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Tickets are now available for Teatown’s “A Night in the Woods” Gala — our signature annual celebration. After a pandemic-proscribed virtual gala last year, we’re excited to gather on Sunday, October 3 at the Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Briarcliff Manor to celebrate “Teatown Teaches: An Intergenerational Community of Environmental Leaders.” This year’s Gala honorees are beloved Teatown community members who have committed immeasurable time and talent in support of Teatown’s mission: Nancy Felcher, Dr. Angela White, Howard Permut, and our own Teatown Education Staff. Questions about Gala tickets or sponsorships? Contact Karina Tarnawsky, associate director of events and external relations (ktarnawsky@teatown.org), or Susie Erdey, director of development (serdey@teatown.org). We’re eager to greet you at this year’s Gala and celebrate the community that is Teatown. Join us in showing your gratitude for Teatown’s environmental leadership.

A Spooktacular event held in Down Town Amityville by the Gazebo. Food, Crafts, Art, Tarot, Music, Beer Garden, Freak Show, Pumpkin painting and much more!

In November, the International Contemporary Ensemble is back at Target Margin with a new installation by Nathan Davis, which explores geologic time with ready-to-use building materials, collaborations with Nicholas Houfek’s ColorSynth, Phyllis Chen’s Tone Grove, and more! On November 4th, take a journey through different visual and sonic representations of textiles, panels, and frames. As Nathan Davis explores geologic time with ready-to-use building materials in his sound design for an upcoming collaborative architectural installation, Planetary Home Improvement, Marianthi Papalexandri’s Duo for Motor and Sound Panels brings audiences through a dynamic spatialization where the performer functions as a mechanism, like clockwork. Phyllis Chen’s Tone Grove translates Anni Albers’ weaving patterns into custom-built drum sequences, creating sounds from hand-cranked music boxes, bamboo, rice, bowls, and hands. Physical, tactile experiences become central to these works. FREE with RSVP. In-person and livestream options available. Nathan Davis Installation Phyllis Chen: Tone Grove Marianthi Papalexandri: Duo for Motor and Sound Panels FROM THE ENSEMBLE: Joshua Rubin, clarinet Levy Lorenzo, percussion Nathan Davis, percussion Phyllis Chen, piano Dan Lippel, guitar Josh Modney, violin Katinka Kleijn, cello

In November, the International Contemporary Ensemble is back at Target Margin with a new installation by Nathan Davis, which explores geologic time with ready-to-use building materials, collaborations with Nicholas Houfek’s ColorSynth, Phyllis Chen’s Tone Grove, and more! On November 5th, experience a showcase of Ensemble members’ work with Nicholas Houfek’s ColorSynth, featuring improvisations, compositions, and more synthesizers! The ColorSynth is a software interface built in Max/Msp that converts the musical pitch from an input into a specifically mapped color of light. It’s a throwback to light organs of the early 20th century and looks forward to new options for today. FREE with RSVP. In-person and livestream options available. FROM THE ENSEMBLE: Gareth Flowers, trumpet Levy Lorenzo, percussion Nathan Davis, percussion Dan Lippel, guitar Josh Modney, violin Katinka Kleijn, cello

Experience this 22nd annual award-winning showcase of 125 juried artists mastering in clay, fiber, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, photography, wearable art, wood, and more! Watch unique craft demonstrations and then create your own with complimentary family art activities sponsored by PNC Arts Alive. Relax in the Beer & Wine Garden with Cape May Brewery and Bellview Winery, listen to live music, and enjoy refreshments from gourmet food trucks. WheatonArts signature Glass Pumpkin Fundraiser* takes place during the Festival as well. *Please Note: due to limited production time during COVID restrictions, pumpkin quantities are limited. All fundraiser proceeds support WheatonArts' educational programming. The Festival of Fine Craft opens on October 2 & 3, 2021, rain or shine. It is included with WheatonArts' general admission. Festival Special: Buy your tickets in advance online & save $2.00 per ticket! Offer ends on Sept. 26, 2021. For more information & advance tickets, visit wheatonarts.org.

