Latin Jazz In The Heights 2025!
Community League of the Heights and Jazz Power Initiative present
Latin Jazz in the Heights 2025
Plaza de las Américas!
175th Street and Broadway
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Saturday, June 21st
Luisito Quintero & 3rd Element All Stars
Saturday, June 28th
Lulada Club New York’s All-Women Salsa Orchestra
More information here
Performances co-produced and curated by Jazz Power Initiative
Made possible thanks to the generous support of NewYork- Presbyterian
With media support by WBGO radio
Proud participants of the Uptown Stroll; Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) annual June arts event!
Featuring the string players of the orchestra, the Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra concludes our season with Landscapes, a musical homage to the distant lands that are a part of our heritage.
Program:
- Fela Sowande: African Suite for Strings
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Even those born and raised in Washington Heights tend to look back to their heritage in a distant homeland. Talking about “where we are from” is one of the most common unifying conversations in our community. We conclude our 10th anniversary season exploring heritage with Landscapes, featuring the string players of the WHCO in two large format works hailing from Nigeria and Russia. Fela Sowande is considered the father of modern Nigerian music, and his piece African Suite for Strings seamlessly blends both original and traditional themes from countries like Nigeria and Ghana into its five contrasting movements. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is synonymous with the Russian musical output of the late 19th century and was responsible for other powerhouse works like 1812 Overture and The Nutcracker. We conclude the program with his Serenade for Strings. Tchaikovsky himself believed that this work was one of the finest pieces he ever wrote, stating it is “a piece from the heart, and so, I venture to hope that this work is not without artistic qualities.”
Prior to the concert, at 2:15pm, bring the whole family to our “Meet the Instruments” petting zoo where even our youngest listeners can get up close and personal with their favorite instruments before seeing them come alive onstage. This event will take place (weather permitting) in the beautiful setting of the Fort Washington Green, the community garden space at FWCC.
Please join the artists of 2025 NoMAA Uptown Arts Stroll honoree, Cornerstone Studios, for a 10th Anniversary Open Studios & Benefit Auction on Saturday, June 14, from 11am to 5pm.
See work by John Hampshire, Linda Smith, Marjorie Van Cura, Vicky Azcoitia, Gal Cohen, Jessica Alazraki, 2025 Uptown Arts Stroll honoree Jeff Hoppa, Paul Birbil, Alison Cuomo, Christine Kuper, Soren Glassing, Jeanne Jalandoni, Matt Jones and Katitia Miller, plus Studio178 Artist-in-Residence, Dana Schein.
There will be a benefit auction by current and former Cornerstone members in Gallery178 to benefit Our Saviour’s Atonement Lutheran Church’s captial campaign.
Join NoMAA & the northern Manhattan arts community, meet this year’s honorees & celebrate the Uptown Arts Stroll opening in West Harlem, Washington Heights & Inwood at the Sugar Hill Museum with DJ Taela Naomi and outdoor artist-led workshop by the Sugar Hill Museum on the plaza.
The Uptown Arts Stroll runs from May 30-June 30 with exhibitions and events from West 125th to West 220th Street. Pickup a printed guide or view this online calendar & website for more information.
RSVP HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/23rd-uptown-arts-stroll-opening-reception-tickets-1335472667699?aff=oddtdtcreator
