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Take a look at our Jazz at The Maverick series:

Sunday | July 16 | 4 pm
Parker Quartet
Stravinsky: Concertino for String Quartet
Aaron Jay Kernis: String Quartet No. 2, “musica instrumentalis” (1997)
Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 B flat major, Op. 67

Parker Quartet, photo by Cameron Wittig

“something extraordinary” (The New York Times) “exceptional virtuosity [and] imaginative interpretation” (The Washington Post)

Pulitzer Prize winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis will be on hand to introduce his String Quartet No. 2, “musica instrumentalis”

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The Maverick Concerts Festival continues every weekend through September 10th with Saturday night JAZZ at The Maverick concerts, Saturday morning Young People’s Concerts and Maestro Alexander Platt will conduct the traditional Chamber Orchestra concert.

Take a look at the full concert schedule at the Maverick Concerts website.

Featured image, Bill Charlap. Photographer’s name unavailable.

The Annual 5 by 7 Show is a much anticipated holiday art event and a highlight of the  exhibition year.

Location: BYRDCLIFFE Kleinert/James Center for the Arts,
36 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY
845 679 2079
Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 12:00 — 6:00 pm

Here are just a few of the participating artists. For a complete list of the over two-hundred artists in this year’s show click here: The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild website

Nancy Azara, Barbara Bachner, Alan Baer, Roz Balkin, Byron Bell, Ana Bergen, Barbara Berlind, Jake Berthot, Darla Bjork, Bobby Blitzer, Tina Bromberg, Nancy Catandella, Stella Chasteen, Diane Churchill, Andy Clausen, Carol Davis, Margarete de Soleil, Donald Elder, Yale Epstein, Adah Frank, Martha Frankel, Lynne Friedman, Milton Glaser, Bob Glassman, Mary Anna Goetz, Jan Harrison, Julie Hedrick, Steve Heller, Pat Horner, Heather Hutchison, Hatti Iles, Annette Jaret, Anya Jung, Georgette Kadgen, Mark Thomas Kanter, Caroline Kaplan, Laura Katz, John Kleinhans, Lucinda Knaus, Claire Lambe, Polly Law, Gay Leonhardt, Joan Mack, Maralyn Master, Portia Munson, Jenny Nelson, Carolyn Newhouse, Astrid Nordness, Pia Öste-Alexander, Ann Pachner, Susan Phillips, Marilyn Price, Laura Raymond, Julia Santos-Solomon, Christie Scheele, Bar Scott, Cornelia Seckel, Christina Varga, Les Walker, Sylvia Leonard Wolf, Marcie Woodruff, Jenny Wu, Connie Zack, Merrie Zaretsky

The Mark Gruber Gallery’s 37^th Annual group “Holiday Salon Show, ‘Beauty, Meaning, and Joy’.”

The exhibit opens on Saturday, December 7, 2013 and runs through January 16, 2014. A wine and cheese artists’ reception will be held on Saturday, December 7 from 5–7 PM. The public is cordially invited to attend this free event and meet many of these talented artists.

Expansive Valley, Oil 20 x 30, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams

This European Salon style exhibit is brimming with a huge variety of styles and media (many in smaller affordable sizes) in a beautifully curated show featuring the finest Hudson Valley artists including Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, James Cramer, Mireille Duchesne, Carolyn Edlund, Staats Fasoldt, Thomas Kegler, Eric Koeppel, Lorna Massie, Vince Natale,  Marlene Wiedenbaum, to name but a few. Oils, watercolors, pastels abound! Hardie Truesdale’s photographs are always available. Also featured are whimisical clocks by Leonie Lacouette, figurative sculpture by Joann Brody, art books, sculptural candles, vintage jewelry and collectibles.

Hugenot Street, Watercolor, Staats Fasoldt

Shadows On The Snow, Oil 9 x 12, Marilyn Fairman,

The Mark Gruber Gallery is located in the New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz, NY 12561. Gallery hours are: Monday 11–5:30; Tuesday-Friday 10–5:30; Saturday 10–5; Sundays in December 1–4.
For more information call (845) 255‑1241.
Click here to see more of the wonderful art available at the gallery.

George doesn’t know why he saved all this stuff for all these years but he’s certainly glad he did. The photos were not properly stored, but somehow they survived, as did he. It was a fabulous time to be the music business and in Los Angeles, especially with Warren and all of the adventures they had. Warren introduced George to a lot of really interesting people and ideas.

There has been plenty written about the darker side of Warren’s life. George thinks the good out weighs the bad. A lot of people had a lot of wonderful times with him. This book celebrates those times and the man Warren was when he was not in combat with his demons. His humor and biting wit were a splendid thing to be around. The bad may have sold papers and intrigued folks, but the good side of WZ is far more interesting.

People often comment that they wished that the media covered more good news and stories of unique humans doing interesting things. Well, this is one of those good news stories that needs to told, hence, this book.

