Harlem Stage has announced highlights of its 2022-2023 season, whose centerpiece is a seven-event series devoted to deepening and unpacking understandings of the Black Arts Movement, its intersections with the larger Black Power Movement, and its historic and cultural relevance in today’s America.
With a 37-year curatorial presence in NYC, World Music Institute is mainly known for presenting traditional and contemporary music from around the world. On September 10th, Adam Rudolph reboots the 'Improvisations' series with an impressive lineup of musicians from many different backgrounds and musical influences.
WMI celebrates its 37th year in NYC with 18 performances featuring artists from over 20 countries, including Botswana, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Korea, Mali, Morocco, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela, and Wales.
Brandon Coleman shares a brand new video, “Be With Me,” directed by Lauren Desberg and the latest from his upcoming album Interstellar Black Space via Brainfeeder. The album was announced with lead single “Blast Off” and will feature contributions from fellow jazz heavyweights Kamasi Washington, Ryan Porter, and more.
Composer, filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes’ highly anticipated album GRIEF is out now. Additionally, watch a special NPR Tiny Desk performance of “The Cry/Masculinity,” “Holding Cell,” “Grief” and “Process” filmed onsite at The Healing Project exhibition at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
The Yardbird Suite presents local and Canadian live, and streaming online, jazz musicians throughout April.
Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, will present the world premiere of Music From The Sole: I Didn't Come to Stay choreographed and composed by Leonardo Sandoval and Gregory Richardson, with additional contributions from company members on April 11 and 12, 2022 at 7:30 pm.
Produced by Anna Deavere Smith, Glenn Ligon and Vijay Iyer the exhibition marks Pinderhughes’ visual art debut and features music from GRIEF as well as a constellation of films, sound works, physical pieces and contributed artworks from established artists like Titus Kaphar and currently incarcerated artists including Pitt Panther.
The album is an integral element of Pinderhughes’ years-long multimedia effort on loss, structural violence and possibilities for healing and liberation, The Healing Project, which consists of three parts: a physical exhibition, a digital archive and finally an album. Watch the new short film of 'Masculinity' now!
The Nasher Sculpture Center announces 'SCULPTING SOUND: Twelve Musicians Encounter Bertoia', a series of six historic concerts, from February 22–27, 2022, bringing together twelve master musicians to explore the expressive range of Harry Bertoia's sounding sculptures, in complement to the exhibition Harry Bertoia: Sculpting Mid-Century Modern Life on view at the Nasher January 29 – April 23, 2022.
The Carr Center, Detroit's leading Black arts presenter, today announces its television partnership with the City of Detroit's ACE Office. Detroit A&E (Channel 22) will launch a weekly limited television series titled, 'The Carr Center Presents.'
Jazz at Lincoln Center will honor the music and legacy of late jazz icon Chick Corea in Rose Theater on January 13–14 at 8:00 p.m. with Celebrating Chick Corea.
New Jersey Youth Symphony member Ryoma Takenaga of New Providence, NJ from the Academy for Information Technology, has received a 2022 YoungArts award in Jazz. Takenaga has been recognized at the Honorable Mention level, the organization's second highest honor.
The Nasher Sculpture Center announces 'SCULPTING SOUND: Twelve Musicians Encounter Bertoia', a series of six historic concerts, from February 22–27, 2022, bringing together twelve master musicians to explore the expressive range of Harry Bertoia's sounding sculptures, in complement to the exhibition Harry Bertoia: Sculpting Mid-Century Modern Life on view at the Nasher January 29 – April 23, 2022.
20-time Grammy Award-winner Pat Metheny brings his Side-Eye tour, with pianist James Francies and drummer Joe Dyson, to Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, produced in conjunction with The Bowery Presents, on Sunday, November 14th at 7:00pm.
The Annenberg Center presents a performance of Zakir Hussain, the “peerless master of the Indian tabla” (NPR), joined by Pezhham Akhavass (tombak and daf), Marcus Gilmore (drums) and Abbos Kosimov (doyra), in a lively showcase of vibrant Indian music. An international phenomenon and true virtuoso, Hussain performs meditative classical ragas and high-energy rhythmic drumming, mesmerizing audiences with his uncanny intuition and masterful improvisational dexterity.
JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nation's premier jazz clubs, is keeping the music alive with 'The Flip Side Sessions', a virtual concert series broadcasting fully-produced, pre-recorded shows every Friday from March 26-May 14, 2021.
New York-based vibraphonist, marimbist, improviser and composer Patricia Brennan’s debut full length album Maquishti is released today on the Valley of Search label. At times exploring silence and space, stillness and patience the album investigates new sonic territories with an endless sense of curiosity.
New York based vibraphonist, marimbist, improviser and composer Patricia Brennan has released the fourth video from her forthcoming debut full length album Maquishti, out January 15, 2021 on the Valley of Search label.
Building on the success of its fall digital season, the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania announces a series of six dance and six musical performances, streamed live, for the spring 2021 digital season, beginning February 4.
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