Orchestra of St Luke’s (OSL) is a New York chamber orchestra that regularly performs new works. It also performs as the St Luke’s Chamber Ensemble.
Based at The Dimenna Center for Classical Music in Hudson Yards, OSL does an NYC Five Borough Tour every year. It also regularly plays live for dance companies such as the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and for musical theatre.
It’s a great little orchestra that keeps classical music alive and growing!
OSL is led by French Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie. 🇨🇦
OSL News
OCTOBER
Argentine Tango for Contemporary Dance
In “Astor Piazzolla,” the St Luke’s Chamber Ensemble and bandoneón soloist Julien Labro play live nuevo tango music for the Paul Taylor Dance Company’s modern dance performance “Piazzolla Caldera;” in Cary Hall at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music in Hudson Yards, Manhattan; on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at 7pm. $33. oslmusic.org 🇦🇷
NOVEMBER
Argentine Composer for Contemporary Dance
In “Taylor + Keigwin,” Orchestra of St Luke’s features Argentine composer William Contanzaro’s band CHAIN for Paul Taylor Dance Company’s performance of Larry Keigwin’s “Drum Circle,” at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; on Friday, November 3, 2023 at 8pm. From $15. oslmusic.org 🇦🇷
DECEMBER
Holiday Concert
Orchestra of St Luke’s plays J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, led by French Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie, with vocalists Lauren Snouffer, Avery Amereau, Andrew Haji, Joshua Hopkins, and La Chapelle de Québec choir; on the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in Midtown; on Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 7pm. carnegiehall.org 🇨🇦
The St Luke’s Chamber Ensemble plays an all Vivaldi program; in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in Midtown; on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 8pm. On sale October 16. oslmusic.org 🇮🇹
JANUARY
African American Women Classical Music
Grammy winning pianist Michelle Cann with Orchestra of St Luke’s violinist Jesse Mills, play works by Florence Price and Margaret Bonds, two of the first African American women composers to have their work performed by major orchestras; in Cary Hall at The Dimenna Center for Classical Music in Hudson Yards; on Wednesday, January 24, 2023 at 7pm. $33. oslmusic.org 🇺🇸
FEBRUARY
Classical Choir Music
Orchestra of St Luke’s, performs Carl Orff’s famed monumental choral work “Carmina Burana,” led by New York Ecuadorian Colombian conductor Tito Muñoz, with soloists, the Westminster Symphonic Choir, and Young People’s Chorus of New York City directed by New York Dominican Francisco J. Núñez; in the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in Midtown, Manhattan; on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 8pm. From $24. carnegiehall.org 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇪🇨
MARCH
Classical Jazz
FIVE BOROUGH TOUR
In flutist Valerie Coleman’s “Portraits of Josephine,” an Orchestra of St Luke’s wind quartet is joined by actor and playwright Kirya Traber who narrates this tribute to the life of Josephine Baker, the legendary American French dancer, singer, and actress who went from St Louis vaudeville to New York’s Harlem Renaissance to Paris cabaret as an international star of The Jazz Age. Registration opens in early 2024. 🇺🇸
- Hostos Center in Mott Haven The Bronx; on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 7pm. FREE with rsvp. oslmusic.org
- Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden; on Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 2pm. FREE with rsvp. oslmusic.org
- Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library; on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 4pm. FREE with rsvp. oslmusic.org
- Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens; on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 2pm. FREE with rsvp. oslmusic.org
- New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center; on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 6pm. FREE with rsvp. oslmusic.org
Orchestra of St Luke’s Tickets
OSL’s home is The DiMenna Center. The Box Office sells tickets for The Center, Morgan Library and Brooklyn Museum. Tickets for other venues are sold by hosting theaters, but are available through OSL’s website.
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 West 37th St
(between Ninth & Tenth Ave)
Hudson Yards, Manhattan
Subways
(7) to 34th St – Hudson Yards
Social Media
Instagram @oslmusic
Orchestra of St Luke’s
OSL was founded in 1974 at the Church of St Luke in the Fields in Manhattan’s West Village.
Today the Orchestra is in residence at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music in Hell’s Kitchen, and performs at venues across the City including Carnegie Hall, the Morgan Library, and the Brooklyn Museum.
OSL has made over 100 recordings and regularly premieres new works.
Bernard Labadie
Bernard Labadie is Principal Conductor. He is French Canadian originally from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He is founding conductor of Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec choir. 🇨🇦
Pablo Heras-Casado
Pablo Heras-Casado is OSL’s Conductor Laureate. He was OSL’s Principal Conductor from 2011 – 2017. Heras-Casado is originally from Granada, Spain. 🇪🇸