Experience the perfect combination of FREE live music and stunning waterfront views this summer at the 12-acre oasis that is Gantry Plaza State Park! The funk-fusion combo Afro Dominicano infuses their songs with Afro-Caribbean soul: a blend of Dominican folkloric styles and pop influences that includes merengue, bachata, samba, reggae, punk and R&B, all filtered through a uniquely New York sensibility.

Experience the perfect combination of FREE live music and stunning waterfront views this summer at the 12-acre oasis that is Gantry Plaza State Park! Linda EPO’s enchanting voice and captivating melodies represent the melting pot she was born and influenced by growing up in Queens, New York City and Puebla City, Mexico.

Experience the perfect combination of FREE live music and stunning waterfront views this summer at the 12-acre oasis that is Gantry Plaza State Park! For this special concert Michael Olatuja and a full band perform music from his recently released album Lagos Pepper Soup in an evening of high-energy Afrobeat, jazz, and funk.

Founded by Jan Kus, a saxophonist and composer hailing from Slovenia and based in New York City, this extraordinary seven-piece band combines his expertise in the Latin jazz scene with his South Slavic musical heritage.

The NPC returns to New York City for the second annual NPC East Coast Mecca Classic. This contest is open all amateur physique competitors from all over the globe and will feature a mix of novice competitors alongside elite veterans all vying to be called the next East Coast Mecca Legend.

American Symphony Orchestra highlights the different forms of expression and musical languages that emerged in the 1920s, including new elements of dance, theater, and jazz.

A long-awaited collaboration between GRAMMY-nominated vocalist Gretchen Parlato and acclaimed guitarist Lionel Loueke, Lean In tells the story of 20 years of connection, inspiration and friendship between two musical soulmates.

Please join us for a concert and celebration of the life and legacy of Prof. Lawrence Eisman who was a member of the Aaron Copland School of Music Music Education Faculty for over 40 years.

Sarah DeLappe's Pulitzer-nominated drama centers around The Wolves, an indoor soccer team of nine teenage girls. Their youthful fears, hopes, victories and tragedies are explored in DeLappe's intricately-woven dialogue.

Brandee Younger is a Grammy-nominated harpist making waves for becoming the first Black female solo artist nominated in the Best Instrumental Composition category. Collaborating with artists such as Beyonce, John Legend, Lauryn Hill, and more, Younger demonstrates her ability to seamlessly inject the harp into arrangements and venues where it has historically been overlooked.

Please join us for a concert and celebration of the life and legacy of Prof. Alexander Kouguell. Prof. Kouguell was a cellist of great renown, and was named Prof. of Cello at Queens College in 1949. He remained on the faculty until 2017, at the age of 97!

Department of Drama, Theatre & Dance proudly presents its annual fall dance concert featuring choreography by the acclaimed faculty of Queens College.

In their Celtic Christmas program, they are bringing together a twelve-piece ensemble of musicians, singers, and dancers to put their signature mark on classic carols, such as 'O Come, All Ye Faithful' and 'Silent Night,' with arrangements that highlight the group's unique Celtic instrumentation, beautiful harmonies, and spectacular step dancing.

***FOR SCHOOLS*** Broadway is known around the world as the heartbeat of New York City. What people don’t know is that the heartbeat of Broadway comes from underneath the stage, in the pit orchestra! In Power of the Pit, we will deconstruct how music is made in Musical Theatre.

The Queens College Choral Society presents a winter concert featuring Margaret Evan Bonds’ The Ballad of the Brown King and Handel's Coronation Anthems. This beautiful cantata, with text by Langston Hughes tells the Nativity tale from the perspective of Balthazar, the African king. Join us for this joyful concert with orchestra, soloists and QCCS!

Join us to celebrate the life and legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the importance of engaging youth, and the enduring connection of Dr. King to Queens College.

Join us for a spellbinding family dance performance as we embrace the spirit of the Year of the Dragon through the power and beauty of dance. Come experience majestic dragons, dancing lions, elegant peacocks, stunning acrobats, twirling ribbons, and much more.

Founded by the late Taiwanese-American choreographer Nai-Ni Chen, the cross-cultural Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company blends Chinese cultural elegance with New York's modern dance spirit. Join us for a program showcasing Chen's distinctive style and diverse influences, including traditional Lunar New Year dances that bring ancient traditions to life.

Step into the heart of the Mississippi Delta in 1945 with a compelling staged reading of Mississippi Land by Gina Keys. Directed by Alicia Whavers and Gayle Samuels, with executive producers Leon and Dave Huie, Mississippi Land explores the complexity and challenges facing African Americans after the Civil War.

Join us on a fun family musical journey! Explore the rich history of Afro-Latin music, its roots in NYC's melting pot of the 1950s-60s, and how it shaped funk and hip-hop through the lens of Latin music icons Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, and more.

Praised for their authentic, soulful, and orchestral sound, The String Queens (TSQ) are a dynamic trio whose stimulating musical experiences inspire diverse audiences to love, hope, feel, and imagine. With a repertoire spanning the baroque era to the Jazz Age to today’s Billboard Hot 100 chart, TSQ performs versatile programs that transport audiences through a multitude of styles, moods, and genres.

(Please Note: the Feb 29 & March 1 performances are CANCELLED; please contact your point of purchase for a refund.) Step inside a living museum to examine all the different things we humans do with our love. A shape-shifting, genre-bending odyssey from inside a writer's mind all the way to outer space, The Late Wedding asks fundamental questions about the bonds we make with one another, and how we tend to them. 

The pianist Danilo Perez and the bass player John Patitucci were part of Wayne Shorter's last quartet that was a real show-stopper with its unpredictable music for many years. We encounter these two exceptional musicians in the trio of Perez that is completed by the impactful drummer Adam Cruz.

Join conductor Martin Majkut and the Queens Symphony Orchestra for a delightful afternoon of music featuring: Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture, Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4, and Smetana: The Moldau

Get ready to be enthralled as four esteemed artists from the Jalopy Records label take the stage at KCA! Experience Jerron Paxton's mesmerizing blues and ragtime, Nora Brown's exquisite banjo and vocals, Jackson Lynch's raw Americana, and the enchanting Ukrainian Village Voices.

"Armstrong Now: Louis at Newport" featuring Marquis Hill, Bruce Harris, and Anthony Hervey brings together this generation's leading trumpeters to explore the Armstrong Archives through a contemporary lens. This past fall they performed at the legendary Newport Jazz Festival, celebrating the rich legacy of Armstrong at Newport to an enthusiastic audience of 3,000 Jazz lovers.

The Aaron Copland School of Music and the Queens College Department of Drama, Theatre & Dance present the traditional children's tale in the opera by Englebert Humperdinck and Adelheide Wette.

Join us for a beautiful afternoon of music as The Queens Symphony Orchestra's Wind Ensemble presents “Serenades for Winds,” a program that includes Dvorak’s Serenade and Mozart’s Gran Partita.