News From Our Bolton Landing, NY Museum — The Sembrich 500356657281527 Our News Keep up to date with our latest news at The Sembrich! Scroll down to see the latest updates on our Bolton music festival, other events, museum programs, and scheduled activities! To read Notes from the 9th Floor, a newsletter from Artistic Director Richard Wargo, click here Feb 23, 2026 The Sembrich Announces 2026 Summer Festival Celebrating Women in Music Feb 23, 2026 Feb 23, 2026 Feb 20, 2026 The Sembrich Announces its 2026 Summer Festival Feb 20, 2026 Feb 20, 2026 Feb 11, 2026 In Loving Memory of Anita Behr Richards (1938-2026) Feb 11, 2026 Feb 11, 2026 Oct 25, 2024 Marcella Sembrich Memorial Performance Prize Awarded to Tenor Michael Butler Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024 Oct 24, 2024 The Sembrich Receives GHHN Award of Excellence for the “Queen of the Night” Oct 24, 2024 Oct 24, 2024 Sep 4, 2024 Review: At That Hour Sep 4, 2024 Sep 4, 2024 Sep 4, 2024 Review: A Recital by the Lake Sep 4, 2024 Sep 4, 2024 Jun 10, 2024 The Sembrich Opens for its 100th Anniversary Season Jun 10, 2024 Jun 10, 2024 Jun 10, 2024 The Sembrich Celebrates Juneteenth with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Anthony Davis Jun 10, 2024 Jun 10, 2024 Jun 6, 2024 Sirius XM “Symphony Hall” Host to Speak at The Sembrich Jun 6, 2024 Jun 6, 2024 Nov 30, 2023 The Sembrich 2023 Holiday Season Events Nov 30, 2023 Nov 30, 2023 Oct 30, 2023 Marcella Sembrich Mentioned on HBO’s “The Gilded Age” Oct 30, 2023 Oct 30, 2023 Oct 17, 2023 The Hyde Collection Brings Met Opera to Glens Falls Oct 17, 2023 Oct 17, 2023 Aug 21, 2023 19th-Century Polish Women Opera Singers Aug 21, 2023 Aug 21, 2023 Aug 18, 2023 Leonardo Sánchez To Headline The Sembrich Annual Gala Aug 18, 2023 Aug 18, 2023 Written from the desk of his 9th floor composition studio in Scranton, Pennsylvania, The Sembrich’s Artistic Director and Composer-in-Residence Richard Wargo offers special insights into the planning of each season at The Sembrich and his own work as a composer. Notes from the 9th Floor Jun 20, 2023 Notes from the 9th Floor - June 2023 Jun 20, 2023 The boxes here are on ninth floor are repacked now, ready for a return trip to Bolton Landing. A great deal of my time here during the past nine months has been spent working with our Sembrich “team,” preparing the upcoming summer festival, “Trailblazers,” and the numerous exciting events that we look forward to sharing in the weeks ahead. Jun 20, 2023 Jan 1, 2023 Notes from the 9th Floor - January 2023 Jan 1, 2023 This year, an extended museum schedule kept me in residence on the Sembrich grounds well into October. One of the first tasks awaiting me on my return to Scranton was the assembly of the instrumental parts for my Christmas cantata, VOICES IN THE MIST. Jan 1, 2023 Aug 9, 2022 Notes from the 9th Floor - August 2022 Aug 9, 2022 Quite by chance, these past six months featured productions of three of my operas: “A Visit to the Country” (Part Two of A CHEKHOV TRILOGY) at University of Georgia, “Losers,” Part Two of BALLYMORE at Illinois Wesleyan University and “Winners,” Part One of BALLYMORE at Westminster Choir College. Aug 9, 2022 Jan 1, 2022 Notes from the 9th Floor - January 2022 Jan 1, 2022 While the autumn season in recent years has become a time for me to travel, most notably, to Eastern Europe, to visit musical colleagues in Poland and Ukraine, this year, quite by chance, the travel focus has turned to colleges and universities here in the US, to hear performances of some of my works. Jan 1, 2022 Jun 8, 2021 Notes from the 9th Floor - June 2021 Jun 8, 2021 Like last season, my winter-time travel this year was minimal, due to the ongoing pandemic. But an unexpected opportunity arrived with the mid-March Canadian premiere of my opera THE MUSIC SHOP, a virtual production presented by Vancouver Opera… Jun 8, 2021 Jan 1, 2021 Notes From the 9th Floor - January 2021 Jan 1, 2021 Happy New Year! And warm wishes from the three small rooms that comprise my office and composing studio on the ninth floor of the Professional Arts Building in downtown Scranton, where I’ve been working almost exclusively since the outbreak of COVID-19 last March. Jan 1, 2021 May 11, 2020 Notes From the 9th Floor - May 2020 May 11, 2020 The pervasive mood of these coronavirus days brought to mind the photo on the right, one of my favorite images from The Sembrich Collection, dating from July, 1914. Not to compare our current crisis with the calamity of the Great War, but the emotion and pensive mood conveyed by this image seems to capture the uncertainty of our own pandemic times. May 11, 2020