Black Heritage Day: An Afro-Classical Celebration

Music was an important part of life for Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown. To honor her birthday, we're hosting Black Heritage Day! Join us to listen to local musicians and a very special performance by Chrystal E. Williams and Felipe Hostins, enjoy food from local Black owned food trucks, and take a stroll through our Black […]

The Collector in Song of the Nightingale – On Site Opera

SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE MUSIC BY LISA DESPAIN LIBRETTO BY MELISA TIEN CO-COMMISSIONED WITH ARTS BROOKFIELD Join us for the world premiere of Song of the Nightingale, commissioned and produced by On Site Opera and Arts Brookfield, taking place across three of Brookfield Properties’ public spaces: Brooklyn Commons, Manhattan West and Brookfield Place. Adapted from Hans […]

In Recital with Natalia Kazaryan, Piano – Guarneri Hall

Reflections: Voices of the Underrepresented Acclaimed Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams and pianist Natalia Kazaryan are featured in a program that celebrates the collaboration between the sexes in poetry and song with art songs that have been underrepresented in music history. Get tickets now. This progressive integration of thematic content and musical texture will […]

An Evening with Chrystal E. 2023 with Oksana Lutsyshyn, Piano and Felipe Hostins, Accordion

Larchmont United Metodist Church 1101 Jamestown Crescent, Norfolk, VA

The Chrystal E. Williams Scholarship was founded in 2004 because it was realized that there was a need to help students wishing to pursue a career in the performing arts. It is my hope and dream that in the future young performers will not have to concern themselves with funding for school but will only […]

New Work for Mezzo-Soprano and Accordion (Felipe Hostins) – (J. Glover/K. Rourke) – American Composers Orchestra – Carnegie Hall (debut)

From January through May 2024, as the centerpiece of the 2023–2024 season, Carnegie Hall will present Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice, an ambitious citywide festival exploring one of the most complex and consequential chapters in modern human history: Germany's Weimar Republic of 1919–1933. Through dozens of musical performances at Carnegie Hall and […]