Join NYC Parks Arts, Culture & Fun and the Charlie Parker Festival, for a jazz concert with Valerie Capers Ensemble.

Native New Yorker Dr. Valerie Capers is a celebrated educator, jazz pianist, composer and arranger. She served for several years as the chairman of the department of Music and Art at Bronx Community College (CUNY). Dr. Capers is the recipient of many honors and awards, from Essence Magazine, the National Endowment for the Arts, CUNY Research Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution. She has appeared with her trio and ensemble at colleges, universities, jazz festivals, clubs, and concert halls throughout the country and internationally, and has performed with many outstanding artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, Ray Brown, Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente, Slide Hampton, Max Roach, James Moody and Paquito D’Rivera.

Presented in partnership with the Jazz Foundation of America, with partial support from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

Bring a blanket or chair for your comfort.

Generous public support is provided by the NYC Council under the leadership of Speaker Corey Johnson including Council Member Carlina Rivera