Calendar of Events
Tour & Tea at the Auditorium
Water Color Art by : Sarah Straight
Thursdays in June & August
Meet at the Auditorium for a tour, a sip of tea, and an organ demonstration on the Davis-Ferris Tracker Organ, a National Historic Landmark. There even may be a peek at the pipes!
Lola Torch
Lola Torch Presents
A Lakeside Summer Solstice Cabaret
Round Lake native Lola Torch presents an unforgettable evening of live music, dazzling burlesque, and drag/comedy!
As the sun sets and the summer magic begins, immerse yourself in a vibrant cabaret experience filled with glamour, artistry, laughter, and high-energy entertainment. Join us for a night of celebration, self-expression, and scintillating performances that will light up the solstice night.
Featuring performances by:
Lola Torch (Tucson, AZ) & The Slow Burn Band (Capital Region, NY)
Ruby Lead (Hot Springs, AR)
Danielle St. Velvet (Ithaca, NY)
Tessa Trueheart (Ithaca, NY)
Dizzy DeScretion (Ithaca, NY)
Learn More: mslolatorch.com
Open Mic - July
Perform at our Open Mic nights!
Show off your talent! Prepare and perform a 5min act. If you are a musician, bring your instrument to plug in or mic up to our sound system. Poets, we want to hear what you have written! If you are a dance crew, we can cue up a song for your act.
Plan to arrive early to sign-up. Your order in the show will be determined by the time you arrive.
All ages are welcome to perform!
Hosted by Scott Rigney
Markets at Round Lake Book Market Preview Day
Markets at Round Lake
Book Market
The Round Lake Libraries annual sale featuring more than 15,000 used and some rare books!
Preview day
Friday from 5pm - 7pm
Hardcovers $2, Paperbacks $1
Weekend Hours
Saturday from 9am - 5pm
Sunday from 10am - 4pm
Hardcovers $1, Paperbacks 50¢
Markets at Round Lake Book Market (Copy)
Markets at Round Lake
Book Market
The Round Lake Libraries annual sale featuring more than 15,000 used and some rare books!
Preview day
Friday from 5pm - 7pm
Hardcovers $2, Paperbacks $1
Weekend Hours
Saturday from 9am - 5pm
Sunday from 10am - 4pm
Hardcovers $1, Paperbacks 50¢
Markets at Round Lake Book Market (Copy)
Markets at Round Lake
Book Market
The Round Lake Libraries annual sale featuring more than 15,000 used and some rare books!
Preview day
Friday from 5pm - 7pm
Hardcovers $2, Paperbacks $1
Weekend Hours
Saturday from 9am - 5pm
Sunday from 10am - 4pm
Hardcovers $1, Paperbacks 50¢
Tour & Tea at the Auditorium
Water Color Art by : Sarah Straight
Thursdays in June & August
Meet at the Auditorium for a tour, a sip of tea, and an organ demonstration on the Davis-Ferris Tracker Organ, a National Historic Landmark. There even may be a peek at the pipes!
Open Mic - August
Perform at our Open Mic nights!
Show off your talent! Prepare and perform a 5min act. If you are a musician, bring your instrument to plug in or mic up to our sound system. Poets, we want to hear what you have written! If you are a dance crew, we can cue up a song for your act.
Plan to arrive early to sign-up. Your order in the show will be determined by the time you arrive.
All ages are welcome to perform!
Hosted by Scott Rigney
Tour & Tea at the Auditorium
Water Color Art by : Sarah Straight
Thursdays in June & August
Meet at the Auditorium for a tour, a sip of tea, and an organ demonstration on the Davis-Ferris Tracker Organ, a National Historic Landmark. There even may be a peek at the pipes!
Tour & Tea at the Auditorium
Water Color Art by : Sarah Straight
Thursdays in June & August
Meet at the Auditorium for a tour, a sip of tea, and an organ demonstration on the Davis-Ferris Tracker Organ, a National Historic Landmark. There even may be a peek at the pipes!
