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2008 Performance Calendar


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Acoustic Sundays
Sunday July 13 to August 24, 7 PM to 9 PM
Pier I, Riverside Park South, Manhattan

Enjoy spectacular sunsets over the Hudson as you listen to some of New York’s best jazz, R&B, and world music. Sponsored by Riverside South Properties.
July 13, Ernestidio Rodriguez y su conjunto tipico; July 20, Nation Beat; July 27, Pharaoh's Daughter; Aug 3, Howard Fishman's Biting Fish Brass Band; Aug 10, Kate McGarry Quartet; Aug 17, KJ Denhert and the NY Unit;
Aug 24, Los Soneros de Oriente. Presented by Summer On the Hudson, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

Tickets: Free. For more information, visit www.nyc.gov/parks/soh, or call (212) 408-0219

Riverside Park South Pier 1|West 70th Street and the Hudson River
New York City


DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA
Jazz at Lincoln Center

Jazz at Lincoln Center is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to jazz. With the world-renowned Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, and a comprehensive array of guest artists, Jazz at Lincoln Center advances a unique vision for the continued development of the art of jazz by producing a year-round schedule of performance, education, and broadcast events for audiences of all ages. These productions include concerts, national and international tours, residencies, weekly national radio and television programs, recordings, publications, an annual high school jazz band competition and festival, a band director academy, a jazz appreciation curriculum for children, advanced training through the Juilliard Institute for Jazz Studies, music publishing, children¹s concerts, lectures, adult education courses, film programs, and student and educator workshops. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, President & CEO Derek E. Gordon, Executive Director Katherine E. Brown, Chairman of the Board Lisa Schiff and Jazz at Lincoln Center Board and staff, Jazz at Lincoln Center will produce hundreds of events during its 2004-05 season. This is the inaugural season in Jazz at Lincoln Center¹s new home - Frederick P. Rose Hall - the first-ever performance, education, and broadcast facility devoted to jazz.

Log onto www.jalc.org for listings.

Frederick P. Rose Hall |Broadway at 60th

 


Folks on the Island: An American Folk Music Festival
Saturdays, July 5th - August 2nd, 2008. Concerts start at 1:30 PM
Governors Island, New York City

Summer ‘08, Trinity Wall Street presents Folks on the Island, An American Folk Music Festival, on Governors Island, five Saturdays, July 5 – August 2, 2008, 1:30 PM. This year’s concert series explores traditional folk music and delves deeper into the American musical landscape with the inclusion of blues, bluegrass, and country western. Featured artists include Janis Ian (July 5), Slaid Cleaves (July 12), Bearfoot (July 19), Eric Bibb (July 26), and Ronny Cox (August 2). The Concerts and ferry service to Governors Island are free and open to the public. Concerts take place on Governors Island at Colonel’s Row beginning at 1:30 p.m. Free ferries to Governors Island leave every hour, on the hour, starting at 10 a.m. from the Battery Maritime Building in lower Manhattan, adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry.

For travel directions and more information, visit www.folksontheisland.com.

 


Live at the Gantries
Tuesday, July 8 / 7pm
Gantry Plaza State Park

Free, outdoor performances featuring some of the borough’s most celebrated entertainers, from Afro-Brazilian jazz musicians to Japanese punk rockers, with acts for audience members of all ages. Live at the Gantries’ nine nights will take place on Tuesdays at 7 o’clock at Gantry Plaza State Park, a 2.5-acre waterside oasis between 49th and 50th Avenues along the East River. The series will run from June 24th to August 26th. Performing July 8 is Blue Pipa (Chinese Folk Music). Along with her accompanying musicians, Min Xiao-Fen of Blue Pipa is renowned for her exploration of traditional and modern music from all cultures. Famed for her virtuosity and fluid style on the pipa, she has recorded and performed with Björk.

The series is sponsored by The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Theatre in the Park, and New York Water Taxi. Live at the Gantries is funded in full by Rockrose Development.

