Arts & Entertainment
NY Philharmonic Brass To Play Nyack Friday Night
The quintet contains Nyack-resident Joe Alessi, principal trombone player for the New York Philharmonic
About 13 years ago, Elliott Forrest was walking with his daughter in Nyack Middle School when something coming out of the cafeteria caught his ears.
“We were right around the corner and coming from the cafeteria was the most beautiful trombone playing I had ever heard in my life,” said Forrest, director of ArtsRock.
He walked over with his daughter to see what was going on, and once he turned the corner he saw Joe Alessi playing in the cafeteria for a group of third-grade students. Alessi, of Nyack, is the principal trombone player for the New York Philharmonic.
“I turn the corner and there’s the first chair trombone player for the New York Philharmonic,” Forrest said. “So I think, ‘Well that’s why I’m hearing this beautiful trombone playing.’”
On Friday, Forrest and ArtsRock are hosting Alessi and the rest of the New York Philharmonic Principal Brass Quintet for their Holiday Concert at 7:30 p.m. at T on South Broadway in Nyack. Along with Alessi, the quintet is made up of Principal Trumpet Philip Smith, Associate Principal Trumpet Matthew Muckey, Principal Horn Philip Myers and Principal Tuba Alan Baer.
“These are arguably the best five brass players in the entire world, and they’ll be here in Nyack performing,” Forrest said. “This is what makes Nyack great. We have these outstanding artists coming here to play.”
Tickets are $30 the day of the show, and $20 for students.
“They have a very popular holiday concert,” Forrest said. “It’s going to be a lot of fun. They’re going to play a lot of holiday favorites.”
