remarkable story of the rescue of Danish Jews during the Holocaust, the KCO presents “A Concert Dedicated to Courage and Compassion,” a program of musical works that speaks to courage, compassion and bravery through the ages, with special guests soprano Mikaela Bennett and baritone Benjamin Davis. This free concert will feature the premiere of a new work by Gary S. Fagin honoring Henny Sinding and her boat, Gerda III, donated to the Museum by the Danish Parliament in 1989 and currently docked at The Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut. In 1943, twenty-two-year-old Henny led Gerda III’s rescue activities, saving an estimated 300 Jews in groups of 10 – 15 at a time on clandestine journeys across the Øresund Sound to Sweden. Edmond J. Safra Hall, The Museum of Jewish Heritage. Click here for tickets.

Music of Our Sphere Concert
Apr 22
Music of Our Sphere Concert

April 22, 2023, 7:00 P.M. – 8:30 P.M.
Winter Garden at Brookfield Place
Free

A celebration of Earth Day, featuring a conversation with MacArthur Genius Award recipient, author, and ecologist Carl Safina, works by Aaron Copland, Gustav Mahler, and Kurt Weill, and the world premiere of Gary S. Fagin’s Rachel Carson-inspired composition, “In Every Grain of Sand,” with mezzo-soprano Rosena Hill Jackson and baritone Nathaniel Stampley. Brookfield Place’s Winter Garden.

Good Trouble: A Juneteenth Commemorative Concert
Jun 19
Good Trouble: A Juneteenth Commemorative Concert

June 19, 2022, 3:00 PM
Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City

Soprano Lindsay Roberts, mezzo-soprano Rosena Hill Jackson, tenor Chauncey Packer, and baritone Tamar Greene joined the KCO to perform works celebrating the new national holiday commemorating the end of slavery in 1865. Works by Florence Price, Duke Ellington, Ricky Ian Gordon, and the world premiere of Gary S. Fagin’s “Good Trouble.” Edmond. J. Safra Hall at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

 

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Music of Our Sphere Concert

The full Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra sent soaring music into the majestic Winter Garden at Brookfield Place in this musical appreciation of the beauty of nature. "Music of Our Sphere" refers to Pythagoras's theory that celestial bodies make music as they move through the heavens.

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International Musician Magazine Features KCO Concertmaster Belinda Whitney

Belinda Whitney has been Concertmaster of the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra since the Orchestra’s founding.

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The KCO and Preet Bharara

The KCO was honored to have former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara join us on stage at the Feb. 10, 2018 Renaissance & Renewal concert. A few days later, Mr. Bharara reflected on his performance with the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra at the conclusion of his weekly podcast Stay Tuned With Preet.

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