Admission is Free. Please contact Chris Henderson, Queens Council on the Arts, Arts Services Director at 347-505-3017 or chenderson@queenscouncilarts.org for additional information or visit, http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html.

Gantry Plaza State Park| 50-50 Second Street, Long Island City, NY 11101


Live at the Gantries
Tuesday, July 15 / 7pm
Gantry Plaza State Park

Free, outdoor performances featuring some of the borough’s most celebrated entertainers, from Afro-Brazilian jazz musicians to Japanese punk rockers, with acts for audience members of all ages. Live at the Gantries’ nine nights will take place on Tuesdays at 7 o’clock at Gantry Plaza State Park, a 2.5-acre waterside oasis between 49th and 50th Avenues along the East River. The series will run from June 24th to August 26th. Performing July 15 is Bliminal (Indie Rock), a self-described “band of vagabonds that gathers together to exchange thoughts of radical sound,” the Astoria-based group lists among its influences Pavement, The Darkside and Sergio Leone.

The series is sponsored by The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Theatre in the Park, and New York Water Taxi. Live at the Gantries is funded in full by Rockrose Development.

Admission is Free. Please contact Chris Henderson, Queens Council on the Arts, Arts Services Director at 347-505-3017 or chenderson@queenscouncilarts.org for additional information or visit, http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html.

Gantry Plaza State Park| 50-50 Second Street, Long Island City, NY 11101


Live at the Gantries
Tuesday, July 22 / 7pm
Gantry Plaza State Park

Free, outdoor performances featuring some of the borough’s most celebrated entertainers, from Afro-Brazilian jazz musicians to Japanese punk rockers, with acts for audience members of all ages. Live at the Gantries’ nine nights will take place on Tuesdays at 7 o’clock at Gantry Plaza State Park, a 2.5-acre waterside oasis between 49th and 50th Avenues along the East River. The series will run from June 24th to August 26th. Performing July 22 is Calpulli Mexican Dance Company. Calpulli celebrates the rich regional traditions of Mexico by telling stories through colorful dance pieces. Their fresh, vital repertoire honors not just Mexico's past, but also the lives of its emigrants in the United States. The performance-based program will include didactic information and interactive exercises for the young and young at heart.

The series is sponsored by The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Theatre in the Park, and New York Water Taxi. Live at the Gantries is funded in full by Rockrose Development.

Admission is Free. Please contact Chris Henderson, Queens Council on the Arts, Arts Services Director at 347-505-3017 or chenderson@queenscouncilarts.org for additional information or visit, http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html.

Gantry Plaza State Park| 50-50 Second Street, Long Island City, NY 11101


Live at the Gantries
Tuesday, July 29 / 7pm
Gantry Plaza State Park

Free, outdoor performances featuring some of the borough’s most celebrated entertainers, from Afro-Brazilian jazz musicians to Japanese punk rockers, with acts for audience members of all ages. Live at the Gantries’ nine nights will take place on Tuesdays at 7 o’clock at Gantry Plaza State Park, a 2.5-acre waterside oasis between 49th and 50th Avenues along the East River. The series will run from June 24th to August 26th.

Performing July 29 is the York College Summer Big Band. The student jazz ensemble performs annually at the CUNY Jazz Festival at City College and was featured in Weltreisen on the German television station ARD in April 2006. The members of the workshop perform regularly throughout the borough.

The series is sponsored by The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Theatre in the Park, and New York Water Taxi. Live at the Gantries is funded in full by Rockrose Development.

Admission is Free. Please contact Chris Henderson, Queens Council on the Arts, Arts Services Director at 347-505-3017 or chenderson@queenscouncilarts.org for additional information or visit, http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html.

Gantry Plaza State Park| 50-50 Second Street, Long Island City, NY 11101


6th annual NYC Musical Saw Festival
Saturday July 5th, 2008 2pm - 5pm
Trinity Church LIC

See the saw players and hear the singing sounds of the saw: the 6th annual NYC Musical Saw Festival, Saturday July 5th, 2008 , at Trinity Church , 31-18 37th Street, Astoria , Queens .

