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Join leading modern drummer and composer, Ray LeVier, at Maureen's Jazz Cellar in Nyack, on Sat., 6/4, for a double-header: first, a masterclass on holistic drumming, then a killer set of Ray and his quartet in action!

Ray is King of the Shed and he will be sharing his unique approach to the mechanics and mindset of making great music!

The Concepts:

* Breath as a pathway to creative flow state
* Grounding techniques that keep you in the groove
* Four-way coordination
* Groove development: getting the most mileage out of an idea
* Zen and the Talent Myth
* The science of learning faster

We'll end with a Q + A, so come with your questions and get ready to walk away with a whole new framework for your drumming where doing less gets you so much more!

Admission + Reservations:

Reservations by phone only - (845) 535-3143

Masterclass only @ 4:00 PM - $20
Show only @ 8:00 PM - $20
Masterclass + Show - $30

The Extras:

Raffle giveaways + special deals from our local sponsors for those who attend both events!

Local Sponsors:

Long Island Drum Center
www.longislanddrum.com - premier drum center in the region

Art Cafe of Nyack - (V/GF)
www.artcafenyack.com - Israeli-inspired fare + the best coffee in town

Bari - (V/GF)
www.barinyack.com - yummy falafel dishes, smoothie bowls + more

Harry's Burritos
www.harrysburritos.com - Cal-Mex style noms + refreshing 'ritas

6:30pm Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few | Isaiah Collier - saxophone / Jordan Williams - piano / Luke Stewart - bass / Tcheser Holmes - drums

7:30pm SPARKS | Eri Yamamoto – piano / William Parker – bass / Chad Fowler – saxophone / Steve Hirsh - drums

8:30pm Diaspora Meets AfroHORN | Ahmed Abdullah - trumpet / Francisco Mora Catlett - Multipercussion - / Monique Ngozi Nri - voice, poetry / Sam Newsome - woodwinds / Don Chapman - woodwinds / DD Jackson - piano / Radu Ben Judah - bass / Bob Stewart - Tuba / Roman Diaz - African percussion

9:30pm Angelia Sanchez Trio | Angelica Sanchez – piano / Michael Formanek – bass / Hamid Drake - drums

10:30pm Fay Victor's SoundNoiseFUNK | Fay Victor - voice, composition / Sam Newsome - soprano sax, toys/ Joe Morris - electric guitar / Reggie Nicholson – drums / Special Guest: Eddy Kwon – interdisciplinary artist

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About The Vision Festival

Founded in 1996, the Vision Festival is New York City's longest continuously running jazz festival. Now in its 26th year, this festival of music, dance, poetry, and visual art is heralded as “one of New York’s most essential art events” (New York Times). Performances feature legendary and emerging stars representing the free jazz, experimental, and avant-garde communities and include Lifetime Achievement honorees like Amina Claudine Myers, Andrew Cyrille, Dave Burrell, Peter Brötzmann, and Milford Graves. This year, we honor Wadada Leo Smith and Oliver Lake.

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Join us for the first in a series of three intimate outdoor jazz concerts set on the West Terrace of historic Greenwood Gardens, a 28-acre formal garden and former estate built during the Jazz Age. Don Braden, a world-class saxophonist, flutist, and composer, takes the stage with his quartet on May 20. Braden’s jazz career has spanned four decades, and he has toured with some of the biggest names in Jazz, including Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Tony Williams, and many others. Don Braden Quartet includes Kenny Davis on bass and Jimmy Warren on drums. Greenwood Gardens is a formal garden and historic site rooted in the Arts & Crafts and Classical approaches to garden design. Visitors can enjoy a wide array of flora and fauna as they stroll the terraced gardens, delight in the relaxing sounds of the water features, discover whimsical garden follies, including a Tea House and Summer House built in 1925, and meander down moss-covered pathways dotted with a collection of antique statuary. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and attendees are invited to stroll through the garden before the concert begins. Wine and cheese will be served under the tent on the West Terrace at 6:00 p.m. before the music starts at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy an hour and a half of some of the finest jazz in town in a unique and beautiful outdoor setting! Adults only, ages 13 and up

