Tickets, $100-200 ($75 for seniors and students with valid ID), in support of the Dominican Heritage and Culture Society, are available at Carnegie Hall's website, the Carnegie Hall Box Office at 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, or by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800.

The Dominican Heritage and Culture Society (DHCS) presents Aisha Syed Castro in:

Por Amor Through the Seasons

Aisha Syed Castro, Guest Soloist and Conductor

Rafael Solano, Piano

Luis McDougal, Guitar

Washington Height Chamber Orchestra

- VIVALDI The Four Seasons
- PIAZZOLLA Las cuatro estaciones porteñas
- RAFAEL SOLANO "Una Primavera Para El Mundo" 
- RAFAEL SOLANO "Por Amor"

The proceeds of this event will benefit the Dominican Heritage and Culture Society, (www.dhcsfoundation.org) a 501c3 established in the United States of America, whose mission is to cultivate and maintain the roots that nurture the culture, history, and traditions of the Dominican people both in the United States and wherever we may travel across the globe. Through our events, we strive to bring cultural enrichment, entertainment, and educational activities regarding the Dominican Diaspora in New York and to empower our youth and emerging Dominican artists by providing economic support through our scholarship program. The Society considers it paramount that we stay connected and bridge the generational gap with our Dominican youth born and raised in New York. This can be accomplished by providing them with an understanding of their rich culture, vibrant art, incredible literature, and country’s history.

Confirmed Sponsors
Dr. Pedro McDougal, Elefterakis & Elefterakis, & Panek, NewYork- Presbyterian Hospital, 
National Supermarket Association (NSA), Montefiore Einstein, Michelstein & Ashman PLLC
Cass & Peters Law Firm, Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi P.C., Lynx Medical Management LLC
R.G.V. Adult & Internal Medicine Specialists, P.A., Jesse Barab, Esq., Dr. Jose Peña, Raphaelson & Levine Law Firm, P.C, Krieger, Wilansky & Hupart, Law Office of Michael D. Uysal, Zeremba Brown PLLC, Rica, and Cibao Meat.
 
The Dominican Heritage and Culture Society (www.dhcsfoundation.org) is a 501c3 nonprofit cultural foundation established in the United States with a mission to cultivate and maintain the roots that nurture the culture, history, and traditions of the Dominican people in the United States and across the globe.

Fundación Madre y Maestra is a non-profit entity founded in 1982 whose objective is to obtain resources to be used exclusively for the maintenance and development of activities of academic excellence, research, and extension carried out by the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM)

2023-24 Season Events

Recirculation (a project of Word Up Community Bookshop)
876 Riverside Drive (& 160th St.)
Washington Heights, NYC 10032

https://www.wordupbooks.com/recirculation

Featuring string players from WHCO:

Mark Chien, violin (Concertmaster)
Ashley Windle, violin (Assistant concertmaster)
Jay Julio, viola
Rocío Díaz de Cossío, cello

Selections from:

Ludwig van Beethoven: Opus 18, No. 1
Joseph Haydn: Op 3, No. 5
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Teresa Carreña: String Quartet in B Minor
Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet in F Major "American"

Visions | Visiones

Program

Jean Françaix: Sérénade
Iván Enrique Rodríguez: 3 Visiones
Jessica Meyer: In the Waves
Ottorino Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano

Our official “Sound y Sabor” season opener features music that draws inspiration from the visual arts to reveal the composers’ painting within. The program begins with Françaix’s “Sérénade,” an energetic and vibrant ballet score conjuring the dynamic range of human physicality and all the motions we express through dance. We perform Puerto Rican composer Iván Enrique Rodríguez’s wind quintet “3 Visiones” which is inspired by the experience of hidden, even repressed memories suddenly reemerging into our conscious mind to again torment—or liberate. Next, NYC uptown composer Jessica Meyer’s “In the Waves” was written as a response to a painting by Paul Gauguin of the same name. Meyer seeks to capture a moment just before the woman of the painting flings herself into the sea, “forsaking civilization and abandoning herself to her natural, primitive instincts.” Our concert concludes with Ottorino Respighi’s Trittico Botticelliano or “Three Botticelli Pictures.” One of Respighi’s best known works, this “triptych” tours three celebrated paintings by Italian Rennaisance artist Sandro Botticelli: Spring, The Adoration of the Magi, and The Birth of Venus.

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2022-23 Season Events

Metamorphosis | Metamorfosis

Thank you to all who make our performances possible.