Craig Williams | Organist
About Craig Williams
Craig S. Williams is Craig S. Williams is Organist and Choirmaster of the Cadet Chapel, United States Military Academy West Point, where he plays the world’s largest church all-pipe organ and directs the Cadet Chapel Choir. He is only the fourth organist to hold that position since the present Cadet Chapel building was erected in 1910.
At West Point, Mr. Williams oversees the music programs of five chapels, in which are given well over 400 services, concerts and various other functions annually. Personally, Mr. Williams performs at approximately 200 of these chapel functions, including worship services, weddings, funerals, class reunion memorial services, recitals, choir concerts and VIP organ demonstrations performing for royalty, cabinet members, generals, members of Congress and many other international government and military figures. He has been featured on television numerous times including his recent appearance on Fox News’ West Point Holiday Special which received over 2,000,000 views, and he also appears as organist on the West Point Glee Club’s DVD Stand Ye Steady.
Mr. Williams has performed on both organ and piano for over 40 years and continues to perform nationwide. His organ credits include performances at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, several appearances at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, and at Segerstrom Hall in Orange County, CA with the Pacific Chorale. His most recent appearance at Segerstrom Hall was in a concert, Superstar Organ Virtuosos, where he shared the stage with Paul Jacobs, Frederick Swann, Christoph Bull and members of the Pacific Symphony. Mr. Williams has also played on the summer series at the Riverside Church in New York, the Crystal Cathedral, and Ocean Grove Auditorium; and he continues to give numerous recitals and workshops for prominent cathedrals and churches on both coasts. In 2021, he played a recital in Usurbil, Spain, as guest artist in the Quincena Musical de San Sebastián. In 2023, he performed two recitals in Italy, at the Pantheon in Rome, and at the Basilica of San Gaudenzio in Novara.
Mr. Williams is an Associate of the American Guild of Organists and served as dean of the Central Hudson Valley chapter from 2012 to 2016. In the early 90’s, he served as dean of the Brooklyn Chapter. Also, he has been a featured performer for conventions held by the AGO and the American Institute of Organbuilders.
Mr. Williams received the masters in organ performance from Westminster Choir College where he was one of three of the first Currin Scholars, a full graduate level scholarship, studying with Eugene Roan. His piano performance degrees include the masters from the Juilliard School, studying with Martin Canin, where he performed with the Juilliard Symphony at Lincoln Center; and the bachelors from the University of Southern California, studying with Daniel Pollack.
In addition to his duties at West Point, he served as adjunct professor of organ at Nyack College (Nyack, NY) and conservatory faculty at Westminster Choir College (Princeton, NJ) for 19 years. Mr. Williams performs under the management of Seven Eight Artists.
Watch
Craig Williams at the Round Lake Auditorium in 2018
Tom Dressler | Organist
About Tom Dressler
Thomas Dressler is known for exciting, passionate performances on the organ and harpsichord which combine warm musicality with historic techniques. He has been performing for more than thirty years, often on historic instruments, including some of America's oldest and most historic organs.
He has appeared on local television in NY, the Poconos, and Philadelphia. His playing at the opening concert of the 150th anniversary celebration of the Round Lake organ was described by audience members as "riveting" and "stunningly elegant." In August of 2001 he recorded the 1847 Ferris organ at Round Lake, NY, and the CD was released in 2003; it received a feature review in The American Organist magazine. In 2012, he released a CD recorded on the Paul Fritts organ at Princeton Theological Seminary, which was featured on Pipedreams on National Public Radio. Officers of the Central New Jersey chapter of the American Guild of Organists have said, "Mr. Dressler is an organist with solid technique, well known for his exquisite rendering of Renaissance and Baroque music."
