Events

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Camille Thurman,
For the Love of Coltrane

Where: Half Hollow Hills Community Library, Dix Hills, New York
Event Date:   Friday, March 24, 2023 @ 7:00 PM
RSVP Required: (Limited Capacity) / info@thecoltranehome.org  
Suggested Donation:  Free / Suggested Donation $5-$20.00

David Liebman,
John Coltrane, A Musical Journey

Where: Half Hollow Hills Community Library, Dix Hills, New York
Event Date:   Saturday, April 22, 2023 @ 2:00 PM
RSVP Required: (Limited Capacity) / info@thecoltranehome.org  
Suggested Donation:  Free / Suggested Donation $5-$20.00

An Oral History of Alice Coltrane" with MICHELLE COLTRANE

Special Guest, BRANDEE YOUNGER, Harpist

Where: Half Hollow Hills Community Library, Dix Hills, New York
RSVP Required: (Limited Capacity) / mgoheen@thecoltranehome.org
How Much: Free to Attend
Time: 5:30 PM Gallery Sharing / 6:00 PM Program

Michelle Coltrane will share stories, musical selections, and visuals, forming an hour of homage and exploration illuminating the artistic life, compositions, and music of her mother, Alice Coltrane.

The John & Alice Coltrane Home continues to program educational offerings both live and virtual to highlight the Coltrane Legacy prior to the Home’s Opening. This unprecedented outing is an intimate personal sharing of Alice Coltrane’s spiritual expansion, from the singular voice of her daughter, Michelle.
                      
This is our official Giving Tuesday event. We hope you will consider us as we continue to educate, elevate and illuminate the John and Alice Coltrane legacy through our continued offerings.

Winter 2020 Workshop Series Family Improv – PLAYING TOGETHER

An improv workshop for ages 5+ with a caregiver

Parents, Education grandparents, caregivers, and children age 5 and up are welcome to join us in a one hour program highlighting and teaching the joy of making music and sound together! Percussion instruments will be provided and children are encouraged to bring their favorite sound making items from home.

EXPLORING IMPROVISATION

An improv workshop for ages 10+

An expansive and inviting workshop for musicians of all skill levels to experiment with improvisation. The class begins with a short presentation on The John and Alice Coltrane Home for inspiration followed by an hour of exploring personal expression and creative impulse. Led by two professional musicians and educators, there are no wrong notes ever in this class! Feel free to bring your instruments.

MUSIC GIRLS!

An improv workshop for girls 10+

A special improv workshop for girls only focused on the connection between improvisation and personal expression. Ages 10+ all skill levels. The class will be most beneficial for girls with some familiarity with their instruments. Feel free to bring your instruments, vocalists welcome too!

Responding to the pandemic, we moved our programming funded by the Suffolk County Grant to a digital format. We produced two programs, one featuring readings and compositions by Alice Coltrane, and another set of two online classes specifically for female improvisors as a part of our Library series. Our goal is to produce further online programming and outreach as mandated by the grant, including a live stream concert from The Coltrane Home in honor of Alice Coltrane’s birthday. In these times, we felt that it would be inspirational to celebrate the occasion with an inaugural performance in The Home to show how far the project’s physical space has come, pass dollars directly to the artists in this time of need, provide a beautiful online experience for the viewers, and most importantly honor Alice Coltrane and her artistic achievements. The remaining digital series events will not take place in The Home, but depending on response and input there may be further opportunities.

Going beyond our current programming and granting mandate will require the Coltrane family and the Board to work together in planning interim opportunities for digital programming and future programming in The Home upon its opening. Proposed ideas include rehearsals, classes, and recording in the studio, yoga and meditation in the meditation room and garden, small scale lectures and panels, convening of experts and scholars, and listening and learning sessions. The Coltrane Home programming will continue to educate and elevate.

Saturday, September 23, 2023
RAKIM Celebrating John Coltrane

We are thrilled to announce award winning RAKIM will be joining us for John Coltrane’s 97th Birthday on September 23, 2023. This outing will be an unprecedented moment of RAKIM sharing with us during the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop. All proceeds from this program will help the continued restoration of our Home.

Location : Half Hollow Hills Community Library, Dix Hills, NY 11746
55 Vanderbilt Pkwy, Dix Hills, NY 11746
Time: 2:00 PM (Doors Open)

Please support this offering with a suggested donation through this link. All proceeds from this program will help the continued restoration of our Home. Limited availability, advanced reservations only.

If you would like to make a donation in honor of John Coltrane’s 97th Birthday, please do so here.

MONDAY, August 21, 2023
JOHNATHAN BLAKE, AMERICAN DRUMMER

Where: Half Hollow Hills Community Library, Dix Hills, New York
7:00 PM / