Performing Arts Center http://www.york.cuny.edu These are the search results for the query, showing results 11 to 22. Alex Blake http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/alex-blake Multi-dimensional, multifaceted, the musical world of Alex Blake holds an astonishing range of genres over his acclaimed career as a musician, composer, and educator. From his roots in Latin and salsa, jazz, and fusion to rock, RnB, funk, soul and global styles – his music continues to evolve in originality. As a virtuoso, Mr. Blake has maximized the limits of the instrument through his diverse techniques - from classical fingering and guitar-like strumming to resounding slapping and vibrant staccatos, producing a full range of harmonies and rhythms on the bass in any composition. He has recorded with musical legends of the past and today, appeared at major festivals, concerts, and high-profile events throughout the world, and continues his lectures and teaching at clinics and forums.

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T17:15:00Z Event Junior Mance http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/junior-mance Born Julian Clifford Mance, Jr, in Chicago, Illinois on October 10, 1928. He is a jazz pianist, composer, author of “HOW TO PLAY BLUES PIANO”, and recording artist of forty plus albums as a leader and numerous recordings as a sideman. Junior began playing the piano at the age of five. He attended Roosevelt College in Chicago as a music major. During his early teens, Junior started playing professionally. He joined Gene Ammons’ band and began his recording career at the age of seventeen. He also played and recorded with Lester Young, Dinah Washington, Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderley, and many others.

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T16:40:00Z Event Black Wall Street http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/afternoon-black-wall-street Once upon a time in American, in the year 1921, there was a Black paradise. It was a small Black community in Tulsa Oklahoma called Greenwood. This community consisted of Blacks who fled the oppression of the South to carve themselves out a place in the Indian nation of Oklahoma. There they formed a peculiar society of Blacks, Indians, and Jews who respected and did business with each other. Some of these Blacks happened to settle on oil rich land and became incredibly wealthy--so wealthy in fact that the town soon became known as Black Wall Street.

In a mere 36 block section of town, these African-Americans owned and operated 600 thriving businesses. One of the most popular of these businesses was Old Lady Boleys’ eating establishment which is where our play begins. One Sunday evening the town’s more influential citizens gathered to have their pictures taken for the local newspaper in honor of the community’s 20th anniversary. Before the play ends, the entire community of Greenwood is completely burned to the ground in a 12 hour period, and a major Black economic movement is halted.

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T16:10:00Z Event Black Wall Street http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/black-wall-street Once upon a time in American, in the year 1921, there was a Black paradise. It was a small Black community in Tulsa Oklahoma called Greenwood. This community consisted of Blacks who fled the oppression of the South to carve themselves out a place in the Indian nation of Oklahoma. There they formed a peculiar society of Blacks, Indians, and Jews who respected and did business with each other. Some of these Blacks happened to settle on oil rich land and became incredibly wealthy--so wealthy in fact that the town soon became known as Black Wall Street.

In a mere 36 block section of town, these African-Americans owned and operated 600 thriving businesses. One of the most popular of these businesses was Old Lady Boleys’ eating establishment which is where our play begins. One Sunday evening the town’s more influential citizens gathered to have their pictures taken for the local newspaper in honor of the community’s 20th anniversary. Before the play ends, the entire community of Greenwood is completely burned to the ground in a 12 hour period, and a major Black economic movement is halted.

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T16:10:00Z Event Tito Puente Jr. Orchestra http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/tito-puente-jr-orchestra The comparison is inevitable. How carries his father with him – imprinted on his physical being and locked in his soul. It's in his looks, his joy, his music. No doubt, every time Tito Jr. walks on stage – he walks in his father's footsteps. He dances in celebration, throws his head back in pure joy and lights up the room with that oh-so-familiar smile. Tito Jr. is on a passionate mission. The younger Puente is determined to nurture the musical legacy left by his father. He refuses to let it become a distant memory; "He was just too vibrant, too exciting. There was magic in the music my father made. It made people happy, all over the world. My goal is to keep it alive, and in doing so, expose it to a whole new generation."

