Kelly Hall-Tompkins teaches and performs this week at Mark O'Connor String Camp NYC

[Kelly Hall-Tompkins]

Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins is not only prominent in the world of classical music; as Founder and Executive Director of the widely publicized Music Kitchen: Food for the Soul she has also become a familiar figure at facilities for the homeless men and women of New York City. Millions of television viewers have been introduced to her advocacy of classical music performances as a powerful tool for providing important aesthetic and emotional support to the homeless. This week Kelly plays a different role, as an Instructor at the Mark O'Connor String Camp in New York City:

Kelly Hall-Tompkins

Ethical Culture Society at 64th and Central Park West

Free Concerts of Instructors Showcase

Monday at 7pm - O'Connor String Quartet #2, "Bluegrass"

featuring:

Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin

Mark O'Connor, violin

Gillian Gallagher, viola

Patrice Jackson, cello

Wednesday July 28 at 7pm - Richard Strauss Sonata first movement

featuring:

Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin

Craig Ketter, piano

Kelly Hall-Tompkins plays the Quartets of Mark O'Connor in Bryant Park Monday May 31

[Photo by Jeff Fasano ]

Free Concert in Bryant Park - Monday

An Evening with Mark O'Connor and Friends

Bryant Park After Work Music hosted by Bill McGlaughlin

O’Connor String Quartets

Bryant Park (Fountain Terrace) NYC – Free Public Concert

Monday, May 31, 2010, 6:00pm–7:30pm

6th Avenue at 41st Street

Program:

O’Connor String Quartet No. 2 “Bluegrass” and

O’Connor String Quartet No. 3 “Old-Time”

Kelly Hall-Tompkins – violin

Mark O’Connor – violin

Gillian Gallagher – viola

Patrice Jackson - cello

http://www.bryantpark.org/plan-your-visit/afterwork.html

Bryant Park hosts a brand-new, free jazz and classical music series at 6pm, curated and hosted by public radio’s Bill McGlaughlin.

To celebrate the new series, restaurants 'wichcraft and The Southwest Porch are offering a deal for attendees of the After Work with Bill McGlaughlin & Friends concerts. The Porch is a comfortable outdoor lounge, just steps away from the After Work stage on the Fountain Terrace, offering a unique food and beverage menu from Tom Colicchio’s ‘wichcraft.

Bring your concert program to The Porch and show to your waiter or bartender to receive a 10% discount off any ‘wichcraft sip or snack. The discount is valid only with a program from the current evening’s concert.

Kelly Hall-Tompkins & Mark O'Connor Perform O'Connor's 'Double Violin Concerto'

[Kelly Hall-Tompkins & Mark O'Connor]

AfriClassical hears from violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins, http://www.kellyhall-tompkins.com/, that she and violinist Mark O'Connor are presented by Columbia Artists Management in his “Double Violin Concerto.”

Upcoming Concert Preview, including performances of O'Connor String Quartets featuring:
Kelly Hall-Tompkins - violin
Mark O'Connor - violin
Gillian Gallagher - viola

Patrice Jackson – cello

December 17, 2009 - Music Kitchen - Food for the Soul - Double Concerto Excerpt, Appalachia Waltz
January 15, 2010 - Chamber Music America Conference, New York City, Panel Discussion and Performance of O'Connor String Quartet #2
February 2, 2010 - American String Celebration, Tennessee Tech University,Cookeville, TN - String Quartet #2