MUSIC @ YORK COLLEGE

Dear Music Fans,

I hope this message finds you well and happy! It is my pleasure to welcome you back to MUSIC @ YORK COLLEGE in the new year! And I thought that there would be no better way than to PREVIEW of some of our events this spring. So check it out:


MUSIC @ YORK COLLEGE SPRING 2011
MON 1/31 @ 7 p.m. JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL w/ Thomas Stempkowski All-Bass Quartet @ Illinois Jacquet

SAT 2/5 @ 7 p.m. Pianist Kenny Barron @ PAC
FRI 2/11 @ 7 p.m. Onyx Vocal Consort @ PAC
MON 2/14 @ 5 p.m. SPIRIT WEEK: York College Big Band Loves You! @ PAC
SUN 2/20 @ TBA York College Blue Notes @ Charles Mingus Competition, Manhattan School of Music
MON 2/28 @ 7 p.m. JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL w/ MACROSCOPIA feat. Daniel Carter @ Illinois Jacquet

SAT 3/5 @ 7 p.m. Pianist Geri Allen @ PAC
FRI 3/18 @ 8 p.m. YORK COLLEGE MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA
feat. York College Big Band and Gospel Choir @ JPAC (153rd & Jamaica Ave.)
MON 3/21 @ 8 p.m. York College Big Band @ University of the Streets, Manhattan
MON 3/28 @ 7 p.m. JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL w/ Chanda Rule @ Illinois Jacquet

MON 4/4 @ 7 p.m. JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL FILM SERIES
w/ Icons Among Us: Jazz In the Present Tense @ Illinois Jacquet
FRI 4/8 @ 7 p.m. Maia Quartet @ PAC
FRI 4/29 @ 7 p.m. Music Club Dance feat. York College Big Band @ Gym

WED 5/18 @ 8 p.m. York College Big Band Spring Concert @ PAC
SAT 5/21 @ 8 p.m. York College Blue Notes Spring Concert @ PAC

FRI 6/3 @ noon COMMENCEMENT 2011 feat. York College Big Band @ Plaza

NOTE: More events to be added throughout the semester!


It all begins tonight, 1/31 @ 7 p.m.with JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL feat. Thomas Stempkowski (from Vienna) and an All-Bass Quartet including Ken Filiano, Chris Sullivan, and Tom Zlabinger in the Illinois Jacquet Performance Space (94-15 159th St, Jamaica).

See you there!

Tom Zlabinger - http://www.tomzlabinger.com
Ethnomusicologist / Bass Player

Director, York College Big Band
http://www.myspace.com/yorkcollegebigband
Director, York College Blue Notes & Summer Jazz Program
http://www.yorkcollegebluenotes.org
Artistic Director, Jazz at The Chapel / Illinois Jacquet Performance Space
http://www.jazzatthechapel.com
Faculty Advisor, York College Music Club
http://www.facebook.com/yorkcollegemusicclub

York College / CUNY
Department of Performing & Fine Arts / Music
94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd. #1A12
Jamaica, NY 11451
http://www.york.cuny.edu


"Ever up and onward!" - Billy Strayhorn

Electric Miles Tribute in Queens!

JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL invites you to its final performance of 2010:

Monday, November 22 @ 7 p.m.
w/ Lex Samu
A Tribute to Electric Miles
Illinois Jacquet Performance Space
94-15 159th St, Jamaica, NY
(just south of the LIRR/Archer Ave, next to Queens HS for the Sciences)

featuring

Lex Samu: trumpet, electronics
Yoichi Uzeki: synthesizer
Tom Zlabinger: electric bass
Sylvia Cuenca: drums

The quartet will explore music from the Miles Davis albums IN A SILENT WAY (1969), BITCHES BREW (1969), and THE CELLAR DOOR SESSIONS (1970). Be prepared for a funky, good time!

For more info:
http://www.jazzatthechapel.com/


Upcoming MUSIC @ YORK COLLEGE Events
11/22 @ 7 p.m. JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL w/ Lex Samu (A Tribute to Electric Miles) @ Illinois Jacquet
11/23 @ noon York College Big Band @ Thanksgiving Party, Atrium
12/3 (until 12/11) FAME: The Musical @ PAC
12/12 @ 3 p.m. York College Gospel Chorus @ Atrium
12/15 @ 8 p.m. York College Big Band Fall Concert (A Tribute to Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers) @ PAC
12/18 @ 8 p.m. York College Blue Notes Fall Concert @ PAC
12/19 @ 2 p.m. York College Gospel Chorus @ Glenmore Avenue Church (East New York)
12/31 @ 7 p.m. JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL w/ Thomas Stempkowski Bass Quartet @ Illinois Jacquet
2/28 @ 7 p.m. JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL w/ MACROSCOPIA feat. Daniel Carter @ Illinois Jacquet
3/18 @ 8 p.m. York College Music Extravaganza @ JPAC
3/28 @ 7 p.m. JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL w/ Chanda Rule @ Illinois Jacquet


See you there!

Tom Zlabinger - http://www.myspace.com/tomzlabinger

JAZZ MOVIE, TONIGHT: TEXAS TENOR: THE ILLINOIS JACQUET STORY

Jazz fans,

Do not miss the screening of the great jazz film TEXAS TENOR: THE ILLINOIS JACQUET STORY (1991) as part of JAZZ AT THIS CHAPEL this MONDAY, 10/25 @ 7 p.m. Come learn about the man The Chapel has been dedicated to. Jacquet's manager Carol Scherick and Queens Borough President Helen Marshall (who knew Jacquet) will make remarks at the start of the evening. See writeup below for more information on the film.

