String Trio of New York to appear at Community Center

| 28 Sep 2011 | 02:15

    WARWICK-Jazz sensation, the String Trio of New York (S3NY), kicks off their lecture/performance series entitled Jazz Connections - Sounds of the City at the Warwick Valley Community Center On Friday, Sept. 10, at 7:30 p.m. The performance, "Our Way - Jazz & Creativity," will feature the String Trio of New York's diverse compositions and repertoire coupled with a lecture and group discussion on the development and history of the S3NY. As jazz has always been a matter of musicians interpreting the soul of music, Our Way is bringing the 27 years of the S3NY's finest work to the audience in a way that is fresh and new, like the days of its inception. On Friday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m., the S3NY returns to the Warwick Valley Community Center with "Jazz through the Ages," a musical demonstration and discussion of the growth of jazz in the 20th century. The Trio will perform the work of Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk and traces the development of the music to the present time. Tickets for performance are $10 for adults and $5.00 for children. Pre-paid reservations are requested. All proceeds will go to the Warwick Valley Community Center 11 Hamilton Avenue, For more information or to reserve tickets call the WVCC at 986-6422. Funds for this residency have been provided by Chamber Music America with support from the JPMorgan Chase Residency Regrant Program, a program of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Residency Endowment Fund. This project is made possible in part with funds from Orange County Tourism/Orange Arts and the county of Orange and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.