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(BRONX, NY) The Bronx Arts Ensemble presents the inimitable jazz pianist VALERIE CAPERS and her quartet for one night only February 25 at 8 pm at the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, 4450 Fieldston Road in the Bronx. The program will include classics by Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, George Gershwin and others. Performers will also include Alan Givens, flute and sax; Mark Marino, guitar; John Robinson, bass and Earl Williams. Tickets are $20; $15 for seniors and students and include refreshments. For tickets and information, visitbronxartsensemble.org or call .
VALERIE CAPERS has appeared with such artists as Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Wynton Marsalis, Tito Puente, Paquito D’Rivera, Mongo Santamaria and Max Roach. Dr. Capers was born in the Bronx and received her early schooling at the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind. She went on to obtain both her bachelor's and master's degrees from The Juilliard School of Music. She served on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music was chair of the Department of Music and Art at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY). Dr. Capers’ most recent performances include: a concert at the Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria; the World-Wide Plaza Summer Festival New York City; the opening concert for the Women in Jazz Festival for Jazz at Lincoln Center at Dizzy's Coca-Cola Club New York City; the Gateway Music Festival Rochester New York; the Holiday Festival, the Empire State Building; and a Jazz at Noon Concert, the Empire State Building. VALERIE
CAPERS was the first recipient of Essence Magazine’s Women of Essence Award for Music, and she has presented workshops and residencies at Stanford University, University of Michigan, University of Maryland and Spelman College in Atlanta. Ms. Capers has received Honorary Doctorates from Susquehanna University, Doane College, and from Bloomfield (NJ) College (along with Wynton Marsalis).
VALERIE CAPERS has appeared with such artists as Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Wynton Marsalis, Tito Puente, Paquito D’Rivera, Mongo Santamaria and Max Roach. Dr. Capers was born in the Bronx and received her early schooling at the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind. She went on to obtain both her bachelor's and master's degrees from The Juilliard School of Music. She served on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music was chair of the Department of Music and Art at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY). Dr. Capers’ most recent performances include: a concert at the Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria; the World-Wide Plaza Summer Festival New York City; the opening concert for the Women in Jazz Festival for Jazz at Lincoln Center at Dizzy's Coca-Cola Club New York City; the Gateway Music Festival Rochester New York; the Holiday Festival, the Empire State Building; and a Jazz at Noon Concert, the Empire State Building. VALERIE
CAPERS was the first recipient of Essence Magazine’s Women of Essence Award for Music, and she has presented workshops and residencies at Stanford University, University of Michigan, University of Maryland and Spelman College in Atlanta. Ms. Capers has received Honorary Doctorates from Susquehanna University, Doane College, and from Bloomfield (NJ) College (along with Wynton Marsalis).
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