Fall 2025

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Awarded a grant from Orange County Arts Council NY to 2025 Featured Artists, and commissioned to create an original works for the annual fundraising gala, The Art Affair 2025: Interwoven . The performance aligns with the "Interwoven" theme, and the commissioned work incorporates composed and recorded digital beats using field recordings of natural sounds obtained throughout eastern Orange County, NY. Additionally, it includes composed counterpoint and improvised elements. The commissioned work will be premiered at the Art Affair 2025 and takes inspiration from and acknowledges the indigenous Munsee Lunaape peoples who first inhabited the Hudson Valley and whose vibrations still exist and are interwoven throughout the landscape.

https://www.ocnyartscouncil.org/aa25

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Summer 2025

Hot Wrk Ensemble was awarded an Arts and Culture Grant to perform FREE community concerts during 2025 in Ulster and Dutchess counties!

Now our project, Chamber Music Club: A Mid-Hudson Valley Tour, is coming to a venue near you! Come join us for some truly unique chamber music. Ask your questions, share your ideas, listen to diverse music, join the club!

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We are thrilled to have award winning artist and composer, GWEN LASTER join us for several of these concerts and excited to have percussionist, Angel Michael Lau with us.

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This project is made possible with funds from the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.

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