“Edward W. Hardy, who composed the omnipresent music, plays the violin superbly.” – The New York Times

Back by popular demand, composer-violinist Edward W. Hardy will return to The Metropolitan Museum of Art for “Date Night At The Met,” a part of the ETHEL and Friends series. He will perform 3 sets on Friday and Saturday from 6 – 8:30 PM and his performances will take place in the Great Hall Balcony Cafe on the 2nd Floor.

On April 19th and 20th, member of The Harlem Chamber Players, composer-violinist Edward W. Hardy, will perform music by Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Florence Price, Ray Charles, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Nina Simone, Gershwin, Piazzolla, and more; along with some of Hardy’s original works and arrangements.

TICKETS for ETHEL and Friends series at The Met
Free with admission to The Met Museum at Fifth Avenue.

Date Night at The Met with Edward W. Hardy (ETHEL and Friends series at The Met) is free with Museum admission, which is always pay-what-you-wish for New York State residents and NY, NJ, and CT students with valid ID.

Pay-what-you-wish tickets can only be reserved in person; allow extra time for lines.

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Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974)

Two talented, musical parents raised Duke Ellington in a middle-class neighborhood of Washington, D.C. At the age of seven, he began studying piano and earned the nickname “Duke” for his gentlemanly ways. Inspired by his job as a soda jerk, he wrote his first composition, “Soda Fountain Rag,” at the age of 15. Despite being awarded an art scholarship to the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, Ellington followed his passion for ragtime and began to play professionally at age 17. In the 1920s, Ellington performed in Broadway nightclubs as the bandleader of a sextet, a group which in time grew to a 10-piece ensemble. Ellington made hundreds of recordings with his bands, appeared in films and on radio, and toured Europe twice in the 1930s. It was Ellington’s sense of musical drama that made him stand out. His blend of melodies, rhythms, and subtle sonic movements gave audiences a new experience—complex yet accessible jazz that made the heart swing. Ellington’s autobiography, Music Is My Mistress, was published in 1973. Ellington earned 12 Grammy awards from 1959 to 2000, nine while alive.

The voices of Harlem Opera Theater will present excerpts from “My People”, which was conceived, written, and staged by Duke Ellington to emphasize the positive achievements of black people in American life, rather than protest injustice.

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Barnard/Columbia Dances at Miller Theatre features students in Trisha Brown’s Line Up—staged by Cecily Campbell, Amanda Kmett’Pendry, Lisa Kraus, and Jamie Scott—and in new works by Maguette Camara, Antonio Carmena, and Francesca Dominguez.

Friday, April 19, 7PM
Saturday, April 20, 2PM
Saturday, April 20, 7PM