Rain Date: Sunday, September 20 at 2:00pm

EcoTones @ River Hook: Guardians of the Shoreline celebrates River Hook Preserve's perch above the Hudson River and Rocklanders' roles as Guardians of the Shoreline, on watch for what flows into the river, both positive and negative for its nonhuman inhabitants. Come walk the EcoTones Music Trail through the preserve, with musicians tucked onto trailside stages beckoning audience members to discover the preserve's flora and fauna, followed by a large ensemble performance at the preserve's central Haring House featuring the Hudson Valley EcoTones Ensemble, Collective Accord Vocal Ensemble directed by Dru Pluhowski, the Nyack High School Chamber Orchestra directed by Andy Bhasin, original art by Nyack High School Art Students led by Danielle McDonald, audience artmaking led by Strawtown Studio, and the premiere of new songs by composer/lyricist team Lily Greenberg & Jody Redhage Ferber centering our roles as guardians of this precious shoreline ecosystem. This event is made possible by the generous support of an ArtsAlive Grant through ArtsWestchester, the Village of Upper Nyack, ArtsRock, Greenbush Construction, Long Path Outfitters, the Bakehouse at the Tarrytown Train Station and the Friends of River Hook. 

BYO-Everything: camp chair, snacks, water, and good walking shoes.  

Tickets are Pay What You Choose at ArtsRock.org; free tickets available for those not able to donate--please email a request to ecotonesconcerts@gmail.com. 

This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by ArtsWestchester.

EcoTones @ River Hook: Guardian of the Shoreline Features:

Lily Greenberg, lyricist 

Jody Redhage Ferber, cellist & composer

Heather Kono, voice

Shirley Crabbe, voice

Emily Einhorn, voice

Joanne Louis-Paul, voice

Ben Kono, multi-reeds

Kevin Farrell, bass

Glenn Schloss, percussion

Mark Ferber, drums

Collective Accord, directed by Dru Pluhowski

Nyack High School Chamber Orchestra, directed by Andy Bhasin

Nyack High School Art Students, led by Danielle McDonald

Strawtown Studio audience artmaking

Original woodblock print poster art by Danielle McDonald