Presented by the Vermont Jazz Center 7-8:30 pm Welcome to a new year of Zoom Tunes. It seems so strange that we are entering 2022 with so few occasions to play live music in safe environments. Zoom Tunes continues to provide an opportunity to learn new tunes and maintain relationships with musician-friends in a supportive atmosphere. The Zoom Tune for March 27 2022 is ‘Lullaby of Birdland’ by George Shearing https://vtjazz.org/birdlandzt/ ON-LINE; $15 per session HOSTS: We have three hosts – Malik McLaurine, Ben Barnett and Franz Robert. Eugene and Ginger will also be present. TO PREPARE: Beforehand - try playing the tune of the month along with the backing track mp3 found on the VJC’s website. You can use any other backing track you like, including iReal Pro or you can play the tune solo. WHEN & WHAT: On the last Sunday of each month from 7:00 – 8:30 pm EST Malik, Ben and Franz will be online to listen with other VJC community members to everyone’s version. Be sure to have your backing track cued up and ready to go. Each person will play the melody and then launch into their solo improvisation. After you have finished your improv, play the melody once more to complete your session. AND THEN... Malik, Franz, and Ben will guide us in a short conversation about your interpretation of the tune. Community participation in this process is encouraged. Focus topics could include positive comments about the performance as well as suggestions regarding style, improvisational options and helpful tips. Please join us by sharing your music with our online community!

Join us for the third in a series of three intimate outdoor jazz concerts set on the West Terrace of historic Greenwood Gardens, a 28-acre formal garden and former estate built during the Jazz Age. Vanessa Perea will take the stage with her quintet, featuring Robert Edwards on trombone. Vanessa is a NYC-based jazz vocalist whose style embodies the tradition of the masters, with a beautiful sound, sweeping range, and heavy swing feel. She has performed with jazz greats including George Cables, Dwayne Burno, Pasquale Grasso, Adam Birnbaum, and many others. Greenwood Gardens is a formal garden and historic site rooted in the Arts & Crafts and Classical approaches to garden design. Visitors can enjoy a wide array of flora and fauna as they stroll the terraced gardens, delight in the relaxing sounds of the water features, discover whimsical garden follies, including a Tea House and Summer House built in 1925, and meander down moss-covered pathways dotted with a collection of antique statuary. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and attendees are invited to stroll through the garden before the concert begins. Wine and cheese will be served under the tent on the West Terrace at 6:00 p.m. before the music starts at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy an hour and a half of some of the finest jazz in town in a unique and beautiful outdoor setting! Adults only, ages 13 and up; Sponsored By Stone Mountain Properties

CUNY Dance Initiative and the Gerald W Lynch Theater at John Jay College Present Fly-by-Night Dance Theater in the World Premiere of Where Shall I Send My Joys? An evening of aerial dance choreographed by Julie Ludwick, live music by composer Paul Uhry Newman, video by Cristobal Vivar, Dramaturgy by James Bosley at The Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College 524 W 59th St, New York, NY 10019 on Friday, April 1, 2022 at 7:30pm. Tickets are: Adults: $25 advance/ $40 at the door Youth/Seniors $15, John Jay Students $5 at https://flybynightdance.org/participate/performances/. Aerial company Fly-By-Night Dance Theater (FBN) concludes their 2022 CUNY Dance Initiative Residency with the premiere of Where Shall I Send My Joys?. This evening-length work is an exploration of cultivating joy found in everyday life, and finding balance given the experience of loss, death, and grief throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the WheatonArts Down Jersey Folklife Center, this exhibition provides a visual comparison between traditional textiles of two indigenous communities of Latin America—the Chilean Mapuche people and the Guatemalan Maya. Both Mapuche and Maya artists create artworks about identity and cultural heritage in a modern interconnected world, weaving ancestral knowledge and wisdom into present-day ways of life. The story of the spider who taught the first woman how to weave in the mythological past is present in both cultures. Many designs and motifs are interpreted in similar ways. However, the creative process reflects differences in techniques and materials employed in the two different geographic regions. Revealed in the exhibition are the complex characters of Mapuche and Mayan garments with weaving patterns interpreted in the context of a broad spectrum of regional, social, ritual, and aesthetic meanings and viewed from the perspective of our shared humanity. The exhibition also features Chilean horsehair (crin) miniatures of religious and secular objects—flowers, animals, or human figures—that aim to engage viewers in a conversation about the dynamics of living traditions over time, their social, artistic, and ritual messages conveyed by the artworks and by the nature of the creative process. For current hours, tickets, and visitor guidelines, visit https://www.wheatonarts.org/tickets/ Developed in partnership with the Embassy of Chile to the United States, the Foundation of the Folk and Traditional Artists in Chile, the “Friends of the Ixchel Museum” (FOIM), and local collectors and artists.

