PV Wins The American Prize - Ernst Bacon Award!

In a lengthy competitive process Palisades Virtuosi has come out on top! They have won The American Prize - Ernst Bacon Award for the PERFORMANCE of AMERICAN MUSIC, 2022, in the professional ensemble division!!

Among the many contests of The American Prize, the Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music is unique. It recognizes and rewards the best performances of American music by ensembles and individual artists worldwide, based on submitted recordings. Applications are accepted from professional, college/university, community and high school age solo artists, chamber ensembles or conducted ensembles, competing in separate divisions, and from composers with excellent recordings of their works. In 2017-18, categories were expanded to encompass performances of American music in practically any instrumentation or genre, with very few repertoire restrictions.

Focused exclusively on works by American composers from any period and in any style, the contest not only judges performances, but in the case of new or unfamiliar works, the music itself.

Ernst Bacon (1898—1990) was one of that pioneering generation of composers who, along with Thomson, Copland, Harris, and others, found a voice for American music. Winner of a Pulitzer Scholarship (for his Symphony in D minor) and no fewer than three Guggenheim Fellowships, Ernst Bacon set out to create compositions that expressed the vitality and affirmative spirit of our country. It is fitting, and with honor, that The American Prize creates an annual award in the memory of Ernst Bacon, recognizing the finest performances of American music worldwide. To learn more about the music & legacy of Ernst Bacon, please visit the website of the Ernst Bacon Society.The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation's most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American Prize is unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, directors, ensembles and composers in the United States at professional, college/university, community and high school levels, based on submitted recordings. Now in its twelfth year, The American Prize has awarded more than $100,000 since its founding and is offered annually in many areas of the performing arts. Thousands of artists from all fifty states have derived benefit from their participation in the contests of The American Prize, representing literally hundreds of communities and arts organizations across the nation. Information about the 2022-23 season of contests has been updated. (http://theamericanprize.org)

PV Concerts - Fall 2022

Tickets Now Available for Palisades Virtuosi's 20th Birthday Concert on November 29 at Carnegie Hall!

Our first concert was held on November 30th, 2002 at the St Paul’s Music Series in Nyack, NY and included works by Bloch, Debussy, Faure, Gaubert, Liszt, and Saint-Saens. Most of the repertoire was solos and duos, as there was at the time virtually no repertoire for our configuration.

Now, after having had almost 100 new works created for us, PV will celebrate its 20th Anniversary and this repertoire with a concert in Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall (seen above) on Tuesday November 29th at 7:30 PM. 

Don’t miss this very special event with three World Premieres, including works written for us by Rita Blacker, Adrienne Albert and Patrick D. Finley, alongside works by old friends Eric Ewazen, James Cohn, Steve Perillo, Carlos Franzetti and John Lampkin.

Very special guests will include composer Adrienne Albert and other friends.

Get Your Tickets Today!!

PV To Make its Delaware Debut

on October 1

Adding another state to its list of performing venues, PV will give a concert on October 1, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church, 101 S. Walnut Street in Milford, Delaware as part of the the Mispillion Performance Series. We'll present works written for us by Carlos Franzetti, Casper Kummer, Michael Webster, Steve Perillo and John Lampkin.

The Mispillion Performance Series features nationally and internationally renowned musical artists presenting culturally and artistically diverse programs, free and unticketed to the community.

Jeffrey James Arts Consulting | 516-586-3433 | jamesarts@att.net | www.jamesarts.com

CONCERT DATES FOR 2021-2022 - MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

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We are so excited to be back in the concert halls this season so

Mark Your Calendars!

Sunday - October 10, 2021 - 3:00pm “Tribute to Beethoven” - Happy (Belated) 250th!

Saturday - December 4, 2021 - 3:00pm - “Blow, Blow Ye Winter Winds” - our Annual Holiday Concert

Sunday - March 27, 2022 - 3:00 “Global Warning” - A concert devoted to Climate Concerns

visit our SCHEDULE PAGE for information on each of these performances

see official Press Release for the 2021-2022 Season HERE

Fanfare Magazine Reviews are up!

Reviews are up for our latest releases along with an in-depth interview!

Here are some highlights - click links to read in full!

INTERVIEW with Robert Schulslaper

VOLUME 6 - Fanfare Magazine - Colin Clarke

“Palisades Virtuosi…perform with such high levels of exactitude.”
“The real heroes here are the members of Palisades Virtuosi, who deliver faultless renditions throughout of this varied selection of pieces with unflagging enthusiasm and freshness.”

VOLUME 7 - Fanfare Magazine - Colin Clarke

 “The recording is well done, as are all production values. This is a highly imaginative release, nigh on two and a half hours of fine music, superbly performed.”

VOLUME 7 - Fanfare Magazine - Meltzer

“[Palisades Virtuosi’s] playing is unfailingly spirited, colorful, and sculpted with the greatest care. The contributions of the various “guest artists” are also quite admirable. The sound quality is excellent, offering a natural, rich, and well-balanced acoustic.”

New American Masters - Volume 7

PV is proud to release its newest CD - a true Pandemic project!

While all the recording was completed just prior to the whole world shutting down, the process of editing, completing the Master and then shepherding it through the production process took much of the entire past year! We are so proud to share our new CD with you all!! Please visit our NAM7 info page for complete information!

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PV Wraps NAM7

PV wrapped up its recording of its 7th Volume of New American Masters at the Clubhouse Studios in Rhinebeck, NY. Works by Martin Sedek, Jeffrey Kaufman, Thomas Juneau, Roger Stubblefield, Ron Levy, Seymour Barab and Kerry Turner are included on this two CD set. “Songs & Stories” - all works with narrator or singer involved.

Palisades Virtuosi is the artist ensemble of PV Music Trio, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization.  

All contributions to the PVMT are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

PV Music Trio, Inc. Board of Directors

President - Jon Martin — Secretary/Treasurer - Patrick Finley — Nadine Posnansky

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