The Village Trip โ The Eighth Street Experience
Intersection of Eighth and MacDougal streets Greenwich Village, New York, NY, United StatesThe David Amram Septet plus pianist Dave Keyes and special guests kick off this yearโs Village Trip and are joined by Tilted Axes: Music for Mobile Electric Guitars at this family friendly, outdoor street party. Food, fun, furry friends and games for children of all ages โ itโs all happening on Eighth Street as we herald our fourth neighborhood festival.
The Village Trip GuitarFest:
Ah, Letโs go Back to the Village
St Johnโs in the Village
218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United States
Celebrate the Jack Kerouac centenary with the world premiere of David Amramโs Ah, Letโs Go Back to the Village, a chamber music composition commissioned by The Village Trip and based on text from Kerouacโs book Lonesome Traveler. Tilted Axes โ twenty electric guitars โ kick off this unique guitar extravaganza. There follows a program of South American guitar music, and twenty classical guitarists wrap up, joining David Amram, who will jam on his score for the Robert Frank film Pull My Daisy.
Steven Zumbo
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesSteven Zumbo presents an eclectic show of story and song, delivered with his unique, comedic touch and rich voice.
Classical Jack: Chamber Music Which Inspired Kerouac and Music Inspired by Him
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesMusically as important as Beethoven,
Yet not regarded as such at all
So wrote Jack Kerouac in the 240th chorus of Mexico City Blues, speaking of Charlie โBirdโ Parker, whom he regarded as the perfect musician. But Jackโs love of jazz did not diminish his great love for classical music and his knowledge of it. His innate musicianship, of course explains the music of his prose, and his ability to improvise words to music, as he did with his old friend David Amram. The program will include works by J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, and Amram performed by a group of distinguished musicians: pianist Yoshiko Kline, saxophonist Ken Radnofsky, and violist Consuelo Sherba.
Wonderful Town: Cabaret and Cocktails with Janis Siegel and Friends
North Square Lounge at the Washington Square Hotel 103 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United StatesA unique and intimate cabaret โ featuring the Grammy-garlanded Janis Siegel with baritone Michael Kelly, Jamie Bernstein and The Manhattan Transfer's long-time musical director Yaron Gershovsky on keyboards โ is a glorious celebration of songs such as โOhio,โ โPass the Football,โ and โOne Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man,โ plus more.
Conversations with Claywoman, presented by TWEED
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesClaywoman is a 500 year old extra-terrestrial from the Mirillion Galaxy. She frequently visits Earth, her favorite planet, giving lectures at various events.
7th Ave. S, Cygnus Ensemble
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesApologies, but we have had to postpone this event due to Covid.
In the New York Times, Paul Griffiths described Cygnus as an "enterprising and supple group featuring guitars, strings and woodwinds in pairsโฆ.โ Composer Allison Loggins-Hullโs latest work, 7th Ave. S. calls for an electric guitar, bridging into the psychedelic sound-world of Greenwich Village, and telling her Village Stories in three movements.
Renowned soprano Leah Brzyski will join Cygnus for the premiere of Ricardo Zohn-Muldoonโs Gypsum, setting of poems by Diedre Huckaby.
Carman Moore riffs on โCygnusโ in Swans Across the Milky Way.
Hot Summer Jazz Series: Mark Winkler
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesMark Winkler's Late Bloominโ Jazzman is the latest album by vocalist and songwriter Mark Winkler, an homage to growing older and the blessings and the downsides that come with age.
CompCord Chamber Orchestra featuring Suzanne Vega: Songs and Poems from the Village
The Players Theatre 115 MacDougal Street, NY, United StatesWith music by New York City composers, including the legendary Suzanne Vega singing some of her classic songs in new orchestral arrangements by Gene Pritsker, William Anderson and Jonathan Dawe. Poetry recitations pay tribute to Greenwich Village.
Zora Rasmussen: The Return of Zora, presented by TWEED
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesZora Rasmussenโs return to the stage continues with songs of longing and love from Nick Drake to The Eurythmics.
Children of the American Bop (and Mambo) Night!