Find solace and inspiration at WheatonArts! A national cultural treasure, WheatonArts hosts unique exhibitions in the Museum of American Glass and Down Jersey Folklife Center, allows visitors to meet informally with resident artists in the Hot Glass, Pottery, and Flameworking Studios, has award-winning Museum Stores, and a scenic Nature Trail with a beautiful pond-side picnic grove – a true Pineland Sanctuary. For current hours, tickets, and visitor guidelines, visit https://www.wheatonarts.org/tickets/ Photo by Phil Vitale

The exhibition features artwork created by the glass artist Paula Meninato. Through the optical qualities of paint on glass, Persistent Memories depicts the human toll behind the criminalization of Latin Americans and the human suffering caused by wars and immigration policies. Some of the artworks are created during an artist residency at Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center and made specifically for this installation. The exhibition also features videos to further emphasize the concepts of disappearance and invisibility. Exhibit Opening Saturday, September 25 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. • Maya Weaving Demonstration: Julia Sánchez • Meet the Artist: Paula Meninato • Blessing for a New Beginning: Genaro Jacinto Calel • Marimba Music: Marimba Maya AWAL WheatonArts is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

New York Festival of Song’s 2021 Next Festival kicks off with 9 UNDER 34: Composers Younger Than NYFOS, co-curated by baritone Gregory Feldmann. The evening will feature works by composers born after NYFOS’s first program was presented, performed by baritone Gregory Feldmann and mezzo-soprano and 2021 Naumberg Award winner Erin Wagner, together with pianists Nathaniel LaNasa and Shawn Chang and cellist Thapelo Masita. Works include songs by Jake Landau, Sato Matsui, Shawn Chang, Iván Enrique Rodríguez, David Clay Mettens, Emily Cooley, Tariq al-Sabir, Curtis Stewart, and Molly Joyce. Co-curator Feldmann says about the 9 UNDER 34 program, “In building this program, I hoped to present composers from a wide array of backgrounds and demographics that were writing songs about what mattered to them. The final result has had several themes emerge that, while not unique to our generation, are absolutely core conversations of today: Identity, the shifting social and environmental landscape, and our ability to communicate and connect within these new landscapes. The songs feature texts ranging from 19th century Scotland, to the lesser known words of Francis Scott Key, to nonverbal individuals with autism in Chicago, to personal reflections.” Works by composers born after NYFOS’s first program: JAKE LANDAU: “Mary’s Song” from Scotch Lyrics SATO MATSUI: “Fushigi uta” from Songs of Curiosity SHAWN CHANG: “Green” and “Yellow” from Portraits of Unrelated Colors IVÁN ENRIQUE RODRÍGUEZ: “Alabaster Thread” DAVID CLAY METTENS: 2 songs from The sustaining air EMILY COOLEY: Beautiful Small Things TARIQ AL-SABIR: The Sixth Extinction CURTIS STEWART: Do You See the Flag? MOLLY JOYCE: Redesign Our Time Performers: Gregory Feldmann, baritone and co-curator Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano and 2021 Naumberg Award winner Nathaniel LaNasa, piano Shawn Chang, piano Thapelo Masita, cello Attendees at Kaufman Music Center are currently required to wear masks and provide proof of vaccination. View the current COVID policy at https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/covid/.

