Phoenix Rising is a five-piece group comprising flute, piano, congas, drums and bass that plays Latin jazz, featuring Andrea Brachfeld the First Lady of Latin Flute.
A graduate of the High School of Music and Art (where she received the Louis Armstrong Award for Outstanding Student) and the Manhattan School of Music, over the past 20 years Andrea Brachfeld has record more than a dozen CDs with Africando, Noel Pointer and Timbalaye, to name a few.
Her breakthrough performance as the flutist for the popular Latin band, Charanga ’76, catapulted her into salsa history and fame as the first female flutist to play this music in the United States. Ms. Brachfeld’s studies with Hubert Laws, Jimmy Heath and Mike Longo helped her develop her own style as one of the finest jazz flutist around.
Twice a recipient of the Latin New York Music Award as a flutist and recently awarded the Chico O’Farrill Lifetime Achievement Award from Latin Jazz, she has performed with Dave Valentín, Nestor Torres, and Ray Barretto, among others. In Venezuela, she opened for Chick Corea and Paco de Lucia.
Recital begins at 12:15
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A lineup of four recitals comes your way this fall, so mark your calendars and think about friends to invite.
- Sep. 24th The Dorian Trio: Ruo Tao Mao, violin; Mikyung Lee, cello; Tomoko Kanamaru, piano, will perform Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D minor.
- Oct. 8th Mezzo-soprano Alyson Harvey and pianist Tim Brown.
- Oct. 22nd Polymania, the piano duo of Mari-Jo Policastro and Steven Russell.
- Nov 12th The Cambiata Trio, a woodwind trio comprising flute, oboe, and bassoon.
The Downtown Lunchtime Recitals celebrated last spring when the young musicians from Livingston School gave a performance of their spring concert at our church. This thank you was a wonderful affirmation of the appreciation audiences have for the recitals. If you haven’t been attending the recitals, come by and find out how chamber music grabs everyone from middle-schoolers to seniors. The Wednesday recitals are free half-hour events beginning at 12:15 p.m.
Consider helping serve the free lunch that follows each recital and signing up to donate soup, bread, or cookies. Find the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board outside the kitchen door or call the church office and ask Aurea Vega to sign you up.
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