Greenwich Village Orchestra

05/14/2026

GVO will shortly announce its 2026-27 musical bill of fare. In the meantime, here's a nice refresher on what we did this past season ...

Thank you for an exhilarating 39th season with the Greenwich Village Orchestra! On behalf of the entire orchestra, it has been our great pleasure to share music from Mozart to Morse and to create community through our shared love of orchestral music.

04/30/2026

Join us this Sunday, May 3rd at 3 pm for a positively fiery performance of Manuel de Falla’s ‘El amor brujo’ Suite. Flamenco dancer Eva Conti and mezzo-soprano Kayla Viviana bring this story of a bewitching love to life.

Chabrier’s lively ‘España’, Audrey Morse’s ‘Reconciliation’, and American legend Aaron Copland’s ‘Appalachian Spring’ Suite close out our season.

Visit GVO.ORG to buy your ticket today! 🎟 Pay-what-you can tickets are also available at the door.

High School of Fashion Industries
225 W 24th St
New York, NY 10011

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04/26/2026

Be in the know when you attend GVO's final concert of the season on May 3. Here's the sultry plot line for Manuel de Falla's "El Amor Brujo" ("Bewitching Love"). This work will be played, danced, and sung! We de Falla to find a more characteristic Spanish piece than this ...

04/21/2026

Meet Audrey Morse! Our season finale on May 3, Rituals and Renewals, will include Reconciliation by Audrey Morse, a New York–based composer and violinist who has been a member of the Greenwich Village Orchestra since 2010 and has served as co-concertmaster since 2014. This is our first time playing a piece by a member of the GVO! We asked her to tell us more about her background and about the piece.

04/20/2026

Wishing a very happy birthday to GVO’s fearless Music Director, Barbara Yahr! GVO would not be the orchestra it is today without Barbara’s tireless leadership for the past 23 years. Thank you Barbara for your warmth, exuberance and expansive musicianship.

Photo by Randy Matusow

04/09/2026

Our season concludes with Rituals and Renewals. Flamenco dancer Eva Conti and mezzo soprano Kayla Viviana bring Manuel de Falla’s ‘El amor brujo’ Suite to life. We present ‘Reconciliation’ by the GVO’s own Audrey Morse, and Chabrier’s lively ‘España’. We end with the beloved ‘Appalachian Spring’ Suite, bookending our season with musical offerings from the great Aaron Copland.

Sunday, May 3rd at 3 pm
High School of Fashion Industries
225 W 24th St.

General admission tickets are $30 for adults, and $20 for seniors & students. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available at the door.

Visit GVO.ORG to purchase your tickets today!

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04/04/2026

Thank you to George Grella of the New York Classical Review for the glowing review of our March 22nd concert, featuring pianist David Kaplan. Thank you to Catherine Hancock for the photos!

Our season finale on May 3rd at 3 pm features flamenco dancer Eva Conti and mezzo soprano Kayla Viviana.

🎟 Visit GVO.ORG to buy your ticket today!

03/25/2026

So much fun to play Mozart, Wagner, and Strauss on Sunday with Barbara Yahr, Christian Olson and David Kaplan!

📸 Catherine Hancock

02/11/2026

Announcing: the Greenwich Village Orchestra 2026 Conducting Workshop!

Workshop Dates: April 17–19, 2026
Location: Manhattan, NY
Application Deadline: March 1, 2026

REPERTOIRE
Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring Suite for Full Orchestra
Richard Wagner, Siegfried Idyll

Format: Two three-hour sessions with full orchestra and one three-hour session with small ensemble (string quintet and piano), with additional sessions on score study and video analysis.

Each full participant will have a minimum of twenty minutes podium time per orchestra/ensemble session. Full orchestra sessions will be professionally videotaped.

All sessions will be overseen by GVO Music Director Barbara Yahr. Our last session will be joined by David Hayes, Director of Orchestral and Conducting Studies at the Mannes School of Music.

Focus will be conducting technique, score study and rehearsal technique.

Please see our website for more details and links to apply.

https://www.gvo.org/conducting-workshop-2026/

🎥: from our Feb 8th performance of Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2

02/09/2026

GVO's co-concertmaster Allison Dubinski announces two upcoming chamber-music events by her Brooklyn Chamber Players. She writes:

"Friday's show (Feb 20th) will feature a range of works by Brahms, Shaw, Ives, Zenamon, and more!

"On Sunday (Feb 22nd), we'll be back at M Shanghai in Williamsburg to serenade you with more Shaw, Vaughan-Williams, Turina, and some of the best soup dumplings in town."

Join us at Christ Church Cobble Hill for an evening of chamber music. We invite you to experience the joy we as artists are privileged to cultivate when we play great music in community.

12/24/2025

While GVO is hibernating ... you can get Back to Bach for a while. The annual WKCR BachFest starts 12:01 AM tonight (Christmas Eve Day, so to speak) and runs 24/7 thru end of year. WKCR is on FM for New York City-ers, and on the Web for those further out there ...

https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/