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Usdan Center - 5/17 Final Open House - Full Jazz Program

Source: Reva Cooper
April 30, 2015

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally acclaimed summer arts day camp whose alumni include Jane Monheit, and whose Jazz Department was created by Dr. Billy Taylor, will hold its final Open House for the 2015, 48th season on Sunday May 17 from 11 AM to 2 PM. The Center will feature new program options that will add breadth to Usdan’s renowned offerings, while new calendar options will accommodate more family summer plans.    In addition, Usdan ...

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Usdan - 1/25 Free Open House $100 "Early Bird" Discount

Source: Reva Cooper
January 12, 2015

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally renowned summer arts camp whose Jazz Department was created by Dr. Billy Taylor, will hold a free Open House on Sunday January 25 from 11 AM to 2 PM for its 48th, 2015 season. For more information, call (631) 643-7900, write to [email protected], or visit usdan.com. Artists who have performed and taught at Usdan include Jimmy Heath, Usdan alumna Jane Monheit, Arturo O'Farrill, Jon Faddis, Bobby Watson, Ted Rosenthal and ...

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Performance / Tour

Jane Monheit Joins Jimmy Webb on October 11 At Landmark On Main Street

Source: Reva Cooper
September 25, 2014

Landmark on Main Street, one of Long Island’s premier concert venues, and Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the renowned summer arts day camp, will co-present Jimmy Webb and Jane Monheit on October 11th at 8:00 PM. The concert, Landmark’s 2014-15 opening night event, will for the first time team Jimmy Webb, the multi- Grammy winning composer and performer with Jane Monheit, the Grammy-nominated jazz singer and Usdan Center alumna. Tickets are available at landmarkonmainstreet.org, or by calling ...

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Usdan Center May 19 Final Open House For 2014; Full Jazz Program

Source: Reva Cooper
May 13, 2014

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally acclaimed summer arts day camp, announces several new programs for its 2014, 47th season: Musical Theater Dance and Musical Theater Audition Workshop, both for grades 7- 12; and Sewing and Fashion Production, for grades 4-12. The Center, whose alumni include Natalie Portman, Mariah Carey and Jane Monheit, will hold the final Open House for the 2014 season on Sunday May 18 from 11AM to 2PM. In addition to the Center’s ...

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Usdan Center Holds December 8th Open House For 2014 Season

Source: Reva Cooper
November 11, 2013

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally acclaimed summer arts day camp, whose alumni include jazz star Jane Monheit, will hold the next of its Open Houses for the 2014 season on Sunday, December 8 from 11AM to 2PM. In addition to the Center's frequent Open House dates, Usdan also offers individual weekend guided tours available by appointment. Weekday self-guided walks are also available, on the Center's magnificent 200-acre woodland campus at 185 Colonial Springs Road, Wheatley ...

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Usdan Center with full Jazz Program, Open House For 2014 Season

Source: Reva Cooper
October 15, 2013

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), the nationally acclaimed Long Island summer arts day camp which has just finished its 46th successful season, announces the first of its Open Houses for the 2014 season. It will take place on Sunday October 27 from 11AM to 2PM. Usdan is attended by students ages 6 to 18 from New York City and throughout the Tri-State area, transported by air-conditioned buses. About a third of students attend on scholarship. Usdan's ...

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Usdan Center, with expanded Jazz Program, Holds 5/19 Final Open House For 2013 Season

Source: Reva Cooper
April 29, 2013

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally renowned Long Island summer arts day camp, will hold its final, free Open House for its 46th, 2013 season on Sunday May 19 from 11 AM to 2 PM. Families may obtain information on the Center’s programs and tour the 200-acre woodland campus, at 185 Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights (Huntington). For Open House information, contact the Center at (631) 643-7900, or (212) 772-6060, visit usdan.com http://www.usdan.com , or ...

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Usdan Center, W/expanded Jazz Program, Holds 4/21 Open House

Source: Reva Cooper
March 26, 2013

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally renowned summer arts day camp on Long Island whose Jazz Dept. was created more in 1986 by Dr. Billy Taylor, announces an Open House on Sunday April 21 from 11 AM to 2 PM. The Center's Jazz Dept. has now expanded to have Ensembles for Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced groups (formerly there was only Advanced). Jazz stars who have performed at the Center and taught Master Classes include Usdan alumna ...

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