Ariel Horowitz, and more, at the East Meadow library

Classical music fans reunited at the East Meadow Public Library this past weekend for another star studded show with violinist Ariel Horowitz. She’s been hailed by the Washington Post as “sweetly lyrical” and her performance was no short of just that. Playing a blend of classic compositions, as well as some original music, the packed audience at the library was left moved by her work on stage.

A graduate of the Yale School of Music, Horowitz won the Concert Artists Guild Ambassadors Prize in October of 2020, and officially joined the Concert Artists Guild Roster. She’s previously studied with affiliates of the Julliard School, and in the fall of 2019, she joined the faculty of Mount Holyoke College, where she teaches violin and chamber music.

The East Meadow library is no stranger to hosting performances in a wide variety of genres. There’s a concert scheduled nearly every Sunday in the auditorium of the library, which presents a vast amount of space and ample seating, in order to accommodate attendees and performers. Whether it’s rock and roll, children’s tunes or classical music, there’s something for everyone on the line up. Just last month, the library hosted Nina Bernat, an accomplished double basist, and pianist Jiarong Li.

Among Horowitz’s accomplishments, she’s the founder and artistic director of the Heartbeat Music Project, a tuition-free program that provides instruments, music and Navajo cultural knowledge to young people living in the Navajo nation, according to her website ArielHorowitz.com. The project has amassed a lot of attention, and even garnered some prizes and grants, including the Lewis Prize for Music Covid-19 community response fund, the Mockingbird Foundation Prize, the From the Top Alumni Leadership Award and the Julliard School Community Engagement and Entrepreneurship Grants.

Along with her arrival at the East Meadow library, some of Horowitz’s other touring highlights include concerts at Chamber Music Detroit, the Kravis Center in Palm Beach, Florida, a showcase at the Washington Performing Arts Society Annual Gala, educational residencies at Texas A&M University and Musical Masterworks’ MMModern series, concerts in New York City and Albany, Georgia, and premiering her original compositions for violin with voice at Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center, according to the pamphlet from her show.

Some classical hits at her East Meadow performance included “Chaconne from Partita” by J.S. Bach, “Iats’aadah” by Raven Chacon, and “Caprice No. 11” by Niccolo Paganini. Her own compositions included “How Do You Tell Your Child?” and “Solitude.”

Over the next few weeks, music lovers in East Meadow will be entertained by Trio Delphi, a group composed of a harpist, flutist and guitarist, as well as the Hoodoo Loungers, a classical soul band. For more, visit EastMeadow.info.

The library is at 1886 Front Street, East Meadow.