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Dear Members and Friends of BAFFA - welcome to our new website where we hope to have answered all of your questions and look forward to keeping you up-to-date on all of our activities and events.

"It is the mission of the Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts, Inc. (BAFFA) to bring music and fine arts to the students and residents of Long Island. Through our Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Art Gallery, we welcome all members of the community to participate."

COMING SOON!

Jane Monheit Concert Tickets


Happening Now
 

May 5-20 ~ Glass Creations, "The Cutting Edge: Glass Creations Strip by Strip", BAFFA Art Gallery

June 2, 7:00 pm - Bay Area Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Children/Family Pops Concert Bayport-Blue Point High School, Snedecor Avenue, Bayport

June 16, 2012, 11:00 to 3:00  - "A Little Garden Music" - presented by BAFFA & the Sayville Garden Club. A tour of 5 local gardens, with musical entertainment & artists at work in each garden, plus plant sale.

"Jane Monheit Home Again"
A Benefit Concert for BAFFA

Friendship Quilt Raffle

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2012
click on any of the following for detailed information
 
January 9-31 ~ Quilt Show and quilting classes Mondays and Wednesdays 10 - 1, any skill level, BAFFA Art Gallery
 
February 10-19 ~ Women Sharing Art, "Little Bites", Reception & Student Scholarship Fundraiser, Saturday, February 11, 5-8 PM, BAFFA Art Gallery
 
March 10-11 ~ Elementary School Exhibit, BAFFA Art Gallery
 
March 24-25 ~ Middle School Exhibit, BAFFA Art Gallery
 
March 25, 4:00 pm - Bay Area Chorus, United Methodist Church, S Ocean Ave, Patchogue, with an eclectic program of music from Bach to The Beatles, featuring a piano duet accompaniment & trumpet solo.
 
March 31, 7:30 pm - Bay Area Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra, James Wilson Young Middle School, Sylvan Avenue, Bayport. Symphonic Solos with works by Debussy, Rimsky-Korsakov, Herold, and Finzi & featuring Levana Cohen on the clarinet.

 

April 22-29 ~ High School Invitational, BAFFA Art Gallery
 
May 5-20 ~ Glass Creations, "The Cutting Edge: Glass Creations Strip by Strip", BAFFA Art Gallery
 
June 2, 7:00 pm - Bay Area Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Children/Family Pops Concert Bayport-Blue Point High School, Snedecor Avenue, Bayport
 

June 2-10 ~ Sharon Way-Howard, "Oh, the Places I've Been" oil, pastel, watercolor, BAFFA Art Gallery

 

June 16, 2012, 11:00 to 3:00  - "A Little Garden Music" - presented by BAFFA & the Sayville Garden Club. A tour of 5 local gardens, with musical entertainment & artists at work in each garden, plus plant sale.  

 

June 29 - July 8, 2012 - "Just Like Heaven" a collection of images by Jennifer Rich at BAFFA Art Gallery, reception Friday, June 29, 2012.

 
July 29, 2012, 7 pm - "Jane Monheit Home Again" - a benefit concert for BAFFA at Bellport Gateway Playhouse. 
 
2011
 

December 10 - 11, 12-4 pm ~ PALS (Plein Air Limner Artists), "A Brush of Long Island" BAFFA Art Gallery, reception December 11, 2011.

 
November 5-27 - "Floral Harvest" an exhibit by the Bell Street Artists, Reception November 13, 1-4 pm BAFFA Art Gallery
 
October 20, 2011 - An Evening with Adel Gorgy proudly presented by Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts (BAFFA) and Women Sharing Art.
 

October 1 thru October 23, 2011 -  "Rhythms…Winter to Fall and Other Works" by Adel Gorgy, an exhibit of photographic art, BAFFA Art Gallery

 
September 24 & 25, 2011- "Friends in Art"  BAFFA Art Gallery
 
September 10-11 & 17-18, 2011~ “The Spirit of the Brush” featuring the Sumi-e artwork of Pola Lanzaro and her students. BAFFA Art Gallery.
 
November 19, 7:30 pm - Bay Area Symphony Orchestra, Liszt Among Friends – Works by Dvorak, Brahms, Berlioz and Liszt, Bayport-Blue Point High School, Snedecor Avenue, Bayport
 
November 20, 4:00 pm - Bay Area Chorus, Patchogue Methodist Church, Patchogue
 
 

 

The Bay Area Symphony Orchestra is actively seeking string players, especially cellists, for their upcoming season.
If interested, please email: orchestramanager@baffa.org


 
   

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