Past Programs - Proven Audience Impact

September 2022 - Concerts Con Brio, Poughkeepsie, NY

November 2022 - Beacon Bonfire Festival

March 4, 2023| 4:00pm 

CRS Center for Remembrance & Sharing https://crsny.org/events/

May 20, 2023| 8:00pm

Elysium Furnace Works Series 

St. Andrew & St. Luke Episcopal Church

Beacon, NY

Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5746316

June 24, 2023| 6:00pm 

Composers Concordance meets Hot Wrk Ensemble

Howland Cultural Center

Beacon NY

tickets here: 

https://www.onthestage.tickets/howland-cultural-center/individual-tickets

July 1, 2023| 7:00pm 

Players Theatre, NYC  

Tickets here: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/11306588

March 17, 2024| 3:00pm

Women's History Month Concert

Newburgh Free Library

124 Grand St. Newburgh, NY 125503:00pm

BOE Auditorium

May 31, 2024| 6:30pm

Community "Pop-Up Concert Series"

East Fishkill Library, NY

sponsored by the Howland Chamber Music Circle and the Town of East Fishkill

*The following concerts were part of a Community Arts grant through Arts Mid-Hudson for the Chamber Music Club in Orange County, NY

*August 3, 2024| 3pm

Hot Wrk with guest artist composer and jazz violinist, Gwen Laster!

Wallkill River Center for the Arts

232 Ward St. at 17K

Montgomery, NY 12549

https://wallkill.art/event/08-03-24-hot-wrk-wind-ensemble-original-compositions/

​*September 21, 2024| 2pm

Port Jervis Free Library

Port Jervis, NY

*October 5, 2024| 1pm

Cornwall Public Library at Munger Cottage

Cornwall, NY 

*November 2, 2024| 2pm

Moffat Public Library (Washingtonville)

Washingtonville, NY 

September 25, 2024| 12-2pm

SUNY Schenectady

Performance and masterclass at SUNY Schenectady

Savage Wonder Festival - Veterans Rep Theater

October 11, 2024| 3pm

October 12, 2024| 2pm

October 13, 2024| 2pm

139 Main Street Beacon, NY 12508

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October 27, 2024| 3pm

Beattie Powers Place

Catskill, NY

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May 17, 2025| 6:30pm

Savage Wonder Theatre

Beacon, NY

https://savagewonder.org/calendar/

​​​​*The following concerts were part of a series of concerts for the Arts and Culture Grant award  "Chamber Music Club: A Mid-Hudson Valley Tour". ​

This project was made possible with funds from the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson:​

May 31, 2025| 4:00pm​

Olive Free Library

West Shokan, NY

June 7, 2025| 2:00pm

ArtPort Kingston

Kingston, NY

https://artportkingston.org/​

June 7, 2025| 7:00pm

Old Dutch Church w/guest artist GWEN LASTER

Kingston, NY

June 21, 2025| 2:30pm

Poughkeepsie Public Library w/guest artist GWEN LASTER

Sadie Peterson African Roots Library

Lateef Islam Auditorium

Savage Wonder Residency

Beacon, NY

2025: August 28, September 4, October 10,  November 13, December 6 & 14 

2026: January 29, February 28, March 26, May 28, June 25, July 30 

https://savagewonder.org/calendar/

Featured Commissioned Artists

November 8, 2025| 7:00pm 

Orange County Arts Council NY

Interwoven Art Affair '25

Sugarloaf PAC

1351 Kings Hwy

Chester, NY

https://www.ocnyartscouncil.org/aa25

February 1, 2026| 3pm

Calvary Presbyterian Church

120 South St.

Newburgh, NY 12550

Guest Artists: “Community Concerts @Calvary" Series

March 13, 2026| 7:30pm

Live at the Lucky Dog Listening Room

333 Fishkill Ave.

Beacon, NY 

March 21, 2026| 7:00pm

Groove-Port

Upfront Exhibition Space

31 Jersey Ave.

Port Jervis, NY https://www.instagram.com/p/DV1sYfNDvjY/​




GRANT AWARDED PERFORMANCE NARRATIVES

Fall 2025 Announcement:

Awarded a grant from Orange County Arts Council NY to 2025 Featured Artists, and commissioned to create an original works for the annual fundraising gala, The Art Affair 2025: Interwoven . The performance aligns with the "Interwoven" theme, and the commissioned work incorporates composed and recorded digital beats using field recordings of natural sounds obtained throughout eastern Orange County, NY. Additionally, it includes composed counterpoint and improvised elements. The commissioned work will be premiered at the Art Affair 2025 and takes inspiration from and acknowledges the indigenous Munsee Lunaape peoples who first inhabited the Hudson Valley and whose vibrations still exist and are interwoven throughout the landscape.

https://www.ocnyartscouncil.org/aa25

Summer 2025 Announcement:

Hot Wrk Ensemble was awarded an Arts and Culture Grant to perform FREE community concerts during 2025 in Ulster and Dutchess counties. Chamber Music Club: A Mid-Hudson Valley Tour, is coming to a venue near you! Come join us for some truly unique chamber music. Ask your questions, share your ideas, listen to diverse music, join the club! We are thrilled to have award winning artist and composer, GWEN LASTER join us for several of these concerts and excited to have percussionist, Angel Michael Lau with us. This project is made possible with funds from the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.







Guest Artist, Gwen Laster ; Photo by Torin Olsen