Ba Da Chui, Percussion Quartet (hosted by Wu Man)

The second show is this Saturday, starting at 3pm.  
Make sure you're there by 2:40!


Ba Da Chui
Ba Da Chui means "eight great hammers," and this percussion quartet straight from China promises a feast of exuberant sound. Inspired by the Beijing opera tradition, this foursome will wield drums, cymbals, gongs and woodblocks to weave complex patterns into compelling music.

This show is part of Ancient Paths, Modern Voices: A City-Wide Festival Celebrating Chinese Culture.


Acclaimed pipa virtuoso Wu Man will introduce the group.

WHERE/WHEN 
We'll be meeting at the University Settlement Society of New York, 184 Eldridge Street (at Rivington Street) at 2:40pm.  map.


Subway options
F, V to 2nd Avenue B, D to Grand Street
N, R, W to Prince Street
6 to Spring Street

BusM15 to Delancey Street

Enescu Reimagined

Tuesday, October 20th, starting at 8pm. 
Make sure to be there by 7:35 sharp!

Enescu Reimagined
Merkin Concert Hall 129 W. 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam)
Subway: 1 to 66th Street-Lincoln Center
kaufman-center.org

More than a century after Romanian composer George Enescu was first introduced to American audiences, Romanian New York-based pianist Lucian Ban, together with renowned jazz bassist John Hebert, takes on Enescu’s music legacy in this daring contemporary jazz re-imagination of some of his unique works for a stunning group of New York jazz iconoclasts, featuring: Mat Maneri, viola; Joyce Hammann, violin; Tony Malaby, tenor sax; Taylor Ho Bynum, trumpet, Lucian Ban, piano, orchestrations; Badal Roy, tablas; John Hebert, double bass, orchestrations; Gerald Cleaver, drums.
Working at the edge of classical, jazz, downtown improv and contemporary music, the ensemble re-orchestrates and re-interprets scores from George Enescu’s impressive body of work – from the famous “3rd Sonata for Violin & Piano in Romanian Folk Character” to the unfinished “4th Symphony” to the various chamber pieces and the larger orchestral works of this amazing 20th century Romanian composer.

For further information on this event and the featured musicians, please visit www.icrny.org.

Music TRaC begins!

Welcome to Music TRaC.  Get ready for the unique instructional talents of Andrey Henkin, your instructor.  Andrey is the editor of All About Jazz New York.  On his web bio at AAJ, he lists the songs he'd take to a desert island.  Check them out HERE.  Of course he chose a Slayer jam.  That's the kind of taste you can look forward to debating.  (That's him up there on the right back in 2001.) 

We've programed an eclectic group of shows for you for this eight weeks, from old skool rapper Rakim to the Kronos Quartet, a venues from Carnegie Hall to BB King's Blues Club.  It's gonna be a trip.  The schedule is over in the rightside column, with links, if you're ever unsure of what's going on.

Your workshops are on Thursdays, from 4:30-6:30, starting October 15th.  You'll be meeting at the brand new High 5 space (in the offices of ArtsConnection) on 8th Ave.  In Studio A on the 3rd Floor.

DIRECTIONS to High 5 HQ:

The easiest way is to take the A, C, or E train to 34th Street, then walk up 8th Ave to building #520.  We're inbetween 36th and 37th Street.  Look for the revolving door.



520 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
map it here.


The building looks like this:


...but that's kind of what all old New York buildings look like, so just look for the number and the revolving door.

Let's get started!