Distinguished Artists Concert – Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church
Janet Lantz, French Horn & Susan Sobolewski, Piano
Works by Chopin, Mozart, Strauss & More!
Sunday, October 13 @ 4:00 pm
The Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church welcomes you to special concert featuring distinguished artists Janet Lantz on French Horn and Susan Sobolewski on Piano. Works by Chopin, Mozart and Strauss will be featured. This free concert will be performed on Sunday October 13 at 4:00 pm.
Janet Lantz, French horn player, enjoys a rewarding and wide-ranging career as a freelance artist in the New York area and beyond. She regularly appears with the Greenwich CT, Vermont, Northeastern Pennsylvania, and New Jersey Symphony Orchestras.
Janet excels in a broad array of musical genres including symphonic, opera, jazz, Broadway, chamber music, and period-instrument ensembles. Her longstanding career as a Broadway musician includes no less than sixty-four (64) productions, starting with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Song and Dance.”
A frequent recitalist, The New York Times described Janet’s playing at her Weill Recital Hall concert as “nimble and secure on the horn.” Some of her most memorable performances are those playing in big bands at the iconic Village Vanguard and Blue Note Clubs, with Frank Sinatra at Madison Square Garden, as well as performing Brahms at the Musikverein in Vienna.
Janet attended the Juilliard School of Music as a scholarship student of James Chambers, earning her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees.
Pianist Susan Sobolewski’s career spans three continents, including several tours as artistic ambassador in India. She has presented recitals in Europe, Canada, and the Caribbean. Her New York appearances include solo, chamber, and orchestral concerts at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Steinway Hall.
Susan has soloed with the Rochester Philharmonic, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and the Syracuse Symphony under maestros David Zinman, JoAnn Falletta, and David Robertson. She has also performed with the Orchestra of St. Luke”s, the Virtuosi Quintet, members of the St. Luke”s Chamber Ensemble and the Metropolitan Opera. Recent events include world premieres with the Alison Cook Beatty Dance Company in NYC and the Finger Lakes Chamber Ensemble.
Susan’s discography includes “Out of the Blue”, solo recordings of American music, and the 2022 Naxos release of Bach Orchestral Suites arranged for piano duet.
Susan holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and the Eastman School of Music. She is professor of music at Nassau Community College.
Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church is located at 1 East Oak Street in Basking Ridge, NJ. A free will offering will be taken to offset our costs and support our special music events throughout the year. For more info, visit www.brpc.org/worship/friends-of-music.