Caramoor Celebrates the Season - An Amarcord Christmas on Dec 7, Holiday Rosen House Tours, Gingerbread Decorating, and More
Clockwise L-R: Holidays at Caramoor’s Rosen House by Gabe Palacio; Amarcord by Anne Hornemann; Kimberly Hawkey at a Holiday Tea Musicale by Palacio; Rosen House at the holidays by Palacio; Joseph Parrish at a Holiday Tea Musicale by Palacio. Available in high resolution here.
Caramoor Celebrates the Season in December
December 7: Amarcord Christmas Concert
December 10-21: Holiday Rosen House Tours
December 10-21: Holiday Tea Musicales
December 10-21: Holiday Gift Shop in the Summer Dining Room
December 13: Gingerbread Decorating Class for Families
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts | Rosen House
149 Girdle Ridge Drive | Katonah, NY
Tickets & Information
KATONAH, NY – Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, a vibrant cultural destination nestled on 81 acres of historic gardens and woodlands in Katonah, NY, celebrates the season in December with An Amarcord Christmas as part of the intimate Rosen House Concert Series on Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 3pm, plus Holiday Rosen House Tours running from December 10 to 21, 2025 at 12:30pm and 1pm (by advance ticket purchase only), and Holiday Tea Musicales from December 10 to 21, 2025 (currently sold out). Additionally, from December 10 to 21, 2025 Caramoor’s Summer Dining Room is transformed into a Holiday Gift Shop, which includes locally made artisan goods, and on Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:30am, Caramoor will offer a Gingerbread Decorating Class for families, in collaboration with Feeding Young Foodies. Once the estate of music and art lovers Walter and Lucie Rosen, Caramoor is one of the region’s most distinctive destinations for live performance, cultural engagement, and exploration. The estate’s gardens and grounds are also open year round to visitors, free of charge, for picnicking and walking daily from 10am to 4pm.
Caramoor’s Rosen House Concert Series runs from October through May, held in the exquisite Music Room of the historic home – a Mediterranean-style villa from 1939 filled with treasures from around the world. Audiences enjoy performances by some of today’s most in-demand artists in the same living room salon setting where the Rosens once entertained their many friends. As part of this Series, Caramoor rings in the season on Sunday, December 7 at 3pm with An Amarcord Christmas, featuring the acclaimed vocal quintet Amarcord from Leipzig, Germany, in a festive program showcasing their remarkable blend and dynamic range. The ensemble, founded in 1992 by former members of St. Thomas's Boys Choir, presents a rich selection of holiday music drawn from across centuries—from medieval and Renaissance gems to contemporary choral works. The program includes traditional carols like Gustav Holst’s In the Bleak Midwinter and God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, alongside music by Michael Praetorius, Orlando di Lasso, Cornelius Freundt, and more. Known for their masterful interpretations and vocal range spanning an entire orchestra, the five singers bring technical precision and deep emotional resonance to every performance, their voices intertwining with effortless beauty, creating a sound that is at once powerful and ethereal.
From December 10 to 21, 2025, Caramoor invites guests to step into a holiday wonderland on special Holiday Rosen House Tours at 12:30pm and 1pm daily (by advance ticket purchase only; no tours on December 15). The art-filled Rosen House is decked out for the holidays with enchanting decorations inspired by the cherished Rosen family archive. The House offers a number of treasures, including complete 18th-century rooms, originally from private villas and chateaux in Italy, France, and England. The Burgundian Library is a French 17th-century, paneled room with a brilliant blue groin-vaulted ceiling. An exquisite 16th-century painted Spanish ceiling resides in an alcove off the Music Room. The Formal Dining Room features doors thought to have been designed by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1695-1770), made for a Venetian palace, along with turquoise Chinese export wallpaper featuring birds perched in flowering trees. The Music Room includes Renaissance furniture and architectural elements such as the intricately carved coffered ceiling from a house in Lecce, Italy; a pair of pink marble twisted columns from Verona, once in the collection of William Randolph Hearst; and a magnificent Franco-Flemish tapestry titled “The Holy Family.” With the holiday decor enhancing these extraordinary rooms, Caramoor’s Holiday Rosen House Tours offer a unique seasonal experience steeped in art, history, and beauty.
