Winter Solstice Concert with Adam Rudolph and Steve Gorn
WHEN: Sunday, December 22 @ 4 PM
WHERE: SHAKTI YOGA: 1861 Springfield Avenue in Maplewood
TICKETS: $20 advance, $25 at the door
http://shaktinj.com/
Meditative World Music...a rich mix of luscious melodies from India with infectious rhythms from Morocco and beyond.
Maggie Surovell
WHEN: Friday, December 13, @ 8:00 PM; Saturday, December 14, @ 8:00 PM; Sunday, December 15, @ 2:00 PM
WHERE: The T. Schreiber Studio and Theatre, 151 W 26 Street 7th Floor
New York, NY
http://maggiesurovell.com/katz/
A Tribute to the Songwriting of One of America’s Great Comedians.
Run time: about one hour
Free refreshments will be served after each show.
Winter Solstice Celebration
WHEN: Dec. 19 and 20 at 8 PM, Dec. 21 at 2 PM and 7:30 PM
WHERE: Cathedral of St. John the Divine | 1047 Amsterdam Ave., New York
http://solsticeconcert.com/
Brazilian Solstice – A Holiday Celebration on a Spectacular Scale
The sunny and rhythmic music of Brazil will warm your heart this December when Brazilian superstar Ivan Lins and colleagues join with the Paul Winter Consort in the 34th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration at New York’s St. John the Divine, one of the world’s largest cathedrals.
The Winter Solstice Celebration has become New York’s favorite holiday alternative to the Nutcracker and Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular. This event is a contemporary take on ancient solstice rituals, when people felt a calling to come together on the longest night of the year to welcome the return of the sun and the birth of the new year. Nondenominational and open to all, this secular celebration shares the Cathedral’s universal mission of being a “unifying center” and takes full advantage of the extraordinary acoustic qualities of the Cathedral.
Paul Winter, the saxophonist, composer and bandleader long known for his pioneering work with world music, jazz and the voices of the natural world, returns with this latest solstice offering. The music of Brazil will be a special focus of this year’s event, and feature Ivan Lins, singer and guitarist Renato Braz, a Brazilian chorus, and the 25 dancers and drummers of the Forces of Nature Dance Theatre. The ten-member Paul Winter Consort will also include dynamic gospel singer Theresa Thomason.