Five Boroughs Music Festival

We are so pleased to announce the Five Boroughs Music Festival 2025-26 season! Highlights abound this year, including a flurry of 5BMF debuts: the Philadelphia-based @filament_baroque with flutist/soprano Alice Teyssier; chamber ensemble @philosoniamusic performing alongside 5BMF returning collaborators @brooklynartsongsociety ; the unforgettable @publiq4tet ; the renowned @american_brass_quintet ; and celebrated vocalist @josephparrishh featured in our second annual collaboration with the Orchestra of St. Lukes’ (@oslmusic ) Five Borough Tour! 5BMF’s 19th Season is an exploration of American musical identity. How can a composer who was born in another country write music that is classified as “American”? What kinds of American musical traditions and sounds have influenced contemporary composers, and in what ways? What IS American music? These questions of musical identity will be examined throughout our season in compelling ways — all while inspiring audiences with a phenomenal lineup of artists and programming! We are proud of 5BMF’s ongoing mission to present virtuosic, creative, and brilliant chamber music that represents the diversity of our beautiful city. Please visit our website for more details! We can’t wait to welcome you across the boroughs!

Three more FREE performances remain! Celebrate the friendship between Harry T. Burleigh, the pioneering Black American composer, and Antonín Dvořák, the renowned Czech composer. We are excited to present “Finding an American Voice,” featuring singer Joseph Parrish and OSL musicians Margaret Kampmeier (piano) and Alex Fortes (violin) for the Five Boroughs Music Festival! Reserve your tickets now: 🗓️ Saturday, May 16 at @statenislandmuseum 🗓️ Sunday, May 17 at @bklynlibrary 🗓️ Monday, May 18 at @nypl_lpa 🎟️ 5BMF.org These concerts are part of @carnegiehall ’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival. — @sdwizardal @5ivebmf @unfinishedside @flushing_town_hall 🎥: @hallsmadeperfect

Pianist Margaret Kampmeier speaking about the life and work of Harry T. Burleigh during tonight’s performance in the FTH gallery. @oslmusic @5ivebmf @carnegiehall ✨

The tour keeps rolling tonight in Queens! Pianist Margaret Kampmeier, violinist Alex Fortes (@sdwizardal ), and singer Joseph Parrish (pictured here) will celebrate the friendship between Harry T. Burleigh, the pioneering Black American composer, and Antonín Dvořák, the renowned Czech composer in a program entitled "Finding an American Voice." We're thrilled that these five concerts are a part of @carnegiehall 's United in Sound: America at 250 festival. Reserve your tickets now! 🗓️ Thursday, May 14 @ @flushing_town_hall 🗓️ Saturday, May 16 @ @statenislandmuseum 🗓️ Sunday, May 17 @ @bklynlibrary 🗓️ Monday, May 18 @ @nypl_lpa 🎟️ 5BMF.org (link above!)

Our first concert of this city-wide tour was last Thursday in the Bronx. It was incredible!!! Next up is @flushing_town_hall this Thurs. Then Staten Island on Saturday, Brooklyn on Sunday, and Manhattan on Monday. They are all free, but RSVPs are highly recommended (especially as space is running low). Pianist Margaret Kampmeier, violinist Alex Fortes (@sdwizardal ), and singer Joseph Parrish will celebrate the friendship between Harry T. Burleigh, the pioneering Black American composer, and Antonín Dvořák, the renowned Czech composer in a program entitled "Finding an American Voice." We're thrilled that these five concerts are a part of @carnegiehall 's United in Sound: America at 250 festival. Reserve your tickets now! 🗓️ Thursday, May 14 @ @flushing_town_hall 🗓️ Saturday, May 16 @ @statenislandmuseum 🗓️ Sunday, May 17 @ @bklynlibrary 🗓️ Monday, May 18 @ @nypl_lpa 🎟️ 5BMF.org (link above!)

Experience the legacy of friendship and musical innovation as Orchestra of St. Luke's and baritone Joseph Parrish honor Harry T. Burleigh and Antonín Dvořák. 🎶 🎺 🎻 Celebrate the fusion of spirituals, folk, and a timeless American sound. 📆 Sunday, May 17, 2026 🕝 4–5:30 📍 Central Library, Dweck Center Learn More! 🔗 Link in Bio

Healing Arts New York Spotlight ✨ The 5 Boroughs Music Festival at the Staten Island Museum May 16, 2026 | 3:00 – 4:00PM @5ivebmf @oslmusic @statenislandmuseum Orchestra of St. Luke’s, joined by baritone Joseph Parrish, celebrates the friendship between Harry T. Burleigh, the pioneering Black American composer, and Antonín Dvořák, the renowned Czech composer. Their collaboration, rooted in spirituals and folk music, helped shape a distinctly American sound that continues to inspire us today. This event is free and Includes museum admission. Registration recommended, walk-ins welcome. Our thanks to the @lmtischfund and @jameelartshealthlab Lab Partners: @whoeurope @communityjameel @nyusteinhardt @culturunners @nychealthsystem 📝 All the details → Link in bio 🗣 Feature an event → Link in bio 🤝🏼 Join the network → Link in bio

