In honor of Bastille Day, Bronx Arts Ensemble's string quartet presents a program of music by all Francophone composers. Centering around Ravel's String Quartet in F Major, the program will also feature the guitar music of Haitian composer Frantz Casséus and the string music of Germaine Tailleferre, member of the infamous French composers' collective Les Six.
Highlighting the incredible talent of the Bronx Arts Ensemble's teachers of African dance, the July 21st concert offers the opportunity to enjoy a program of contemporary West African drumming and dance in beautiful Van Cortlandt Park. Come and enjoy the unique sounds of the balafon, djembe, and djun-djun.
Highlighting the incredible talent of Bronx Arts Ensemble's teachers of African dance, the July 21st concert offers the opportunity to enjoy a program of contemporary West African drumming and dance in beautiful Van Cortlandt Park. Come and enjoy the unique sounds of the balafon, djembe, and djun-djun.
A perennial crowd-pleaser, Odane Whilby's band returns for the final concert of BAE's Van Cortlandt Park summer season. Please join us for this joyful program of oldies, pop, and R&B favorites for all ages.
Bronx Arts Ensemble honors the history of American songwriting with an American Songbook program, featuring the vocal talents of Deanna Kirk and Victoria Ortiz, fearless artists and educators. With a wide-ranging selection of beloved songs from both jazz and Broadway traditions.
Native Soul is a band that brings together the separate-but-equal talents of four very talented artists. The main constant, however, is the musicianship. Their sound is so well melded that the four players suggest the wealth of tone and sound produced by the Big Bands. But they go a step beyond big sound and instead turn into a quartet where it is impossible to single out a lead player.
Bronx Arts Ensemble's string quartet presents a program of music by all Francophone composers. Centering around Ravel's String Quartet in F Major, the program will also feature the guitar music of Haitian composer Frantz Casséus and the string music of Germaine Tailleferre, member of the infamous French composers' collective Les Six.
The Latin Jazz Workshop, named for Charles Mingus’ Jazz Workshop, is an ensemble that performs mostly original music as well as an eclectic variety of arrangements of music by composers as varied as Thelonious Monk, Kurt Weill, Jimi Hendrix, Rafael Hernandez, John Lennon, and Wayne Shorter.
For the final concert of Bronx Arts Ensemble's parks season, Mary Ann McSweeney's quintet jams in Burns Playground, highlighting the vocal talents of Syndee Winters, who plays Nala in The Lion King on Broadway.
An all-star band of Bronx Arts Ensemble teaching artists perform new arrangements of Nuyorican jazz legends such as Fort Apache, Eddie Palmieri, and Ray Barretto, as well as a few band originals.
An all-star band of Bronx Arts Ensemble teaching artists perform new arrangements of Nuyorican jazz legends such as Fort Apache, Eddie Palmieri, and Ray Barretto, as well as a few band originals.
In honor of Bronx Arts Ensemble's founder William J. Scribner, the council of the city of New York will be adding "William J. Scribner Way" to Hillman Avenue. Join us for the unveiling of the new sign, as well as music and refreshments.
Singer Martha Guth and pianist Erika Switzer perform the great Roberto Sierra's song cycles based on the poetry of Luis Lloréns Torres and Julia de Burgos, two of Puerto Rico's finest poets.
Singer Martha Guth and pianist Erika Switzer perform the great Roberto Sierra's song cycles based on the poetry of Luis Lloréns Torres and Julia de Burgos, two of Puerto Rico's finest poets.
Join us for some festive fun! Come celebrate the season with us and our friends at Fordham University as we present some holiday favorites!
Join us for some festive fun! Come celebrate the season with us and our friends at Fordham University as we present some holiday favorites!
Join us for some festive fun! Come celebrate the season with us and our friends at Fordham University as we present some holiday favorites!
Bronx Arts Ensemble strings and guest singer Rachel Kara Pérez present traditional American and Puerto Rican holiday music, Join us for a lovely start to the holiday season!
Bronx Arts Ensemble strings and guest singer Rachel Kara Pérez present traditional American and Puerto Rican holiday music, Join us for a lovely start to the holiday season!
The foremost plena group in New York, Los Pleneros de la 21, joins resistance singer Taína Asili to explore the political meaning of plena in conjunction with her own original protest songs.