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-10T18:55:00Z Event Royal Dancers and Drummers Of Burundi http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/royal-dancers-of-burundi One of the greatest percussion ensembles in the world, the Royal Drummers and Dancers of Burundi have performed in the same way for centuries, passing down traditions and techniques from father to son. Their performances were traditionally a part of particular ceremonies, such as births, funerals and the enthronement of Kings. In Burundi, drums are sacred and represent, along with the king, the powers of fertility and regeneration. The origins of their performance being shrouded in ancient legend and mystery, the Royal Drummers and Dancers of Burundi channel the energy and creative spirit of a nation through these drums and the rituals surrounding them.

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-09T20:45:00Z Event Octavio Brunetti http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/octavio-brunetti Octavio is a pianist and arranger who studied classical piano in his home town Rosario, Argentina. He moved to the United States in 2004 where his participation in New York’s International Tango Competition won him two first prizes: Best Solo Pianist and Best Duo with Saxophone player Bernardo Monk. His recordings include “Soledad” by Astor Piazzolla with world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma (“Appassionato” by Sony BMG-Classical), and Grammy Award Winning CD “Te amo Tango” with Raul Jaurena. He participated in the recording of the Original Soundtrack Music for the last Francis Ford Coppola’s movie “TETRO” (Deutsche Grammophon) composed by Osvaldo Golijov. Mr. Brunetti is considered one of the most sought after tango pianists of our times.

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing Arts PAC Series Event Current Student Performance plasmas homepage 2012-07-09T14:45:00Z Event T.K. Blue – Alto Saxophonist http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/t.k.-blue-alto-saxophonist T.K. Blue, also known as Talib Kibwe has released his 9th CD as a leader entitled "Latin Bird", which has received rave reviews and critical acclaim. He took lesson form Billy Mitchell, the legendary tenor saxophonist with Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie, eventually pursuing music as a career after receiving a full academic scholarship to New York University, where he began playing soprano & alto saxophone. He earned a bachelor’s degree in both music and psychology. TK Blue went on to earn a master’s degree in music education from Teacher’s College at Columbia University.

He received a commission from the NYSCA and Transart Inc. to compose a piece of music dedicated to the early African-American presence in the Hudson Valley area of upstate New York. T.K. chose to write a suite based on the life of Solomon Northup and his book Twelve Years a Slave.

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing Arts Current Student Performance Performing and Fine Arts Public 2012-02-03T17:48:11Z Event All Stars Comedy hosted by Ray Dejon http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/all-stars-comedy-with-ray-dejon Enjoy a night of comedy with the best comedians in New York. All Stars Comedy At York Hosted By Ray Dejon 
Featuring: Michael Blackson - The African King Of Comedy

Box Office is open 

Monday - Friday

10am - 5pm 

comedy sept 8th poster]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student Performance Performing Arts Student Development 2011-05-18T19:05:00Z Event International Reggae & World Music Awards http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/international-reggae-world-music-awards Martin's International & Associates Presents the 29th Annual International Reggae & World Music Awards. Featuring the Best of Reggae, Caribbean & World Music Entertainers!

Dedicated to Health Awareness. 

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student Performance Performing Arts Public 2009-12-14T20:00:00Z Event Saxophonists Jimmy Cozier and Patience Higgins http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/jazz-forum-19 Patience Higgins and Jimmy Cozier, two phenomenal saxophonist promises an uptempo performance overflowing with vitality. Jimmy Cozier

has recorded with Lena Horne, Sam Rivers, Cab Calloway, Mongo Santamaria, Grover Washington, Cassandra Wilson and the Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra.

Patience Higgins

This multi-reed player has toured extensively working not just as a sideman but also as leader. He is recorded on over 30 albums and played in more than 12 Broadway shows. Mr. Higgins is an instructor at Harlem School of the Arts and adjunct at Long Island University 

Free and open to the public.

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Public 2007-07-23T19:02:08Z Event YorkFest '07 http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/yorkfest-07 York College Amphitheater Featuring

Ray Vega, Eddie Gale, Bob Stewart, and the York College Blue Notes.

  • Free Concert
  • Free Children's Rides
  • Free BBQ for early arrivals
  • Meet your local officials
  • Information Sessions and Campus Wide Tours

Rain Date: Sunday, September 16, 2007

Free and open to the public.

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