The New York Youth Symphony Jazz Band will be celebrating the centennial of Rudy van Gelder, a legendary recording engineer who is responsible for recording several thousand sessions, with musicians including Booker Ervin, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk amongst others.

The Fat Cats Youth Orchestra Open Workshop and Rehearsals Weekly at ShapeShifter   Sparkling with the sound of young talent, The Fat Cats is a pre-professional youth orchestra. The group is composed of one big band and two small ensembles that perform Latin jazz and standard jazz pieces and showcase the finest young talent from […]

I.C.E. Music Dept. presents BREAKING THE ICE, a series of concerts performed by ICE students in the most famous New York City jazz clubs and rock venues. ICE (Institute for Collaborative Education) is a public school in the East Village and the director of the Music Department is Albert Marques. The students will perform arrangements […]