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United Palace: Twelfth Night

Date: Wednesday, October 23 | Time: 7–8:30pm | FREE
Twelfth Night

David Belkovski and Rachell Ellen Wong, directors

Nola Richardson, soprano
Roderick Williams, baritone
Ximenez & Handel

Twelfth Night presents a night of unforgettable music in a spectacular venue. Divided by an ocean and living more than a century apart, Pedro Ximenez and George Frideric Handel represent the two vibrant cultures of Peru and Italy. In spite of any differences, they eagerly drew on the artistic traditions buzzing around them. Ximenez’ music deftly weaves folk song around classical structures while Handel derived his inspiration from ancient Roman stories. Join Twelfth Night at the United Palace for this special night!

Based in NYC, Twelfth Night is an ensemble of historical performance specialists led by David Belkovski and Rachell Ellen Wong, formed with the firm belief that art is best explored as a meeting place of the past, present, and future. Twelfth Night projects and engagements range from small chamber music (2-5 musicians) to larger orchestral and operatic productions. Inspired by Shakespeare’s play of the same name, the ensemble strives to invoke a spirit of boundless revelry, celebration, and community in their programming. The two co-founders are regarded as key young representatives of early music: Rachell is the only baroque artist to receive an Avery Fisher Career Grant and David is the only recipient in the field of early music to receive the Levinson Arts Achievement Award.

 

This program is supported by the United Palace of Cultural Arts, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Cabrini Shrine: Renaissance Choral Music

This will be a performance of Renaissance choral music – the Hapsburg Court Composers Heinrich Finck, Heinrich Isaac, and their students Thomas Stoltzer and Ludwig Senfl – led by choral director Richard Porterfield, which will include movements from favorite masses, Marian and celebratory motets and psalms, on Saturday October 26, 2024 at 5pm at the Shrine of St Francis Cabrini (near the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park), 701 Fort Washington Ave, Manhattan. To reach the Shrine, take the A train to the 190th Street station, or the M4 bus. Suggested admission donation, $20. Students, free.

To add to this Saturday Experience, come early and walk through the adjacent Fort Tryon Park Gardens down to the famed Cloisters Museum- the Met Museum of medieval art, enjoying Fall Colors and unequaled Hudson River and Palisades Views! [the M4 bus goes directly there if needed]

Inwood Art Works: Birds, Bees & Electric Fish

Inwood Art Works presents a family concert

Birds, Bees & Electric Fish
A flute/percussion quartet concert

Sunday, October 27, 2024 – 2:00pm
Good Shepherd Auditorium – 620 Isham Street

Minimum Suggested Donation of $20 Adults, $10 Children. Pay online or at the door.

Acclaimed flute/percussion quartet Caballito Negro + Friends present a not-to-missed concert on Sunday, October 27th, 2024 at 2pm at Good Shepherd Auditorium, Inwood. The concert centers around a brilliant, virtuosic, family-friendly music piece, Birds, Bees, Electric Fish, which has wowed diverse audiences all over the USA, that Caballito Negro commissioned from composer Juri Seo, and includes poetic, imaginative pieces by other American composers. The event will begin with a special Spanish/English bilingual talk, led by Good Shepherd’s own Carla López-Speziale. Carla and the musicians will invite the audience into the unique sounds of instruments from all over the world, the imaginative sounds of animals and nature, as well as the found sounds of everyday junk.

Proceeds from the concert support Good Shepherd School.

It is made possible by support from Chamber Music America, UMEZ (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council), and Inwood Art Works.

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Birds, Bees & Electric Fish
Un concierto de cuarteto de flauta y percusión

Domingo, 27 de Octubre de 2024 – 2:00 p.m.
Auditorio del Buen Pastor – 620 Isham Street

Donación mínima sugerida de $ 20 adultos y $ 10 niños

El aclamado cuarteto de flauta y percusión Caballito Negro + Friends presenta un concierto imperdible el domingo 27 de octubre de 2024 a las 2:00 p. m. en el Auditorio del Buen Pastor en Inwood. El concierto se centra en una pieza musical brillante, Birds, Bees, Electric Fish, virtuosa y familiar que ha fascinado a diversos públicos por todos los Estados Unidos, que Caballito Negro encargó al compositor Juri Seo, e incluye piezas poéticas e imaginativas de otros compositores estadounidenses. El evento comenzará con una charla especial bilingüe en español e inglés, dirigida por Carla López-Speziale del Buen Pastor. Carla y los músicos invitarán al público a los sonidos únicos de instrumentos de todo el mundo, los sonidos imaginativos de los animales y la naturaleza, así como los sonidos encontrados en la basura cotidiana.

