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CTMD Concerts

Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online presents Lamine Thiam

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

CTMD Concerts

Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online presents Esraa Warda

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Monday, December 28, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

CTMD Festivals

Yiddish New York 2020

Part of Yiddish New York

Saturday, December 26, 2020

Online Event

Films – Lectures – Theater – Yiddish Song – Folk Dance – Yiddish Language – Yiddish Culture and History – Visual Arts – Master Classes – Ensembles – Foods – Klezmer Music – Local Community – Art Exhibition – Special Programs for Kids & Teens and More!

CTMD Concerts

Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online presents Rafael Leal Ramierez

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

Shot at home, this program features the remarkable Rafael Leal Ramirez, a Colombian drummer, percussionist, and educator with the CTMD Sharing Traditions program FolkCOLOMBIA Escuela de Danza y Música.

CTMD Concerts

Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online presents Oneza Lafontant

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Monday, December 21, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

Öneza Lafontant is a cultural activist, musician, and founder of CTMD Touring Artist group Kongo, an Afro-Haitian roots music band based in Brooklyn.

Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online presents Yamini Kalluri

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Monday, December 14, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

Special Event

Supporting NYC's Immigrant Arts Ecosystem in a Time of Crisis

Friday, December 11, 2020

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Online Event

This forum will explore the growing role of immigrant artists in New York's cultural life, the impact of the COVID crisis on the immigrant arts ecosystem, and the longer-term challenges facing immigrant artists and immigrant-focused arts organizations across all five boroughs.

CTMD Concerts

Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online presents Inkarayku

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Friday, December 11, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

This special episode of Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online presents the band Inkarayku, a Quechua word that means “because of the Incas.”

CTMD Concerts

Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online presents Seetha Wickramasuriya

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

One of the only traditional kavi singers living in the U.S., Seetha practices a Sri Lankan folk poetic form sung to the beaten melody of a rabana drum.

Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online presents Suvda Kheired

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Monday, December 7, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

CTMD Concerts

Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online presents George Vilson and Regine Romaine

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

Together in this special segment, Régine and Georges discuss how they met at a Haitian folklore CTMD event, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic upon Haitian community, and the value of preserving Haitian musical culture and language during these difficult times.

CTMD Workshops

FolkCOLOMBIA's New Virtual Columbian Music and Dance Program Series with Queens Community House

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

FolkCOLOMBIA Escuela de Danza y Musica and Queens Community House are excited to announce a virtual Colombian music and dance program series for students throughout

CTMD Concerts

Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online presents Ronald Polo

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

Recorded in the basement home studio, Afro-Colombian singer, percussionist, and director of CTMD Touring Artists Grupo Rebolu, Ronald Polo features in this edition of Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online.

Beat of the Boroughs: NYC Online presents Malang Jobarteh and Salieu Suso

Friday, November 27, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

Telling Mandinka histories through song and story.

Beat of the Boroughs NYC Online: Frank London

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

Klezmer trombonist and creator of the Radiant Others Podcast Dan Blacksberg interviews renowned New York klezmer musician Frank London about his life and music.

Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online presents George Vilson and Régine Romaine

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Monday, November 23, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Sidiki Conde

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Friday, November 20, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

Through his story and music, Conde reminds audiences that we are all part of one community.

Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Xiao Xiannian and Julie Tay of the Mencius Society

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

For the third episode of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online, we have Xiaon Xiannian and Julie Tay of the Mencius Society!

Beat of the Boroughs NYC Online: The Crimean Tatar Ensemble

Monday, November 16, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

These extraordinary, multi-generational dancers and musicians share intricate folk songs, virtuosic instrumental pieces, and various group and solo dances from the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine.

Beat of the Boroughs NYC Online: Julia Gutierrez-Rivera and Friends

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

Julia Gutiérrez- Rivera and Friends present "A Taste of NuyoRican Bomba: From Traditional, to Spiritual to Resistance Music".

Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Grupo Rebolu Family Jam

Part of Beat of the Boroughs NYC: Online

Monday, October 5, 2020

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Online Event

To premiere Beat of the Boroughs NYC, a family jam session with Grupo Rebolu!

New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century: A Special Book Release Event!

Part of Yiddish New York

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Online Event

Join us for a special book release via Facebook Messenger Rooms of the New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century featuring Joel Rubin with Mark Slobin!

BEYLE 100: Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman's 100th Birthday

Part of Yiddish New York

Sunday, August 9, 2020

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Online Event

Join us for a special online concert celebrating the 100th birthday of Yiddish songwriter, poet, and singer Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman (1920-2013). The program, conceived by Binyumen

Survivor Songs: The Amazing Stonehill Recordings

Part of Yiddish New York

Thursday, August 6, 2020

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Online Event

Join us for a special online multimedia program revealing the inside story of Ben Stonehill’s heroic project.

Sri Lankan Dance Academy at The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art

Saturday, April 18, 2020

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art

Back by popular demand, our Touring Artists will perform at The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art!

Jewish Silk Road Tours™: Bukharian Community Tour in Rego Park

Monday, March 30, 2020

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Bukharian Jewish Community Center

Learn about the Jewish community that had lived along the Silk Road, for over 2000 years. Understand the essence of the Bukharian Jewish culture!

