December 2018
LESSONS AND CAROLS
Join us for some festive fun!Come celebrate the season with us and our friends at Fordham University as we present some holiday favorites!Fordham University Lessons and Carols Service Bronx Arts Ensemble musicians Fordham University Choir Robert Minotti, director Presented at St. Paul the Apostle Church, Fordham University at Lincoln Center Program: "Once in Royal David's City" "For Unto Us a Child is Born" from Handel's Messiah "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" (Rutter arrangement) "Star Carol" by John Rutter …
Find out more »BRONX HOLIDAY WITH MANHATTAN BRASS AT WOODLAWN
The acclaimed brass quintet performs jazzed-up seasonal favorites, including "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer" "Jingle Bells" "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" and more!
Find out more »MUSICAL THEATER: TORTOISE AND THE HARE
Musical Theater: Tortoise and the HareThere comes a time when false bravado must come to an end. Two fearsome competitors meet to decide once and for all who is champion!A funny story about a turtle and a bunny and a race they have through the woods. A race where everyone wins. Promise! Free & Open to the Public!
Find out more »January 2019
BAE JAZZ ALL-STARS, WITH ELIO VILLAFRANCA
Leader-arranger-bassist Mary Ann McSweeney and BAE’s own jazz band in a tribute to the legendary Charles Mingus. Special appearance by Cuban-Bronx, Grammy nominee and piano genius, Elio Villafranca. Free concert!
Find out more »February 2019
BRONX SALON: SOPHIE SHAO AND BAE
Bronx resident and cello virtuoso Sophie Shao teams up with BAE players in works by Mexican composer Carlos Chavez and Dvořák. Performance is followed by informal discussion and refreshments.
Find out more »March 2019
RADIO JAROCHO: TRADITIONAL MEXICAN SONG AND DANCE
Radio Jarocho plays the rowdy, upbeat, and at times melancholic music of the countryside of Veracruz, Mexico. Featuring the legendary musician & composer, Zenen Zeferino.
Find out more »April 2019
BRONX SALON: WESTON SPROTT AND BAE
Metropolitan Opera trombonist Weston Sprott and BAE players perform music of the Baroque era. Performance is followed by informal discussion and refreshments.
Find out more »WILLIAM J. SCRIBNER YOUNG BRONX ARTIST COMPETITION
WILLIAM J. SCRIBNER YOUNG BRONX ARTIST COMPETITION
WIN $500 and perform with Bronx Arts Ensemble
May 2019
The Emperor’s New Clothes
A hilarious musical version of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale about two weavers promising a vain Emperor an elegant new suit of clothes, invisible to anyone in the kingdom who is stupid or incompetent…then the fun begins!
Find out more »Jasmine’s Song(3:30pm & 4:30pm)
Jasmine is sick and tired of her violin lessons. She has more important things to do. Like playing video games and texting her BFF. Who cares about music anyway? She’s about to find out. Join us for a tale of musical discovery as Jasmine discovers her roots and the awesome power of song!
Find out more »ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT
The holiday all-American music tradition continues! Bring a picnic and a friend. Event sponsored by New York State Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz. Free admission!
Find out more »June 2019
Live Music Among the Roses
On June 1st and June 2nd, Bronx Arts Ensemble string players Jorge Avila and Eliana Mendoza play among the roses during one of the great New York Botanical Garden spectacles of the year.
Find out more »Live Music Among the Roses
On June 1st and June 2nd, Bronx Arts Ensemble string players Jorge Avila and Eliana Mendoza play among the roses during one of the great New York Botanical Garden spectacles of the year.
Find out more »World Premiere of Elio Villafranca’s Don’t Change My Name
Bronx Arts Ensemble presents the World Premiere of the great Afro-Cuban jazz pianist and composer Elio Villafranca's Don't Change My Name, featuring a 10-piece ensemble and the students of Bronx Charter School for the Arts singing and dancing.
Find out more »Bronx Arts Ensemble’s 2019 Gala
On Thursday, June 6th, Bronx Arts Ensemble celebrates another year of bringing art to the Bronx through live music and arts-in-education.
Find out more »PS 16 Community Day
PS 16 celebrates the end of the school year with their Annual Community Day.
Find out more »Native Soul
Native Soul is a band that brings together the separate-but-equal talents of four very talented artists. The main constant, however, is the musicianship. Their sound is so well melded that the four players suggest the wealth of tone and sound produced by the Big Bands. But they go a step beyond big sound and instead turn into a quartet where it is impossible to single out a lead player.
Find out more »Peter Brainin & the Latin Jazz Workshop
The Latin Jazz Workshop, named for Charles Mingus’ Jazz Workshop, is an ensemble that performs mostly original music as well as an eclectic variety of arrangements of music by composers as varied as Thelonious Monk, Kurt Weill, Jimi Hendrix, Rafael Hernandez, John Lennon, and Wayne Shorter.
Find out more »July 2019
Independence Day Great American Songbook Concert
Bronx Arts Ensemble celebrates Independence Day with an American Songbook program, featuring the vocal talents of Deanna Kirk and Victoria Ortiz, fearless artists and educators. With a wide-ranging selection of beloved songs from both jazz and Broadway traditions, we honor the history of American songwriting.
Find out more »Bastille Day Concert
In honor of Bastille Day, Bronx Arts Ensemble's string quartet presents a program of music by all Francophone composers. Centering around Ravel's String Quartet in F Major, the program will also feature the guitar music of Haitian composer Frantz Casséus and the string music of Germaine Tailleferre, member of the infamous French composers' collective Les Six.
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