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"Hellenic Rembetika with Julie Ziavras"

Tuesday, April 9, St. Peter's at Citicorp Center NY City

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2024

Tuesday,
April 9, 2024
7:00 pm


EMBCA presents:
"Hellenic Rembetika Ensemble"
with soprano Julie Ziavras"


St. Peter's Church at Citicorp Center
619 Lexington Ave at 54th Street
New York City

EMBCA in association with TACCI present "The 2nd Hellenic Rembetika and Turkish Music Concert"; an evening of Hellenic Rembetika and Turkish Music featuring vocalist Julie Ziavras leading the Hellenic Rembetika Ensemble.

Performing Rembetika music, the blues of Greece is vocalist and Music Director Julie Ziavras, joined by Kostas Psarros (bouzouki, vocals), Mavrothis Kontanis (violin, baglama), Dimitris Christopoulos (accordion), Nick Mandoukos (guitar, bass) and Steve Vavagiakis (hand percussion).

The Turkish chorus and ensemble Strings of the East is lead by Cengiz Onural. The concert is sponsored by The East Mediterranean Business Cultural Alliance (EMBCA) in association with TACCI (Turkish American Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Tickets are available at the door or in advance online: https://embca.com/event/the-2nd-hellenic-rembetika-and-turkish-music-concert. Donation $40. Doors open at 6:00. the show starts at 7:00.


WHEN WHAT WHERE

Sunday,
April 28, 2024
3:00 pm


Anthracite Opera Company
presents:
"It's Spring! Love is in the Air"


St. Peter's Lutheran Church
1000 Taylor Ave & Ash Street
Scranton, PA

Soprano Julie Ziavras will join the Anthracite Opera Company troupe performing classcial song and operatic arias with a spring theme. Master of Ceremonies is Clark Luis and accompanist Linda Houck is joined by a small ensemble of instrumentalists.
Tickets $16, available at the door.


2023
WHEN WHAT WHERE

Sunday,
April 30, 2023
3:00 pm


Classical recital with soprano Julie Ziavras
"A Celebration of Spring!"


Montgomery Senior Center
136 Bridge Street
Montgomery, NY


Soprano Julie Ziavras and pianist/composer Steve Margoshes share the stage to launch a new concert series with songs celebrating spring and young love.

Julie Ziavras, described by the New York Times as "an estimable vocalist' and Steve Margoshes, pianist, Broadway composer and orchestrator (Fame, The Musical), present a program of classical song and Steve's original compositions. Works featured are in six languages and include Mahler, Faure, Duparc, Mompou, Grieg, Theodorakis, Jerome Kern, Gershwin and a new song Steve has composed to the poetry of e.e. Cummings to be premiered by Julie in this concert.

This inaugural concert of the Arthur Patchett Memorial Music Series is presented by the Wallkill River Center for the Arts (formerly the Walllkill River School), with proceeds to benefit the Wallkill River Center for the Arts and The Chris Farlekas Legacy Fund.

Tickets available online or cash or credit at the door. $20 suggested donation.
Online tickets: https://www.wallkillriverschool.com/event/concert-julie-ziavras-steve-margoshes
Information:
info@wallkill.art

WHEN WHAT WHERE

Saturday,
July 29, 2023
9:00 pm


"An evening of Greek song under the stars with soprano Julie Ziavras"


Kastorio, (near Pellana)
Highschool courtyard
Laconia, Greece

Soprano Julie Ziavras will present an evening of Greek song by well known and beloved Greek composers including Hadjidakis, Theodorakis, Xarchakos, Markopoulos, Kouyioumtzis, and many others. A musical ensemble lead by maestro Spiro Cardamis at the piano will include Aimilio Koumanis, bouzouki and mandolin, Dimitris Kottarides, cello and Akis Sipsas classical guitar. The concert will also feature the premiere a new song written by Spiro for Julie's voice.

The concert will take place under the stars in the courtyard of the Kastorio Highschool. Kastorio is a beautiful village with traditional stone houses, bakeries and taverns and panoramic views of the Taygetos Mountains. The concert is a part of the Summer Cultural Events of Kastori and is organized by the Municipality of Sparta's office of Culture and the Environment, the Kastori Local Council and the Cultural Association Polydeus.

The concert is free and open to the public.


WHEN WHAT WHERE

Sunday,
September 10, 2023
4:00 pm


The Rossetti Foundation for the Arts & Culture presents:

"A Greek Musical Odyssey
with Julie Ziavras"


The Rossetti Estate
1005 Vine Street
Scranton,PA 18510

Soprano Julie Ziavras will present a collection of Greek songs capturing the lyric expression and the rich, deep texture of the Greek spirit and culture. Her program is geared to help and a non-Greek speaking audience appreciate the depth and beauty of the lyrics of her songs. The repertoire will include songs by well known and beloved Greek composers such as Hadjidakis, Theodorakis, Xarchakos and rembetika music (Greek blues). She is accompanied by maestro Spiro Cardamis at the grand piano and bouzouki master Kostas Psarros.