But he does not only specialize in "early" music. He also spends much time exploring performance practices of the 19th century, trying to uncover possible modern misconceptions about this music and present it in a manner the composers would have recognized. As a teenager, Mr. Dressler studied organ with James Boeringer and practiced on an 1894 Felgemaker organ. During this time he developed a strong interest in historic "tracker action" organs. He also began to have an interest in historic performing practices (using the information available in old treatises to attempt to play music in a way similar to how the composers may have originally heard it.) When historic fingerings and articulations are matched with the music being played, it is possible to infuse it with a degree of emotion and excitement not possible using purely modern techniques. He pursued these techniques throughout his college years, earning a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance, cum laude, from Susquehanna University, and a Master of Music in Performance, with honors, from Westminster Choir College. At Westminster, he studied organ with Mark Brombaugh and Joan Lippincott.
Mr. Dressler has held large church positions in Philadelphia and New Jersey. He has also been a featured lecturer in various venues in addition to lecturing at Warren County Community College (NJ), speaking on topics such as Performance Practices of the Baroque Era, various topics in music history and appreciation, and Music and Holistic Health. His special abilities to communicate, both as a speaker and performer, are combined in his performances, where he discusses much of the music he performs. Audiences respond enthusiastically. A reporter from a local newspaper in Pennsylvania has said, "Dressler interacts with the audience on a very personal level, appealing to young and old alike. One comes away from each program knowing they have learned something."
Open Mic - September
Perform at our Open Mic nights!
Show off your talent! Prepare and perform a 5min act. If you are a musician, bring your instrument to plug in or mic up to our sound system. Poets, we want to hear what you have written! If you are a dance crew, we can cue up a song for your act.
Plan to arrive early to sign-up. Your order in the show will be determined by the time you arrive.
All ages are welcome to perform!
Hosted by Scott Rigney
Gail Archer | Organist
International concert organist, recording artist, choral conductor and lecturer
Gail Archer is an international concert organist, recording artist, choral conductor and lecturer who draws attention to composer anniversaries or musical themes with her annual recital series in New York City. These include a Bulgarian Celebration, a Slavic Celebration, Max Reger, The Muse’s Voice, An American Idyll, Liszt, Bach, Mendelssohn and Messiaen. Archer was the first American woman to play the complete works of Olivier Messiaen for the centennial of the composer’s birth in 2008: Time Out New York recognized the Messiaen cycle as “Best of 2008” in classical music and opera. In spring 2024, Archer received grants from the Harriman Institute, Columbia University and Vassar College to record a new CD of Bulgarian organ literature in the Concert Hall in Dobrich, Bulgaria; the CD, Dobrich A Bulgarian Odyssey was released on April 8, 2025. Her previous recordings include the 2022 Polish release, Cantius, and Chernivtsi, A Russian Journey, The Muse’s Voice, Franz Liszt: A Hungarian Rhapsody, Bach: The Transcendent Genius, an American Idyll, A Mystic in the Making (Meyer Media), and The Orpheus of Amsterdam: Sweelinck and his Pupils (CALA Records). Ms. Archer’s 2025 European tour took her to the Slovak Republic, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Italy and the island of Sardegna. Highlights include the Oliwa Cathedral, Gdansk, Poland, St. Martin’s Cathedral, Bratislava, the Slovak Republic, the Lambertus Basilica, Dusseldorf, Germany, Herforder Munster, Herford, Germany, the Basilica Concattedrale of San Maurizio, Imperia, Italy, and the Basilika Steinfeld, Steinfeld, Germany. The historic organ in the Steinfeld monastery church was built in 1727 by Balthasar Konig.
She is the founder of Musforum, www.musforum.org an international network for women organists to promote and affirm their work. Ms. Archer is college organist at Vassar College, director of the music program at Barnard College, Columbia University, where she conducts the Barnard-Columbia Chorus and Chamber Singers and a faculty member of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. For the next two years, she will serve as the Co-Deputy Director of the East Central European Center in the Harriman Institute. She is artistic director of the artist and young artist organ recital series at historic Central Synagogue, New York City.
Learn More: GailArcher.com
Vinyl Only Dance Party
Put your dance shoes on and get ready to dance!
