92nd Street Y News

NJTV, New Jersey's public television network, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) announced a talent-rich line-up for season three of the award-winning American Songbook at NJPAC series.

America's Oldest Continuing Summer Chamber Music Festival, Music Mountain, continues its 86th season with a special Labor Day Benefit Concert and Reception on Sunday, September 6 (3PM) featuring the Shanghai String Quartet with guest artists Gilbert Kalish, piano and Music Mountain's Musical Director Jonathan Yates, piano performing the music of Brahms and Beethoven. Today evening, September 5 (6:30pm), the Shanghai String Quartet will play the music of Beethoven and Haydn. This weekend's benefit concert creates the opportunity for Music Mountain to do what it prides itself on - bringing live music to listeners of all ages. This year, an unprecedented number of chamber musicians, jazz, and country bands have come to Gordon Hall to delight audiences and expose them to an array of music genres. There is still more music to hear! Concerts will continue thru September 27.

92Y has announced that EGOT winner Rita Moreno will interview Gloria and Emilio Estefan for the upcoming event on October 19. Moreno is a longtime friend of the Estefans and Emilio produced her new Spanish-language album, Una Vez Mas. 

Rising young choreographer Aaron Atkins returns to the Ailey Citigroup Theater with his 17-member company for a performance of eight world premieres and repertory dances by Atkins and company associate director Edgar Peterson, Saturday, October 3 at 8 PM.

Canadian pianist Angela Cheng opens the Chamber Music Society of Detroit's third annual Oakland University season series Sunday, September 20 at 3 PM.  The concert takes place at Varner Recital Hall, located on the campus of Oakland University at 2200 N Squirrel Road in Rochester.  Ms. Cheng will perform Haydn's Sonata No. 60 in C major, Prokofiev's Sonata No. 2 in D minor, and three works by Chopin, the Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61 and Ballade Nos. 1 in G minor and 4 in F minor.  General admission tickets priced at $30 for adults and $15 for students are available by phone at 248-855-6070 or online at www.ChamberMusicDetroit.org.  Tickets may also be purchased at the Varner Recital Hall box office beginning one hour prior to performance.

The World Music Institute's long-running and celebrated series Masters of Indian Music returns September 27 at 2:00 p.m. with a tabla duet concert featuring Indian classical music luminary Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, who is joined by his son and musical disciple Anubrata Chatterjee, and Sanatan Goswami on harmonium.

The World Music Institute's long-running and celebrated series Masters of Indian Music returns September 27 at 2:00 p.m. with a tabla duet concert featuring Indian classical music luminary Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, who is joined by his son and musical disciple Anubrata Chatterjee, and Sanatan Goswami on harmonium.

Vocalist Gary Crawford burst onto the New York cabaret scene like a "thunderbolt" in October 2014 with his debut show 'In Love With Love' at the Metropolitan Room. With the veteran Music Director and Arranger Maestro Barry Levitt at the piano, Crawford produced a captivating show that earned him rave reviews from BroadwayWorld.com and Cabaret Scenes Magazine and ultimately a 2014 Manhattan Association of Cabaret & Clubs Award (MAC) for "Best Male Vocal Debut." (Crawford had already performed a "CD Release" show of 'In Love With Love' at the Metropolitan Room that April). After spending the past year and a half performing as a guest singer in variety shows throughout city at venues such as Iridium, Birdland, Don't Tell Mama, and Urban Stages, Crawford has again teamed up with Levitt for a new show, this one featuring songs composed by Levitt himself. Crawford will star in Secret Dreams: Gary Crawford Sings The Barry Levitt Songbook at the Metropolitan Room on September 2 at 7 pm. The show will feature the Barry Levitt Quartet, including Jon Burr on bass, Ray Marchica on drums, and Jack Cavari on guitar, as well as special guest vocalists.

The all-male company MADBOOTS DANCE closes Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2015 with two powerful and poignant world premieres in the Doris Duke Theatre, August 26-30.