From December 10 to 21, 2025, Caramoor also offers Holiday Tea Musicales (by reservation only), featuring tea service in the Music Room and seasonal performances, including alumni of Caramoor’s Schwab Vocal Rising Stars program Sophia Baete (mezzo-soprano) and Francesco Barfoed (piano), Kate Morton (mezzo-soprano) with Michele Wong (piano), and Joseph Parrish (baritone), as well as jazz vocalists Kimberly Hawkey with pianist Peter Yarin and Mimi Hilaire with pianist Matt Podd. These popular events are already sold out; the Caramoor website will be updated with availability.
On Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:30am, Caramoor invites families to celebrate the season with a festive Gingerbread Decorating Class in collaboration with Feeding Young Foodies. Perfect for children ages 4 and up (accompanied by an adult), this cozy, hands-on class offers a creative morning of holiday magic as participants bring their own candy cottages to life while sipping warm hot chocolate. Before the class begins, families can stroll through the Rosen House to gather inspiration from its holiday decor. Each child will take home their own decorated gingerbread house and gingerbread friend, wrapped and ready to display (or eat!). All materials are included: pre-baked gingerbread house pieces, icing bags, candies, and packaging.
About Caramoor
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is a vibrant cultural destination nestled on 81 acres of historic gardens and woodlands in Katonah, NY. Once the home of music and art lovers Walter and Lucie Rosen, Caramoor has evolved into one of the region’s most distinctive destinations for live performances, cultural engagement, and exploration – a sanctuary for music, art, and nature.
Each year, Caramoor presents an exciting array of concerts across genres – from classical, opera, and chamber music to jazz, American roots, global sounds, and the American songbook. Caramoor’s acclaimed Summer Season brings audiences together for unforgettable outdoor performances from June into August in five distinct settings (the Music Room, Venetian Theater, Spanish Courtyard, Friends Field, and the Sunken Garden), while the intimate Rosen House Concert Series runs from October through May in the historic Rosen House, a Mediterranean-style villa listed on the National Register of Historic Places and filled with treasures from around the world. With a mission to engage audiences of all ages, Caramoor also offers a selection of concerts and programs for families and our youngest listeners.
Caramoor is a place where music, history, and nature come together to create moments of beauty and connection for all who visit. In addition to hearing concerts, visitors to Caramoor can tour the spectacular Rosen House, explore its intriguing collections, enjoy a picnic, and experience the lush gardens and grounds – including Caramoor’s unique collection of site-specific Sound Art, permanently installed sound sculptures which draw inspiration from their environment. Caramoor also offers a formal afternoon tea service year-round in the Music Room (by reservation), a seasonal concessions tent, and a selection of public programs such as yoga, art classes, and large-scale community events.
At-a-Glance Calendar: Upcoming Rosen House Concert Series Performances
Friday, November 7 at 7:30pm: Christie Dashiell Quartet
Sunday, November 9 at 3pm: The English Concert
Sunday, November 16 at 3pm: Poiesis Quartet
Friday, November 21 at 7:30pm: The Arcadian Wild
Saturday, December 6 at 8pm: Rosanne Cash - Benefit Concert
Sunday, December 7 at 3pm: An Amarcord Christmas
Sunday, March 8 at 3pm: Schwab Vocal Rising Stars
Friday, March 20 at 7:30pm: Goitse
Sunday, March 22 at 3pm: Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
Sunday, April 12 at 3pm: Junction Trio
Sunday, April 19 at 3pm: Steven Isserlis, cello & Connie Shih, piano
Friday, May 1 at 7:30pm: Anat Cohen Quartethinho
Sunday, May 3 at 3pm: Poiesis Quartet
Friday, May 8 at 7:30pm: Solomon Hicks
For Caramoor’s complete schedule: caramoor.org/events
Ticketing Information
Concert tickets are available for purchase online at caramoor.org; by phone at 914.232.1252 Tuesdays through Fridays from 10am-4pm; and on site from the Box Office two hours before each performance.
Caramoor is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road in Katonah, NY.
More information about visiting Caramoor: caramoor.org/visit
Caramoor’s Rosen House Concert Series runs from October through May, held in the exquisite Music Room of the Rosens’ historic home – a Mediterranean-style villa from 1939 filled with treasures from around the world. Photo by Gabe Palacio available in high resolution here.