The BCC Concert Series regularly presents concerts in the various performance spaces on campus, including the historic Gould Memorial Library Rotunda. Concerts comprise a wide array of musical genres performed by established soloists and ensembles.
The series is directed by music faculty on a rotating basis and is funded in part by the Art and Music Department of Bronx Community College, the BCC Art & Music Consortium and BCC, Inc.
Fall 2024 Concert Schedule
Contact Us
Concert Series Director
Prof. Sara Holtzschue
Guggenheim Hall [GU], Room 203
Phone: 718-289-5100 Ex.5341
Sara.Holtzschue@bcc.cuny.edu
Brownstone Brass is an NYC based brass quintet looking to push the boundaries of what a traditional Brass Quintet looks and sounds like. Made up of professional freelancing brass musicians including married trumpeters Caitlin Featherstone and Oscar Wiley Thorp, Broadway horn player Meredith Moore, multi-faceted trombonist Colin Babcock, and “Tuba Queen” Heather Ewer, this ensemble has a passion for classic brass quintet repertoire, original arrangements and compositions, new music and more. Not to mention having fun while rehearsing and performing in a positive and encouraging environment while spreading their love and passion for music.
Since their debut recital, “West Side Story and Other New York Classics”, at The Montauk Club in Park Slope, Brooklyn, Brownstone Brass has partnered with the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music to curate and perform a series of children and family programs for events such as the Brooklyn Children’s Museum Classical Music Fair and The Annual Open Streets Music Festival, as well as educational concerts in Brooklyn Public Schools. As they continue to grow as a an ensemble, Brownstone Brass looks forward to pushing their boundaries through varied performances including busking around NYC, continued development of children and family focused programing, commitment to regular, formal performances and recitals, recording projects featuring original works, and more!
BCC Concert Series Archives
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Bronx Community College is pleased to present
Melvis Santa’s Noche Cubana
Monday, October 16, 2023, at 12 PM
Roscoe Brown Playhouse
Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader Melvis Santa presents her band Noche Cubana featuring the new generation of masters of Cuban music. The ensemble’s vibrant sound evokes the charming nights of Havana, Melvis’s hometown. She masterfully takes the audience on a musical journey by playing the claves, sharing stories, singing enchanting boleros, and dancing rumba. Their set is comprised of classics from the Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz repertoire.
Melvis is an accomplished singer and performer who has been mentored and inspired by a lineage of Latinoamerican songstresses like Omara Portuondo, Xiomara Laugart, Eva Ayllón, Lucecita Benítez, and Mayra Caridad Valdés. She has also collaborated with a Who’s Who of the Latin Music scene in Cuba and New York including Buena Vista Social Club, Eddie Palmieri, Pedrito Martínez, Rumberos de Cuba, Muñequitos de Matanzas, Arturo O’Farrill, and Roman Díaz.