Celebrate the holidays with music from Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s The Nutcracker Suite, featuring jazz interpretations of themes from Tchaikovsky’s beloved 1892 ballet score.

Ellington and Strayhorn did not simply place jazz rhythms over Tchaikovsky’s music. Instead, they picked up the notes, recast the beats, communed with the themes, and recreated the work, turning it into something that was at once completely their own and completely Tchaikovsky’s. In doing so, they showed that while music may be the universal language, it is spoken with many accents (and therein lies the fun).

Please join The New School for this special holiday season concert!

Free with registration.

Presented by the College of Performing Arts at The New School. The Village Alliance promotes local happenings to build community within the Village and is not directly affiliated with this event. All questions and requests for information should be directed to the event organizer.