Warren had a multitude of friends that have countless stories of fun, creative and hilarious times with him but none had more than George, who  spent a little over five years with Warren; five years that he says were some of the best days of his life. After perusing this book you’ll have a bit more insight into the wonderful, fun loving and complex individual that was Warren William Zevon. Enjoy the ride.

Here are some of the comments on the book.

“George, thanks for this rare peek into the era of Dad’s true rock and roll adventures. I was too young then to understand any of the fucked up insanity of his perplexing character — I just knew I loved my Daddy. Now I can look back and appreciate him anew.” — Ariel Zevon

“This photographic treasure trove brings back the Good, the Bad and the Ugly… Just like Warren would have wanted it.” — Crystal Zevon

“A remarkable collection of photos, of the remarkable life, of a remarkable man. And, as a bonus, George’s spot-on picture memoir is occasionally, as creatively eccentric, as Mr. Z, himself.” — Baron Wolman

“We’re told to be forward thinking. This book shows why looking back is so valuable. Memories of an old friend who did a lot to influence many great musician song writers. People get to see into the life and times of a warm, funny and talented artist. Yes, he liked Vodka, guns and other destructive things, but he was really just a great guy.” — Rick Marotta

“Júye, Júye, the book looks great, and great photos.” — Jorge Calderon

“In this book, George captured us all… the feelings and emotions of the time. Warren and I were the original Modern Family. I was Warren’s Bonnie and Warren was my Clyde — Uncensored, eccentric, and brilliant. We were brought together by the love of Music, the Arts, and each other… all while holding on for dear life. We robbed no banks, we took no prisoners… just pictures. Thank you for your honest, and heartfelt perspective, George. Warren would say, you have kept us in your heart and held us for a while.” — Kim Lankford

“Well kids, I can’t tell you whether or not there’s a Santa Claus, but I can tell you this. One year, when I was 13, Santa Claus came as George Gruel, in full Santa suit. I sat on his lap and never felt safer. If you want a rock-n-roll man in your corner, it’s the one that has hugs for days, as long as you have the right pass, because you can never be too careful. I was lucky enough to have the all access”. — Jordan Zevon

“This is fabulous, thanks so much for putting this together. I’m gonna be looking at this a lot.” — David Landau

“Perfect! .…with Warren they did not break the mold.… he was freehand!!!” — Leland Sklar

Here’s Warren in his final appearance on “Late Night With David Letterman”.

For more information on the book including how to order click on the gorilla!

The 4:00 pm concert program will include the String Quartet in B Flat Major, “The Hunt,” a cheerful, popular work by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Maurice Ravel’s groundbreaking String Quartet in F Major, one of the most popular and widely performed pieces in the classical music canon; and the Piano Quintet in E flat Major, Op. 44, by Robert Schumann, a work he presented to his wife Clara on the birth of their first child. 

The Shanghai Quartet
The Shanghai Quartet has been a favorite with Maverick audiences for many years. Formed at the Shanghai Conservatory in 1983, the quartet has worked with the world’s most eminent artists and regularly tours the major music centers of Europe, North America, and Asia. The quartet performs at the most distinguished festivals and concert halls, and has built an extensive discography that now totals more than 25 recordings. The ensemble has appeared in a diverse array of TV and film projects, and has a distinguished teaching record, currently serving as Ensemble-in-Residence at Montclair State University in New Jersey. The Shanghai Quartet holds the esteemed title of visiting guest professors at the Shanghai Conservatory and the Central Conservatory in China.

Shanghai Quartet

Pedja Muzijevic

Pedja Muzijevic
Pianist Pedja Muzijevic has also returned to Maverick’s concert hall numerous times. The Palm Beach Daily News observed, “To play this well, one must have steel in the hands, love and affection in the heart, and more than a little craziness.” A native of Sarajevo, Pedja graduated from the Academy of Music in Zagreb, where he received the Croatian Music Institute Award for best recital. He continued his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music and at the Juilliard School, where he received his Master of Music degree. His many honors include top prize in the Busoni International Piano Competition and a finalist diploma in the Naumburg International Piano Competition, as well as special prizes of the Chopin Society, Warsaw, and the Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. Curiosity has led him to explore the music of the 18th and 19th centuries on period instruments, as well as the work of many contemporary composers. He is the director of music programing at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City.

Maverick Concerts is the oldest continuous summer chamber music festival in America and a winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. Built by Maverick Art Colony founder Hervey White, Maverick Concert Hall first opened its doors to music lovers in 1916. The rustic hall is located at 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock, N.Y. 12498. With acoustics ideally suited to the intimacy of live chamber music performance, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

For additional details, including a schedule of concerts, ticket prices, and seating information, visit www.maverickconcerts.org or call Maverick’s recorded message line at 845–679-8217.

featured image of Maverick Hall by Dion Ogust