VINYL ONLY DANCE PARTY
SOUL ✷ FUNK ✷ DISCO
◉ SELECTORS ◉
$10.00 at the Door | 21+
Open Mic - June
Perform at our Open Mic nights!
Show off your talent! Prepare and perform a 5min act. If you are a musician, bring your instrument to plug in or mic up to our sound system. Poets, we want to hear what you have written! If you are a dance crew, we can cue up a song for your act.
Plan to arrive early to sign-up. Your order in the show will be determined by the time you arrive.
All ages are welcome to perform!
Hosted by Scott Rigney
Tour & Tea at the Auditorium
Water Color Art by : Sarah Straight
Thursdays in June & August
Meet at the Auditorium for a tour, a sip of tea, and an organ demonstration on the Davis-Ferris Tracker Organ, a National Historic Landmark. There even may be a peek at the pipes!
Tour & Tea at the Auditorium
Water Color Art by : Sarah Straight
Thursdays in June & August
Meet at the Auditorium for a tour, a sip of tea, and an organ demonstration on the Davis-Ferris Tracker Organ, a National Historic Landmark. There even may be a peek at the pipes!
The Golem Trilogy | Nathan Meltz
Nathan Meltz has developed a three-part stop-motion animation project called “The Golem Trilogy”. This narrative animation project is about technology, colonialism, and peace-making. This project will have a live musical accompaniment.
Open Mic - September
Perform at our Open Mic nights!
Show off your talent! Prepare and perform a 5min act. If you are a musician, bring your instrument to plug in or mic up to our sound system. Poets, we want to hear what you have written! If you are a dance crew, we can cue up a song for your act.
Plan to arrive early to sign-up. Your order in the show will be determined by the time you arrive.
All ages are welcome to perform!
Hosted by Scott Rigney
Gail Archer | Organist
International concert organist, recording artist, choral conductor and lecturer
Gail Archer is an international concert organist, recording artist, choral conductor and lecturer who draws attention to composer anniversaries or musical themes with her annual recital series in New York City. These include a Bulgarian Celebration, a Slavic Celebration, Max Reger, The Muse’s Voice, An American Idyll, Liszt, Bach, Mendelssohn and Messiaen. Archer was the first American woman to play the complete works of Olivier Messiaen for the centennial of the composer’s birth in 2008: Time Out New York recognized the Messiaen cycle as “Best of 2008” in classical music and opera. In spring 2024, Archer received grants from the Harriman Institute, Columbia University and Vassar College to record a new CD of Bulgarian organ literature in the Concert Hall in Dobrich, Bulgaria; the CD, Dobrich A Bulgarian Odyssey was released on April 8, 2025. Her previous recordings include the 2022 Polish release, Cantius, and Chernivtsi, A Russian Journey, The Muse’s Voice, Franz Liszt: A Hungarian Rhapsody, Bach: The Transcendent Genius, an American Idyll, A Mystic in the Making (Meyer Media), and The Orpheus of Amsterdam: Sweelinck and his Pupils (CALA Records). Ms. Archer’s 2025 European tour took her to the Slovak Republic, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Italy and the island of Sardegna. Highlights include the Oliwa Cathedral, Gdansk, Poland, St. Martin’s Cathedral, Bratislava, the Slovak Republic, the Lambertus Basilica, Dusseldorf, Germany, Herforder Munster, Herford, Germany, the Basilica Concattedrale of San Maurizio, Imperia, Italy, and the Basilika Steinfeld, Steinfeld, Germany. The historic organ in the Steinfeld monastery church was built in 1727 by Balthasar Konig.
She is the founder of Musforum, www.musforum.org an international network for women organists to promote and affirm their work. Ms. Archer is college organist at Vassar College, director of the music program at Barnard College, Columbia University, where she conducts the Barnard-Columbia Chorus and Chamber Singers and a faculty member of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. For the next two years, she will serve as the Co-Deputy Director of the East Central European Center in the Harriman Institute. She is artistic director of the artist and young artist organ recital series at historic Central Synagogue, New York City.