The cutting edge music starts at 2:00 PM , with a concert featuring about 20 musical saw players from Mexico , Germany , Canada and all over the USA . There is also an art exhibition featuring the musical saw in paintings and a video installation.

The world¢s greatest saw players come out of the woodwork to join other acoustic musicians in a variety of musical performances. You¢ll hear classical, contemporary, folk, gospel, pop, and show tunes throughout the concert. The end of the concert features the 'Chorus of the Saws' - all the saw players playing together.

The festival is fun for the whole family (kids 6 years old and up). For more information, check out http://www.SawLady.com/musicalsawfestival.htm . Organized and hosted by Natalia 'Saw Lady' Paruz, this event is sponsored in part by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Come to the 6th annual Musical Saw Festival, and say you saw it here first!

Tickets $10. For more information visit http://www.SawLady.com/musicalsawfestival.htm

Trinity Church |31-18 37th Street
( 37th Street at 31st Avenue ), Astoria , NY
Near by subway: 'R' train to Steinway Street, N/W train to Broadway.


On the Border Songwriter Series
Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 8PM – 11PM
May 1st Through August 30th.
Border Burrito

The series will feature many of the hottest contemporary songwriters in NYC and surrounding cities including Emily Zuzik, Nicola, Ian Axel, Open Book, Rorie Kelly, Ganessa James, Eric Squindo, Aliza Hava and Caleb Hawley among many others. It is unique, because it combines multiple genres and formats requiring only that all performances be of original material. The program is strictly not for profit and all performances are free to the public.

Admission is free. For more information and artist profiles visit www.myspace.com/borderburritonyc

Border Burrito |81 Third Avenue at 11th Street, East Village


 

Coming Soon


 

 

Double-Bill of Stage Works by Polish Composer Karol Szymanowski
Presented by Bard Summerscape,
July 25, 31, and August 2+ at 8 pm
July 27* and August 3 at 3 pm
July 25 - August 3
Sosnoff Theater


Bard SummerScape’s exploration of “Prokofiev and His World” will be enriched by fully-staged productions of two rapturous works by Polish composer Karol Szymanowski – a contemporary and friend of Prokofiev’s – opening Friday, July 25 for a run of five performances through August 3. Under music director Leon Botstein, SummerScape’s resident American Symphony Orchestra will play both the acclaimed opera King Roger (The Shepherd) and Harnasie, a pastoral dance by the composer who is widely considered the father of modern Polish music. The Wroclaw Opera Chorus will perform, with Polish vocal soloists, and a children’s choir. Both works will be directed and designed by Lech Majewski.

$25, $55, $75; except Thursday (July 31) perf: $20, $45, $65
For tickets and further information on all SummerScape events, phone the Fisher Center box office at (845) 758-7900 or visit www.fishercenter.bard.edu
(845)758-7900
www.summerscape.bard.edu


Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts| 60 Manor Avenue



Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
Sunday, August 24th – 3:00 PM – Late
Tompkins Square Park

The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival annually assembles some of the finest musicians in the world who reflect Parker’s musical individuality and genius, to promote appreciation for this highly influential and world-renowned artist. The two days of free concerts take place in neighborhoods where Charlie Parker lived and worked, in Historic Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park and in Tompkins Square Park within Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Featuring: Randy Weston, Jerry Gonzales and Fort Apache, Eric Lewis, Gretchen Parlato
Ticket Price- FREE, Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. For more information go to http://www.cityparksfoundation.org


Tompkins Square Park | E. 8th St. Between Aves. A & B



KRS-One
Thursday, July 24– 7:00 PM – Late
East River Park


CityParks Concerts presented by Verizon - Grammy-nominated rapper, KRS-One is a significant figure in hip hop, often considered one of the greatest rappers to pick up a microphone. An outspoken MC, KRS-One has been a mainstay in anything hip hop over the last 15 years. Hip-Hop Lives, his 2007 collaboration with fellow veteran, Marley Marl, met with positive reviews. Adventures in Emceein and Conflosation with Buckshot, are KRS-One’s most recent releases.
Ticket Price- FREE, CityParks Concerts presented by Verizon. For more information go to http://www.cityparksfoundation.org


East River Park | Manhattan , At the Bandshell along the East River, between Grand & Jackson Sts.