To complete the Greek experience, the Rossetti House will serve acatered Greek menu starting with Greek Meze (finger food), Greek wine and buffet Greek dinner.

For tickets and more information call The Rossetti Estate at 570-445-3610.

More information to come.


2020
WHEN WHAT WHERE

Saturday,
February 29, 2020
7:30 pm

The College of Arts and Letters, Musica Mundana and DeBaun PAC
present:

"Musical Journey with the Orient Express"


Stevens Institute of Technology
DeBaun Performing Arts Center
24 5th Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030

Soprano Julie Ziavras is guest soloist with the chamber ensemble Musica Mundana under the Artistic Direction of pianist Aysegul Durakoglu. The musical program is inspired by the journey of the legendary Orient Express which traveled between Paris and Istambul at the end of the 19th century. The international repertory includes waltzes, tangos, gypsy and czardas music by Bartok, Liszt, Strauss and Monti, music by Debussy, Satie, Piazzolla, operatic arias by Lehar and Offenbach and Ottoman court music from the 19th century. Julie will present Ravel's Greek Songs, Offenbach, Massenet, Franz Lehar and Richard Strauss, accompanied by the chamber ensemble.

Performers include Members of the Chamber Music Society Musica Mundana; Aysegul Durakoglu, pianist and Artistic Director, cellist Leo Grinhauz, violinist Claudia Schaer and narrator Anthony Pennino. Durakoglu, an acclaimed pianist, has recorded and performed internationally with major orchestras. She began her musical training at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory and as a scholarship recipient continued her studies in NY receiving her Master degree from Juilliard and Ph.D from New York University, where she served on the piano faculty. In 1998, she established the Chamber Music Society Musica Mundana and is currently on the faculty of the Music and Technology Department at the Stevens Institute.

General admission to the concert is $10, $5 students and seniors, with Stevens ID admission is free. Reception to follow the concert. Click for link to ticket URL. For further info call: 201-216-8934 or visit: stevens.edu/DeBaunPAC.


WHEN WHAT WHERE

Sunday,
April 19, 2020
4:00 pm


Mostly Opera presents
:
"From Verdi to Verismo"


Jewish Community Center
601 Jefferson Ave
Scranton, PA 18510

Soprano Julie Ziavras will join the cast of Mostly Opera in a program of opera arias and scenes by Verdi and the verismo composers. The program is led by Music Director Linda Houck at the piano with Artistic Direction by Anne Marie Dupre. For reservations call: 570-677-4287. More information to come.


2019

Saturday,
March 31, 2019
3:00 pm


Celebration of Life:
A Concert for Claudia


Union Presbyterian Church

44 Old Balmville Rd.
Newburgh, NY 12550


Julie Ziavras will join a cast of six opera singers celebrating the life of the late soprano Claudia Cummings, who has had a lasting impact on the classical music scene of the Hudson Valley.

In her 25 year operatic career, Claudia Cummings had appeared all over the world singing lead operatic roles, including with the NY City Opera, San Francisco Opera and Chicago Lyric Opera. After moving to the Hudson Valley in 1979, she produced numerous concerts throughout the region as the Co-Producing Director of the Festival Theater of New York with her husband, the eminent Shakespearean actor Jack Aranson. She also was the Founder and Artistic Director of the Opera Company of the Highlands (OCH) and Conductor of the Newburgh Symphonic Chorale. Mount Saint Mary College conferred upon her the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.

Julie performed in numerous concerts and operas that she directed, including principle roles in her OCH productions of The Marriage of Figaro, Die Fledermaus, Hansel & Gretel and Showboat. This concert is being organized by two of her colleagues from OCH Terri Vargas and Rose Wolvek.

For this Celebration, Julie will join the following principal singers of OCH singing arias and ensembles from operas that Claudia directed; Lori-Brown Mirabel, Jeremy Moore, Vira Slywotzky, Jabob Feldman and Rebecca Gordon, with piano accompanist Ryan Kennedy. There will be a showing of selections from Claudia's superb PBS performance of Lucia Di Lammermoor. Claudia's DVDs will be on sale for $15.

All the proceeds and donations from this concert will be given to the Alzheimers Foundation and "The Mount Scholarship Fund" in Claudia's name. A reception in Fellowship Hall will follow the concert. For more information, contact Terri Vargas, Chairman at teeanjaa@yahoo.com or call 845-565-6366


WHEN WHAT WHERE

Sunday,
May 5, 2019
4:00 pm


Great Music of the Hudson Valley series presents:
"An Afternoon with Ken and Julie"


Unitarian Universalist Meeting House

9 Vance Lane
New Windsor, NY 12575

Ken and Julie will present an afternoon of acoustic music accompanying themselves on guitars. Showcasing outstandingly lyrical vocals, rich harmonies and tight musicianship, their songs include originals by Ken, traditional and international folk covers.