The Public Theater at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY, United StatesJack Kerouac's legendary status as the leading voice of the Beat writers was cemented with his seminal work,ย On the Road. Published in 1957, the same year West Side Story debuted on Broadway and Sputnik launched into space. David Amram and Bobby Sanabria will perform jazz and Latin classics of the 1950s that influenced Kerouac and an entire generation. The show will also include brief readings from On the Road with music, just as Kerouac and Amram pioneered jazz-poetry in New York in 1957.
Secret Music: Celebrating David Del Tredici at 85
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesPianist Marc Peloquin performs music of the great American composer and long-time resident of the West Village, David Del Tredici, as part of his 85th birthday celebration. Also included on the program will be works by composers affiliated with Del Tredici, including Robert Helps and Dennis Tobenski.
Mariah Bonner: Yours in Song
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesJoin Mariah Bonner for an intimate evening of song, an eclectic mix of American standards, French ballads, pop songs and original material expressed vividly in Mariahโs rich vocals.
Eat, Drink, Laugh: A Stand-Up Comedy Show
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesThe smash hit of the summer โ from the producer of Comics for Ukraine 1 and 2.
Lunchtime Concert: Native American Portraits
Anna Maria Kellen Concert Hall 235 East 11th Street, NY, United StatesA performance of Native American Portraits for violin, piano, and percussion, by David Amram at Third Street Music School Settlement. It will be preceded by a demonstration of Native American music and instruments and conclude with an opportunity for discussion.
On the Road Reading with Music
The Strand: The Rare Book Room 828 Broadway at 12th Street, NY, United StatesA recording of the livestream is available to buy.
A diverse cast including Stephanie Berry, Kevin Corrigan, John Doman, Marsha Mason, Dael Orlandersmith, Mercedes Ruehl, Jose Rivera, and John Ventimiglia read excerpts from Jack Kerouacโs classic novel accompanied by a jazz quartet led by the legendary David Amram and directed by David Deblinger. Produced in collaboration with HB Studio.
Penny Arcadeโs Longing Lasts Longer
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesPenny Arcade and Steve Zehentner return to Pangea with their world-wide hit show. Longing Lasts Longer, an investigation into the difference between nostalgia and longing, illuminates the seismic shifts over the past 50 years.
Bowers Fader Duo
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesCutting Edge Concerts joins The Village Trip to present the Bowers Fader Duo performing both classical and contemporary repertoire. Their ongoing mission is to promote new American art songs for mezzo and guitar, through commissions, performances, and recordings.
Sophia Ramos: โNo Parental Guidanceโ
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesA music filled storytelling journey about the life of a perpetually irreverent Nuyorican Rock and Roll singer, cutting her teeth in the downtown 80โs and 90โs music scene.
Village Voices
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesGreenwich Village has been home to some of Americaโs greatest creative minds โ poets, composers, innovators, iconoclasts, and free-thinkers. Sopranos Sharon Harms and Adriana Valdes join pianistsย Joanย Forsyth, Cathy Kautsky, Gavin Cappon and the Village Guitar Orchestra to perform songs byย Henry Cowell, John Cage, Edna St Vincent Millay, Djuna Barnes, Robert Frost, Margaret Bonds, James Baldwin, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Tania Leon and Willa Cather. Exciting new settings by composers William Anderson, Nehemiah Luckett, Jonathon Dawe, Kitty Brazelton and Gavin Cappon enliven the program.
Howling For Jeremy Steig
3rd Sunday Jazz 6BC Botanical Garden 624 East 6th Street, NY, United StatesA Solo Flute Festival of Improvised Solos to Remember Jeremy Steig.
With flutists Cheryl Pyle, Haruna Fukazawa, Gene Coleman, John Kruth, Jay Rodriguez, Nick Gianni, Sylvain Leroux, Connie Grossman, Premik Russell Tubbs, Mary Cherney, and more.
The Village & Phil Ochs: Composers Interpret Phil Ochs
DROM 85 Avenue A, NY, United StatesPhil Ochs was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s and โ70s. He wrote protest songs in the spirit of Joe Hill and Woody Guthrie, and like Guthrie he was also a poet and journalist. His is an enduring legacy.
