New Choral Hire
The Choral Society of the Hamptons, one of the oldest arts organizations on eastern Long Island, has announced the hiring of Josh O’Dell as its new administrative director.
O’Dell brings to the choral society a career of leadership as an arts administrator, conductor, and music educator. His many positions include director of choral activities and assistant professor of music at West Virginia State University and director of community engagement and education and chorus master at Opera Roanoke. He made his debut at Carnegie Hall leading an ensemble of over 100 singers from across Virginia and Florida.
“We are so excited to have someone with Josh’s talents, enthusiasm, and energy as part of our team,” said Sara Davison, the choral society’s president. “Josh brings a great range of experience to our organization.”
Diverse Docs
Mountainfilm on Tour, a selection of short documentaries from the Mountainfilm festival held every year in Telluride, Colo., will return for its 12th season at the Southampton Arts Center on Sunday at 6 p.m.
This year’s festival includes “Airtime,” which features skiing, snowboarding, and paragliding in British Columbia; “Wheelchair Mafia,” a portrait of a Thai dog rescuer who builds wheelchairs for paralyzed dogs; “Borrowed From the Earth,” an exploration of the connection between the Blackfeet people and horses; “The Youngest Ranger,” about a female ranger in Kenya’s Tsavo landscape; “Invincible,” the story of a Nigerian-American college basketball player who had a cardiac arrest in the middle of practice, only to recover and play again, and other titles to be announced.
Doors will open at 5:30. Tickets are $15, $5 for members.
Rock and Blues
Spitnkitn will kick off this weekend’s music at the Masonic Temple in Sag Harbor Friday night at 8. Consisting of Lindsay Morris on guitar, Barbara Dayton on drums, and Susan Nieland on bass, the band will bring “loud, in-your-face music,” according to the temple, including original material and covers of the Stooges, P.J. Harvey, and Hole.
Jake Lear and the Kings will return to the temple on Saturday night at 8 with blues, folk, and country. Elmore magazine called Lear’s album “Lost Time Blues” “the perfect marriage of ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ and ‘Texas Flood’ [blended] into a fresh, expressive musical vocabulary.”
Tickets to each show are $25.
Jazz at the Parrish
In collaboration with Hamptons JazzFest, the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will host a performance by the Ari Hoenig Quartet, featuring Tivon Pennicott on tenor sax, Yoav Eshed on guitar, and Ben Tiberio on bass on Sunday at 5 p.m.
A drummer, composer, and educator, Hoenig is known for his interactive approach to modern jazz and improvisation. Over the course of his career, he has performed with Chris Potter, Joshua Redman, Pat Martino, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Kenny Werner, among others.
Tickets are $30, $25 for members and resident benefits passholders, $20 for students, and $10 for children.
Ravel and Brahms
Shelter Island Friends of Music will continue its 2026 season on Sunday at 6 p.m. with a free concert by the Balourdet Quartet playing works by Ravel and Brahms at the island’s Presbyterian Church.
Composed of Angela Bae and Justin DeFilippis, violinists, Benjamin Zannoni, violist, and Russell Houston, cellist, the group was formed in 2018 and went on to earn the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant and Chamber Music America’s 2024 Cleveland Quartet Award. A reception with the artists will follow the performance.
