Starring Rinde Eckert as Robert Moses, from the suite from "Robert Moses Astride New York," a music theater work by Gary S. Fagin about New York City's master builder and power broker, Robert Moses. Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra, Gary S. Fagin, conductor.

World Financial Center Winter Garden
New York City, January 15, 2011

JUNETEENTH CONCERT - 2022

In this excerpt from “Good Trouble,” performed at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, mezzo-soprano Rosena Hill Jackson sings the words of the great Barbara Jordan, the dynamic and inspiring Congresswoman from Texas who played an influential role on the national political scene in the 1970s and 1980s.

An excerpt from the world premiere performance of Gary S. Fagin’s “In Every Grain of Sand,” in celebration of Earth Day, inspired by the works of Rachel Carson. Rosena Hill Jackson, mezzo-soprano; Nathaniel Stampley, baritone. The Winter Garden, Brookfield Place, April 22, 2023.

The KCO presented the 9/11 Tribute Concert on September 11, 2021 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. The concert program included Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings,” the world premiere of Gary S. Fagin’s “9/11 In Memoriam,” Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington’s “Come Sunday” featuring the KCO’s Orlando Wells on violin, and "The Story of Our Town," from Our Town by Aaron Copland, as well as readings by Lower Manhattan residents.

Director Gary S. Fagin’s delightful one-act opera for children. Based on a Native American myth, the allegory follows the courageous journey of Jumping Mouse as she interacts with other animals and perseveres through challenges in pursuit of her dreams. Wonderfully engaging family entertainment, with four singers and an ensemble of Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra musicians, Jumping Mouse is a beautiful musical parable of inspiration, altruism and transformation.

Video credit: Matthew Landfield

Zaubernacht, composed by Kurt Weill in 1922, tells the tale of a magical night. The orchestral score was lost when Weill immigrated to the US, and was recently discovered in a locked file cabinet. Performed by Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects and the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra, the first performance in New York City since 1925.

Museum of Jewish Heritage
New York City, March 14-March 18, 2018

Excerpt from Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale (L'histoire du soldat) in a new interpretation by Jody Oberfelder. Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects with Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra, Gary S. Fagin, conductor.

Pace University
Michael Schimmel Center for the Performing Arts
New York City, June 9 - 11, 2011.

From the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra’s “Courage and Compassion” concert at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, March 21, 2024, excerpt #1 from the world premiere performance of Gary S. Fagin’s “Courage to Act,” inspired by the Museum’s exhibit “Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark;" Mikaela Bennett, mezzo-soprano; Ben Davis, baritone.

From the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra’s “Courage and Compassion” concert at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, March 21, 2024, excerpt #2 from the world premiere performance of Gary S. Fagin’s “Courage to Act,” inspired by the Museum’s exhibit “Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark;" Mikaela Bennett, mezzo-soprano; Ben Davis, baritone.

From the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra’s “Courage and Compassion” concert at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, March 21, 2024, “The Children,” music by Gary S. Fagin, lyrics by Eve Merriam; Mikaela Bennett, mezzo-soprano.