Tickets are $20 at the door.



WHEN WHAT WHERE

Saturday,
May 18, 2019
7:00 pm


The Mostly Opera Company
presents:
"Prince Orlofsky's Gala Party"


St. Luke's Episcopal Church

232 Wyoming Ave
Scranton, PA 18510

Soprano Julie Ziavras will join the cast of Mostly Opera in a program of Act 2 of Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss which features a big gala party in which the cast will perform opera and musical theater as part of the celebration. The orchestral ensemble is led by Music Director Linda Houck at the piano with Artistic Direction by Helene Tinsley.

Tickets $20 for adults and $10 for students and are available at the door. Free parking. For additional information visit www.mostlyopera.net, email: mostlyoperasings@gmail or call: 570-702-4356.



WHEN WHAT WHERE

Saturday,
August 10, 2019
9 pm


Greek Concert celebrating the poet
Nikos Gatsos


Akovos

SW Acadia,
north of Kalamata
Greece


Friday,
August 23, 2019
9:30 pm


Greek Concert


Neos Skopos
(East of Serres)
Central Macedonia
Greece

Soprano Julie Ziavras will join the eminent Greek singer Yiannis Thomopoulos in a musical concert celebrating the poet/lyricist Nikos Gatsos, with songs by Manos Hadjidakis, Mikis Theodorakis, Stavros Xarchoskos and others. The concert is accompanied by a musical ensemble with Aimilios Koumanis, bouzouki, mandolin, Vassilis Tzamouranis, bouzouki, Yiorgos Pantazopoulos, piano and the well known singer Yiannis Thomopoulos, who enjoys an extensive concert career and has a large discography in this genre. Video editing by Anna Resvani.

The concert on August 10 at 9:00 pm takes place in the school in the picturesque village of Akovos in the Taygetus mountains, located just north of Kalamata in the Peleponnese. The concert is free and open to the public.

The concert on August 23 is organized by the Orpheus Society of Neo Skopos and is sponsored by the mayor of Neo Skopos Emmanouil Pappas. It takes place the opening night of a week long festival which includes dancing groups from various regions of Greece, theater groups, a musical tribute to the classical composer Nikos Astrinides (whose family was from Skopos in Eastern Thrace) and culminates in the Hagios Prodromos feast. Julie's grandmother was a Greek born in 1903 in the town of Skopos, located in Eastern Thrace, Turkey and was a survivor of the expulsion of the Greeks from the area in 1916, after which she emigrated to the US. Tickets for the concert are 5 euros and the proceeds go towards improvements to the Orpheus Heritage Hall located in Neo Skopos.

WHEN WHAT WHERE

Saturday,
September 21, 2019
3:00 pm


Mass of Consecration
for Bishop elect
Anthony Green

Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit
57 Hurlbut Street
Albany, NY
Soprano Julie Ziavras will sing the Mass of Consecration for bishop elect Anthony Green in the Catholic Apostolic Church.


WHEN WHAT WHERE

Sunday,
September 22, 2019
3:00 pm


The Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series presents
:
"Enchantments for a Sunday Afternoon"
with Broadway composer
Steve Margoshes,


Montgomery Senior Center
36 Bridge Street
Montgomery, NY 12549

Soprano Julie Ziavras will join pianist, Broadway composer and arranger Steve Margoshes, composer/pianist Ada Margoshes and baritone Elex Vann in a program of works by Sondheim, Webber and Steve and Ada Margoshes. Featured are songs and duets from Webber's Phantom of the Opera, Sondheim's Company, Barnum and Follies, classical piano works by Debussy and Poulenc for 4 hands, the premiere of a song by Steve Margoshes, songs from Ada Margoshes' show The Little Prince and an arrangement medley of songs from Cirque du Soleil by Steve Margoshes.

The concert is free and open to the public as part of the Grand Montgomery Chamber Music Series. Visit www.montgomerychambermusic.com.


WHEN WHAT WHERE

Sunday,
November 17, 2019
4:00 pm


Mostly Opera presents
:
"Mostly Opera goes Cabaret"


Madame Jenny's
(inside Ale Mary's)

126 Franklin Ave
Scranton, PA 18510

Soprano Julie Ziavras will join the cast of Mostly Opera in a cabaret program of Dynamic Duos, the music of Lerner & Loewe and Rodgers & Hammerstein. The orchestral ensemble is led by Music Director Linda Houck at the piano with Artistic Direction by Anne Marie Dupre.


WHEN WHAT WHERE

Sunday,
December 22, 2019
10:00 am


Christmas Mass


Ellis Residential Central Chapel
600 McClellan Street
Schenectady, NY 12308

Ken and Julie will sing the Apostolic Catholic Christmas Mass with Bp. Anthony W. Green, M.Div., BCC officiating. The Mass will include special Christmas music and an original Christmas song by Ken. All are welcome.


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