Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE WESTCHESTER PHILHARMONIC PROVIDES INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCES, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS,SHOWCASING NEW MUSICIANS, COMPOSERS AND CONDUCTORS,AND IS COMMITTED TO BEING AN INCLUSIVE ORGANIZATION THAT INVITES AND ATTRACTS PEOPLE OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.
INNOVATIVE CONCERTS WITH A COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION, COMMUNITY, AND DIVERSITY.
MAINSTAGE CONCERTS: THE WESTCHESTER PHILHARMONIC'S 2018-19 SEASON, ITS 36TH, OPENED IN OCTOBER 2018. CONDUCTOR JAIME LAREDO LED AN ALL-ORCHESTRAL PROGRAM THAT BEGAN WITH THE MELANCHOLY HORN SOLO OF RAVEL'S "PAVANE POUR UN INFANT DEFUNTE," THEN THE MYSTERIOUS "DRUMROLL" THAT BEGINS HAYDN'S SYMPHONY NO 103. THE PROGRAM CONCLUDED WITH BRAHMS' FIRST SYMPHONY. ON THE MORNING OF THE CONCERT THE PUBLIC WAS WELCOMED TO ATTEND THE ORCHESTRA'S FREE OPEN REHEARSAL. TICKETED PATRONS ENJOYED A FREE PRE-CONCERT DISCUSSION WITH THE ARTISTS. FOR THE PHIL'S ANNUAL DECEMBER POPS WE INTRODUCED CONDUCTOR RACHAEL WORBY, WHOSE CREDITS OVER THE PRIOR THIRTY YEARS INCLUDED LONG TENURES AS MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE PASADENA POPS, WHEELING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, AND CARNEGIE HALL'S YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS. JOINING HER AND THE PHIL WAS THE GENRE-BENDING STRING TRIO TIME FOR THREE, WITH VIOLINISTS CHARLES YANG, NICOLAS KENDALL, AND BASSIST RANAAN MEYER, IN A PROGRAM THAT SPANNED REPERTOIRE FROM BEETHOVEN TO THE BEATLES TO THE VERVE. MA. WORBY RETURNED FOR FEBRUARY'S FRIENDS & FAMILY CONCERT, WHICH FEATURED SPECIAL GUEST STAR SAVION GLOVER, THE TAP DANCE VIRTUOSO WHO FIRST BECAME A CHILD SENSATION IN BROADWAY'S "THE TAP DANCE KID," LATER CREATED THE TONY-WINNING "BRING IN DA NOISE, BRING IN DA FUNK, AND WAS THE HUMAN DANCING FORCE BEHIND THE ANIMATED MOVIE "HAPPY FEET." MR. GLOVER PERFORMED MORTON GOULD'S "TAP DANCE CONCERTO AND VIVALDI'S "THE FOUR SEASONS," THE LATTER WITH PHIL CONCERTMASTER ROBERT CHAUSOW PERFORMING THE SOLO VIOLIN PART. THIS CONCERT COMPLETELY SOLD-OUT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER'S 1,300 SEATS. ON THE MORNING OF THE CONCERT THE PUBLIC WAS WELCOMED TO ATTEND THE ORCHESTRA'S FREE OPEN REHEARSAL. TICKETED PATRONS ENJOYED A FREE PRE-CONCERT DISCUSSION WITH THE ARTISTS. JAIME LAREDO RETURNED FOR APRIL'S SEASON FINALE WHICH FEATURED VIOLINIST PAMELA FRANK IN BEETHOVEN'S FAMED VIOLIN CONCERTO, AND CONCLUDED WITH BEETHOVEN'S SYMPHONY NO. 5. ON THE MORNING OF THE CONCERT THE PUBLIC WAS WELCOMED TO ATTEND THE ORCHESTRA'S FREE OPEN REHEARSAL. TICKETED PATRONS ENJOYED A FREE PRE-CONCERT DISCUSSION WITH THE ARTISTS.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS: THE WESTCHESTER PHILHARMONIC'S AWARD-WINNING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN BRINGS PHILHARMONIC TEACHING ARTISTS INTO CLASSROOMS, GRADES 2 THROUGH 5, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND CULMINATES IN THE CHILDREN COMING TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOR A FULL ORCHESTRA CONCERT IN A REAL CONCERT HALL. 1,300 CHILDREN (AND TEACHER/CHAPERONES) FILLED THE HALL ON A TUESDAY MORNING IN APRIL AND WERE TREATED TO A PROGRAM LED BY CONDUCTOR, EDUCATOR, AND PHILHARMONIC TRUMPETER WAYNE DUMAINE, UTILIZING EXCERPTED PORTIONS OF APRIL'S CLASSICAL PROGRAM. THE CONCERT AUGMENTS THE TEACHING ARTIST MODULES IN THE CLASSROOMS, DEMONSTRATING THE INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA, CONCEPTS OF MELODY AND HARMONY, TEMPO AND RHYTHM, AND COMPOSITIONAL FORM, ALL MADE DIGESTIBLE AND EXCITING FOR YOUNG EARS AND MINDS.
COMMUNITY CONCERTS: THE WESTCHESTER PHILHARMONIC'S CHAMBER SERIES IS A FOUR-CONCERT SERIES PRESENTED AT THE HISTORIC AND ACOUSTICALLY SUPERB GRACE CHURCH IN WHITE PLAINS, IN COLLABORATION WITH DOWNTOWN MUSIC AT GRACE. THIS 17-YEAR COLLABORATION HAS STEADILY GROWN OVER THE YEARS, FROM TWO CONCERTS PER YEAR TO THE CURRENT FOUR, AND IS PRESENTED IN ALTERNATING MONTHS WITH OUR MAINSTAGE CONCERTS. THESE FREE CONCERTS (DOWNTOWN MUSIC ACCEPTS VOLUNTARY DONATIONS AT THE DOOR) WELCOME MUSIC-LOVERS ON WEDNESDAYS AT NOON FOR A ONE HOUR MUSICAL "OASIS" DURING THE BUSY DAY. WESTCHESTER PHILHARMONIC MUSICIANS ARE FEATURED IN SMALL ENSEMBLES OF DUOS, TRIOS, QUARTETS, AND QUINTETS, PERFORMING ALL MANNER OF CLASSICAL GEMS AS WELL AS CONTEMPORARY AND JAZZ GENRES. IN ADDITION TO DELIGHTING AUDIENCES, THE MUSICIANS ARE PARTICULARLY WELCOMING OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO "STRETCH AND PERFORM IN A CHAMBER MUSIC SETTING.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Joshua Worby | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $53,391 |
| Toff Ruth | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Lisa Tibbitts | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Murray Stahl | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Hannah Shmerler | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Numa Rousseve | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Mary D Neumann | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Christina Maurillo | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Millicent Kaufman | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Tony Aiello | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Neil Aaron | IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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