Harmonies on the Hudson 2025 Concert Series
- Friends of Clermont
- Mar 28
- 3 min read
Updated: 4 days ago
We are very excited to announce our 2025 Harmonies on the Hudson concert lineup!
All concerts (weather permitting) are at 6 p.m. adjacent to the main visitor parking lot.
It is recommended that attendees bring their own seating. Picnics are encouraged!
Our Harmonies on the Hudson concert series is generously sponsored by Bank of Greene County and Hudson Valley Credit Union.
Thursday, May 29
The Wallpapers
The Wallpapers are a versatile acoustic duo that has been delighting audiences throughout the Hudson Valley and NYC with their eclectic song selections, new takes on old classics, and well-crafted original tunes. Featuring powerhouse vocalist, Amy Serrago and multi-instrumentalist and producer, Yves Gerard.
Amy (BFA, NYU Tisch School of the Arts) and Yves (Bachelor of Music, Manhattan School of Music) started The Wallpapers to share their passion for music and connect with audiences on a more personal level. Stripping the songs down to the essentials delivers them in a way that’s emotional and true.
The Wallpapers honest approach and unparalleled musicianship brings an organic atmosphere of true joy to any venue they play.
Thursday, June 26
The Hammerhead Horns
With their Roots, Ragtime and Barrelhouse Blues, The Hammerhead Horns are a 5-piece band from the New York Capital District thrilling audiences from the Hudson Valley to the Adirondacks.
Interactive and engaging, the band creates an atmosphere of a packed club in New Orleans on a
Saturday night. The Hammerhead Horns will have you dancing and singing on your feet to energetic percussion, plunger-driven brass and blues-soaked vocal renditions of music by Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters and more!
Thursday, July 24
Yankee Brass Band
We are approaching the 250th anniversary of the founding of our country. This milestone commemorates the conflict that began in 1775, when the Thirteen Colonies rose up against British rule, leading to the birth of the United States in 1776.
Since 1987, the Yankee Brass Band has entertained audiences in New England and beyond with historically informed performances of nineteenth-century American brass band music. Using antique brass and percussion instruments from the period, painstakingly restored by their owners, the Yankee Brass Band presents the music of the “Golden Age of Bands” played in much the same manner as in the mid-to-late nineteenth century.
To recreate this music, the band pays close attention to the aesthetics, performance practice, and concert attire of an earlier time. For one week each summer, the members of the Yankee Brass Band assemble from across the country to preserve this unique musical legacy through a series of live performances. Each year’s concert repertoire is developed through careful study of period programs, personal papers, manuscripts, and early printed music, along with a variety of band artifacts.
Thursday, August 28
Sova
For Sova — the stage name of New York-based pianist/composer Sophia Subbayya Vastek — the piano has always been home. A second-generation pianist, she holds a deep reverence for her collective history, coupled with an exploratory ear, and moves quietly between musical worlds. Over the years, her intuitive playing style — rooted in tenderness, improvisation, and classical training — has evolved into a dynamic, cinematic sound. Described as performing with "passion and profound tenderness” (Second Inversion) and “serene strokes and lyrical beauty” (Brooklyn Rail), her music is quietly devastating, blossoming into ambient-inspired soundscapes that range from whisper-soft echoes to expressive cascades. Equally important to the music itself are the spaces in which Sova’s music exists. Whether she is performing or presenting, she is dedicated to creating musical experiences that are grounded in care and intentional gathering. In that spirit, she is a co-curator of the popular Lift Series at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, currently in its sold-out fifth season. She also hosts concerts in her home — a converted church-space in South Troy called Troy Listening Room. In 2022, Sova was recognized as a composer by the New York State Council on the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts (NYSCA/NYFA) as a Music/Sound Fellow, a statewide program focused on the evolution of contemporary art. Her music has been featured on NPR, BBC, and KEXP, and she has performed across three continents.
