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2023 Live Concert

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STEPHEN GORGONE
violin
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DAN MARTINEZ
viola
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CRAIG MEHLER
cello

  Celebrating 50 years of Vineyards on the North Fork
Music at the Village Green
 at 
Village Green in Cutchogue 
Cutchogue Village Green Cutchogue New Suffolk Historical Council 
Main Road Cutchogue, NY 11935


 
Thursday, July 13th, 2023, 5:30pm-8:30pm

Music by
Franz Schubert and Joseph Haydn


Musicians
Stephen Gorgone, violin, 
Dan Martinez, viola, Craig Mehler
, cello


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                                                    Music Program
The Haydn Trio is an appealing, pastorale work, originally written for baryton, viola and cello. The baryton was a bowed string instrument played gamba style with additional sympathetic strings for resonance. The Mozart Quartet was written for Friedrich Ramm, Mozart's friend and virtuoso oboist.
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Franz Schubert                                       String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 471
                                                                               I. Allegro      


Joseph Haydn                                          Baryton Trio in C Major, Hob.XI:101                                                   
                                                                                I. Allegro                                                                                       
                                                                                II. Menuetto
                                                                                III. Fuga a 3 soggetti in contrappunto doppio



 



                                                                                                This is a production of
              Cutchogue - New Suffolk Historical Council & North Fork Promotional Council
                                                                                                  in collaboration with
                                                                 Rites of Spring Music Festival


Stephen Gorgone, violin
Dr. Stephen Gorgone is a professional violist, violinist, piano accompanist, music teacher, and Feldenkrais Practitioner based on Long Island. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University and Master and Bachelor degrees from Ithaca College. In addition to maintaining a thriving private teaching studio, he is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Hofstra University. He is a founding member of the Whitman String Quartet, who studied with the Emerson String Quartet, and performs throughout Long Island as a violinist and violist with numerous other ensembles. stephengorgone.com

Dan Martinez, viola
Born and raised on Long Island, Dan Martinez is an award-winning music educator, conductor, violist, and violinist. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Viola Performance & Music Education from Ithaca College, as well as a Master degree from Stony Brook University. He serves as the Director of Orchestras at Newfield High School in Suffolk County and maintains an active performance career, showcasing classical and non-classical styles. In his spare time, he conducts and serves as a guest clinician for youth orchestras throughout New York State, mentors undergraduate music education majors, teaches privately, produces and co-directs theatrical productions, and advises the Newfield High School LGBTQ+ Alliance.

Craig Mehler, cello
Craig Mehler is a versatile cellist and teacher living in Suffolk County, New York. Craig frequently performs with cellist Joshua Epstein playing many styles of music including pop, classical, rock, jazz, and even video game music.  Craig is a graduate of Ithaca College, where he received a MM in Cello Performance and SUNY Fredonia, where he received bachelor's degrees in music performance and music Education. Craig is currently the Orchestra Director at Paul J. Gelinas Junior High School in the Three Village CSD.


​Public Funds come from the Statewide Community Regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Huntington Arts Council.  
Public Funds come from the Suffolk County Omnibus Grant, ​sponsored by Legislator Al Krupski and with the support of the Suffolk County Legislature. The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation has provided additional dedicated support for music events in historical buildings. ​

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      • An evening of Shakespeare:
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