About this Event
Grammy-Winning artist Arturo O'Farrill returns to Third Street on Friday, April 25, for a free community concert with the Arturo O'Farrill Trio. Enjoy a family-friendly concert of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Latin songs, energy, and stories.
Arturo O'Farrill, piano
Bam Rodriguez, bass
Zock O'Farrill, drums
This concert is in partnership with Mount Sinai Health System’s Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine and the Assessment of Music Experiences in Navigating Depression grant by the National Endowment for the Arts.
About the Artist
ARTURO O’FARRILL, pianist, composer, and educator, was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Arturo’s professional career began with the Carla Bley Band and continued as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis, and Harry Belafonte.
In 2007, he founded the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the performance, education, and preservation of Afro Latin music. Learn more about ALJA here: http://www.afrolatinjazz.org
Arturo has received commissions from Meet the Composer, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Philadelphia Music Project, The Apollo Theater, Symphony Space, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Young Peoples Chorus of New York, Columbia University and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Arturo is Professor of Global Jazz Studies and Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has been honored as a Steinway Artist for many years, and is a Blue Note Records Recording Artist.
Visit https://www.arturoofarrill.com/
Venue Policies
- Third Street is accessible to wheelchairs
- Large items including strollers and carts are not permitted in the perforance space but can be left in the lobby at the owner's discretion.
- No food or drinks are permitted.
- Service animals only, no pets permitted.
- Children must be accompanied by an authorized adult at all times.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Third Street Music School Settlement, 235 East 11th Street, New York, United States
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