Tag: music

Stu Kuby on restoring the Strand Theatre in Glens Falls

Stu Kuby is a songwriter and record producer who has worked in New York City, Los Angeles and Vancouver. He moved to Glens Falls in 2002, and in 2010 he founded Hudson River Music Hall Productions, Inc. alongside Professor Nicholas Buttino, musician/composer Jonathan Newell, and community member Judith Johnson in Hudson Falls. They founded Hudson […]

Band “The Whippersnappers” performing in City Park in Glens Falls

Band “The Whippersnappers” performing in City Park in Glens Falls

Band “The Whippersnappers” performing on the bandstand in City Park. L to R: Peter Davis, George Wilson, and Frank Orsini. June 16, 1983. Courtesy of the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection, CLP 1117, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library. Carl Atiyeh (1911-1997) grew up in Glens Falls, NY. He was the son of Nicholas […]

Teaching at the Meadowmount School of Music in Elizabethtown

Teaching at the Meadowmount School of Music in Lewis

Violinist Ivan Zenaty teaching a student at the Meadowmount School of Music. Zenaty is a professional artist who has performed in international ensembles and worked with performers including Yo-Yo Ma. Circa 2010s. Meadowmount School of Music in the Town of Lewis, and not far from Elizabethtown. Courtesy of Mary McGowan.

A musical group in Plattsburgh

A musical group in Plattsburgh

Five musicians with their instruments. The group includes a drummer, a saxophonist, a pianist, and what looks like an upright bass player. Circa 1950. Plattsburgh, NY. Photo courtesy of Jane & Gary Desotelle.