Make Music New York

Make Music New York (MMNY) is one of the largest music events in the city's history. Today, on the first day of summer, 850 free concerts were performed in parks and streets citywide. MMNY takes place simultaneously with similar festivals in more than 300 cities around the world-a global celebration of music making! Opus Nine was thrilled to be a part!

Opus Nine presented a one hour performance at the Divalicious Chocolate! Cafe in Little Italy. The owner, Jackie greeted us with some chocolate samples-the chocolate was delicious!!!











The lively program consisted of Poulenc, Beethoven, Tailleferre, and Mozart. Passersby and neighbors stopped to hear the music. We also had an excited little conductor-in-training in the crowd! This little pink diva could be the next Marin Alsop-she even had clear downbeats.

Check out these pics from the performance!

Check out the entire album here!

--Alysia

Crystal & Alysia's Brooklyn Adventure

Crystal and I headed to Brooklyn on a fundraising adventure today. And what adventure is complete without a good old cup of Joe and a chocolate muffin? We stopped at BACO Living, a nifty cafe/showroom in DUMBO for some fuel.We also saw some cool street art on the way! We learned tons today at the New York Foundation of the Arts about emerging arts organizations and heard lots of interesting ideas. Wanna see more pictures, click here.

From Crystal & Alysia's Brooklyn Adventure

----Alysia

Times Square Photo Shoot

On Saturday members of Opus Nine met up in NYC to have some fun with a photo shoot!! I had a great time hanging out with the OPUS NINE posse.We mingled over a few drinks at a great bar called Bamboo 52.Then we trekked over to Times Square altogether. As always, Times Square was completely inundated with people! The shoot overall was very fun and exciting. Although it was extremely cold, everyone was smiling and having a great time. While we were there tourists started taking our picture and saying to each other “Who are they?!” (I guess we just looked that good!!) Take a look at the whole album for more behind the scenes shots!

--Miles

Opus Nine Brings its Charm to Charm City

Last month, Alysia and Jarvis appointed Richard and Robin to head up marketing efforts in the Baltimore/DC area. Richard and Robin ended their productive dinner meeting on Fri, March 13 with a toast and a solid handshake. With its goals outlined and a little over seven weeks before the Opus Nine Debut Concert Tour, Team Baltimore -- Richard, Robin, Miles and Taleesha -- is off to a great start! We are in constant communication with our co-founders, Alysia and Jarvis via text messages, emails, Facebook.com, and phone calls. Prior to our May 16 Baltimore debut concert, we hope to give several performances throughout the city. Thanks to Ms. Theresa Veatch at the Peabody Institute Elderhostel, Team Baltimore will perform a free recital for guests of the Elderhostel on the evening of May 7th. Keep checking our website and blog for weekly updates!

Robin, viola

Marketing Team NYC Meeeting

Ross,violin and his partner, Jim hosted the first OPUS NINE NYC Marketing Planning Meeting & Dinner in their lovely home.

Jarvis and I headed uptown with empty bellies-we were treated to an amazing dinner of beef short ribs, mashed potatoes, and sprouts ( my favorite veggie) and wine, wine, and more wine. Oh.....how can I forget the crab dip? Marvy!

We planned some exciting strategies for OPUS NINE-wait until you see what we have in store for NYC! We even purchased our domain name tonight-OPUSNINE.ORG.

We had amazing food and even better company!!!

Alysia, mezzo soprano