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Five Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF) is proud to present the acclaimed Cramer Quartet in their premiere performances of the Seven Last Words Project. The concert will take place on Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 7:30pm at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in Manhattan. The Cramer Quartet consists of violinists Jessica Park and Chiara Fasani Stauffer, violist Keats Dieffenbach, and cellist Shirley Hunt. The Seven Last Words Project is an immersive string quartet performance that interweaves seven new works by composers Jessica Meyer, Colin Jacobsen, Nico Muhly, Tania León, Reena Esmail, Paola Prestini, and Caroline Shaw with Franz Joseph Haydn’s nine-movement masterpiece The Seven Last Words of Christ. Each of the new works is written as a response to a movement of the Haydn, taking the place of sermons that would traditionally be given in a church service setting. The result is a quilting of old and new, and a meditation on these seven famed phrases from a contemporary and global viewpoint. At the Sheen Center performance on November 18, audiences will also have the opportunity to experience the show with accompanying digital projections designed by Camilla Tassi, a new and experimental component of the Seven Last Words Project and the start of an ongoing partnership with the Cramer Quartet.

Outpost in the Burbs presents Bill Frisell and Tony Scherr Duo. Bill Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings, whose catalog has been cited by Downbeat as “the best recorded output of the decade”. His latest recording is Valentine, on Blue Note, a trio album with Thomas Morgan (bass) and Rudy Royston (drums) that has been hailed as “a masterpiece” by Downbeat. Born in New Haven CT, Tony Scherr (guitar, bass) is one of the most in-demand sidemen in New York City. In addition to the concert, a screening of rarely seen film "The Great Flood" will be presented in partnership with the Montclair Film Festival with a VIP ticket. The film is a collaboration between filmmaker/multimedia artist Bill Morrison and guitarist/composer Bill Frisell inspired by the Mississippi River Flood of 1927.

Att : Friends, Bonhoeffer-Last Days : Dramatic Reading of Play in Manhattan-Free, Dr. Frank Romano DRAMATIC READING of the play about German World War ll Dissident Dietrich BONHOEFFER! -, December 11th, 6 :30 pm, in Manhattan Dietrich Bonhoeffer: German theologian who helped plan the assassination of Hitler during WWII. The script writer is Tom Romano and the director is Alan Baxter. A cast of 8 actors include: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Frank Romano Eberhard Bethge: Gus Ferrari Maria Von Wedemeyer: Julia Genoveva Adam Clayton Powell: Marvin Camillo SS Major: Justin Schilling Hans Von Dohnanyi: Kevin Schivcharran Sgt. Heinrich Fredrich: Steven Guardino Various shadowy figures, part of flashbacks. Figure 1 Frank Constentino Figure 2 Stuart Beinhacker It will take place in Studio 353, Studio 1, 353 West 48th Street, NY, NY Between 8th & 9th avenues, ring studio buzzer, up to 2nd floor It’s Free and Free Refreshments for All!!

On Friday, January 14, 2022 at 7pm EST at the Blue Building, Sparks & Wiry Cries presents At the Crossroads, a concert featuring four commissioned works that focus on stories advancing the critical dialogues around the issues of our time. The program includes the live premiere of Ciudad perdida (The Lost City) by Reinaldo Moya, commissioned for the 2021 songSLAM Festival, which will be performed by soprano Maria Brea and pianist Howard Watkins; the live premiere of Ramadan 20 vs COVID 19 by Andrew Staniland, also a 2021 songSLAM Festival commission, performed by soprano LaToya Lain, poet jessica Care moore, and pianist Erika Switzer; two world premieres commissioned for the 2022 songSLAM Festival, After Him by John Glover, performed by baritone and poet Michael Kelly and pianist Howard Watkins, and From the Woolworth Tower by 2021 songSLAM Commission Prize winner Rachel DeVore Fogarty, to be performed by sopranos Maria Brea, Martha Guth, and LaToya Lain, with pianist Myra Huang.