Jewish Silk Road Tours™: Bukharian Community Tour in Rego Park

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Bukharian Jewish Community Center

Learn about the Jewish community that had lived along the Silk Road, for over 2000 years. Understand the essence of the Bukharian Jewish culture!

Flurry Festival

Friday, February 14, 2020

12:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Saratoga Springs City Center

The best winter weekend for music lovers, story tellers, dancers, and lovers of life. A three day immersion into traditional international music, dance, instrument lessons, jamming, storytelling, and more.

Special Event

Yiddish New York

Part of Yiddish New York

Saturday, December 21, 2019

14th Street Y.

The Nation's Largest Festival of Yiddish Culture, Arts & Language to the 14th Street Y from December 21st to 26th! Yiddish New York features an

Koliada and Music from the Carpathians

Friday, December 6, 2019

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Ukranian Museum

Join the Yara Arts Group for "Koliada and Music from the Carpathians". Yara Arts Group (www.yaraartsgroup.net), under the direction of Virlana Tkacz, will stage a

Special Event

Soorya

Part of Soorya NYC Annual Festival

Sunday, November 17, 2019

1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

New Dorp Moravian Church

Preserving the continuity of Sri Lankan traditions in NYC more widely as well as share these traditions with the general public at Soorya NYC.

Sidiki and Friends at Poe Park

Saturday, November 16, 2019

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Poe Park Visitors Center

CTMD invites you to join a free performance featuring NEA National Heritage Fellow and Guinean master drummer Sidiki Conde and his ensemble. CTMD Touring Artist Sidiki Conde is a dancer,

Special Event

Kotchegna Dance Company

Saturday, November 9, 2019

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

JKO Theatre

Join Kotchegna Dance Company, a renowned international corps, and guest master performers from Ivory Coast as they take us on an exciting journey of West African village traditions, culture, and beliefs through pulsing percussion and colorful costumes.

CTMD Workshops

Sound Portraits from Bulgaria: A Journey to a Vanished World

Thursday, October 17, 2019

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

For over two decades, starting in the mid-1960s, ethnographer and Balkan dance specialist, Martin Koenig researched and documented traditional Bulgarian music and dance forms in their original settings.

CTMD Concerts

Sidiki Conde and Friends

Saturday, October 12, 2019

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Poe Park

CTMD invites you to join a free performance with NEA National Heritage Fellow and Guinean Master Drummer Sidiki Conde. Sidiki Conde is a dancer, drummer, and singer

Heritage Sunday | Made in NYC 2.0: Next Generation Traditions

Sunday, July 28, 2019

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Hearst Plaza, Lincoln Center

Songs and dance music with the energy and edge unique to our city that never sleeps!

Sri Lankan Dance Academy of NY's Pahim Path Mangalya

Saturday, July 27, 2019

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

College of Staten Island, Williamson Theater

Immerse yourself in Sri Lankan dance culture. Contact us to purchase your tickets today!

CTMD Concerts

Made in NYC: Sidiki Conde and Friends

Part of Made in NYC: Next Generation Traditions

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Veteran's House

Performance by NEA National Heritage Fellow and Guinean master drummer and dancer Sidiki Conde and his group Tokounou!

Special Event

Bukharian Choikhona: Central Asian Tea House

Sunday, June 23, 2019

12:00 pm – 3:00 pm

XO/Da-Mikelle II

Join us for a delicious Bukharian lunch, tea service and live concert by Ensemble Shashmaqam with special guest artists!

Special Event

May Sumak Reception

Part of Made in NYC: Next Generation Traditions

Friday, June 14, 2019

6:30 pm – 10:00 pm

King Juan Carlos Center at NYU

The 4th Annual May Sumak: Quichwa Film Showcase for a special Made In NYC sponsored reception!

Special Event

Made in NYC: Olas de Bomba y Plena Part II

Part of Made in NYC: Next Generation Traditions

Sunday, June 2, 2019

11:00 am – 2:30 pm

Pregones Theater

Again live from Pregones in the South Bronx, this dynamic program will be presented in partnership with Los Pleneros de la 21's En El Patio series, and include a full length concert following a special panel discussion with the musicians led by Dr. Cesar Colon Montijo. With a lineup that includes both Los Pleneros de la 21 and Redobles de Cultura, come experience four decades and three generations of bomba and plena in our City that never sleeps.

Special Event

Fiesta "Patronal" Bronxmanta

Part of Made in NYC: Next Generation Traditions

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

8:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Bronx Music Heritage Center

After their Manhattan debut, we will head up to the Bronx and continue the party raymi style with a huayno and cumbia dance workshop, Kichwa Hatari Radio, and live musical performance!

CTMD Concerts

La Patronal Live in NYC

Part of Made in NYC: Next Generation Traditions

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

8:30 pm – 11:30 pm

Drom

The Center for Traditional Music and Dance is proud to partner with Drom NYC and Odelia Music to present La Patronal, a unique brass band rooted in the traditions of the 'fiestas populares' and 'patronales' from the Andes in South America.

