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Isaac A. Hooper House, Harlem, 1870′s

Posted on August 30, 2012 by | 2 Comments

The house was originally at 75 Manhattan Street address from 1853 to 1865, later it became 513 West 125th Street (between Amsterdam and Broadway). Continue reading →

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Diva Jessye Norman in Ask Your Mama At Harlem’s Apollo Theater

Posted on August 14, 2012 by | 1 Comment

The Apollo Theater and Manhattan School of Music will join forces to present Ask Your Mama, a 90-minute sonic tapestry of music, film, and spoken word by EmmyAward- winning composer Laura Karpman based on Langston Hughes’s “Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz” that bursts the boundaries of time, place, and verbal expression to trace the currents and tributaries of cultural diasporas. Continue reading →

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Harlem’s Noah Stewart, First Black Musician To Top Classical Album Chart

Posted on April 1, 2012 by | Leave a comment

A tenor singer from Harlem, New York, who used to be a receptionist at the city’s famous Carnegie Hall, has become the first black singer to top the UK classical album chart in its 25-year history, his record company has said. Continue reading →

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The Harlem Chamber Players Black History Month Celebration

Posted on January 31, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Join The Harlem Players for an afternoon of great music celebrating Black History Month. WQXR Radio’s Terrance McKnight will host. The concert includes Daniel Bernard Roumain’s String Quartet No. 2 entitled “King” with spoken word delivered by Lindsey Wilson, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Movement for String Trio (dedicated to the late Ken Adams), A Spiritual Medley sung by Soprano Andréa Bradford and Dvořák’s Serenade in D Minor, Op. 44 for 10 Winds, Cello and Double Bass conducted by Tali Makell. The concert takes place at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church 521 West 126th Street (Between Broadway and Amsterdam). Continue reading →

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‘Harlem,’ (1/2) 1950, Duke Ellington (video)

Posted on December 15, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Duke Ellington was a world-renowned figure when he composed “Harlem” in 1950. Continue reading →

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Diva Kathleen Battle In Harlem

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battleKathleen Battle remembers….and on April 5th at Carnegie Hall she will sing the music of struggle, faith and deliverance.  We encourage our customers not to miss this songbird sing our history.

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