For more info on the event (including a video on The Chapel):
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135001133218836

For more info on JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL:
http://www.jazzatthechapel.com/


Upcoming MUSIC @ YORK COLLEGE Events
11/6 @ 7 p.m. Bill Jacobs @ PAC
11/14 @ noon York College Big Band @ York College Open House, Atrium
11/22 @ 7 p.m. JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL w/ Lex Samu @ Illinois Jacquet
12/3 (until 12/11) Fame: The Musical @ PAC
12/15 @ 8 p.m. York College Big Band Fall Concert (A Tribute to Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers) @ PAC
12/18 @ 8 p.m. York College Blue Notes Fall Conert @ PAC


See you there!

Tom Zlabinger - http://www.myspace.com/tomzlabinger
Bass Player / Ethnomusicologist
Director, York College Jazz Ensembles (Big Band / The Blue Notes / Summer Jazz Program)
http://www.myspace.com/yorkcollegebigband / http://www.myspace.com/yorkcollegebluenotes
Faculty Advisor, York College Music Club
http://www.facebook.com/yorkcollegemusicclub
Artistic Director, Jazz at The Chapel / Illinois Jacquet Performance Space
http://www.jazzatthechapel.com/

York College / CUNY
Department of Performing & Fine Arts / Music
94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd. #1A12
Jamaica, NY 11451
http://www.york.cuny.edu/


"Ever up and onward!" - Billy Strayhorn

A lot of Jazz

Jazz fans,

Don't miss your opportunity to go to the STATEN ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL this SATURDAY, 10/16 @ 1:30 p.m. The YORK COLLEGE BLUE NOTES are opening the festival which features the SUN RA ARKESTRA, DANNY MIXON, and many others!!!

It all takes place at:

Snug Harbor Cultural Center
1000 Richmond Ter
Staten Island, NY 10301
http://www.snug-harbor.org/

For more information on the festival, see article attached or go to:

http://www.utasi.org/Events.html


Upcoming MUSIC @ YORK COLLEGE Events

10/25 @ 7 p.m. JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL w/ Texas Tenor: The Illinois Jacquet Story (film) @ Illinois Jacquet
11/6 @ 7 p.m. Bill Jacobs @ PAC
11/14 @ noon York College Big Band @ York College Open House, Atrium
11/22 @ 7 p.m. JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL w/ Lex Samu @ Illinois Jacquet
12/3 (until 12/11) Fame: The Musical @ PAC
12/15 @ 8 p.m. York College Big Band Fall Concert (A Tribute to Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers) @ PAC

JAZZ IN QUEENS IS BACK!

THE HOT WEATHER TRIPPED OUR SHUTOFF SWITCH, BUT WE FINALLY FOUND THE RESET BUTTON, AND WE'RE BACK!

Keyboardist/vocalist Bethany Wild has been playing Thursdays at Novo, on 37th Ave. Btwn. 79th and 78th Sts., Jackson Heights...

... and Espresso 77, around the corner on 77th St., is also doing jazz regularly.

Please check with both venues before heading out, but by all means, head out and hear jazz in Queens!

BIG NAME JAZZ PLAYS ON, IN QUEENS!

Music fans,

You will not want to miss either of the following at York College this week:


Saturday, September 25 @ 7 p.m.

BOBBY SANABRIA w/ NEA Master Candido

York College Performing Arts Center
94-45 Guy R Brewer Blvd, Jamaica
ADMISSION: $20 / $10 students & seniors

MORE INFO:
http://www.bobbysanabria.com/

Monday, September 27 @ 7 p.m.

JAZZ AT THE CHAPEL w/ Roy Campbell

Illinois Jacquet Performance Space
94-15 159th St (south of Archer Ave/LIRR), Jamaica
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

MORE INFO:
http://www.roycampbellmusic.com/

JAZZ ON THE PLAZA RETURNS IN TRIUMPH

Do not miss Jazz on the Plaza; get info here.

(Jazz on the Plaza info is in the frame, in blue, to the left of this link's screen.)

JAZZ ON THE PLAZA RETURNED TODAY; THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST JAZZ SERIES IN NYC, AND IT IS TOTALLY FREE! - World-class jazz every Thursday afternoon 12:30-1:45pm, Citicorp Center, NYC.

After a two-season hiatus Jazz on the Plaza at St. Peter's Church/Citicorp Center, Manhattan, is back.

The great (Professor) Antonio Hart (alto sax) led a Queens College ensemble, with faculty member (and longtime "Heath Brother") Jeb Patton on keyboards; Mavis Poole, vocals; Marcus Schulte, gtr.; Carlos Pena, bass; Silvio Morger, dr.; (apologies if names are not quite right; no written personnel list.)

Professor Hart, protege of living jazz legend Jimmy Heath, is a genius and he and his group TORE IT UP today, on a gorgeous afternoon.

I REPEAT, JAZZ ON THE PLAZA IS ONE OF THE BEST CONCERT SERIES IN NYC AND IT IS TOTALLY FREE; THIS SERIES RUNS THROUGH AUGUST AND FEATURES WORLD-CLASS TALENT AND IS NOT TO BE MISSED. ONE STOP IN FROM QUEENS, ON THE E-TRAIN.