Janis Siegel: Iโll Take Manhattan
The Public Theater at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), NY, United StatesNine-time Grammy winner and founding member of The Manhattan Transfer,ย Janis Siegel, waxes rhapsodic about her beloved city in song and word. She will be assisted by two master musicians, John di Martino on piano and Boris Koslov on bass. The songs are diverse, romantic, bittersweet, vintage, modern, and full of heart and history, just like New York City itself.
Carol Lipnik, presented by TWEED
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesCarol Lipnik, the spellbinding, darkly humorous singer and songwriter returns to Pangea to perform selections from her two new albums, 'Blue Forest' and 'Goddess of Imperfection'
Nowโs the Time! โ An Evening with David Amram and Friends Celebrating Jack Kerouac, Charlie Parker, Piri Thomas, and Todayโs Young East Village talents
Nuyorican Poets Cafรฉ 236 East 3rd Street, NY, United StatesCome celebrate the historic role and impact the Beats and bebop and jazz artists played in the rise of the contemporary East Village arts scene. Includes a screening of Pull My Daisy & film tribute to Charlie Parker.
Chords of Fame: A Salute to Phil Ochs
The Bitter End 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY, United StatesA distinguished group of artists, spanning the generations, will offer their interpretations of Ochsโ songs and honor his legacy of social activism. The evening, which will be emceed by Danny Goldberg.
Hot Summer Jazz Series: Jay Clayton Quartet
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesInternationally acclaimed vocalist, composer, and educator, Jay Clayton, will be joined on stage by Jay Anderson on bass and Ed Neumeister onย trombone.
Heather Patterson King: The Voices in my Head
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesJoin Heather Patterson King on a humorous and reflective musical journey through the voices that made her the performer she is today.
Charlie Parker & Stefan Wolpe
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesCharlie Parker was crucial to the development of bebop, a uniquely American artform that thrived in Greenwich Village. Composer Stefan Wolpe fled the Nazis and settled in the Village, teaching avant-gardists and jazz musicians alike, forming a friendship with the jazz radical.
Karen Mack and Elliotย Roth
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesSongwriters Karen Mack and Elliotย Roth present two sets of acoustic jazz, originals, pop/folk covers, and โnot standardโ takes on standards in Pangeaโs restaurant/front lounge.
Glitter in the Gutter: Mermaid Edition
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesOur two glittering heroines follow the Gutter underwater as the pressures of an Artistโs life above ground gets increasingly thick and heavy. Join us for a splash of gravity-less swankiness under The Sea!
Glass Houses: Celebrating Philip Glass at 85
St Johnโs in the Village 218 W 11th St, New York, NY, United StatesThe Village Trip partners with Victoria Bond and Cutting Edge Concerts to celebrate the legacy of ground-breaking composer Philip Glass.
Bringing It All Back Home to Washington Square with The Klezmatics and Joshua Nelson
Free outdoor concert
Garibaldi Plaza
Washington Square Park, New York, NY, United States
Geographically and spiritually, Washington Square has always been the center of the Village. Bohemiaโs beating heart. A place to gather, whether to protest or just hang out, often with a guitar.ย The now-traditional Village Trip concert in the Park, headlined this year by Grammy-winning local heroes The Klezmatics, celebrates Greenwich Village as โaย state of mindย with no boundaries.โ
Heather Patterson King: The Voices in my Head
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesJoin Heather Patterson King on a humorous and reflective musical journey through the voices that made her the performer she is today.
Village Composers and Stephen Dembski, featuring soprano Sharon Harms
Tenri Cultural Institute 43A West 13th Street, NY, United StatesGreenwich Village, has a thriving music scene represented in this program of newer and recent works by a diverse group of Village composers. This program of music is dedicated to the memory of composer Stephen Dembski, long-time West Village resident, who died suddenly in summer 2021.
Amanda Reckonwith Returns
Pangea NYC 178 2nd Ave, NY, United StatesInternational diva and Broadway legend in her own mind, โAmanda Reckonwithโ Returns! (after a 25 year retirement/rest cure) to razzle dazzle with high comedy and even higher notes!
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