Upcoming Events
Piano and Violin: Evan Schwartzman and Joel DeWitt
Benefit Concert
Evan Schwartzman on piano and Joel DeWitt on violin performing works by Beethoven, Debussy, Bloch, Kreisler, and Dvorak.
Sunday, January 26, 2025, 2:00pm
at the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, 54 First Ave., Atlantic Highlands
$20 members, $25 nonmembers
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Evan Schwartzman, pianist and composer, retired after a thirty- year career in finance technology to resume his musical activities. As a pianist, he has given recitals as soloist and chamber musician throughout the NY metropolitan region. His Five Places for Orchestra was recently premiered by the SOMA Orchestra. Mr. Schwartzman received his Masters in Theory and Composition from Rutgers University where his principal composition teachers were Philip Corner, Rolv Yttrehus and Robert Moevs. He has been the recipient of grants from Meet the Composer, and the NY State Council on the Arts. His principal piano teachers have been Cheryl Seltzer and Lisa Yui. His work can be found on CGNJ Recordings, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, and all the usual streaming services.
Violinist Joel DeWitt studied with Carroll Glenn at the Eastman School, and with Ivan Galamian at the Juilliard School. He received a fellowship with the Aspen
Music Festival. He has performed as a freelance musician in New York; and as a member of Columbus Symphony, Virginia Opera Association, NJ New Philharmonic, and Metro Lyric Opera. He has given many recitals, and performs frequently at services for the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County