We can't wait to team up with @oslmusic to present baritone Joseph Parrish in all 5 boroughs – starting on Thursday at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture. The following week, concerts take place at Flushing Town Hall, Staten Island Museum, Brooklyn Public Library, and NY Public Library! Here is a little taste, with Joseph singing "Elysium" by Harry Thacker Burleigh. Written in 1914 and known for the line, "There comes the wondrous calm of love so deep and still." [h/t pianist, @amirfaridpiano ] In a program entitled "Finding an American Voice," pianist Margaret Kampmeier and violinist Alex Fortes (@sdwizardal ) join Joseph in celebrating the friendship between Harry T. Burleigh, the pioneering Black American composer, and Antonín Dvořák, the renowned Czech composer. We're thrilled that these five concerts are a part of @carnegiehall 's United in Sound: America at 250 festival. Reserve your tickets now! 🗓️ Thursday, May 7 @ @hostoscenter 🗓️ Thursday, May 14 @ @flushing_town_hall 🗓️ Saturday, May 16 @ @statenislandmuseum 🗓️ Sunday, May 17 @ @bklynlibrary 🗓️ Monday, May 18 @ @nypl for the Performing Arts 🎟️ 5BMF.org (link above!)

We can't wait to present the amazing baritone Joseph Parrish in all 5 boroughs this May. Starting in the Bronx on May 7, we team with @oslmusic to present concerts across NYC. Pianist Margaret Kampmeier and violinist Alex Fortes (@sdwizardal ) join Joseph in celebrating the friendship between Harry T. Burleigh, the pioneering Black American composer, and Antonín Dvořák, the renowned Czech composer in a program entitled "Finding an American Voice." We're thrilled that these five concerts are a part of @carnegiehall 's United in Sound: America at 250 festival. Reserve your tickets now! 🗓️ Thursday, May 7 @ @hostoscenter 🗓️ Thursday, May 14 @ @flushing_town_hall 🗓️ Saturday, May 16 @ @statenislandmuseum 🗓️ Sunday, May 17 @ @bklynlibrary 🗓️ Monday, May 18 @ @nypl for the Performing Arts 🎟️ 5BMF.org (link above!)

In 1892, Harry T. Burleigh, an African-American baritone and composer, met Czech composer Antonín Dvořák and the two began a friendship, rooted in an appreciation for spirituals and folk music, that shaped a distinctly American sound. On May 14, the Orchestra of St. Luke's (@oslmusic ) and baritone Joseph Parrish bring that story to Flushing Town Hall in a program that weaves Burleigh's original songs and spiritual arrangements with Dvořák's Violin Sonatina in G Major — music born from the same conversation, performed together in Queens. Flushing Town Hall is proud to be the Queens stop on the Five Boroughs Music Festival's (@5ivebmf ) season finale tour, with OSL performing the same program across all five NYC boroughs. Free admission. RSVP now via link in bio!

We are thrilled to be at @flushing_town_hall on May 14 as part of our five boroughs tour in partnership with @oslmusic . Flushing Town Hall is home to year-round events that celebrate the many communities across Queens and greater NYC. It's a landmark 1862 building that is a hub of multi-disciplinary activity, and includes a 308-seat theater, gallery, garden, classroom and rehearsal space. On May 14, Pianist Margaret Kampmeier, violinist Alex Fortes (@sdwizardal ), and singer Joseph Parrish will celebrate the friendship between Harry T. Burleigh, the pioneering Black American composer, and Antonín Dvořák, the renowned Czech composer in a program entitled "Finding an American Voice." We're thrilled that these five concerts are a part of @carnegiehall 's United in Sound: America at 250 festival. Reserve your tickets now! 🗓️ Thursday, May 7 @ @hostoscenter 🗓️ Thursday, May 14 @ @flushing_town_hall 🗓️ Saturday, May 16 @ @statenislandmuseum 🗓️ Sunday, May 17 @ @bklynlibrary 🗓️ Monday, May 18 @ @nypl for the Performing Arts 🎟️ 5BMF.org (link above!)

In May we team with the amazing @oslmusic to present concerts in all five boroughs. Pianist Margaret Kampmeier, violinist Alex Fortes (@sdwizardal ), and singer Joseph Parrish will celebrate the friendship between Harry T. Burleigh, the pioneering Black American composer, and Antonín Dvořák, the renowned Czech composer in a program entitled "Finding an American Voice." We're thrilled that these five concerts are a part of @carnegiehall 's United in Sound: America at 250 festival. Reserve your tickets now! 🗓️ Thursday, May 7 @ @hostoscenter 🗓️ Thursday, May 14 @ @flushing_town_hall 🗓️ Saturday, May 16 @ @statenislandmuseum 🗓️ Sunday, May 17 @ @bklynlibrary 🗓️ Monday, May 18 @ @nypl for the Performing Arts 🎟️ 5BMF.org (link above!)