Dubbed "The greatest white female singer in the world" by none other than Ella Fitzgerald, star vocalist Marilyn Maye took Provincetown audiences by storm in her highly anticipated debut at The Art House four summers ago, and again each year since. She returns to The Art House by popular demand this summer on August 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 at 7:00 PM featuring Billy Stritch on the piano, Steve Doyle on bass and Daniel Glass on drums. For Tickets visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006.

Columbia Records is proud to announce the release ofThe Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern, a new album from American musical legend Tony Bennett and acclaimed jazz pianist Bill Charlap, arriving Friday, September 25, 2015.

America's Oldest Continuing Summer Chamber Music Festival, Music Mountain, continues its 86th season with a special Labor Day Benefit Concert and Reception on Sunday, September 6 (3PM) featuring the Shanghai String Quartet with guest artists Gilbert Kalish, piano and Music Mountain's Musical Director Jonathan Yates, piano performing the music of Brahms and Beethoven. Saturday evening, September 5 (6:30pm), the Shanghai String Quartet will play the music of Beethoven and Haydn. This weekend's benefit concert creates the opportunity for Music Mountain to do what it prides itself on - bringing live music to listeners of all ages. This year, an unprecedented number of chamber musicians, jazz, and country bands have come to Gordon Hall to delight audiences and expose them to an array of music genres. There is still more music to hear! Concerts will continue thru September 27.

Liz Gerring, the 2015 Jacob's Pillow Dance Award winner and artistic director of Liz Gerring Dance Company, returns to Jacob's Pillow for her company's performances of glacier, August 19-23 in the Doris Duke Theatre. Gerring has garnered praise by dance enthusiasts and critics alike for her abstract choreographic style and keen use of musical and visual elements.

Starting off its 10th anniversary Fall 2015 season, Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) presents the New York Premiere of Joanna Kotze's FIND YOURSELF HERE, September 17-19 at 7:30PM in the Howard Gilman Performance Space. FIND YOURSELF HERE is a work performed by a sextet of dancers and visual artists who use movement to explore the complexities and possibilities of multi-disciplinary performance.

World Music Institute opens its spectacular 30th Anniversary Season with a four-night cross-cultural Lusophone Festival, featuring music from the Portuguese-speaking world with artists from Brazil, Portugal, Cape Verde, Angola, and Mozambique. FromSeptember 15-18, back-to-back concerts take place at venues around town including Le Poisson Rouge, Drom NYC, and The Town Hall.

World Music Institute opens its spectacular 30th Anniversary Season with a four-night cross-cultural Lusophone Festival, featuring music from the Portuguese-speaking world with artists from Brazil, Portugal, Cape Verde, Angola, and Mozambique. From September 15-18, back-to-back concerts take place at venues around town including Le Poisson Rouge, Drom NYC, and The Town Hall.

Marking its 12th year, the New York Comedy Festival (NYCF), presented in association with Comedy Central, announced its 2015 line-up today.

This August, renowned storyteller Arthur Strimling directs the New York premiere of a solo performance about an intercultural love affair. Emerging queer storyteller Matthew Dicken and his one-man show 'butyou'reaman or: The Seven Men I Came Out to in India' make their area premiere as part of the 19th annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC. The debut performance on August 16 sold out more than a week before the start of the festival.

Marking its 12th year, the New York Comedy Festival (NYCF), presented in association with Comedy Central, announced its 2015 line-up today.  Expanding to six days and running from November 10 -15, the festival will feature some of comedy's biggest stars performing in New York City's most prestigious venues, including the Beacon Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Carnegie Hall, Carolines on Broadway, Madison Square Garden, The Theater at MSG, Town Hall and the 92nd Street Y.

World Music Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Gaby Sappingtonas Executive Director. Gaby brings substantial experience in the corporate and non-profit sectors to her new role at the start of WMI's upcoming 30th Anniversary Season.