BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Coastal Concerts presents East of the River BEGIN:VEVENT UID:249462025-04-05 DTSTART:20250405T230000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20250405T040000Z LOCATION:129 West 4th Street\nLewes DE 19958 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=129 West 4th Street\nLewes DE 19958;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=129 West 4th Street:geo:38.773206,-75.1 42544 GEO:38.773206;-75.142544 SUMMARY:Coastal Concerts presents East of the River CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:East of the River About East of the River East of the River was \nfounded by internationally renowned recorder players Nina Stern and\nDap hna Mor. They are known for exploring haunting and virtuosic\nmelodies fro m the traditional repertoires of the Balkans\, Armenia\, and\nthe Middle E ast\, as well as gems of the Medieval European classical\nrepertory. The m usic is arranged and interpreted by musicians whose\nmusical backgrounds i nclude Classical\, World music\, and Jazz. Together\nthey create the uniqu e blend that is East of the River. The members of\nthe ensemble have separ ately recorded and performed with artists as Yo\nYo Ma\, Philip Glass\, Jo rdi Savall\, Sting\, Natalie Merchant\, Aerosmith\,\nSimon Shaheen\, Glen Velez\, and many others. Nina Stern Nina Stern has\ncarved a unique and as tonishingly diverse career for herself as a\nworld-class recorder player a nd classical clarinetist. A native New\nYorker\, Ms. Stern studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel\,\nSwitzerland\, where she received a Soloist’s Degree. From Basel\, she\nmoved to Milan\, Italy where she wa s offered a teaching position at the\nCivica Scuola di Musica. Ms. Stern p erforms widely on recorders\,\nchalumeaux\, and historical clarinets. She has appeared as a soloist or\nprincipal player with orchestras such as The New York Philharmonic\,\nNew York City Opera\, The Metropolitan Opera\, A merican Classical\nOrchestra\, Orchestra of St. Luke’s\, Philharmonia Ba roque\, Trinity\nBaroque Orchestra\, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra\, La Scal a Theatre\nOrchestra\, Clarion Orchestra\, I Solisti Veneti\, Hesperion XX \, Opera\nLafayette\, Handel and Haydn Society\, and Tafelmusik. Her numer ous\nfestival and concert series appearances have included performances\nu nder leading conductors such as Loren Maazel\, Kurt Masur\, Christopher\nH ogwood\, Trevor Pinnock\, Claudio Scimone\, Kent Tritle\, Jane Glover\,\nB runo Weil\, Ton Koopman\, Andrew Parrot \, Harry Christophers\, and Jordi\ nSavall. She has recorded for Erato\, Harmonia Mundi\, Sony Classics\,\nNe wport Classics\, Wildboar\, Telarc\, MSR\, Good Child Music\,\nSmithsonian \, and AVIE labels. ​Nina Stern’s latest projects\ninclude performance s and recordings of traditional music of Eastern\nEurope\, Armenia\, and T he Middle East\, as a soloist\, and with her\nensembles Rose of the Compas s and East of the River (Daphna Mor\,\nco-Director.) In recent years\, Ros e of the Compass has collaborated\nannually with the conductor Kent Tritle and the Choir of St. John the\nDivine in creating programs for the \"Grea t Music in a Great Space\"\nconcert series at the Cathedral. East of the R iver’s latest album\nIja Mia was released on the AVIE label in March of 2024. ​Ms. Stern\nwas appointed to the faculty of Juilliard’s Historic al Performance\nprogram in 2012 and has served on the faculties of the Man nes College\nof Music – where she directed the Historical Performance Pr ogram\nfrom 1989 to 1996 – the Civica Scuola di Musica (Milan\, Italy)\, \nOberlin Conservatory\, and the Five Colleges in Massachusetts. ​Nina\n Stern is also hailed as an innovator in teaching school-age children\nto b e fine young musicians. She is the Founder and Artistic Director\nof S’C ool Sounds\, a successful hands-on music education project. The\nWashingto n Post applauded this program as a model in its “innovation\nin the clas sroom” series (11/9/03). For this important work Ms.\nStern was awarded an Endicott Fellowship in 2003 and was honored by\nEarly Music America in 2005 with the “Early Music Brings History\nAlive” Award and again in 2 019 with the Laurette Goldberg Award for\nAchievement in Early Music Outre ach. Nina Stern served as Director of\nEducation for the New York Collegiu m from 2002-2007. She has consulted\nfor Midori & Friends and for Carnegie Hall’s Weill Institute\,\nhelping them to develop and expand their reco rder curriculum. She is\nthe author of “Recorders Without Borders” - t wo books for\nbeginning recorder players and percussion. Ms. Stern has sha red her\nteaching methods with students and teachers throughout the U.S.