In the Spring of 2022, Immanuel Wilkins and his quartet performed works from Wilkins’ album, The 7th Hand, a suite of seven pieces that is an homage to the Black church. For a limited time, you can experience this powerful concert online.
Join Harlem Stage and Beth Morrison Projects for a FREE Zoom conversation with composers Tamar-kali, Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa-Nzou Mambano, and Yaz Lancaster. Learn more about the new works that the composers have written, to be premiered as part of the Song Cycles project at Harlem Stage on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29.
In the Spring of 2022 Harlem Stage and the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) united to present world-renowned Cuban percussionist and vocalist Pedrito Martinez. Watch his Uptown Nights concert, Rumba Con Fundamento, an infectious, high-energy musical experience you can enjoy online for a limited time.
Music From The Sole is a spectacular live music and dance company led by Afro-Brazilian choreographer Leonardo Sandoval and multi-instrumentalist and composer Gregory Richardson. Partido, performed at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse in the fall of 2021, is inspired by Sandoval’s experience as an artist and immigrant in the United States and features a group of talented tap dancers and a four-piece band.
Digital Stream: In November 2021 Harlem Stage presented two exceptional jazz artists as part of our Uptown Nights series. South African vocalist Vuyo Sotashe and GRAMMY-nominated pianist Chris Pattishall came together at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse in a special duo presentation.
Associate Artistic Director/Curator-in-Residence and Multi-disciplinary artist, Carl Hancock Rux, will moderate a discussion conducted on Zoom with pianist-composer Gerald Clayton, featured vocalist René Marie, and director Christopher McElroen.
Digital Stream: In the fall of 2021 jazz phenom Matthew Whitaker returned to Harlem Stage to launch his album, Connections.
Digital Stream: Harlem Stage is thrilled to partner with Carnegie Hall for their citywide Afrofuturism festival, February-March 2022. We will present an encore digital presentation of Craig Harris’ Nocturnal Nubian Ball for Conscientious Ballers and Cultural Shot Callers, the culmination of our own WaterWorks commissioned multi-year, citywide celebration of Afrofuturism and its pioneer, Sun Ra.
In this special partnership between Harlem Stage and Manhattan Theatre Club, Harlem Stage Associate Artistic Director/Curator-in-Residence and award-winning Multi-disciplinary artist, Carl Hancock Rux, will moderate a talk highlighting MTC’s Skeleton Crew, now running on Broadway.
Digital Stream: In October 2021 Harlem Stage presented artist and activist Natu Camara as part of our Uptown Nights series. Camara electrified the audience with her powerful mix of West African soul, rock, and pop.
Digital Stream: In August 2021, Harlem Stage, in partnership with Bryant Park, Jazzmobile, and NYC Parks, presented two free outdoor concerts at Bryant Park and Marcus Garvey Park featuring trombonist and composer Craig Harris, his band Nation of Imagination, and the legendary Marshall Allen. Allen, who is 97 years old and an original member of the Sun Ra Arkestra, dazzled audiences uptown and downtown with his unique style.
