The York College Big Band is the college-level jazz ensemble at York College/CUNY in Jamaica, Queens. The Big Band is a product of the Jazz Workshop, which is a two-credit class. The band performs periodically throughout the semester and is an integral part of the York College Jazz Forum. Rehearsals are held on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. Please contact the York College Big Band director Tom Zlabinger at [email protected] or (718) 262-2412 if you are interested in attending a rehearsal or would like further information on the York College Big Band.
In addition to performances on campus, the York College Big Band has performed at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center , Medgar Evers College, the Poppenhusen Institute , Queens College, and annually at the CUNY Jazz Festival at City College. In April of 2006, the York College Big Band was featured in Weltreisen on the German television station ARD.
The York College Jazz Forum, established in 2004, is an ongoing performance series of the Performing & Fine Arts Department. Six times a year, world-class jazz musicians visit York's campus and do a performance and open master class with our students. To date, the Jazz Forum series has featured Kamau Adilifu, Roy Ayers, Steve Bargonetti, Bill Easley, Alex Foster, Antonio Hart, Bill Jacobs, Joel Martin, Arturo O'Farrill, Luico Hopper, Myrna Lake, Oliver Lake, Arturo O'Farrill, Dorothy Parks, Gino Sitson, James Spaulding, Bob Stewart, Steve Turre, Ray Vega, Lenny White, Celeste Wortes, and Rachel Z. See the York College Big Band's itinerary for upcoming artists.
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Fall 2006 Concert
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