Summer Concert Series Returns To Old Westbury Gardens

OLD WESTBURY, NY — Old Westbury Garden's summer concert series, "Music for a Sunday Afternoon," is returning this year, after being canceled last year. The performances start on July 11 and feature cellist Suzanne Mueller, the garden's artist-in-residence, who will perform four concerts accompanied by other musicians and covering classical, jazz and folk music.

Each concert will begin at 3 p.m. on the lawn at the Orchard Hill Barn (or inside the barn in case of inclement weather or extreme heat). Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. Attendees should also be aware that COVID-19 protocols are in effect and will be enforced on the dates of the concerts.

“My collaborators and I are really thrilled to be returning to our musical summer home again this year. It doesn’t feel like summer without these concerts,” said Mueller. “It’s especially meaningful to me because I had to sit out the 2019 season and most of the 2018 season due to medical issues that kept me homebound and unable to play. I was really looking forward to returning last year and was crushed when we had to cancel.”

The performers on this year’s “Music for a Sunday Afternoon” concert series include:

• July 11: CROSS ISLAND — Suzanne Mueller, cellist; Elinor Abrams Zayas, pianist.
• July 18: The McCarron Bros. Jazz Quartet with Suzanne Mueller, Cello — Paul Carlon, saxophone; Mark McCarron, guitar; Trifon Dimitrov, bass; Arei Sekiguchi, drums; and Suzanne Mueller, cellist.
• July 25: Gotzen-Berg and Mueller — Christopher Gotzen-Berg, guitarist; Suzanne Mueller, cellist (debut performance as a duo).
• Aug. 1: Hungrytown with Suzanne Mueller, Cello — with husband and wife folk duo, Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson, accompanied by Suzanne Mueller, cellist.