Baruch Performing Arts Center

Repast celebrates the addition of its new harpsichordist, Avi Stein. The three core members of Repast (Amelia Roosevelt, violin; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; and Avi Stein, harpsichord) performs music that shows the enormous variety of French baroque music.

The performance takes place at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center, on October 29, 2008.

Sara Davis Buechner is an award-winning classical concert pianist of accomplishment, mastery, sensitivity and versatility, who brings to Baruch a concert primarily consisting of the music of Gershwin and 1920s novelty music.

The concert is part of the Selberman Concert Series, made possible through a generous gift to the Baruch College Fund from Aaron Silberman '46.

The performance takes place on November 11, 2008, at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center.

Rez Abbasi performs at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center, on October 23, 2008 as part of Milt Hinton Jazz Perspectives Series.

Titled the "Best of 2007" by Jazz Improv and "Best of 2006" by All About Jazz, New York based musician Rez Abbasi seamlessly combines jazz, soul-jazz, classical and world music. Hailing from the Indian sub-continent and trained at the University of California and the Manhattan School of Music, Abbasi is considered by many to be one of the leading jazz guitarists and composers of our day. He has five albums of original compositions, but it was his 2005 album "Snake Charmer" that has created a stir in the music world due to his blending of jazz and Indian music. Having performed and recorded with many of the greats (Ruth Brown, Peter Erskine, among others), Abbasi's new album "Bazaar" creates an even larger sphere of sound and is on the prestigious Zoho Music Label. Joining Abbasi at Baruch is Gary Versace on organ, Ted Poor on drums and tabla, and the famed Indian folk musician Kiran Ahluwalia.

55 UnderGround presents Root Valdez at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center, on October 10, 2008.

Root Valdez mixes groove and improvisational-oriented music with electronic styles such as dub, drum, and bass. They are best described as ambient rock.

Christopher Heinz: drummer

Leslie Graves: singer

Fred Gerantabee: guitar

Stephanie Wells: keyboards

Brendan O'Grade: bassist

Contramano is what happens when Argentine angst meets New York City attitude.

Pablo Cubarle: singer, cellist, guitarist

Benjamin Ickies: accordion

Grant Zubritsky: bass

Marco Andrade: drums

Lauren Zettler performs at the beginning of Johanna Stahley's concert at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center, on April 4, 2008.

Ari Hest performs at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center, on March 7, 2008 as part of 55 Underground Concert Series.

With his new album, The Break-In, the young and fresh Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Ari Hest builds on the soft-spoken sensibility he established with his 2004 major label debut, Someone To Tell; and sets out in new musical and lyrical directions with his new album The Break-In, recorded with veteran producer Mitchell Froom (Crowded House, Elvis Costello, Suzanne Vega, Los Lobos, among others).

"Rissi Palmer performs at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch Performing Arts Center, on March 12, 2008 as part of 55 Underground Concert Series.

Rissi Palmer is a musician on the rise with a self-titled debut album produced by some of the most influential producers in the music industry. After hearing her singles play the airwaves, the young 26-year old starlet became the first black woman in 20 years to have a single land on Billboard's Hot Country Music Songs – the self-written Country Girl. The break-out single also earned a spot in Club Connection’s Top Ten Country Club and Dance Hits of 2007."

"Mort Gerberg, The New Yorker cartoonist and editor of “Last Laughs: Cartoons About Aging, Retirement and The Great Beyond” engages in a conversation with Tony Guida, NBC and CBS television and radio anchor and newscaster.

The event takes place on February 19, 2008, at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, Baruch College."

A panel of speakers discusses "Arguing the World", an enthralling film that tells the story of four brilliant and engaging men caught up in the central struggles of our time, and creates a vivid picture of intellectual life in the 20th century.

Panelists include:

Joseph Dorman, Producer and Director of Arguing the world

Russell Jacoby, Professor of History at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

Mitchell Cohen, Professor of Political Science at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of CUNY

Eric Cohen, Executive Director of the Tikvah Fund

Jordan B. Bell, Ph.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Hunter College

Jeffrey Peck, Dean of Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, makes the opening remarks, followed by remarks by Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor American Colonial and Revolutionary History & Women's History.

The discussion is moderated by Robert A. Friedman (1967 graduate of Baruch College, retired partner of Goldman Sachs, and founding principal of Robeco-Sage Capital Management, LLC).

The event takes place on October 14, 2010 at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch College.

Baruch Performing Arts Center presents the July 2010 Steel Drums Musical: The Pan Man.

The cast is led by:

David Duncan (Crossroads, Sons of A Preacher Man/Caribbean tour) playing Rufus.

Karen Holder (one-woman shows) playing Josephine.

Playing their son, the musically talented young teen whose ideas land him in trouble is Ryan Joseph, making his debut in The Pan Man.

The Pan Man is directed by Michelle Mannette-Gomez, author of the book Memoir to Grandma.

The performance takes place on July 9, 2010, at Nagelberg Theatre.