Tag Archives: Local Artists

House of Time: The Big Bang (The Lounge)

The Big Bang
Rameau’s Zais and Handel’s Fireworks 
The daring, impressionistic overture of Zaïs depicts the creation of the world, proceeding from chaos to order, while the dances that follow present the kaleidoscopic world of 18th century ballet music through the lens of Rameau’s colorful wit. Then sparks fly as House of Time takes you to Baroque London with its version of Handel’s Fireworks Music. Handel’s paean to peace is transformed into exciting and elegant chamber music in Gonzalo X. Ruiz’s arrangement.
November 9th at The Lounge at 7:30pm
Looking for tickets for November 10th at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church? CLICK HERE
NOTE: Charges will appear on your credit card statement as “GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE” or “GEMS”. Please do not be alarmed when you see this charge designation. If you have any questions, please call us at 212-866-0468.

Inwood Art Works: Schemes and Dreams

Inwood Art Works presents

Schemes and Dreams

Friday, October 20, 2023 – 7:30pm

Good Shepherd Church – 608 Isham Street

Minimum Suggested Donation of $20 Adults, $5 Children. Pay online or at the door.

Performing a program featuring new experimental jazz compositions by Charlie Kirchen .

Composer, improviser, bassist, theorist, and Inwood resident, Charlie Kirchen present a new experimental jazz sextet— Schemes and Dreams —performing selections from the compositional haul of summer 2023. Featuring some of New York City’s finest improvisers, in this music Kirchen balances rigorous polyphonic craft alongside a deep respect for the registers of expression attainable through improvisation, all calibrated to get the most out of the remarkable acoustic environment of the Church of Good Shepherd.

Charlie Kirchen – bass and tunes

Caroline Davis – alto saxophone

Sam Decker – tenor saxophone

Gregg Belisle-Chi – guitar

Dov Manski – piano

Jason Nazary – drums

This project is made possible in part with funds from UMEZ Arts Engagement, a regrant program supported by the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ), and administered by LMCC.

All proceeds benefit Good Shepherd School.

House of Time: Classical Zeitgeist (The Lounge)

Classical Zeitgeist: Mozart and Haydn go traveling
The two greatest composers of the late 18th century had mutual admiration for one another and found their greatest success while traveling, making them pioneers of music freelancing. Haydn’s London Trios were written during his second trip to England where he was received as a veritable superstar, while Mozart’s radical Oboe Quartet was tailor-made in Munich for his friend, the oboe virtuoso Ramm.
October 6 at The Lounge at 7:30pm
Looking for tickets for October 7 at Holy Trinity Lutheran? CLICK HERE
NOTE: Charges will appear on your credit card statement as “GOTHAM EARLY MUSIC SCENE” or “GEMS”. Please do not be alarmed when you see this charge designation. If you have any questions, please call us at 212-866-0468.

ZENA GROUP presents FIZZLES BY SAMUEL BECKETT, LIVE AT BUUNNI.

The event will take place on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 at 7:30PM (doors open at 7:00) at BUUNNI INWOOD (4961 Broadway btw 207th Street and Isham in Inwood).

FIZZLES are eight short, impressionistic prose pieces written by SAMUEL BECKETT evoking the struggle in life to be, to be seen, to be heard, to remember and to tell. FIZZLES will be performed by JOSH LIVERIGHT and featuring live electronic accompaniment and sound design by DAVID MARGOLIN LAWSON, with LAMINE THIAM on percussion. This event is conceived as a unique sonic experience of words, music and feelings taking the audience for a ride inside the creative mind of SAMUEL BECKETT and beyond. Lighting design by GRAHAM KINDRED.

DAVID MARGOLIN LAWSON is a sound designer, composer and recording engineer. He has worked with, recorded, and designed for many New York area performing arts organizations including Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), La Mama, E. T. C., The Juilliard School, The Public Theater, The Signature Theater, Lincoln Center, UP Theater Company, HERE Arts Center, The New School, Repertorio Español and Urban Stages.

JOSH LIVERIGHT is a writer, director, producer, and actor. In 1991 he co-founded Zena Group, a not-for-profit theater and film collective based in New York City. Acting credits include five episodes of Law & Order, A Dog Year with Jeff Bridges, Judge Ranken on Bull, Eco Activist Ray Collins on Tommy, Stephen King’s The Golden Years and a ton of Off Off Broadway theater.

LAMINE THIAM, born in Senegal in 1972, is a world-renowned dancer, choreographer, teacher, drummer, and actor who specializes in cultivating West African Dance and maintaining his traditional homeland dance forms. He specializes in the dance art forms Sabar, Djembe, and Bourgarabou.

Delicious Ethiopian food, beer and wine and other treats available for purchase.

Tickets are $10

Information and tickets available on Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fizzles-live-at-buunni-tickets-697365477917?aff=erelexpmlt

BUUNNI COFFEE is an independent coffee shop providing exceptional coffee and baked goods in an inviting community meeting place for all that live, work and enjoy the neighborhood.

Located at 4961 Broadway between 207th Street and Isham, conveniently located near the A and 1 trains, the venue presents eclectic programming with the mission to serve the diverse community of upper Manhattan.

ZENA GROUP is a New York City non-profit arts organization operating since 1991. Zena Group has produced, or had a hand in producing, a myriad projects ranging from theater, film and the arts, to educational and health related outreach.