GALA NYC

10/06/2020

For all of us musicians, it’s hard to know how to use our art productively right now when we can’t even go out to play a concert. Here is how:

We are organizing musical performances at polling locations across the country on Election Day with the goal of increasing voter turnout by providing a more positive voting experience. Learn how it works and sign up to perform at https://www.playforthevote.com/

06/21/2012

hey all! i've finally become a true "artist"!! i'm a 2012 recipient of a prestigious Facebook "Artist" page ..... ;)
check it out, and "LIKE" away .... thanks so much!
www.facebook.com/blockcello

MIKE BLOCK is a Grammy Award-winning multi-style cellist, singer, composer, and educator, hailed by Yo-Yo Ma as the "ideal musician of the 21st-Century", and acclaimed by the NY Times for his "vital rich-hued solo playing".

06/20/2012

Hey GALA fans!!!! our host Mike Block FINALLY has an artist page ... "LIKE" him if you like him!
www.Facebook.com/blockcello

MIKE BLOCK is a Grammy Award-winning multi-style cellist, singer, composer, and educator, hailed by Yo-Yo Ma as the "ideal musician of the 21st-Century", and acclaimed by the NY Times for his "vital rich-hued solo playing".

06/10/2012

GALA Brooklyn, May 25th, 2012 - Photo by Melanie Little - www.GALAnyc.com

www.GALAnyc.com - final show of our second season, featuring Todd Reynolds, Cristina Pato, Jordan Tice, Paul Kowert, Simon Chrisman, and Mike Block

05/24/2012

The Jordan Tice Trio is performing tomorrow night! check them out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5oRL-RRt04

Jordan Tice Trio at the Front Hall January 6, 2012. Buy their CD Here: http://tinyurl.com/7cetsuw About the Jordan Tice Trio It begins with Jordan Tice, beca...

05/24/2012

Cristina Pato is performing tomorrow night!! check her out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teauoWFZgGg

Blending traditional music with futuristic sounds, bagpiper Cristina Pato releases The Galician Connection, an intimate exploration of the rare Galician gait...

05/24/2012

Todd Reynolds is performing tomorrow night!! check him out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xHsU97ltL4&feature=related

Todd Reynolds performs his ifiddle, with interactive video by Luke DuBois. More info at freeplayconcerts.org

05/24/2012

Tomorrow: last show of this season's GALA NYC. Don't miss it - unless you have a darn good excuse. Even then, don't miss it!


http://www.galanyc.com/

a Music Festival featuring a variety of world-class musicians at the Brooklyn Lyceum. GALA stands for “Global Art = Local Art”, and the Festival serves as a platform for local artists from different backgrounds to collaborate and connect with one another, and with the audience, in a unique and spon...

05/22/2012

05/21/2012

Musical magic happening. Get ready for more this Friday!

05/19/2012

Thank you all for a fabulous evening! See you next Friday for our final GALA NYC performance of the season!

05/18/2012

GALA Brooklyn....tonight! Here's a little preview with music from the Arun Ramamurthy Quartet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORP8xKxaCKc

Carnatic Sundays at Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC Arun Ramamurthy Quartet plays Bhuvaneswari in the raga, Mohana Kalyani. The ARQ brings fresh arrangements to ag...

05/15/2012

Featuring Marcus and Riza Printup, Amy Correia, Zach Brock and the Magic Number (Matt Wigton/Fred Kennedy), and Mike Block

05/07/2012

05/04/2012

come to the Brooklyn Lyceum at 10pm SATURDAY, May 5th, for a really fun and unique night of GALA Brooklyn :) Its our first show of 2012, featuring Mike Savino, Kyle Sanna, and Benjamin Campbell of TALL TALL TREES, as well as Tareq Abboushi, and Seamus Blake of the MINGUS BIG BAND, as well as myself!
more info at www.GALAnyc.com

a Music Festival featuring a variety of world-class musicians at the Brooklyn Lyceum. GALA stands for “Global Art = Local Art”, and the Festival serves as a platform for local artists from different backgrounds to collaborate and connect with one another, and with the audience, in a unique and spon...

05/03/2012

check out this fun tune by Tall Tall Trees! they are performing on GALA Brooklyn this Saturday at 10 pm!! www.GALAnyc.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFaNBYCXHhA&feature=channel&list=UL

Tall Tall Trees live at Union Pool Brookyln 12/18/09 Mike Savino - Banjo, Vocals Kyle Sanna - Guitar, Vocals Mathias Kunzli - Drums, Vocals Ben "Weapon" Camp...

05/02/2012

check out this improvisation by Seamus Blake on saxophone!
He is performing on GALA Brooklyn this Saturday at 10 pm!!
www.GALAnyc.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5JOgCD8xWM

Seamus Blake improvises on "Body and Soul" at the 33rd Annual International Saxophone Symposium in Fairfax, VA (1/16/10). Used with permission.