Learn More: GailArcher.com
Swooping Shapes | Silent Movie
Musical Accompaniment to several short animations presented by Swooping Shapes.
Swooping Shapes is…
Becca Pasley is a multi-genre bassist and improviser coming from a background in free jazz, classical, rock, and noise, which has led them to a wide variety of musical projects across the Northeast. Their love for improvisation and the experimental goes hand in hand with a dream of revelatory collective liberation.
Brian Dewan is a musician and visual artist who engages in filmstrip making and instrument building. He writes songs and collects songs from earlier generations.
Elizabeth Karp is a musician who combines analog and digital instrumentation, tape collage, field recordings, and percussion to perform sound collage music. Elizabeth is also a visual artist and co-curator of Moonbow, a performance series held at The Shaker Heritage Site.
The music of Puerto Rican guitarist and composer Federico Balducci can be described as a mixture of classical and ambient music with unusually intricate harmonies. Federico Balducci has a Bachelor’s Degree in Film Scoring from the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Currently, Federico mostly works on film scores for short films and documentaries.
Tom Dressler | Organist
About Tom Dressler
Thomas Dressler is known for exciting, passionate performances on the organ and harpsichord which combine warm musicality with historic techniques. He has been performing for more than thirty years, often on historic instruments, including some of America's oldest and most historic organs.
He has appeared on local television in NY, the Poconos, and Philadelphia. His playing at the opening concert of the 150th anniversary celebration of the Round Lake organ was described by audience members as "riveting" and "stunningly elegant." In August of 2001 he recorded the 1847 Ferris organ at Round Lake, NY, and the CD was released in 2003; it received a feature review in The American Organist magazine. In 2012, he released a CD recorded on the Paul Fritts organ at Princeton Theological Seminary, which was featured on Pipedreams on National Public Radio. Officers of the Central New Jersey chapter of the American Guild of Organists have said, "Mr. Dressler is an organist with solid technique, well known for his exquisite rendering of Renaissance and Baroque music."
But he does not only specialize in "early" music. He also spends much time exploring performance practices of the 19th century, trying to uncover possible modern misconceptions about this music and present it in a manner the composers would have recognized. As a teenager, Mr. Dressler studied organ with James Boeringer and practiced on an 1894 Felgemaker organ. During this time he developed a strong interest in historic "tracker action" organs. He also began to have an interest in historic performing practices (using the information available in old treatises to attempt to play music in a way similar to how the composers may have originally heard it.) When historic fingerings and articulations are matched with the music being played, it is possible to infuse it with a degree of emotion and excitement not possible using purely modern techniques. He pursued these techniques throughout his college years, earning a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance, cum laude, from Susquehanna University, and a Master of Music in Performance, with honors, from Westminster Choir College. At Westminster, he studied organ with Mark Brombaugh and Joan Lippincott.
Mr. Dressler has held large church positions in Philadelphia and New Jersey. He has also been a featured lecturer in various venues in addition to lecturing at Warren County Community College (NJ), speaking on topics such as Performance Practices of the Baroque Era, various topics in music history and appreciation, and Music and Holistic Health. His special abilities to communicate, both as a speaker and performer, are combined in his performances, where he discusses much of the music he performs. Audiences respond enthusiastically. A reporter from a local newspaper in Pennsylvania has said, "Dressler interacts with the audience on a very personal level, appealing to young and old alike. One comes away from each program knowing they have learned something."
Tour & Tea at the Auditorium
Water Color Art by : Sarah Straight
Thursdays in June & August
Meet at the Auditorium for a tour, a sip of tea, and an organ demonstration on the Davis-Ferris Tracker Organ, a National Historic Landmark. There even may be a peek at the pipes!
Open Mic - August
Perform at our Open Mic nights!
Show off your talent! Prepare and perform a 5min act. If you are a musician, bring your instrument to plug in or mic up to our sound system. Poets, we want to hear what you have written! If you are a dance crew, we can cue up a song for your act.
