The Catskill Chronicle

PARKSVILLE, NY (April 3, 2013) – The Lyric Quartet, an organization of singers founded in 1980, brings their musical talent to the Parksville Methodist Church beginning on Sunday, April 7 at 3:00 p.m.

The Parksville USA Music Festival is a private, non-profit organization whose aim is to supply a venue for a lengthy season of concerts, varied and interesting, individually and collectively.

There will be eight concerts on the first Sunday of every month, April thru October, at 3:00 p.m. and a Gala Holiday Concert in December.

The festival is sponsored by the Michele Koury Caltabellotta Foundation. Michele dreamed and worked for a Parksville renaissance of prosperity. The sponsors are confident that this music festival will encourage this and contribute to that end. The Foundation will provide scholarships to talented musicians to further their education and help them with their expenses.

Tax-exempt contributions will be welcomed to further the scholarship program.

The Lyric Quartet has a wide ranging musical background. Organized in 1980, they toured extensively throughout the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, tri-state area.

Almost immediately after their inception they were awarded funding from private and government agencies to bring live classical vocal music to new audiences in many areas.

Included were colleges, art centers, schools and museums. Their concerts, a charming mixture spanning centuries of opera, operetta, show music, art, folk and international songs and ensembles, were presented in, among other venues, Damrosch Park in Lincoln Center, Temple Emanuel, The Museum of Natural History, Alice Tully Hall and Eisenhower Hall in West Point. The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs funded a two-year program of abbreviated operas for the public schools.

Founder and Managing Director, Tom Caltabellotta explained that the new Lyric Quartet was reorganized a few years ago using the same organizational and cultural patterns of yesteryear. They quickly found solid ground on many stages in the upstate area.

Tom, lured by the “jewel box” atmosphere of the Parksville United Methodist Church, recently founded the Parksville USA Music Festival in honor and memory of his wife Michele, a talented pianist and a driving force in the Parksville Renaissance projects.

The Parksville Methodist Church is located on Short Avenue in Parksville, NY.

Tickets, which are $18 (both in advance and at the door) are available at Floyd and Bobo’s Bakery, 98 North Main Street, Liberty, NY. 

For additional information, call Tom at 845-747-4247, e-mail him at mistermichele@owly.com or look online at www.parksvilleusa.com.