Hope From Home: A United Night to Save Sight Sunday, March 6, 2022 7 pm ET | 6 pm CT | 5 pm MT | 4 pm PT Join the Foundation Fighting Blindness at Home from Home: A United Night to Save Sight on Sunday, March 6th with celebrity emcee and entertainer Wayne Brady! Experience a virtual party packed with comedy, inspiration, and special musical performances, all while supporting the Foundation Fighting Blindness’ mission from the comfort of your own home. This event features world class entertainment, a silent and live auction, and the opportunity to interact and move between different party rooms with activities including tastings, music, games, sports, and a kid’s room. It’s an evening you won’t want to miss! Since its founding in 1971, the Foundation has been committed to finding treatments and cures for blinding retinal diseases. The Foundation currently funds 84 research projects at the field’s most prominent laboratories and research clinics. There are currently more than 40 clinical trials underway. The proceeds raised from Hope from Home will help the Foundation invest in research projects conducted by the world’s top researchers who have achieved remarkable success that will forever change the lives of people affected by blinding retinal diseases. https://give.FightingBlindness.org/HopeFromHome For more information, please contact 800-683-5555 or events@FightingBlindness.org.

Zoom Tunes- February 27, 2022 session presented by the Vermont Jazz Center Last Sunday of each month, 7:00-8:30 pm EST ON-LINE; $15 per session https://vtjazz.org/zoom-tunes-2/ Because indoor jam sessions with horn players and vocalists are unfeasible at this time, the Jazz Center is hosting Zoom Tunes, an online version of a jam session that is as inclusive as possible. The format was devised & is run by VJC’s junior faculty. Zoom Tunes will take place on the last Sunday of each month. For each session, participants individually play the “tune of the month” using an inexpensive app (iReal Pro) as accompaniment. The app is a digital play-along system with a library of jazz tunes that gives musicians access to backing tracks with easy adjustments in tempo, key & feel. The Zoom Tune for February 27 is ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing’ by Duke Ellington. https://vtjazz.org/it-dont-mean-a-thing-2-27-22-lead-sheets-backing-tracks/ During a Zoom Tunes jam, participants divide into breakout rooms supervised by one of the coaches. Each participant plays their own version of the given tune, either solo or with a backing track. After playing their interpretation, players receive guidance and support from the other attendees & Zoom Tunes coaches Malik McLaurine (bass), Ben Barnett (trombone) & Franz Robert (piano). Playing the same composition and hearing well-considered advice creates a bonding experience among participants. Listening to others play the same repertoire can be inspiring & fun & leads to a fruitful learning experience. Singers are more than welcomed & are encouraged to use iReal Pro’s transpose feature to adjust the song’s key to suit their vocal range.

5BMF’s 2021-2022 Season continues this spring with the World Premiere of the Five Borough Songbook, Volume III! A special co-production with ON SITE OPERA, this new cycle of fifteen songs, duets, and ensembles by fifteen composers was commissioned in honor of 5BMF’s 15th Anniversary and On Site Opera’s 10th Anniversary seasons, and marks the third installment of 5BMF’s critically-acclaimed quinquennial FIVE BOROUGH SONGBOOK project. Featuring new works by Arianne Abela, Raquel Acevedo Klein, Kinan Azmeh, Colin Britt, Majel Connery, Laura Jobin-Acosta, Will Healy, Brian Lawlor, Jessica Meyer, Angélica Negrón, Nkeiru Okoye, Juri Seo, Aaron Siegel, Darian Thomas, and Jonathan Woody, the Songbook derives its inspiration from locations scattered throughout New York City — three songs for each borough — to create a mosaic of the city’s past, present and future. The Songbook’s texts are drawn from a variety of sources: written by the composers themselves, from existing poetry (including Joseph Tusiani, Amy Lowell, and Walt Whitman), and newly-commissioned words in Arabic by Firas Sulaiman, in Spanish and English by Noel Quiñones, and by Valerie Seeley. This April, the Songbook, Vol III will receive its World Premiere in a free performance at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Dweck Cultural Center, co-presented by BPL PRESENTS, followed by the Staten Island premiere at Trinity Lutheran Church. Both concerts feature an all-star lineup of artists, including performers from the acclaimed vocal super-group KALEIDOSCOPE VOCAL ENSEMBLE — sopranos Michele Kennedy and Gitanjali Mathur, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte, tenor Haitham Haidar, and bass-baritone Jonathan Woody — as well as pianist Candace Chien, violinist Pala Garcia, and cellist John Popham.