Plan to arrive early to sign-up. Your order in the show will be determined by the time you arrive.
All ages are welcome to perform!
Hosted by Scott Rigney
Tour & Tea at the Auditorium
Water Color Art by : Sarah Straight
Thursdays in June & August
Meet at the Auditorium for a tour, a sip of tea, and an organ demonstration on the Davis-Ferris Tracker Organ, a National Historic Landmark. There even may be a peek at the pipes!
Duo Envol | Flute and Cello Duo
Duo Envol
Flute & Cello Duo
Duo Envol features Melanie Chirignan on flute, and Laura Melnicoff on cello. As neighbors in New York’s Capital Region, we’ve combined our shared passion for undiscovered gems of music and undiscovered gems of performance venues. The gorgeous local natural landscape is also a shared inspiration, and we can often be found playing music with themes of nature. “Envol” is French for “flight” and “soaring,” and we invite you to join us on our travels.
Learn More: MelanieChirignan.org
Tour & Tea at the Auditorium
Water Color Art by : Sarah Straight
Thursdays in June & August
Meet at the Auditorium for a tour, a sip of tea, and an organ demonstration on the Davis-Ferris Tracker Organ, a National Historic Landmark. There even may be a peek at the pipes!
Markets at Round Lake Book Market
Markets at Round Lake
Book Market
The Round Lake Libraries annual sale featuring more than 15,000 used and some rare books!
Preview day
Friday from 5pm - 7pm
Hardcovers $2, Paperbacks $1
Weekend Hours
Saturday from 9am - 5pm
Sunday from 10am - 4pm
Hardcovers $1, Paperbacks 50¢
Markets at Round Lake Book Market
Markets at Round Lake
Book Market
The Round Lake Libraries annual sale featuring more than 15,000 used and some rare books!
Preview day
Friday from 5pm - 7pm
Hardcovers $2, Paperbacks $1
Weekend Hours
Saturday from 9am - 5pm
Sunday from 10am - 4pm
Hardcovers $1, Paperbacks 50¢
Carpe Diem Theater | Cabaret
FREE EVENT | Carpe Diem's favorite night of the year!
Our campers will dazzle you as they perform solos, group numbers, and showcase their many dynamic talents! Free to attend, we encourage you to bring friends and family alike to this one-of-a-kind performance!
Carpe PM
As our biggest fundraiser of the season, we hope you’ll join us for an evening of spectacular singing from our own Carpe family and our visiting professionals! Hosted by former news personality and local favorite Benita Zahn, this year’s benefit concert will feature sets from Dudney Joseph (Cats: The Jellicle Ball, PAC NYC; The Harder They Come, The Public Theater), the 2025 Showcase cast, students from our ROOTS program, and CDT Staff. We will have exciting raffle items, silent auction, a large bake sale, and other giving opportunities.
We are offering tickets on a sliding scale - please make the contribution you are willing and able to make. We are glad to have you claim a free ticket so you and your family can join us!
Carpe Diem | ROOTS
Carpe Diem Theater | ROOTS
ROOTS: Realizations On & Off The Stage presents students with critical information about making theater as well as the roles and responsibilities of theater makers themselves. Teaching artists from Broadway, Off-Broadway, international touring companies, and beyond, bring their experiences to the Round Lake Auditorium for Carpe Diem Theater's free workshop series.
These workshops are open to all ages, but are geared towards teens and beyond. All community members are welcome!
Carpe Diem | ROOTS
Carpe Diem Theater | ROOTS
ROOTS: Realizations On & Off The Stage presents students with critical information about making theater as well as the roles and responsibilities of theater makers themselves. Teaching artists from Broadway, Off-Broadway, international touring companies, and beyond, bring their experiences to the Round Lake Auditorium for Carpe Diem Theater's free workshop series.
These workshops are open to all ages, but are geared towards teens and beyond. All community members are welcome!