Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
New York, NY 10037Click here for more info and directions.
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Tickets
This one-hour Concert is FREE and open to the public.
Please RSVP on Eventbrite.This program will also be presented:
Monday, April 30, 2018 at 12 Noon at the Harlem YMCA's "Little Theater."
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Monday, April 30, 2018 at 5 PM at the Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood Center.
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Program
Featuring music from 18th Century Europe through the present day Americas:
Joseph Haydn String Quartet, Op. 77, No. 1 (4th Movement)Benjamin Britten Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings
Antonín Dvořák String Quartet, Op. 96 "American" (4th Movement)
Paquito D'Rivera Wapango for String Quartet
Jessie Montgomery Strum for String Quartet
Featuring
Amadi Azikiwe, Violin
Belinda Whitney, ViolinTia Allen, Viola
Robert Burkhart, Cello
Hassan Anderson, Oboe
Special thanks to Amadi Azikiwe of the Harlem Symphony Orchestra for putting this concert together, Novella Ford and the staff at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for the use of their Langston Hughes Auditorium, Kaitlin Griswold for having us at the Harlem YMCA, Marvin Williams for having us at the Isaacs Center, Council Member Bill Perkins and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs for making this concert possible via a Cultural Immigrant Initiative grant, and to the NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs for helping to promote this concert.
