LTV Presents:
The Moss Ensemble
Sunday May 17th @ 4PM: $30 General Admission ($35 @ the door) $65 VIP Cafe Table Seating (includes drink ticket)
The Moss Ensemble Darcy Dunn, Soprano Marshall Coid, Countertenor/Violin/Composer Mary Wooten, Cello/Piano/Composer Elizabeth Rodgers, Piano
About the Musicians
The artists of the unique Moss Ensemble relate to each other not only through their love of music, but also through their long histories working in NYC. “I’ve crossed paths and performed with these musicians for many years,” says Elizabeth. “Marshall and I go way, way back, and I can’t remember the first time Darcy and I met. Mary and I were first introduced while playing concerts for school children. As individual performers, we’ve been on the same programs and have enjoyed each other’s artistry for years!” Marshall continues: “But it wasn’t until the memorial concert for the late Mimi Stern-Wolfe, our dear colleague and mentor, that the four of us were asked to perform a piece entitled Moss, which led to forming our ensemble of the same name.” “We share an enthusiasm for thorough exploration of the music we choose,” adds Mary, “and we each delight in speaking about the pieces throughout the concert, allowing a warm connection with our audience.” Darcy agrees: “We love working together, we love the music, and it feels very special to be a part of this group. And we are thrilled to return to LTV.”
Darcy Dunn - Soprano
DARCY DUNN sings chamber opera, classical music, and new works in NYC, and is a founding member and featured performer of the Magic Circle Opera, as well as a graduate of Magic Circle training under Ray Evans Harrell. She has performed leading roles with Chelsea Opera, Bronx Opera, Encompass Opera, Opera Manhattan, and Downtown Music Productions, and has been a featured soloist at the Windham Chamber Music Festival. With her husband, Mark Singer, and pianist/musical director Julia Mendelsohn, Darcy helped create the Catskill Mountain Foundation’s “Mountaintop Celebration of Song” in Hunter, NY, featuring 8 original productions over 10 years. The trio appeared at LTV in 2023 and 2024 in their original shows “Headliners and One-Liners--Songs and Stories of the Catskills Resorts,” about the hey-day of the great entertainers of the Borsht Belt, and in “All Mankind Has Lost its Reason,” about the rise of fascism in Weimar, Germany, featuring music of the era. And, as co-founder and soprano of the acclaimed Moss Ensemble, Darcy is thrilled yet again to return and perform with Moss in their second concert at LTV.
Marshall Coid – Counter-tenor, Violinist, Composer
MARSHALL COID, of Andes/NYC, has been described by The New York Times as "astonishingly versatile" for his multidisciplinary career as a violinist, countertenor, actor, director, conductor, composer, writer, and educator. Since graduating from The Juilliard School, he has been featured in Live TV Broadcasts from the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center and has appeared as soloist at the United Nations, Library of Congress, National Cathedral (DC), Cathedral of St. John The Divine (Artist-in Residence 1990-1996), MOMA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Morgan Library, Guggenheim Museum, Steppenwolf Theatre, Spoleto Festival USA/Italy, Oxford University, International Performers Festival (Belgium), and more. Four decades on Broadway include roles in Barnum (where he played violin on the high wire), Ghetto, Rags (six characters), and Chicago (onstage violin soloist 1996-2025). His long collaboration with the late Mimi Stern Wolfe’s Downtown Music Productions culminated in a 2019 NY Philharmonic recital performance curated by Academy Award-winning composer, John Corigliano. Marshall appears frequently with Composers Concordance in NYC and has received critical acclaim for his film, opera, dance, theater, and concert music since the 1980s.
Elizabeth Rodgers – Pianist
A born-and-bred New Yorker, collaborative pianist ELIZABETH RODGERS is in demand as a recitalist with instrumentalists and singers, including the distinguished soprano Judith Raskin, and in chamber music, orchestral, choral, and operatic repertoire. She performs regularly with Downtown Music, Music Under Construction, American Chamber Opera, New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, American Landmark Festivals, and Libero Canto. Her teaching experience includes Manhattan School of Music, Bard, and William Paterson College. A strong advocate of performing the works of living composers, Elizabeth has premiered music by Miriam Gideon, Marc- Antonio Consoli, Wendy Griffiths, Tom Addison, Carolyn Lord, Joelle Wallach, Robert Dennis, Justine Chen, and Melissa Shifflet. She has recorded with many labels including Opus 1, Grenadilla, CRI, Musical Heritage, New World, and Albany.
Mary Wooten - Cellist
Cellist MARY WOOTEN moves with agility among classical, contemporary, theatrical, jazz, pop, and avant-garde genres. A founding member of the Soldier and Sirius string quartets, she is a pioneer who helped propel the classical string world toward improvisation and electronically- enhanced instruments. Mary has performed at New York’s Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Town Hall, Symphony Space, BAM, the Public Theatre, and in Broadway orchestras, as well as performances onstage with Meryl Streep at the New York Shakespeare Festival. She has premiered contemporary music on John Schaefer’s New Sounds series for NPR, and in concerts around the US, including Minneapolis’ Walker Art Center, the LA County Museum of Art, and LA’s Orpheum Theatre. Ms. Wooten’s collaborations with composers such as John Zorn, Elliot Sharp, David Soldier, and Douglas Cuomo have culminated in performances at new music locales and jazz festivals in New York, Montreal, Amsterdam, Vienna, Cologne, Berlin, and Tokyo. Recording credits include TV commercials, movie soundtracks, and sessions with Billy Joel, Sheryl Crow, Marianne Faithfull, Patti Smith, Jane Siberry, Phil Woods, David Bowie, among others.