Performing Arts Center http://www.york.cuny.edu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Camp Logan http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/camp-logan Camp Logan, tells the story of the black decorated veterans from the 24th United States Infantry Regiment who were executed after clashing with the white townspeople whereby the harassment of the soldiers led to the revolts of 1917 that took place in Houston, TX. Celeste Bedford-Walker’s play received raved reviews when it premiered at the Victoria Five Theatre in New York City in 1994. The men of the 24th Infantry (an all Black regiment) had fought bravely on behalf of the United States and received a distinguished record. They served in the Mexican-American dispute against Pancho Villa in Cuba under Teddy Roosevelt and in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

Many of the men were 20-year veterans, yet less than four months after returning from service, thirteen soldiers from the 24th were hanged without appeal or review under sentence by the largest court-martial ever convened in the United States. This play is well timed for a return to the stage with the country still in the midst of the Iraq war.

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T19:05:00Z Event Camp Logan http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/camp-logan-7pm Camp Logan, tells the story of the black decorated veterans from the 24th United States Infantry Regiment who were executed after clashing with the white townspeople whereby the harassment of the soldiers led to the revolts of 1917 that took place in Houston, TX. Celeste Bedford-Walker’s play received raved reviews when it premiered at the Victoria Five Theatre in New York City in 1994. The men of the 24th Infantry (an all Black regiment) had fought bravely on behalf of the United States and received a distinguished record. They served in the Mexican-American dispute against Pancho Villa in Cuba under Teddy Roosevelt and in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War.

Many of the men were 20-year veterans, yet less than four months after returning from service, thirteen soldiers from the 24th were hanged without appeal or review under sentence by the largest court-martial ever convened in the United States. This play is well timed for a return to the stage with the country still in the midst of the Iraq war.

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T19:05:00Z Event Eartha Kitt http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/evening-alberta-hunter No publisher Miguel Bernard Performance Performing Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T18:45:00Z Event 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 CANCELED - 7Ebony Embers - Musical Drama http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/events/ebony-embers Chamber Music Theatre is a unique performance format created by the Core Ensemble, featuring a marriage of theatrical narrative to chamber music performance. PAC CANCELLATION

The presentation 'Ebony Embers' scheduled for friday, february 8 at 7:00pm at the York College Performing Arts Center is cancelled due to the weather.

Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance brought to life with music by the Core Ensemble

(Actor Name) portrays multiple characters while interacting with the onstage musical trio of cello, piano and percussion. Celebrating the music and poetry of the Harlem Renaissance era in New York City, Of Ebony Embers examines the lives of three outstanding but very different African American poets - Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and Claude McKay - as seen through the eyes of the great painter and muralist Aaron Douglas. The script was written by Akin Babatunde and the show is also directed by Mr. Babatunde.

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Current Student PAC Series Event 2012-07-12T16:55:00Z 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 RENT (Special Presentation) http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/special-presentation-of-rent-may12-eve Based on Puccini’s La Boheme Produced and presented by the Performing& Fine Arts Department in collaboration with the Performing Arts Center

Other show dates listed below:

  • Sunday, May 13, 2012 • 3 pm

York College Performing Arts Center is located at 94-45 Guy Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11451

For information call 718-262-3750 or the Box Office: 718-262-2840

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Current Student 2012-01-19T21:24:43Z Event RENT (Special Presentation) http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/special-presentation-of-rent-may6 Based on Puccini’s La Boheme Produced and presented by the Performing& Fine Arts Department in collaboration with the Performing Arts Center

Other show dates listed below:

  • Friday, May 11, 2012 • 7 pm
  • Saturday, May 12, 2012 • 2 pm & 7 pm
  • Sunday, May 13, 2012 • 3 pm

York College Performing Arts Center is located at 94-45 Guy Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11451

For information call 718-262-3750 or the Box Office: 718-262-2840

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]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Performing Arts Performing and Fine Arts Current Student 2012-01-19T21:24:10Z Event RENT (Special Presentation) http://www.york.cuny.edu/centers-institutes/performing-arts/special-presentation-of-rent-may12-day Based on Puccini’s La Boheme Produced and presented by the Performing& Fine Arts Department in collaboration with the Performing Arts Center

Other show dates listed below:

  • Saturday, May 12, 2012 • 7 pm
  • Sunday, May 13, 2012 • 3 pm

York College Performing Arts Center is located at 94-45 Guy Brewer Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11451

For information call 718-262-3750 or the Box Office: 718-262-2840

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