Brooklyn Academy of Music Presents The Black Rock Coalition Orchestra At Bryant Park Fall Festival

Last night, the Black Rock Coalition Orchestra performed a retrospective of the funk/rock group WAR at the Bryant Park Fall Festival, which is in full swing at Bryant Park. The orchestra performed songs including All Day Music, Cisco Kid, Deliver The Word, Four Cornered Room, Galaxy, The World Is A Ghetto, Tobacco Road, River Niger, Why Can't We Be Friend, Me and Baby Brother, Spill The Wine, and Low Rider Slippin' Into Darkness.

Here is the Festival's full schedule (from bryantpark.org):

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Inside Five Boroughs Music Festival

• 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Fountain Terrace

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Bryant Park Fall Festival: Five Boroughs Music Festival

• 6:00pm – 7:30pm | Lawn

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Inside Opera

• 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Fountain Terrace

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Bryant Park Fall Festival: The Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program

• 6:00pm – 7:30pm | Lawn

Thursday, September 16, 2010

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Inside Jazz at Lincoln Center

• 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Fountain Terrace

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Bryant Park Fall Festival: Jazz at Lincoln Center

• 6:00pm – 7:30pm | Lawn

Friday, September 17, 2010

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Inside BAM

• 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Fountain Terrace

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Bryant Park Fall Festival: BAM

• 6:00pm – 7:30pm | Lawn

Saturday, September 18, 2010

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Making Music with Brooklyn Philharmonic

• 3:30pm – 4:30pm | Lawn

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Bryant Park Fall Festival: Brooklyn Philharmonic

• 6:00pm – 7:30pm | Lawn

Sunday, September 19, 2010

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Inside Parsons Dance

• 3:30pm – 4:30pm | Lawn

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Bryant Park Fall Festival: Parsons Dance

• 6:00pm – 7:30pm | Lawn

Monday, September 20, 2010

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Inside Orchestra of St. Luke's

• 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Fountain Terrace

• Bryant Park Fall Festival

• Bryant Park Fall Festival: Orchestra of St. Luke's

• 6:00pm – 7:30pm | Lawn

Carnegie Hall Ensemble ACJW at the Bryant Park Fall Festival

Ensemble ACJW performed last night at the Upper Terrace of Bryant Park as part of the ongoing Bryant Park Fall Festival. Ensemble ACJW is the performance arm of The Academy, a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. 

The Academy is a two-year leadership program for the finest post-graduate musicians from leading music schools that provides performance opportunities at Carnegie Hall and the Juilliard School, as well as teaching opportunities in public schools, communities, and on college campuses. 

Fellows from the Academy will perform works from David Lang, Francis Poulenc, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

For more information on Carnegie Hall, please visit: www.carnegiehall.org.


Bryant Park Fall Festival, presented by Bank of America, is a free taste of the NYC cultural season.

Performances begin at 6:00pm.

Here is the schedule for October:

THU

1

Bryant Park Fall Festival: Young Artists from the Metropolitan Opera

6:00pm–7:30pm | Upper Terrace
Presented by Bank of America

FRI

2

Bryant Park Fall Festival: Carnegie Hall
Featuring Ensemble ACJW

6:00pm–7:30pm | Upper Terrace
Presented by Bank of America

MON

5

Bryant Park Fall Festival: The Joyce Theater

6:00pm–7:30pm | Upper Terrace
Presented by Bank of America

TUE

6

Bryant Park Fall Festival: Ailey II

6:00pm–7:30pm | Upper Terrace
Presented by Bank of America

WED

7

Bryant Park Fall Festival: Bargemusic

6:00pm–7:30pm | Upper Terrace
Presented by Bank of America

THU

8

Bryant Park Fall Festival: Brooklyn Philharmonic

6:00pm–7:30pm | Upper Terrace
Presented by Bank of America

FRI

9

Bryant Park Fall Festival: Jazz at Lincoln Center

6:00pm–7:30pm | Upper Terrace
Presented by Bank of America