Ranging from folk tunes to tangos to classical arrangements, this program will explore Argentinian and Armenian music through the medium of Baroque instruments. Join us for this intercultural dialogue across the ages, featuring Armenian-Argentinian American mezzo-soprano, Solange Merdinian.

Solange Merdinian, mezzo-soprano
Dongmyung Ahn, violin
Dušan Balarin, guitar
Patricia Ann Neely, viola da gamba
Rex Benincasa, percussion

Please note: COVID vaccinations and masks are required to attend in person.

In-person and live stream options available for June 3 concert.

You’ve seen him nightly on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, now catch him live in Harlem! Louis Fouché is the saxophonist with Jon Batiste & Stay Human, the house band on Colbert. He has also spent over a decade performing with 10-time Grammy winner Eddie Palmieri.

Louis Fouché has steadily established himself as one of the most exciting and versatile saxophonists in the world. His self-produced debut EP "Subjective Mind" was a #1 new release and received radio play worldwide. Fouché has toured on 6 continents and over 30 countries, and he'll be bringing his band to Minton's on June 5!

Sets at 7pm and 9:30pm. You won't want to miss this!

Award winning pianist/composer Attila Fias and his quartet will be celebrating the birthday of the late jazz legend Chick Corea with fascinating renditions of Chick's well-loved standards as well as his lesser-known pieces. All with Attila's special arrangements and world music flavours to spice it up!
Come join them and feel the intense energy and joy of the live music at Hermann's, where you will be sure to blast off with the band on an emotional ride.
Don't miss this exciting and fun evening!

Attila Fias - piano, keyboards
Louis Rudner - bass
Hans Verhoeven - drums
Miguelito Valdes - trumpet and percussion

Please note that we would like to connect with you even when you can't be at the concert in person. You can enjoy the show on Hermann's multi-camera Live Stream channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HermannsJazzClubLive/featured

This family-friendly production features live dance and music in a vibrant and entertaining production full of color, rhythm, and emotions. Explanations and interactive exercises are intermixed with high-energy performance pieces, as well as plenty of audience participation. Audience members of all ages learn about the history and geography of Southern Spain and are taught how to play the castanets and las palmas, rhythmic hand-clapping. They are also led through Flamenco’s prototypical “zapateo” (footwork) and are invited to join the artists o do a short dance number at the end. This top-notch performance gives family members of all ages a true taste of the Southern Spanish art of Flamenco; children and parents alike will leave with a big “Ole!” After years of performing and touring with such companies as Noche Flamenca and Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, Rebecca Thomas founded A Palo Seco Flamenco Company (2010), for which she directs and choreographs her own original productions. Her artistic vision is deeply rooted in Flamenco tradition, yet relevant in a modern urban context.

New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) continues its 2021-22 Mainstage Series with “Buenos Aires, Then and Now”. The concert features soprano Nicoletta Berry, bass-baritone Federico De Michelis, soprano Raquel González, and others artists to be announced with pianist Shawn Chang and NYFOS Artistic Director Steven Blier serving as pianists and hosts. The program honors the diverse musical culture of Buenos Aires and includes the works of its iconic masters, such as Guastavino, Ginastera, López Buchardo, Carlos Gardel, and Piazzolla, as well as its contemporary voices, Esteban Benzecry and Ezequiel Viñao. “Buenos Aires, Then and Now” is being produced with the collaboration of Jorge Parodi and Opera Hispánica. Tickets: $20-70 “Buenos Aires, Then and Now” will also be available online as part of the NYFOS@Home Digital Series, beginning on Tuesday, April 5 at 7pm ET for four weeks through May 3. Free access to the digital concert is available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/buenos-aires-then-and-now-tickets-239173162367.

Bert Williams (1874-1922) was one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era, and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. In an age when racial inequality and stereotyping were commonplace, he became the first Black-American to take pioneer leading roles, both on Broadway and in the 1914 film Darktown Jubilee, pushing back racial barriers in his 3-decades long career. Tony-nominated actor Larry Marshall who starred in "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Hair", and "Porgy & Bess” rejuvenates the life and music of Bert Williams on stage.