\, in\nthe Netherlands and Belgium\, and has worked to establish recorder\np rograms in several schools in the informal settlement of Kibera in\nNairob i\, Kenya\, at Village Health Works in Kigutu\, Burundi and at a\nschool f or Syrian refugee children in Azraq\, Jordan.  In 2023\, Nina\nreceived t he American Recorder Society’s Distinguished Achievement\nAward. ​Daph na Mor Daphna Mor (recorders\, voice\, ney) has performed\nthroughout Euro pe and the United States as both a soloist and ensemble\nplayer. Mor’s “astonishing virtuosity” (Chicago Tribune) has\nbeen heard in solo rec itals in the United States\, Croatia\, Germany and\nSwitzerland. She has p erformed as a soloist with the New York\nCollegium\, the New York Early Mu sic Ensemble and Little Orchestra\nSociety\, and as a member of the orches tra with the New York\nPhilharmonic\, New York City Opera and Orchestra of St. Luke's. Mor was\nawarded First Prize in the Settimane Musicali di Lug ano Solo\nCompetition and the Boston Conservatory Concerto Competition\, a nd has\nappeared in a duo with Joyce DiDonato on the singer's promotional tour\nfor the album In War and Peace. Devoted to new music\, Mor has recor ded\non John Zorn's Tzadik label\, and has performed the world premiere of \nDavid Bruce's Tears\, Puffes\, Jumps\, and Galliard with the Metropolis\ nEnsemble. Also active in the world music community\, Mor has performed\ni n festivals and on stages worldwide\, including New York’s Summer\nStage and Munich’s Gasteig. She can also be heard on Sting’s album\nIf On A Winter’s Night for Deutsche Grammophon. Mor serves as the\nMusic Direct or of Beineinu\, a New York initiative dedicated to the\nmodern cultivatio n of Jewish culture\, and is a researcher\, performer\nand teacher of litu rgical music of the Jewish diaspora. She leads\nprograms for the Education Department of the Metropolitan Museum of\nArt. www.daphnamor.com Tickets for individual concerts will be\navailable for purchase online at our web site after September 1st\,\n2024. A limited number of discounted season su bscriptions are\navailable for premium and general seating online. Discoun ted admission\nfor students\, active military and first responders are ava ilable.\nCoastal Concerts is supported\, in part\, by a grant from the Del aware\nDivision of the Arts\, in partnership with the National Endowment f or\nthe Arts. Venue: Coastal Concerts. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:East of the River About East of the River East of the River was founded by internationally renowned recorder players Nin a Stern and Daphna Mor. They are known for exploring haunting and virtuosi c melodies from the traditional repertoires of the Balkans\, Armenia\, and the Middle East\, as well as gems of the Medieval European classical repe rtory. The music is arranged and interpreted by musicians whose musical ba ckgrounds include Classical\, World music\, and Jazz. Together they create the unique blend that is East of the River. The members of the ensemble h ave separately recorded and performed with artists as Yo Yo Ma\, Philip Gl ass\, Jordi Savall\, Sting\, Natalie Merchant\, Aerosmith\, Simon Shaheen\ , Glen Velez\, and many others. Nina Stern Nina Stern has carved a unique and astonishingly diverse career for herself as a world-class recorder pla yer and classical clarinetist. A native New Yorker\, Ms. Stern studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel\, Switzerland\, where she receive d a Soloist’s Degree. From Basel\, she moved to Milan\, Italy where she was offered a teaching position at the Civica Scuola di Musica. Ms. Stern performs widely on recorders\, chalumeaux\, and historical clarinets. She has appeared as a soloist or principal player with orchestras such as The New York Philharmonic\, New York City Opera\, The Metropolitan Opera\, Ame rican Classical Orchestra\, Orchestra of St. Luke’s\, Philharmonia Baroq ue\, Trinity Baroque Orchestra\, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra\, La Scala Th eatre Orchestra\, Clarion Orchestra\, I Solisti Veneti\, Hesperion XX\, Op era Lafayette\, Handel and Haydn Society\, and Tafelmusik. Her numerous fe stival and concert series appearances have included performances under lea ding conductors such as Loren Maazel\, Kurt Masur\, Christopher Hogwood\, Trevor Pinnock\, Claudio Scimone\, Kent Tritle\, Jane Glover\, Bruno Weil\ , Ton Koopman\, Andrew Parrot \, Harry Christophers\, and Jordi Savall. Sh e has recorded for Erato\, Harmonia Mundi\, Sony Classics\, Newport Classi cs\, Wildboar\, Telarc\, MSR\, Good Child Music\, Smithsonian\, and AVIE l abels. ​Nina Stern’s latest projects include performances and recordin gs of traditional music of Eastern Europe\, Armenia\, and The Middle East\ , as a soloist\, and with her ensembles Rose of the Compass and East of th e River (Daphna Mor\, co-Director.) In recent years\, Rose of the Compass has collaborated annually with the conductor Kent Tritle and the Choir of St. John the Divine in creating programs for the \"Great Music in a Great Space\" concert series at the Cathedral. East of the River’s latest albu m Ija Mia was released on the AVIE label in March of 2024. ​Ms. Stern wa s appointed to the faculty of Juilliard’s Historical Performance program in 2012 and has served on the faculties of the Mannes College of Music – where she directed the Historical Performance Program from 1989 to 199 6 – the Civica Scuola di Musica (Milan\, Italy)\, Oberlin Conservatory\, and the Five Colleges in Massachusetts. ​Nina Stern is also hailed as a n innovator in teaching school-age children to be fine young musicians. Sh e is the Founder and Artistic Director of S’Cool Sounds\, a successful h ands-on music education project. The Washington Post applauded this progra m as a model in its “innovation in the classroom” series (11/9/03). Fo r this important work Ms. Stern was awarded an Endicott Fellowship in 2003 and was honored by Early Music America in 2005 with the “Early Music Br ings History Alive” Award and again in 2019 with the Laurette Goldberg A ward for Achievement in Early Music Outreach. Nina Stern served as Directo r of Education for the New York Collegium from 2002-2007. She has consulte d for Midori & Friends and for Carnegie Hall’s Weill Institute\, helping them to develop and expand their recorder curriculum. She is the author o f “Recorders Without Borders” - two books for beginning recorder playe rs and percussion. Ms. Stern has shared her teaching methods with students and teachers throughout the U.S.\, in the Netherlands and Belgium\, and h as worked to establish recorder programs in several schools in the informa l settlement of Kibera in Nairobi\, Kenya\, at Village Health Works in Kig utu\, Burundi and at a school for Syrian refugee children in Azraq\, Jorda n.  In 2023\, Nina received the American Recorder Society’s Distinguish ed Achievement Award. ​Daphna Mor Daphna Mor (recorders\, voice\, ney) h as performed throughout Europe and the United States as both a soloist and ensemble player. Mor’s “astonishing virtuosity” (Chicago Tribune) h as been heard in solo recitals in the United States\, Croatia\, Germany an d Switzerland. She has performed as a soloist with the New York Collegium\ , the New York Early Music Ensemble and Little Orchestra Society\, and as a member of the orchestra with the New York Philharmonic\, New York City O pera and Orchestra of St. Luke's. Mor was awarded First Prize in the Setti mane Musicali di Lugano Solo Competition and the Boston Conservatory Conce rto Competition\, and has appeared in a duo with Joyce DiDonato on the sin ger's promotional tour for the album In War and Peace. Devoted to new musi c\, Mor has recorded on John Zorn's Tzadik label\, and has performed the w orld premiere of David Bruce's Tears\, Puffes\, Jumps\, and Galliard with the Metropolis Ensemble. Also active in the world music community\, Mor ha s performed in festivals and on stages worldwide\, including New York’s Summer Stage and Munich’s Gasteig. She can also be heard on Sting’s al bum If On A Winter’s Night for Deutsche Grammophon. Mor serves as the Mu sic Director of Beineinu\, a New York initiative dedicated to the modern c ultivation of Jewish culture\, and is a researcher\, performer and teacher of liturgical music of the Jewish diaspora. She leads programs for the Ed ucation Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. www.daphnamor.com Ti ckets for individual concerts will be available for purchase online at our web site after September 1st\, 2024. A limited number of discounted seaso n subscriptions are available for premium and general seating online. Disc ounted admission for students\, active military and first responders are a vailable. Coastal Concerts is supported\, in part\, by a grant from the De laware Division of the Arts\, in partnership with the National Endowment f or the Arts. Venue: Coastal Concerts. DTSTAMP:20261027T233308Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR