Live@ArtsWestchester Live@ArtsWestchester highlights the talents of local performing artists and the to advanced dancers. Refreshments will be served. Made possible with support from the work of community based cultural organizations in Westchester County. The 2011-12 winter NYSCA Folk Arts Program. season presents a mix of international music, Folk dance with live music and instruction for Live@ArtsWestchester continues the NewUrbanJazz program, highlighting the talents the whole family, theater and Jazz to ArtsWestchester’s own Grand Banking Room gallery. of four Westchester based artists, featuring Music Conservatory of Westchester jazz faculty The Global Fusion series highlights the musical mix of traditional and contemporary styles member and pianist Hiroshi Yamazaki, soul singer Vaneese Thomas, multi-talented Tony of North India, featuring Indrajit Roy Chowdhury and Trio Shalva with Israeli folk music and Jefferson as vocalist with his quartet and a season finale with the John Patitucci trio. contemporary jazz both made possible with support from the NYSCA Presenting Program. The theater selection offers a festival of one act plays by Westchester resident theater Our Folk Arts Program presents the Mid-Winter Folk Dance Series, a cross-cultural companies, the Red Monkey Theater and the Axial Theater companies in a showcase of new short program of live music for participatory dance, spanning genres from Eastern Europe, the works. Caribbean, Louisiana and Argentina, all performed by local artists. These events bring world class live music for dance with free instruction by seasoned teachers for beginner Please join us as we celebrate the vitality and variety of performing arts in Westchester County. -Tom van Buren, Director of Folk Arts and Performance Programs

Saturday, Feb. 4 @ 8pm r Friday, Dec. 9 @ 8pm NewUrbanJazz: Global Fusion: Music of North India Hiroshi Yamazaki Quartet Indrajit Roy Chowdhury (sitar)

ary Yamazaki leads his quartet in an evening of Naren Budakhar (tabla) b e original compositions and interpretations of the Sraboni Roy Chowdhury (tanpura)

u jazz repertoire, with with special guest Steve Gorn (bansuri flute) Steve LaSpina (bass) $15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members Tony Jefferson (drums) em Peter Furlan (Tenor Sax) br $20 General Admission / $15 Seniors & Members c e

Saturday, Dec. 10 @ 7pm F Saturday, Feb. 11 @ 7pm Folk Arts Presents:

D e Folk Arts Presents: Mid-Winter Dance - Mid-Winter Dance – Mambo with Bulgaria & Macedonia Mayra Casales y Cocomama Acclaimed Balkan and eastern European dance mas- Cocomama is an international group of women ter and musician Michael Ginsberg brings the sounds who are natives of such diverse places as Cuba, of Bulgaria and Macedonia with Cherven Traktor. Israel, France, Argentina, Puerto Rico, and the US. $15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members They play hard-hitting, original Latin music deeply rooted in Afro-Caribbean rhythms. Instruction by Addie Diaz of Addie-tude Dance. Saturday, Dec. 17 @ 8pm $15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members Global Fusion: Trio Shalva Part III of the Nigunim festival Saturday, Feb. 18 @ 8pm 2011 - Israeli Folk and Jazz with NewUrbanJazz: Vaneese Thomas Yonkers own acclaimed Israeli One of the great voices of our time and soul sister folk and jazz ensemble featuring of the first rank. Daughter of R&B pioneer Rufus Assaf Gleizner (Piano, Melodica) Thomas, Vaneese has brought her virtuoso vocal Koby Hayon (Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Oud) styling to hundreds of recordings. She will perform Nadav Snir-Zelniker (Drums, Percussion) with her full band. $15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members $20 General Admission / $15 Seniors & Members

Saturday, Mar. 3 @ 8pm Saturday, Jan. 14 @ 7pm NewUrbanJazz: Folk Arts Presents: Tony Jefferson Quartet Mid-Winter Dance - Milonga del Arte - Acclaimed singer, multi-instrumentalist leads his

ary An Evening of Tango own quartet on vocals with Raul Jaurena, bandoneon and Maurizio Najt, piano James Weidman (Piano) perform for Tango lovers, back by popular demand. Richie Goods (Bass) Presented in association with Josie’s School of Alvester Garnett (Drums)

nu International Dance. special guest Jay Hoggard (vibraphone) March $15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members $20 General Admission / $15 Seniors & Members

Friday & Saturday, Mar. 9 & 10 @ 8pm Ja Saturday, Jan. 28 @ 7pm A Festival of One Act Plays Folk Arts Presents: Red Monkey Theater Group and Axial Theatre will showcase some of Westchester’s most Mid-Winter Dance - Cajun exciting actors and directors and an acclaimed Acclaimed accordion master Jesse Lege and his local playwright. Audiences will sample short New York band, Bayou Brew cook up a Cajun productions such as, Feathers Sometimes Sour gumbo for dancers of all levels. on the Breath of God by Ward James Reily. $15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members $15 General Admission / $10 Seniors & Members

Saturday, Mar. 17 @ 8pm NewUrbanJazz: The John Patitucci Trio Rivertowns jazz master, Grammy award winning bassist extraordinaire for Chick Corea and Wayne Shorter performs with his trio featuring Jon Cowherd (piano) Adam Cruz (drums) $20 General Admission / $15 Seniors & Members

get tickets and details at www.artsw.org/live or call 914.428.4220 x330