Utica, N.Y. — Feast on the arts at Munson Museum of Art’s Lunch & Listen series, a free hour of piano music, with a performance by Anita Humer at noon Friday, Oct. 17, in the Museum’s Root Court in downtown Utica. The series, hosted on the third Friday through December, serves as a musical complement to Munson’s breathtaking exhibition “Celestial Bodies: Sculpture by Karen LaMonte,” on view through Jan. 4, 2026.
The music of Chopin inspired the stunning draped female figures in cast glass and metal in LaMonte’s Nocturne series, and she often has music of the Romantic period playing in her studio while she works. Through this program, Munson showcases local pianists while providing a comfortable and casual environment for the community during their lunch hour.
Pianist Anita Humer has been a resident of Sherburne, N.Y., for many years. She graduated from Wilkes University with a bachelor’s degree in music education and earned a master of music degree in piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music. She taught music, both instrumental and vocal, in private schools in and around New York City before moving upstate. She is a private piano teacher, performer, and adjudicator. She was staff pianist at Colgate University for five years prior to 2020. She also directed the Sherburne Chorus for 18 years. She is on the board of the Chamber Music Society of Utica, the Monday Evening Music Club of Norwich, and the Leschetizky Piano Association of New York City.
The Lunch & Listen series, free and open to the public, will close out the year with two more performances:
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Nov. 21: Sar-Shalom Strong and Hamilton College Students
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Dec. 19: Edin Hadzimujic
For more information, visit munson.art/lunch-and-listen-
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Munson is at 310 Genesee St. in Utica. For more information, visit munson.art.
About Munson
Munson is an internationally recognized fine arts organization in Utica, serving diverse audiences through a renowned Museum of Art, live performances and events, community arts classes, and Pratt Munson College of Art and Design, the upstate extension campus of the prestigious Pratt Institute.
