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Saturday

Oct 20

2018

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Corey Cott

3 PM LaGuardia Performing Arts Center

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Corey Cott

Corey Cott was a special guest at Michael Feinstein’s recent Carnegie Hall concert As Time Goes By: Crooning the American Songbook—and now you have the opportunity to hear him again. He won rave reviews in his Broadway debut as Jack Kelly in the hit musical Newsies, a role in which he starred for two years. Cott returned to Broadway in the revival of Gigi, and recently appeared opposite Laura Osnes in the world premiere of Bandstand at Paper Mill Playhouse.

Performers

Corey Cott, Vocals
Benjamin Rauhala, Piano

Free Event

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Carnegie Hall Citywide:
Hannah Rose Kidwell, Soprano
Christina Giuca, Piano

3 PM St. Michael's Church

Carnegie Hall Citywide:
Hannah Rose Kidwell, Soprano
Christina Giuca, Piano

A pair of winners of the Music Academy of the West’s prestigious Marilyn Horne Song Competition (2017), soprano Hannah Rose Kidwell and pianist Christina Giuca perform together and show us why they took home top honors. Kidwell has appeared in Chapman University’s productions of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and sung the title role in Puccini’s Suor Angelica. Giuca holds a collaborative piano fellowship at Bard College, and has served on the music staffs of the Houston Ballet, Eastern Music Festival, and SongFest.

Performers

Hannah Rose Kidwell, Soprano
Christina Giuca, Piano

Free Event

Monday

Oct 22

2018

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Billy Childs Quartet

7 PM Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Billy Childs Quartet

Pianist, composer, and arranger Billy Childs has performed with an honor roll of jazz luminaries that includes Freddie Hubbard, J. J. Johnson, Joe Henderson, and Wynton Marsalis. A highly sought-after composer, his music has been performed by a wide range of artists in the worlds of jazz, classical, and pop, including Yo-Yo Ma, Chick Corea, Renée Fleming, and Sting. As a recording artist, Childs has won multiple Grammy Awards; most recently, his album Rebirth won the 2018 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album.

Performers

Billy Childs Quartet
·· Billy Childs, Piano
·· Steve Wilson, Saxophones
·· Alon Near, Bass
·· Ari Hoenig, Drums

Free Event

Wednesday

Nov 7

2018

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Banda Magda

7:30 PM BRIC House

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Banda Magda

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 recent album Tigre, released in 2017.

Performers

Banda Magda

Free Event

Saturday

Dec 1

2018

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Deva Mahal

5 PM Brooklyn Museum

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Deva Mahal

A rare combination of masterful songwriting and breathtaking vocal talent, Deva Mahal steps into the spotlight on her debut, Run Deep, an album of pulse-pounding soul with a decidedly modern edge. Taking inspiration from the idea of strength through vulnerability, Mahal connects with her audience with raw honesty, rich musicality, and emotionally searing songs of love and loss, and the power of the human spirit to overcome.

Performers

Deva Mahal

Free Event

Thursday

Dec 6

2018

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Carnegie Hall Citywide: The Elio Villafranca Afro Caribbean Trio

7:30 PM Harlem Stage Gatehouse

Carnegie Hall Citywide: The Elio Villafranca Afro Caribbean Trio

Cuban-born pianist Elio Villafranca’s brand of jazz excites with its virtuosity and pulsing Latin rhythms. Villafranca was classically trained in percussion and composition in Cuba. Since his 1995 arrival in the US, he has been among the foremost pianists, composers, and bandleaders. A Grammy Award nominee, Villafranca’s recordings have been praised in the jazz press. His debut album, Incantations Encantaciones, was selected as one of JazzTimes magazine’s 50 best albums of 2003.

Performers

The Elio Villafranca Afro Caribbean Trio
featuring
Russell Hall, Bass
Dion Parson, Drums

Free Event

Sunday

Dec 9

2018

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Carnegie Hall Citywide:
Lara St. John, Violin
Matt Herskowitz, Piano

4 PM Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library

Carnegie Hall Citywide:
Lara St. John, Violin
Matt Herskowitz, Piano

Called a “volcanic violinist with a huge, fabulous tone” (Los Angeles Times), Lara St. John is equally at home with classical works, new music, folk, and beyond. She is joined by multifaceted pianist Matt Herskowitz, recognized for his jazz, world music, and free improvisation skills. The duo performs a deliciously eclectic program that features Debussy’s Violin Sonata (a work filled with verve and light), Milica Paranosic’s arrangement of the traditional Macedonian circle dance Čoček, Martin Kennedy’s spectacularly virtuosic and wildly raucous Czardashian Rhapsody, and much more.

Performers

Lara St. John, Violin
Matt Herskowitz, Piano

Program

DEBUSSY CLAUDE DEBUSSY Violin Sonata in G Minor

TRAD. Ah Ya Zayn (arr. John Kameel Farah)

TRAD. Čoček (arr. Milica Paranosic)

TRAD. Sari Siroun Yar (arr. Serouj Kradjian)

MATT HERSKOWITZ Nagilara

MARTIN KENNEDY Czardashian Rhapsody

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Tuesday

Jan 29

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Lorraine Klaasen

7 PM Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Lorraine Klaasen

Please note that this event, originally scheduled to take place on Monday, February 18, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, January 29.

Lorraine Klaasen is South African music royalty. The daughter of renowned jazz singer Thandi Klaasen, she honors the vibrant musical traditions that were born in the townships: the poor, racially segregated urban areas of South Africa’s apartheid era. Influenced by such South African legends as Miriam Makeba—the inspiration for her 2013 JUNO Award–winning tribute album—Klaasen makes the music her own with her impassioned singing and dynamic stage presence.

Performers

Lorraine Klaasen

Free Event

Friday

Feb 22

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Alphonso Horne and The Gotham Kings

Mardi Gras Dance Party

8 PM Flushing Town Hall

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Alphonso Horne and The Gotham Kings

Alphonso Horne honors the legacy and continues the rich traditions of such iconic trumpet masters as King Oliver and Louis Armstrong. Horne and the band have the sizzling chops to capture the classic sound of New Orleans jazz and the innovative vision to put their own contemporary stamp on the music. Horne has performed with such stars as Wynton Marsalis (who included him in a list of 16 young jazz musicians entitled “Wynton’s Picks: Who’s Got Next”), Dianne Reeves, Jane Monheit, and Rihanna.

Performers

Alphonso Horne and The Gotham Kings

Free Event

Wednesday

Mar 6

2019

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Mantra Percussion

7 PM Pregones Theater

Carnegie Hall Citywide: Mantra Percussion

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.

Performers

Mantra Percussion

Free Event

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Carnegie Hall Citywide:Hannah Rose Kidwell, SopranoChristina Giuca, Piano

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Carnegie Hall Citywide: Billy Childs Quartet

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Carnegie Hall Citywide: Banda Magda

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Carnegie Hall Citywide: Deva Mahal

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Carnegie Hall Citywide: The Elio Villafranca Afro Caribbean Trio

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Carnegie Hall Citywide: Lara St. John, ViolinMatt Herskowitz, Piano

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Carnegie Hall Citywide: Lorraine Klaasen

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Carnegie Hall Citywide: Alphonso Horne and The Gotham Kings

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Carnegie Hall Citywide: Mantra Percussion

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Carnegie Hall Citywide:
Hannah Rose Kidwell, Soprano
Christina Giuca, Piano

Carnegie Hall Citywide:
Lara St. John, Violin
Matt Herskowitz, Piano