El concierto es gratuito, con una donación sugerida de $20 para adultos y $10 para niños, que apoyan a la escuela del Buen Pastor, y es posible gracias al apoyo de Chamber Music America, UMEZ (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council) y Inwood Art Works

Hispanic Society: From Ipanema Beach to El Malecon Latin Jazz Meets Tap

A virtual United Nations of women, members of Cocomama hail from around the globe gathering their musical influences from far and wide; Salsa, Soul, Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz are among the items on the menu whenever they hit the stage! Led by Mayra Casales, Nicki Denner and Jennifer Vincent, the band has performed at the United Nations, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, the New York City Marathon, Joe’s Pub, Birdland, Studio 54, the Cape May Jazz Festival, the Montclair Jazz Festival, the Northampton Jazz Festival, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Spoleto Music Festival, the Michigan’s Women’s Festival and as musical ambassadors to Latin American for the US Department of State. Their critically acclaimed albums, Quiero (2016) and Women’s World (2023) cover a wide range of styles from salsa to soul and thanks to a grant from Chamber Music of America, they are currently recording their third album, Evolución, for release in 2025.

 

FULL LINEUP

Cocomama led by Mayra Casales, Nicki Denner, Jennifer Vincent, Ariacne Trujillo, Rafael Monteagudo, Anton Denner with tappers Max Pollak and Leonardo Sandoval.

Word Up Recirculation: Benefit Concert for Injured Palestinian Journalist

Sunday, November 17, 2024 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm
RECIRCULATION A project of Word Up
876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.)
New York, NY 10032

Cello and piano benefit concert for Gazan journalist Moamen Hermaid and his family. Pianist Robert Lind and cellist Alejandro Acosta will be playing Brahms/Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Rachmaninoff/Vocalise, Piazzolla/Milonga Sin Palabras, Schubert/Arpeggione Sonata in A.

Moamen Hemaid is a brave independent journalist in North Gaza. He was injured in a horrific attack and now his jaw is broken and his teeth shattered. To make matters worse, these injuries have become infected after he used funds meant for his treatment to save his community from starvation and thirst. AND NOW Moamen also has a terrible chest infection from breathing in toxic fumes and dust from the bombing while helping in rescue efforts. This is AT THE SAME TIME as the North of Gaza is being obliterated and annexed in this new campaign to ethnically cleanse the area of its population. He needs support for water, food, antibiotics, and for medical evacuation.

– Zelle: 518-364-1059
– Venmo/CashApp: AAAcello
– PayPal: baroquebarbie@gmail.com
– Follow Moamen on IG: @ moamen_hemaid     or on TickTock: @ moamen_hemaid_

Robert Lind grew up in southern New Hampshire, near Boston and took piano and music theory lessons at the New England Conservatory Preparatory Division. After majoring in music at Amherst College, he pursued advanced degrees in composition at the University of California at Berkeley and Brandeis University. Robert spent time as music director of summer stock theater companies, where he was accompanist for opera workshops. Non-music jobs then took over for several years but since retirement, he has returned to performing and composing.

Alejandro Acosta started his musical training at a early age, studying in both his native city of Bogotá and the town of Cota, where he spent his formative years. At the age of 8, he enrolled in the Music Conservatory preparatory program of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and later continued his studies at Oklahoma City University and Syracuse University. Subsequently, he became cello and chamber music professor at Universidad de Cundinamarca and performed regularly with the Bogotá Chamber Orchestra, Ensamble Barroco de Bogotá, Cuarteto Efferus, and Cuarteto Hadaly, among others. Having since returned to the States, Alejandro now works as a freelance musician in New York City.