Michael Shapiro conducts the Binghamton Philharmonic in a performance of his film score for “Frankenstein”
as the movie rolls, October 25, 2025.
Christina Forte, writing for BU Pipe Dream, says in her glowing review of “Boris Karloff's Frankenstein”:
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On October 15, 2025, WSKG Public Media's Bill Snyder sat down with Sara Karloff and Michael Shapiro to talk about the legacy of Sara's father, Boris Karloff, and the stunning soundtrack Michael was commissioned to write for the 1931 horror…
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Emily Garrison
We are delighted to introduce the newest musicians in our Philharmonic Family!
Principal Second Violinist Emily Garrison is a multi-faceted freelance performer based in the Lower
Hudson Valley/New York City area. She has performed in such renowned venues…
Maestro Daniel Hege conducting the Binghamton Philharmonic on September 27, 2025.
Lily Tierney has published a dazzling review of the Philharmonic's 2025-2026 Opening Night concert, “Heroic Journeys,” in Pipe Dream.
Tierney writes:
[Piano soloist Tomoko] Kanamaru connected with the…
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Director of Education and Community Engagement Julia Grella O'Connell at Thomas Jefferson School
On September 24, 2025, Director of Education and Community Engagement Dr. Julia Grella O'Connell presented a special program to 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at two local…
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Philharmonic subscribers Jean Marie Montanye and Michael Bogdasarian
Meet subscribers Michael Bogdasarian, a retired surgeon and third-generation Binghamtonian, and Jean Marie Montanye, a retired real estate agent. As the couple puts it, “Binghamton has been our home forever.”
We recently…
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Subscribers David Williams (l.) and Joseph Varga
Meet subscribers David Williams and Joseph Varga, recently transplanted from Madison, Wisconsin to upstate Pennsylvania where, Joseph says, "we've become comfortably accustomed to the rural lifestyle." David is a retired engineer, and…
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Choir of Angels from Paradise and The Kiss to All the World (detail of Beethoven Frieze, Gustav Klimt, 1902).
Julia Grella O'Connell, D.M.A., Director of Education and Community Engagement
Tonight we reach the conclusion of our Beethoven Project with his…
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Italia and Germania (Friedrich Overbeck, 1828)
Julia Grella O’Connell, D.M.A., Director of Education and Community Engagement
Time is the basic element of musical form: rhythm, tone, and melody become music only when organized over time. And musical time can seem…
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