05/01/2012

check out this beautiful solo by Tareq Abboushi on the Arabic buzuq! He is performing on GALA Brooklyn this Saturday at 10 pm!! www.GALAnyc.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MK1qacoq28&feature=relmfu

Event: Musical Performance & Dance: Aghany Nass (Songs of the People): Songs of the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea Location: Alwan for the Arts, New ...

05/01/2012

Check out Tall Tall Trees, performing on GALA
Brooklyn this Saturday at 10 pm!! www.GALAnyc.com
Featuring Mike Savino, Kyle Sanna, and Benjamin Campbell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO39nmLj7uc

Official music video for "Waiting on the Day" by Tall Tall Trees created by TTT and filmed by Glen Mayrose at Summercamp. New Album "moment" available now at...

04/11/2012

Please "Like" our GALA NYC page to see pics/videos from our shows!

04/09/2012

Hey GALA NYC fans! we are still updating last year's website, but I wanted to let you know about our exciting roster of artists for our second season, happening in May, 2012!

Artist List:
May 5
Seamus Blake -Saxaphone
Tareq Abboushi - Buzuq
Tall Tall Trees
(Mike Savino – Banjo/Vocals
Kyle Sanna – Guitar
Benjamin Campbell – Bass)

May 12th
Marcus Printup – Jazz Trumpet
Riza Printup – Harp
Zach Brock – Jazz violin
Amy Correia – Singer/Songwriter

May 18
Anthony Mcgill – Clarinet
Arun Ramamurthy Quartet
(Arun Ramamurthy – Carnatic Violin
Perry Wortman – Bass
Sameer Gupta - jazz drums
Akshay Anantapadmanabhan – mridangam)
Roopa Mahadevan – voice

May 25
Todd Reynolds – violin
Cristina Pato – Bagpipe
Jordan Tice Trio
(Jordan Tice – guitar
Paul Kowert – Bass
Simon Chrisman – Dulcimer)

12/29/2011

Hey GALA NYC fans! its finally time ... I need help to pay for my teeth, now that my medical work is almost done! check out the campaign page at http://www.indiegogo.com/Block?c=home&a=303304

there are lots of unique music gifts you can receive in exchange for your support!
also stay tuned for the upcoming GALA NYC season in April/May!

All I want is my 9 front teeth

06/06/2011

05/29/2011

WE'RE STREAMING LIVE!

GALA/NYC: "Global Art - Local Audience" @ USTREAM: What would happen if an Arab folk musician, a chart-topping rock guitarist and a Grammy-nominated classi...

05/28/2011

FOX-TV online wrote about our final May 28th performance for the season, see you there!

Gala NYC is putting on its final concert of the spring preview series on Saturday in Brooklyn. The show features Kristin Andreassen, Mathias Kunzli, Kevork Mourad, The Triborough Trio and Kaoru Watanabe., MyFoxNY.com

05/27/2011

TOMORROW is our last performance! For information on the artists and tickets please visit www.galanyc.com. You do not want to miss it!

A genre-breaking variety of musicians and other artists from a wide array of backgrounds at the Brooklyn Lyceum. The series will feature world-class musicians — not to mention Grammy-nominated — in rock, bluegrass, pop, jazz, folk and classical genres, as well as visual artists, comedians, and dance

05/27/2011

City Guide lists GALA NYC and declares it a "one-of-a-kind presentation of performances"

Events in New York City this week include GALA/NYC; Spanish Paradise: Gardens of the Alhambra at the NY Botanical Garden and Frogs: A Chorus of Colors at AMNH; New York Philharmonic's Free Memorial Day Concert; Fleet Week 2011 at the Intrepid; George Clinton & The P-Funk All-Stars; American Idol's S

05/26/2011

New York Times Arts Beat and tomorrow's Weekend section are running a great listing on GALA as a must-see, hope you can join us!!! Read on...

A selected guide to classical music performances in New York and the area.

05/26/2011

SATURDAY IS OUR LAST PERFORMANCE! For information on the artists and tickets visit www.galanyc.com

A genre-breaking variety of musicians and other artists from a wide array of backgrounds at the Brooklyn Lyceum. The series will feature world-class musicians — not to mention Grammy-nominated — in rock, bluegrass, pop, jazz, folk and classical genres, as well as visual artists, comedians, and dance

05/25/2011

This Saturday is our final performance of the season, we're going to rock the house! In addition to the artists profile on our website, a unique new NY-based acoustic group called The TRIBOROUGH TRIO will be performing. Members are Hans Holzen (guitar), Kyle Kegerreis (bass), and Mike Block (cello). Check out the band at www.TriboroughTrio.com

12 track album