The 92nd Street Y, one of New York's leading cultural venues, announces its spring classical concert season. With 18 concerts, the spring season includes two appearances by world-renowned pianist Angela Hewitt; two performances by The Knights as 92Y's inaugural Ensemble in Residence; the eagerly anticipated New York City main stage debut of pianist Eric Lu; the Grammy Award-nominated Israeli mandolin wizard Avi Avital; two co-presentations with the New York Philharmonic; and the return of guitarist Pablo Sainz-Villegas. Concerts are for fully vaccinated audiences. For more information, including purchasing tickets and COVID-19 protocols for in-person performances, please visit 92Y.org/Concerts. The season will feature one of the first NYC performances of the Gateways Music Festival, co-presented by 92Y, presenting works reflecting on the theme of enslavement; the New York premiere of 92Y co-commission, Dido Reimagined by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Melinda Wagner, performed by the Brentano String Quartet and soprano Dawn Upshaw; the world premieres of Cazon's Revenge by Gonzalo Grau and Arum der Fayer by Osvaldo Golijov, both for mandolin and string quartet, performed by Brooklyn Rider; the New York premiere of A Shattered Vessel by Richard Danielpour, performed by an ensemble from the Curtis Institute of Music; the New York premiere of Acabris! Acabras! Acabram! written and performed by Stewart Goodyear; and award-winning composer Joel Thompson's In Response to the Madness, performed by the New York Philharmonic String Quartet.  The Tisch Spring 2022 Classical Concert Season: THE KNIGHTS ERIC JACOBSEN, conductor AARON DIEHL, piano Wednesday, January 19, 2021, 7:30 PM Pianist Aaron Diehl joins The Knights for a pair of works probing the interconnectivity of jazz and classical music: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Mary Lou Williams' Zodiac Suite. The program also features The Knights' coupling of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 with selections from Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin. Stravinsky's Firebird Suite closes this program. Eric Jacobsen, conductor Aaron Diehl, piano BACH: "Brandenburg" Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 RAVEL: Selections from Le Tombeau de Couperin  GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Atkinson) Mary Lou WILLIAMS: Selections from Zodiac Suite  STRAVINSKY: Firebird Suite (arr. Atkinson) STEVEN ISSERLIS, cello CONNIE SHIH, piano Thursday, January 27, 2022, 7:30 PM World-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis and award-winning pianist Connie Shih perform a rich program of Russian jewels including two of the great works for cello – Shostakovich's D-minor Sonata, and the sonata by Rachmaninoff. Opening the concert is Kabalevsky's 1962 sonata, written for Mstislav Rostropovich. KABALEVSKY: Cello Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 71 SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40 RACHMANINOFF: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 CURTIS INSTITUTE AT 92Y IDA KAVAFIAN, violin LUN LI, violin CARA POGOSSIAN, viola PETER WILEY, cello FRANCIS CARR, cello Friday, February 18, 2022, 7:30 PM In this first concert in a new alliance between 92Y and the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music, an ensemble comprising esteemed faculty – including Ida Kavafian on violin and Peter Wiley on cello – and recent alumni of Curtis perform Schubert's C-Major Quintet. The quintet is followed by the New York premiere of a new work by another member of Curtis' faculty, with Grammy Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour's A Shattered Vessel. Written 190 years after the Schubert work for the same instrumentation of two violins, viola and two cellos, A Shattered Vessel contemplates crisis and struggle, loss and healing, renewal and gratitude. Curtis on Tour is the Nina von Maltzahn Global Touring Initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music. RICHARD DANIELPOUR: A Shattered Vessel (NY Premiere) SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C Major, D. 956 KIRILL GERSTEIN, piano GARRICK OHLSSON, piano Friday, February 25, 2022, 7:30 PM World-renowned piano virtuosos Kirill Gerstein and Garrick Ohlsson combine forces for a two-piano concert featuring great showpieces of the duo-piano repertoire. Their program includes Busoni's transcription of the finale of Mozart's F-Major Piano Concerto, the two-piano version of Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, Busoni's Fantasia Contrappuntistica – conjuring Bach with a 20th century sensibility – and Ravel's La Valse in its two-piano version. THOMAS ADÈS: Powder Her Face Suite RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances BUSONI: Fantasia Contrappuntistica  RAVEL: La Valse ANGELA HEWITT, piano BACH ODYSSEY XI Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 7:30 PM World-renowned pianist Angela Hewitt returns to 92Y's stage for the final two concerts in her acclaimed – and pandemic-interrupted – four-year Bach Odyssey, performing all of the composer's keyboard works. For this penultimate concert, Hewitt performs two of Bach's best-known keyboard works, his monumental French Overture and the iconic Italian Concerto, homages to the musical style of each country, along with several of his small works, including the "little" preludes. BACH: Four Duets, BWV 802-805  Eighteen "Little" Preludes Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 