Church to present an afternoon of classical music

By Aidan Dusenbury-Dalto | Manor Ink

Livingston Manor is a welcoming community that places high value on the arts, and artists from all over call this little hamlet in the Catskills their home. This summer, renowned violinist Jenn Ahn Misner, together with members of the chamber music group Manor Camerata, will perform in a concert held at the Beaverkill Community Church.

Though she’s an internationally recognized performer, Ahn is also a Beaverkill Valley resident. “We are only weekenders, but Livingston Manor feels truly like my home,” said the violinist. “Whenever we drive up from the city, I’m always saying, oh, it’s great to be home.”

Jenn Ahn has previously given performances sponsored by Catskill Art Society, Catskill Brewery and the Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum.

She will bring her violin and three musical companions back to the area for a string quartet concert at the Beaverkill Community Church, located at 101 Craigie Clair Road in Roscoe, on Sunday, July 31. The hour-long concert will begin at 2 p.m.

Josh Grier, president of the Friends of Beaverkill Community, explained the reason for the early performance. “We put it on a Sunday afternoon to make it something that people who have to drive back to the city could still attend,” he said.

Tickets can be purchased in advance by sending a check for $30 payable to “Friends of Beaverkill” to Friends of Beaverkill Community, PO Box 704, Roscoe NY 12776. Seats can also be reserved by emailing contact@beaverkillfriends.org, or by visiting beaverkillfriends.org.

Opened for services in 1883, the Beaverkill Community Church served the bustling village of Beaverkill, now the hamlet of Beaverkill. The focal point for small communities, early in their development, tended to be their churches. This church played that role for Beaverkill, and operated as a Methodist Episcopal Church from about 1886 until 2013, when the new and independent Beaverkill Community Church was formed. Today, all are welcome at the non-denominational church where people of all faiths gather and community events are held.

The church is maintained by the Friends of Beaverkill Community, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to preservation and welfare of the Beaverkill Creek area and its residential community, including projects and properties along the entire Upper Beaverkill River Valley from downtown Roscoe upstream as far as Balsam Lake.