Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts

Thank you Connect to Northern Westchester Magazine for voting Caramoor as 2025's Best Entertainment Venue. Honored to be recognized alongside so many distinguished establishments, businesses, and non-profits that both constitute and exemplify the wondrous spirit of our community!

Rehearsals have begun for the 2024 Evnin Rising Stars! This week only, these exceptional young musicians are working closely with renowned mentors to prepare for their upcoming performances at Caramoor this Saturday and Sunday. It promises to be a truly memorable experience for classical and chamber music fans alike. Tickets are still available, and guests 18 and under can attend for free! Tickets >> bit.ly/3NOYyip

Want to work at Caramoor? Check out the open positions available ?? ?? Marketing Manager (full-time) ?? Rosen House Summer Research Fellowship: Collection and Archives (Summer 2025) ?? Executive Assistant and Board Liaison (part-time / Dec. '24 –?May '25) ?? Director of Production (full-time) ?? Development Associate (full-time)

#RosenHouseMonday Guests at two Afternoon Teas in the Rosen House this September were invited to a special viewing of a selection of Lucie Rosen's fashionable accessories. After sipping tea in the Music Room near the Oswald Birley portrait of Lucie holding one of her feather fans, visitors met Jessa Krick, Director of Interpretation, Collection and Archives to examine one of her feather fans (and other items) in real life. Lucie's shoes—from one of her costumes—were another hit. "They aren't tiny, like some antique shoes in museums," one visitor noted. "They look like they might fit me..." Watch out for more special viewing opportunities in 2025!

Docent and guest contributor Randy Hans looks into the history of the vibrant, distinctive windows in the Music Room and their design, which spans the centuries.

The quiet weeks of late summer are a good time for restoration projects in the Rosen House. Restorer Janine Lambers brought her scaffold and tools to the Lacquer Room for several days in August to re-gild part of the ceiling which had been damaged by a leak several years ago. After carefully preparing the surface over two days, Janine rolled on linseed oil, waited for it to become tacky, and then applied small sheets of gold leaf, each about 3 inches square. With her years of experience, Janine made the alchemy look easy -- as she adhered the fragile gold sheets over her head. She wielded a soft brush and a custom cutting tool mounted to one finger as part of her kit during this process, with only a fleck or two of gold leaf floating to the tarp below The Lacquer Room ceiling is glowing again, and ready for tours this month on select dates.

A recent article in T: The New York Times Style Magazine heralded antique tapestries as making a comeback as stylish wallcoverings, even “showing up in the most modern settings.” All we can say is “That’s so 1500!” Take a look at some of the tapestries that are on display in the Rosen House!

For the first time in decades, dance returned to Caramoor and the Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble did not disappoint. Their extraordinary choreography, live music, and storytelling captivated us all, expanding the boundaries of dance in a way we’ll never forget. These images are from the evening of August 1, 2024.

June 27, 2024 | The Abeo Quartet performs in the Spanish Courtyard.

Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) joined forces with the phenomenal pianist Jeremy Denk on August 4th at Caramoor and treated the audience to Beethoven’s majestic Fourth Piano Concerto, alongside stirring symphonic masterpieces by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Antonin Dvo?ák. At the helm was Thomas Wilkins, the dynamic Principal Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Music Director Laureate of the Omaha Symphony Orchestra, who joined James Roe, President & Executive Director of OSL, for a conversation about Wilkins' upbringing and the music on the afternoon's program. What an afternoon at Caramoor!