944  Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971  French Overture in B Minor, BWV 831 ANGELA HEWITT, piano BACH ODYSSEY XII The Art of Fugue Saturday, March 5, 2022, 8 PM The long-awaited finale in the four-year Bach Odyssey that Angela Hewitt began in 2016 presents the composer's ultimate and final masterpiece, The Art of Fugue. Hewitt brings new revelations to Bach at his most complex in this culminating presentation in the odyssey of the Bach pianist of our time. BACH: Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 MUSICIANS FROM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC GILLES VONSATTEL, piano SHERYL STAPLES, violin REBECCA YOUNG, viola EILEEN MOON-MYERS, cello Sunday, March 6, 2022, 3 PM 92Y continues its collaboration with the New York Philharmonic with an extension of the orchestra's new Schumann Connection series centered on the music of Robert Schumann and new works reflecting on the Robert-Clara relationship. This intimate chamber music concert, featuring musicians from the New York Philharmonic and award-winning pianist Gilles Vonsattel, explores the intimacy of the Clara Schumann/Brahms connection. Featuring a selection of Clara Schumann's solo piano works and her Three Romances, Op. 22, juxtaposed with Brahms' C-Minor Piano Quartet, which magnificently captures his unrequited love for Clara in music. Also on the program, an early Beethoven work, the composer's G-Major String Trio.  C. SCHUMANN Notturno, Op. 6, No. 2 C. SCHUMANN Scherzo No. 2, Op. 14 BEETHOVEN: String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1  C. SCHUMANN: Three Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 22  BRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60  BROOKLYN RIDER AVI AVITAL, mandolin Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 7:30 PM Grammy-nominated Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital teams up with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider (two of its four members are also with The Knights) for a program that traverses late 18th century Spanish-inflected Boccherini, a powerful contemporary statement about the US-Mexico border crisis by Matan Roberts, selections by Bach, a world premiere by internationally renowned Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov and more, concluding with a tarantella by Lev "Lyova" Zhurbin, BOCCHERINI: La Musica Notturna Ritratta di Madrid  SOLLIMA: Prelude for solo mandolin MATANA ROBERTS: borderlands...  COLIN JACOBSEN: Time and Again BACH: selected Sinfonias and Inventions GONZALO GRAU: Cazon's Revenge, world premiere for mandolin and string quartet  OSVALDO GOLIJOV: Arum der Fayer, world premiere for mandolin and string quartet LEV ZHURBIN: Love Potion, Expired RAFAŁ BLECHACZ, piano Tue, Mar 29, 2022, 7:30 pm Young Polish pianist and International Chopin Competition winner Rafał Blechacz returns to the 92Y stage with a program of works moving from Bach to early and middle Beethoven, chronicling a musical evolution of works composed in C minor before an exploration of B-minor works, with Bach-inspired Franck building to one of Chopin's all-time great piano compositions, his Third Sonata. BACH: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 BEETHOVEN: Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 1 BEETHOVEN: 32 Variations on an original theme in C Minor, WoO.80 FRANCK: Prelude, Fugue and Variations in B Minor, Op. 18 (trans. Bauer) CHOPIN: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58 PABLO SAINZ-VILLEGAS, guitar Saturday, April 2, 2022, 8 PM Pablo Sainz-Villegas returns to the stage that launched his US career. Performing selections by Granados, Rodrigo, Tárrega, Albéniz and more, this program showcases the brilliant technique, deep musicality and passionate intensity that define the Spanish guitar artform. ALBÉNIZ: Sevilla GRANADOS: Danza Española No. 10, "Danza Melancólica"       Danza Española No. 5, "Andaluza" RODRIGO: Invocación y Danza    Homage to Manuel de Falla – TÁRREGA: Capricho Árabe      Lágrima    Adelita  ALBÉNIZ: Torre Bermeja - Piezas Características    Mallorca, "Barcarola"    Asturias, "Leyenda"    Suite Española  GIMENEZ: La boda de Luis Alonso BRENTANO STRING QUARTET DAWN UPSHAW, soprano DIDO REIMAGINED  Sunday, April 3, 2022, 3 PM Dido – the proud, heroic mythological figure brought down by love – is the inspiration behind this musical exploration of her story and character by the Brentano Quartet and soprano Dawn Upshaw. The program begins with songs by Purcell and his Baroque contemporaries, including "Dido's Lament," interspersed with string quartet iterations of early English works for consort of viols. The program then leaps forward nearly 350 years to the New York premiere of a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Melinda Wagner. Dido Reimagined is Wagner's new consideration of Dido, looking anew at her psyche, her vulnerability, her strength, and her choices. The concert continues the Brentano Quartet's artistic collaboration with Dawn Upshaw and the unusual pairing of soprano and string quartet. PURCELL: Oh let me weep PURCELL: Fantasia No. 5 LOCKE: Suite No. 2 for four viols: Fantazie DOWLAND: Come again, sweet love doth now invite LOCKE: Suite No. 2: Courante DOWLAND: Can she excuse my wrongs LOCKE: Suite No. 2: Ayre DOWLAND: Weep you no more, sad fountains LOCKE: Suite No. 2: Saraband TOMKINS: Aleman  BYRD: Though Amaryllis dance in green JOHNSON: The Witty Wanton PURCELL: Fantasia No. 7 PURCELL: Dido's Lament MELINDA