The Sembrich’s Outdoor Promenade Series Continues with Music and Comedy Show by Bridge & Wolak

The Bridge & Wolak Duo continue the Sembrich’s lakeside Promenade Series with “Bach to Benny Goodman,” an evening of music and comedy on Wednesday, July 27 at 7:30 PM. In this classy, virtuosic, and comedic show, the Bridge & Wolak Duo perform a mixture of works including well-known standards from the Baroque, classical, jazz, and folk repertoires. Selections include music by Bach, Handel, Saint-Saens, Bechet, Benny Goodman, and Hank Williams.

“We are honored to have this innovative duo as the Sembrich’s 2022 Flonzaley Resident Artists,” says Artistic Director Richard Wargo. “During the course of their one week residency, the duo will rehearse and draw inspiration from The Sembrich Studio and the surrounding Adirondack landscape. As part of their residency, they will present two performances, one outdoors as part of our outdoor Promenade Series, and one in the studio as part of our intimate Masterwork Series.”

Bridge & Wolak comprise an internationally acclaimed music & comedy duo (accordion & clarinet), integrating traditional acoustic instruments with 21st century digital technology. The pair performs their own uniquely reimagined repertoire of classical, world, and jazz fusion.

With deft virtuosity and endless wit, Bridge & Wolak have been called the ‘Victor Borges of the 21st Century.’ “Fun-loving gentlemen (with seven degrees in music), they are both globe-trotting musicians and educators,” wrote Canadian Broadcasting Company of the pair, who were nominated for the BC Touring Artist of the Year award in 2019.

This performance is generously sponsored by Betty Spinelli and Joe Stanek.

Also, this project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council.

Tickets are $40 and are available online at TheSembrich.org/festival or by calling (518) 644-2431.

This is the first of two public performances given by the Sembrich’s 2022 Flonzaley Resident Artists. The duo’s second performance “Classical Stardust” will take place on Saturday, July 31 at 7:30 PM.