Arts on Campus

Special Campus Event:
September 11, 2007
The September Concert featuring
The Redhawk Native American Arts Council

Join the KCC community outdoors on the campus quad for our annual September 11 Ceremony and Concert. The event includes meditations by students and professors, moments of silence and reflection, and traditional music and dance by the Redhawk Native American Arts Council. This performance of healing arts is part of The September Concert project, an annual series of free concerts performed worldwide by musicians of diverse backgrounds and genres. For more information, visit www.septemberconcert.org.

Third Thursdays: Food for Your Ears

Sample some of New York's best world music bands at these informal 60-minute concerts in the campus cafeteria. Keep checking back for an updated listing.

Sonido Isleño
September 20, 2007
Sonido Isleño mixes jazz and Spanish-Caribbean music. Band members have performed and recorded with Eddie Palmieri, Celia Cruz, and the Buena Vista Social Club.

Pistolera
October 18, 2007
An electrifying quartet fusing Mexican folk music with a pop-rock sensibility. Pistolera’s sound combines Spanish lyric songs, driving accordion melodies, and an unbeatable rhythm section.

Ansambl Mastika
January 17, 2008
This Balkan gypsy-folk-rock band creates funky grooves by drawing on music from northern Greece, Serbia, Macedonia, Turkey and Bulgaria.

Dub Is A Weapon
May 15, 2008
Boasting a smooth combination of reggae beats and catchy melodies, Dub is a Weapon can “defy the laws of rhythm maintenance.” – Chicago Reader.