Carnegie Hall's Community And Family Programs for February And March 2018 Announced

By: Jan. 17, 2018
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Carnegie Hall's Community And Family Programs for February And March 2018 Announced On March 11, 2018, celebrated artists will join young people and community members from across New York City for A Time Like This: Music for Change, a special concert in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage showcasing original songs inspired by the 1960s and rooted in the issues and challenges of today. Part of Carnegie Hall's The 60's: The Years that Changed America festival, the event will mark the culmination of a citywide creative learning project.

Free Neighborhood Concerts also continue this spring, with a vocal recital and blues music in Manhattan, percussion and Greek music in the Bronx, Japanese taiko drumming in Queens, and chamber music in Brooklyn. The series, now in its 42nd year, brings established mainstage artists as well as rising stars of jazz, pop, and world music to communities throughout New York City.

AT Carnegie Hall

A TIME LIKE THIS: MUSIC FOR CHANGE
Sunday, March 11 at 3:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage

In the '60s, young people started movements focused on equal rights, economic empowerment, peace, and their own place in the world. Today, the next generation continues to use music to bring people together and fight for change. In this concert, young performers from the Weill Music Institute's education and social impact programs share the stage with celebrated artists to perform music that empowers, encourages, and inspires. The program will include songs from the '60s alongside new works written by New Yorkers of all ages.

Support for The 60's: The Years that Changed America is provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation.

A Time Like This: Music for Change is part of the culminating forum of Create Justice.

Create Justice is part of Musical Connections, a program of Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute.

Create Justice is supported, in part, by an Anonymous donor.

Lead support for Musical Connections is provided by Nicola and Beatrice Bulgari.

Major funding for Musical Connections is provided by MetLife Foundation and United Airlines.

Additional support has been provided by Ameriprise Financial and JMCMRJ Sorrell Foundation.

THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY

NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT: BANDA MAGDA
Friday, February 2 at 7:30 p.m.
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
Lower Gallery
1040 Grand Concourse (at 165th Street) | Bronx

Magda Giannikou-the Greek-born leader of Banda Magda-boasts silky vocals, nimble-fingered accordion playing, and an effervescent stage presence that, together, make for an irresistible performance. With members of the band hailing from Argentina, Japan, Colombia, and the United States, Banda Magda taps into each of these cultures for an eclectic sound. French songs, Afro-Peruvian landó, samba, Greek dance, and other diverse styles compose Banda Magda's inventive set list. The group continues to explore new ground with its new album, Tigre, released in 2017.

NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT: VALERIE JUNE
Monday, February 5 at 7:00 p.m.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Langston Hughes Auditorium
515 Malcolm X Boulevard (at 135th Street) | Manhattan

Valerie June's soulful voice and gritty guitar playing are at the heart of her earthy and deeply personal brand of blues. Soul, bluegrass, traditional Appalachian folk, and a dash of R&B are all present in her stunning sound. Nominated for a 2014 Blues Music Award, June continues to win accolades with her new record, The Order of Time. Her strain of Americana, which she describes as "organic moonshine roots," is rich, raw, and rewarding.

NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT: MANTRA PERCUSSION
Wednesday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m.
Pregones Theater
575 Walton Avenue (at 149th Street) | Bronx

Mantra Percussion's mission is to honor the past and expand the future of percussion music. "Forward thinking" (Time Out New York) and "a fresh source of energy" (The New York Times), Mantra Percussion has headlined internationally with notable appearances at BAM's Next Wave Festival, Bang on a Can Marathon, Ecstatic Music Festival, and Right Now Music in South Korea. Passionately devoted to music by living composers, the ensemble has commissioned and premiered more than 40 new works in the past eight years.

NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT: IAN KOZIARA
DIMITRI DOVER
Saturday, March 10 at 5:00 p.m.
St. Michael's Church
225 West 99th Street (at Amsterdam Avenue) | Manhattan

Tenor Ian Koziara's portfolio includes the title roles in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito and Idomeneo, as well as unforgettable performances in operas by Bizet, Britten, Monteverdi, and Humperdinck. He has participated in numerous young-artist programs, including Carnegie Hall's The Song Continues and The Glimmerglass Festival. Pianist Dimitri Dover is a member of the music staff of the Metropolitan Opera, and has performed in such venues as New York's Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, and Weill Recital Hall. For this recital, the pair performs a versatile European program with songs by Vaughan Williams, Pizzetti, Poulenc, Schubert, and others.

This concert is part of the Marilyn Horne legacy at Carnegie Hall.

NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT: SOH DAIKO
Saturday, March 24 at 3:00 p.m.
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center at LaGuardia Community College
Mainstage Theater
31-10 Thomson Avenue | Queens

Soh Daiko shatters the boundaries of traditional taiko drumming. This New York-based Japanese drumming collective's shows are high-energy displays of sensational choreography and amazing athleticism. In a great visual spectacle, Soh Daiko's impeccable musicians perform traditional Japanese Shinto and taiko music, as well as daring new compositions by ensemble members. The members play a vast array of drums, complemented by bamboo flutes, brass bells, conch shells, and gongs. Exhilarating, breathtaking, and always captivating, Soh Daiko keeps your pulse racing.

NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT: FRICTION QUARTET
Sunday, March 25 at 4:00 p.m.
Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library
Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Cultural Center
10 Grand Army Plaza (at Flatbush Avenue) | Brooklyn

The San Francisco Chronicle has praised the Friction Quartet for its "high-octane music making" and "fine blend of rhythmic ferocity and tonal flair." Dedicated to working with living composers, the quartet has given more than 70 world-premiere performances and commissioned 32 works since its formation in 2011. The Friction Quartet works outside the traditional string quartet model by performing arrangements of pop music, making use of digital sound processing, and combining music with other media. In 2016, the ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall as part of the Kronos Quartet's groundbreaking initiative Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire, and on Saturday, March 24 at 2 p.m., they perform in Zankel Hall as part of Carnegie Hall's The 60's: The Years that Changed America festival.

For more information about Neighborhood Concerts and a full schedule, visit: carnegiehall.org/NeighborhoodConcerts



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