Queens Library hosts Concert Series
JAMAICA, NY – Queens Library is again proud to host several events in the Spring 2008 Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series, A Program of The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. Now in its 32nd season, the Neighborhood Concert Series presents free concerts for New Yorkers of all ages in collaboration with museums, colleges, libraries, community, cultural and religious centers and shelters throughout the five boroughs. Neighborhood concerts, which reflect both the diverse sounds of the city and Carnegie Hall’s ever-expanding programming, offer classical, Latin, Jazz, tango, doo-wop, bluegrass, Brazilian, African, Indian, Caribbean music—and more!
Neighborhood concerts are funded in part by the New York City Council and Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional support is provided by the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation. Programs of The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall are generously supported by the City of New York: Office of the Mayor, the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York City Council; and by the New York State Council on the Arts.
The Weill Music Institute creates broad-reaching music education programs, playing a central role in Carnegie Hall’s commitment to making great music accessible to as many people as possible through creative musical interaction and inspiring lifelong learning. Educational programs are woven into the fabric of the Carnegie Hall concert season, with opportunities for pre-schoolers to adults, new listeners to emerging professional musicians. With its access to the world’s greatest artists and latest technologies, The Weill Music Institute is uniquely positioned to inspire the next generation of music lovers, nurture tomorrow’s musical talent, and shape the evolution of music education itself. The Weill Music Institute annually serves over 115,000 children, students, teachers, parents, young music professionals, and adults in the New York City metropolitan area, across the United States, and around the world.
Dja-rara - Saturday, June 28, 2:00 PM - Queens Library @Flushing Auditorium, 41-17 Main Street; 718-661-1200
Dja-rara has taken an ancient music from the hills of Haiti and reinvented it on the streets of Brooklyn. Rehearsing in Crown Heights and leading as many as 8,000 people in thunderous processions through Prospect Park, the young musicians of Dja-rara have kept alive the tradition of Haitian rara, an acoustic “walking music” that is part voodoo ritual, part carnival and part grassroots protest. Rara served as a voice of the original slaves in their revolt against the French, as well as the voice of those struggling against dictatorships in Haiti. Today, the band serves as a voice against discrimination and invisibility within the Haitian-American community.
Queens Library is an independent, not-for-profit corporation and is not affiliated with any other library system. The Queens Library serves a population of 2.2 million in the most ethnically diverse county in the United States. With a record-breaking 21 million items in circulation in Fiscal Year 2007, the Library has the highest circulation of any public library system in the U.S. and one of the highest circulations in the world. For more information about Library programs, services, locations, events and news, visit the Queens Library Web site at www.queenslibrary.org or phone (718) 990-0700. Admission is free to these Queens Library programs