BRONX ARTS ENSEMBLE

presents music as diverse as the people of the Bronx. We perform free concerts and programs every year in a variety of neighborhoods in the borough.

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BRONX ARTS ENSEMBLE

presents music as diverse as the people of the Bronx. We perform free concerts and programs every year in a variety of neighborhoods in the borough.

CHECK OUT OUR UPCOMING EVENTS AND JOIN US!

PROGRAMMING

In our ongoing mission to provide a wide variety of musical opportunities for Bronx artists and audiences, we program our seasons with a focus on “Music Through a Global Lens.”

We present both music that reflects the communities in which we perform and music from outside those traditions, giving our audience a chance to discover new things. We program our season with a focus on Music Through a Global Lens, with the current season highlighting music from Puerto Rico, encompassing classical, jazz, and traditional music from the island. Wherever possible, we include dance and other art forms in multidisciplinary performances that often feature the talents of our teaching artists.

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Our core ensemble of professional wind and string players have performed in numerous concerts and Broadway shows for decades.

Elio Villafranca

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In addition to our core ensemble of professional wind and string players, we present a huge variety of exceptional artists to our audiences in the Bronx. Recent guest artists include New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinetist Anthony McGill, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal Trombonist Weston Sprott, Steinway Artist and Grammy-nominated composer Elio Villafranca, and legendary Bronx pianist Valerie Capers.

Elio Villafranca

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Since 1976, when BAE gave the New York premiere of Debussy’s opera fragment La Chute de la Maison Usher, we have presented numerous New York and world premieres including works by:

John Freeman, Robert Baksa, Roberto Sierra, Meyer Kupferman, Oliver Caplan, and many others. BAE’s albums include first recordings of the oratorio Bayoán and chamber opera El Mensajero de Plata by Roberto Sierra, Morton Gould’s Concerto Concertante, William Cepeda’s Bomba Sinfónica, as well as recordings of rarely-heard chamber pieces by Bruch, Rheinberger, and Louise Farrenc. In 2018 we also premiered Mary Ann McSweeney’s music for Dante Albertie’s new children’s musical, Jasmine’s Song.