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Ensembles from NYU’s Jazz Studies program took Greenwich Village’s Blue Note by storm this weekend, with two sets packed with city residents eager to see the next generation of musicians. The Blue Note, founded in 1981, is one the most prominent jazz clubs in New York City. Headlining many famous artists such as Ron Carter,...
World Mental Health Day – Tuesday, Oct. 10 – is a reminder to all that mental health has become an acute global challenge. More than one in five Americans alone battle mental illness. It's safe to add that on occasion, many of us have struggled with how to channel and express our emotions in constructive ways. During the pandemic, Dobbs Ferry resident Jen Aks designed The Power of Gesture, a movement method to do just that.
Earlier this month, in the lobby of the Paulson Center, NYU faculty and local pianists collaborated to perform French composer Erik Satie’s famed “Vexations” — and they performed it 840 times. Organized by Joan Forsyth and William Anderson, the spectacle was a part of the Village Trip Festival, an ongoing celebration of the arts and...
A French composer specified that his composition be repeated hundreds of times. His wishes will be followed at N.Y.U. today.
More than a dozen students said hot temperatures, out-of-tune piano strings and broken keys and pedals have left pianos in Phillips Hall consistently out of tune.