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Community Day @ College of Mount St. Vincent

June 11 @ 12:30 pm - 6:00 pm

FREE

Join Bronx Arts Ensemble and College of Mount St. Vincent for Community Day and Conservatory Grand Opening hosted on the college’s campus.  Bronx Arts Ensemble’s String Quartet and Woodwind Quintet will perform arrangements from “Afro-Caribbean Music and More” and “North American Redux” programs.  Andoche Loubaki will lead a workshop of Congolese dance. Estelle Rivera will perform “​​Un verano en nueva york” in a fusion of house, salsa, and breakdance.

The day begins at 12:30 pm with the Conservatory Grand Opening. Visit the Conservatory Open House – take a tour of the space, and enjoy performances by students, faculty, and the CMSV Community Choir.

Schedule

12:30 PM | CMSV CONSERVATORY GRAND OPENING

2:00 PM | BAE WOODWIND QUINTET CONCERT
Afro-Caribbean Music and More
From Jamaican and Haitian folk songs to Florence Price’s monumental Five Folksongs in Counterpoint, the Bronx Arts Ensemble String Quartet celebrates the works of Black composers and musicians in the Americas and more.
Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Founders Hall

3:00 PM | AFRICAN DRUMMING WORKSHOP
Congolese drumming and dance with Andoche Loubakia
Smith Hall in Founders Hall

4:00 PM | BAE STRING QUARTET CONCERT
North American Redux
Works by historic and living North American composers. Music from Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha to works by living Canadian and Mexican composers.
Chapel of the Immaculate Conception, Founders Hall

5:00 PM | DANCE WORKSHOP
Un verano en nueva york
Dance fusion of house, salsa, and breakdance with Estelle Rivera
Smith Hall in Founders Hall

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Details

Date:
June 11
Time:
12:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Cost:
FREE
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Organizers

Bronx Arts Ensemble
College of Mount Saint Vincent

Venue

College of Mount Saint Vincent
6301 Riverdale Ave
Bronx, 10471
Phone:
7184053200
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