Dr. Valerie Capers @ First Fridays in the Bronx Museum of the Arts

The Bronx Museum of the Arts

First Fridays! presents "... A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS"

featuring noted Bronx-born jazz pianist Dr. Valerie Capers

and her Jazz Ensemble

Celebrating Women's History Month

FREE! NO COVER!

March 4, 2011

6:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Live performance by Dr. Valerie Capers
& her jazz ensemble consisting of:
Alan Givens- Saxophone & Flute
Mark Marino- Guitar
John Robinson- Bass
Earl Williams- Drums
Pito Castillo- Latin Percussion
The Program

6:00pm Doors Open

6:45pm Opening remarks

7:00 pm Live performance Valerie Capers Ensemble (1st Set)

8:00 pm Intermission/Break

8:25 pm Live performance Valerie Capers Ensemble (2nd Set)

9:30 pm Closing remarks



About Valerie Capers:

Dr. Valerie Capers was born in the Bronx and received her early schooling at the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind. She went on to obtain both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from The Juilliard School of Music. She has also performed with a roster of outstanding artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Ray Brown, Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente, Slide Hampton, Max Roach, James Moody and Paquito D'Rivera, among others. Valerie Capers was the first recipient of Essence magazine's "Women of Essence Award for Music," where she was in the elite company of fellow honorees Oprah Winfrey and Marla Gibbs.

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First Fridays! is made possible by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation.

The Bronx Museum of the Arts receives ongoing general operating support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with the cooperation of the Bronx Borough President and the Bronx Delegation of the New York City Council; the Lambent Foundation; New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; Bronx Delegation of the New York State Assembly; The Liman Foundation; The May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation; The Cowles Charitable Trust, and individuals.


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