Main Squeeze Accordion Festival
Saturday July 12, 2 PM to 9 PM
Riverside Park South

The 3rd Avenue Main Squeeze Accordion Festival, part of the annual free Summer On the Hudson festival, features the acclaimed 18-piece all-female Main Squeeze Orchestra, Los Macondos (headed by the legendary Eugenio Ortega, playing vallenato, the unique Colombian style combining Spanish/African rhythms) Raul Jaurena and many other accordion masters. There is also free accordion instruction for children, and an Accordion Flea Market. Presented by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

Tickets: Free. For more information, visit www.nyc.gov/parks/soh, or call (212) 408-0219

Riverside Park South| Pier 1| West 70th Street and the Hudson River, New York City



Naughty By Nature
Tuesday, July 22 – 7:00 PM – Late
Queensbridge Park

CityParks Concerts presented by Verizon - Naughty By Nature electrified mainstream radio with their street-wise but contagious anthem, “OPP,” which is one of the most successful rap songs in music history. The phenomenal success of “Hip Hop Hooray” firmly cemented NBN’s place in hip hop legend. Their third album Poverty’s Paradise included “Uptown Anthem,” featured in the film, Juice.
Ticket Price- FREE, CityParks Concerts presented by Verizon. For more information go to http://www.cityparksfoundation.org


Queensbridge Park | 41 Ave., Bridge Plaza, Vernon Blvd. & East River



 

Neal Medlyn's Unpronounceable Symbol
Wednesdays - Sundays at 8
Additional Late Shows on Saturdays at 11
Opening Night Party Wednesday, July 9
July 9 - 20
PS 122

NEAL MEDLYN'S UNPRONOUNCEABLE SYMBOL is Neal Medlyn's fourth and largest to date pop song tragic-comedic extravaganza. Following the success of his Lionel Richie Opera, R. Kelly cabaret, and wild and bloody spin on Phil Collins, Medlyn takes on the purple, hyper-sexualized world of Prince.

Set to many of Prince's biggest hits and infamous b-sides, all performed onstage by a live band, Neal plays out an evening of seduction and intense internal spiritual conflict between two characters: an engaged cab driver and a messianic libertine. Jealousy, band troubles, violence, death, a dream ballet, decent into hell and the eventual transubstantiation of body fluids and redemption all find their place in an operatic and overblown evening of androgynous musical entertainment.

Use discount code "MS10" for $10 tickets (reg.$20)
Tickets available at www.ps122.org or call 212-352-3101

To find out more information, please visit http://www.ps122.org/performances/neal_medlyns_unpronounceable_symbol.html

*offer based on limited availability;may not be combined with other offers or applied to pas sales; may be discontinued at any time.

Performance Space 122 | 150 First Ave., new york, ny


8 Prospects -Music inspired by Brooklyn's Prospect Park
Sunday July 20th and 27th at 7pm
Barbès

Joshua Camp, of One Ring Zero and Chicha Libre, pays tribute to Charles Ives, 100 years after his ground-breaking piece Central Park In The Dark. This suite for six musicians reflects Brooklyn's most-loved park and a new century of urban sounds. This project is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc.

trombones: Brian Drye, Curtis Hasselbring - violas: Karen Waltuch, Victor Lowrie - violin: Ben Lively - vibraphone: Matt Moran

Tickets $12.

Barbès |376 9th St.| Park Slope, Brooklyn
718.965.9177
(corner of 6th Ave.)


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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