WAGNER: Dido Reimagined (NY Premiere; 92Y co-commission) STEWART GOODYEAR, piano Saturday, April 9, 2022, 8 PM Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear returns to the 92Y stage to perform the New York premiere of his own composition, Acabris! Acabras! Acabram!, modeled on a French-Canadian folktale; Beethoven's Diabelli Variations; Bach's French Suite in G Major; and Joseph Bologne's Adagio in F minor. STEWART GOODYEAR: Acabris! Acabras! Acabram! (NY Premiere) BOLOGNE: Adagio in F minor BACH: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 BEETHOVEN: 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 TAKÁCS QUARTET JULIEN LABRO, bandoneon  Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 7:30 PM Bandoneon player Julien Labro joins the Takács Quartet for a program blending new works with a Ravel masterpiece. Labro joins the quartet for new works by contemporary composers Bryce Dessner and Clarice Assad, and performs a short solo set displaying the heartbeat of tango. The Takács is featured in Ravel's String Quartet. BRYCE DESSNER: Circles for bandoneon and string quartet (NY Premiere) JULIEN LABRO: Meditation #1 for bandoneon and string quartet (NY Premiere) SELECTED SOLO WORKS for bandoneon and accordina RAVEL: String Quartet in F Major CLARICE ASSAD: Clash for bandoneon and string quartet (NY Premiere) THE MARIAN ANDERSON STRING QUARTET Co-presented with the GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL  Friday, April 22, 2022, 7:30 PM In collaboration with the renowned Eastman School of Music's Gateways Music Festival's "Around the Town" Series, the award-winning Marian Anderson String Quartet presents a concert in the intimate Buttenwieser Hall. The critically-acclaimed all-female ensemble has performed at presidential inaugurations, the Library of Congress and more, making history in 1991 when they won the International Cleveland Quartet Competition – the first African American ensemble to win a classical music competition. "On Being Enslaved" RHIANNON GIDDENS: At the Purchaser's Option with Variations (arr. J. Garchik)      JONATHAN MCNAIR: Follow the Drinking Gourd                                      SAMUEL ADLER: In Memoriam: Marian Anderson     DAVID WALLACE: In Honor of Marian Anderson                                                         ANTONIN DVOŘÁK: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 "American"     JOHN ROSAMON JOHNSON: Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing (arr. J.W. Johnson) THE KNIGHTS ERIC JACOBSEN, conductor EDGAR MEYER, double bass  Saturday, April 30, 2022, 8 PM Double bassist and composer Edgar Meyer earned a MacArthur "Genius" Award for his work fusing classical and bluegrass forms and styles into his own uniquely American music. He joins The Knights for the New York premiere of his second concerto. The concert opens with a performance of Jamaican-born British composer Eleanor Alberga's Shining Gates of Morpheus. Closing it and continuing the American character of Meyer's work is Copland's Appalachian Spring. Eric Jacobsen, conductor Edgar Meyer, bass David Byrd-Marrow, French horn ELEANOR ALBERGA: Shining Gates of Morpheus EDGAR MEYER: Concerto No. 3 in E Major for Double Bass and Orchestra  COPLAND: Appalachian Spring DOVER STRING QUARTET (Curtis) Friday, May 6, 2022, 7:30 PM Works of Mozart, Tania León, and more. ERIC LU, piano Friday, May 20, 2022, 7:30 PM Twenty-four-year-old Leeds Competition first prize winner and Chopin Competition prizewinning pianist Eric Lu makes his eagerly anticipated New York City main stage debut with this recital. The centerpiece of his program is Schubert's A-Major Sonata. CHOPIN: Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1 SCHUMANN: Waldszenen, Op. 82 BRAHMS: Theme with Variations in D Minor, Op. 18b SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959 THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC STRING QUARTET BEATRICE RANA, piano Tuesday, June 7, 2022, 7:30 PM 92Y's second co-presentation with the New York Philharmonic this season features the New York Philharmonic String Quartet joined by Beatrice Rana. Their program spans nearly 250 years and focuses on music written in response to dark times and ideas. The concert opens with award-winning contemporary composer Joel Thompson's In Response to the Madness, his quartet capturing the angst of our early 21st century universe. Mozart's "Dissonance" Quartet follows. The program's final work features Rana in her first appearance on the 92Y stage, following her pre-pandemic Carnegie Hall debut. JOEL THOMPSON: In Response to the Madness  MOZART: String Quartet in C Major, K. 465 "Dissonance"  SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57  About 92nd Street Y:  The 92nd Street Y (92Y) is a world-class center for the arts and innovation, a convener of ideas, and an incubator for creativity. 92Y offers extensive classes, courses and events online including live concerts, talks and master classes; fitness classes for all ages; 250+ art classes, and parenting workshops for new moms and dads. The 92nd Street Y is transforming the way people share ideas and translate them into action all over the world. All of 92Y's programming is built on a foundation of Jewish values, including the capacity of civil dialogue to change minds; the potential of education and the arts to change lives; and a commitment to welcoming and serving people of all ages, races, religions, and ethnicities. For more information, visit www.92Y.org. 

