Thank you all so much for making 2011 an incredible inaugural year for ROS. At the outset of our journey there was simply no way possible that we could have forseen the stellar response from audiences, musicians, critics, and donors. It was a resounding success on all fronts and we are busy putting together a new lineup of outstanding musicians and programs that we hope will entice and enliven your summer weekends once again.

Please stay tuned for future updates and announcements for the 2012 season. And thanks for stopping by to see the new colors and media on our freshly updated site. We look forward to seeing you on Govenors Island!

By ALLAN KOZINN
September 5, 2011

Governors Island is a bit off the beaten path, as concert sites go. But the idea of staging a summer music festival there, devoted mostly to contemporary works, is inspired. Continue reading →

By STEVE SMITH
Published: July 3, 2011
Governors Island is positively awash in creativity, with unusual, engaging artistic notions greeting you at every turn. Continue reading →

Rite of Summer Music Festival (Sunday) This refreshing new-music series ends its inaugural season with a performance in which its founders, the pianists Blair McMillen and Pam Goldberg, team up with the violinists Miranda Cuckson and Nurit Pacht for a program of solo and duo pieces by Falla, Stravinsky, John Adams and Marc Mellits. At 1 and 3 p.m., Colonels’ Row, Governors Island, riteofsummer.com; free. (Smith)
www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/arts/music/classical-musicopera-listings-for-sept-2-8.html?_r=1&ref=music

“The freewheeling new series of contemporary chamber music on Governors Island, organized by the pianists Blair McMillen and Pam Goldberg, wraps up with a free concert (performed twice) that uses Falla’s “Suite Populaire Espagnole” as a jumping-off point for more adventurous repertory by Sofia Gubaidulina, Marc Mellits, and John Adams (the ubiquitous “Road Movies”); the pianists are joined by the violinists Miranda Cuckson and Nurit Pacht.” (Sept. 4 at 1 and 3. No tickets required. The free Governors Island ferry departs from South Ferry in lower Manhattan.)

www.newyorker.com/arts/events/classical/rite-of-summer-music-festival-string-force-governors-island