Shelter Island's Mini-Music Fest
The Shelter Island Presbyterian Church will be alive with the sound of music this weekend. Katie McNally, a fiddler, and Neil Pearlman, a pianist, will perform a concert steeped in the musical traditions of Scotland and Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia tomorrow evening from 7:30 to 9:30. Based in Boston, the duo has been praised for their fresh approach to traditional forms.Tickets cost $25 and can be purchased through the website of Sylvester Manor Educational Farm, which is sponsoring the concert.
On Saturday at 8 p.m. the Shelter Island Friends of Music will present a concert by WindSync, a quintet featuring Garrett Hudson, flute; Emily Tsai, oboe; Julian Hernandez, clarinet; Anni Hochhalter, French horn, and Kara LaMoure, bassoon. The free performance will include music by Offenbach, Del Aguila, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Bernstein. A reception will follow the concert.