Nduduzo Makhathini Quartet at the Vermont Jazz Center

Saturday June 11, 2022
8 pm

Nduduzo Makhathini, piano
Logan Richardson, alto sax & flute
Lonnie Plaxico, bass
Francisco Mela, drums

This show will be both in-person and livestreamed

“As a player and a composer, he sits right beside McCoy Tyner and Pharoah Sanders, playing a forceful but lyrical style of modal jazz that incorporates African rhythmic concepts… The pieces they performed had a swelling, passionate quality, exploratory but never losing an essential earthbound feeling.

Makhathini is at the head of a small but powerful movement of young South African jazz players, and the higher his international profile rises, the better it will be for that country’s music scene and jazz as a whole. He’s a major talent.” –Phil Freeman, Stereogum

In Makhathini’s artistic world, like in much of African culture, there are no boundary lines drawn between creating art and living in harmony with the natural world. His presentations are musical experiences as opposed to concerts. They are expressions of a deeper life, a means to create shared, intentional, spiritual experiences where the energy of the audience is inclusive and pervasive. Makhathini has tried to capture that experience in his recent Blue Note Records debut, Modes of Communication: Letters from the Underworlds.

Musical influences for Makhathini include the venerable legends of South African jazz: Bheki Mseleku, Moses Molelekwa, and Abdullah Ibrahim. His mentor Mseleku, introduced Makhathini to the music of John Coltrane’s classic quartet with McCoy Tyner. “I came to understand my voice as a pianist through John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme,” he says. “… I had always been looking for a kind of playing that could mirror or evoke the way my people danced, sung and spoke. Tyner provided that and still does in meaningful ways.”

Makhathini is a member of Shabaka Hutchings’ band Shabaka and the Ancestors, appearing on their 2016 album Wisdom of Elders. He has recorded or toured with Logan Richardson, Nasheet Waits, Tarus Mateen, Stefon Harris, Billy Harper, Azar Lawrence, and Ernest Dawkins. Makhathini has released eight albums a a leader: Ikhambi won Best Jazz Album at the South African Music Awards (SAMA).

His Blue Note debut Modes of Communication: Letters from the Underworlds was released in 2020 to wide critical acclaim. The New York Times naming it one of the “Best Jazz Albums of 2020” and DownBeat naming Nduduzo among their “25 for the Future” list.

Letters from the Underworld also cinches a partnership between Blue Note Records and Universal Music Group Africa that has led to the creation of Blue Note Africa.

Mahkhatini has performed at festivals around the world, at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City, and appeared as a guest with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on their 3-night musical celebration The South African Songbook. He is the head of the Jazz Studies department at Fort Hare University in the Eastern Cape.

You may purchase in-person tickets, $20-40 sliding scale, and/or donate to the livestream. 

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Sponsored by Julian Gerstin & Carlene Raper, Vermont Arts Council, Vermont Humanities Council, & New England Foundation for the Arts.

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