Special Event

Jewish Silk Road Tours™: Bukharian Community Tour in Queens, NY

Part of Yiddish New York

Sunday, December 16, 2018

11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Bukharian Jewish Community Center

A walking/bus tour of several fascinating neighborhoods in Queens, NY; also known as Registan Park (Rego Park) and Bukharian Broadway (Forest Hills). Learn about the Jewish community that has lived along the Silk Road for over 2000 years, in cities such as Samarkand, Dushanbe and Tashkent. Now largely resettled in diasporic enclaves in Queens and Israel, we’ll explore how community members continue to preserve unique Central Asian traditions while creating one of New York’s most vibrant contemporary Jewish communities.

Special Event

Urban Stomp!

Part of Urban Stomp: From Swing to Mambo

Saturday, November 17, 2018

10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Abyssinian Baptist Church

A 'get down' that shows what happens when Cuba, Harlem, and Puerto Rico meet in NYC. Featuring the most swingin swing and hard-hitting mambo around!

Special Event

Urban Stomp: After Party

Part of Urban Stomp: From Swing to Mambo

Saturday, November 17, 2018

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Bronx Music Heritage Center

The party continues in the heart of the Bronx, with light refreshments, conversations, dancing, and the sounds of swing, mambo, and salsa.

CTMD Concerts

Olas de Bomba y Plena

Part of Made in NYC: Next Generation Traditions

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Pregones Theater

An interactive performance and cultural conversation moderated by Dr. Cesar Colon Montijo will explore Nuyorican community history, diasporic sounds, transmission of tradition and next generation practitioners gaining momentum within the community and beyond.

CTMD Workshops

Urban Stomp: From Cuba to New York - With Love

Part of Urban Stomp: From Swing to Mambo

Saturday, November 3, 2018

10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education

An exploratory workshop that takes you on a journey from West Africa and Spain, through the Caribbean, towards Cuba, finally to end up in New York City via Mambo, Swing and Salsa!

CTMD Workshops

Urban Stomp: A Renaissance Re-Imagined

Part of Urban Stomp: From Swing to Mambo

Saturday, October 27, 2018

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem

An interactive workshop that takes you on a musical journey of African-American resilience through the blues, Great Migrations, a Renaissance, and vitality manifested in the music/dance.

CTMD Workshops

Urban Stomp: A Journey From Swing to Mambo

Part of Urban Stomp: From Swing to Mambo

Saturday, October 20, 2018

10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center

An interactive workshop that takes you to world where the rhythmic sounds of congas and horns permeate the streets of New York City.

Special Event

CTMD in Washington DC

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Library of Congress

Friends in Washington DC, please join CTMD for three special events: Since '68: Cultural Organizations, Programming, Documentation and Community Enrichment in New York, Kentucky and

CTMD Festivals

Soorya NYC 2018

Part of Soorya NYC Annual Festival

Saturday, September 1, 2018

7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Faber Park

The Soorya (Sun) Festival is an annual night-long summer festival celebrating the cultures and traditions of Sri Lanka along Staten Island’s North Shore waterfront.

CTMD Festivals

Bwa Kay Iman

Saturday, August 11, 2018

2:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Prospect Park, Lakeside

Bwa Kay Iman, an all-day Haitian arts and culture celebration presented by Gran Bwa Culture and Neg Gran Bwa Drummers, led by Oungan Asogwe (High Priest) Deenps "Gran Bwa" Bazile. Bwa Kay Iman is a longstanding annual celebration commemorating the important slave social gathering on August 14th of 1791 that began the Haitian revolution.

CTMD Concerts

Made in NYC: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of CTMD

Part of Heritage Sunday

Sunday, August 5, 2018

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Hearst Plaza, Lincoln Center

For this 50th birthday celebration, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance calls upon some of its favorite artists—many of whom got their start with CTMD—for an eclectic, energetic afternoon of music reflecting the diversity of New York City’s neighborhoods.

CTMD Concerts

Heritage Sunday Dance Party with DJ Rekha

Part of Heritage Sunday

Sunday, August 5, 2018

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center

DJ Rekha—the visionary behind NYC's legendary Basement Bhangra parties—oversees the Heritage Sunday dance party around the Revson Fountain.

CTMD Concerts

FolkCOLOMBIA en el Museo

Saturday, July 21, 2018

11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Queens Museum

In celebration of Colombia's Independence Day, FolkCOLOMBIA School of Dance and Music presents a Colombian group of artists who will perform traditional dance and music of Colombia.

CTMD Concerts

Silk Road Tea House: An Evening of Bukharian Jewish Culture

Thursday, October 4, 2018

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Museum at Eldridge Street

This vibrant musical evening celebrates one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world – Bukharians. Hailing from the Uzbek city of Bukhar, this tight-knit community has resided in Central Asia from over two millennia. Today, 70,000 Bukharians have immigrated to the United States – and 50,000 have settled in Queens.

Heritage Sunday: From Tirana to Tashkent

Part of Heritage Sunday

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Hearst Plaza, Lincoln Center

With the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Soviet state, we explore the transformation of music and dance traditions under socialist states and how leading contemporary artists are working to reclaim & reinvigorate these genres.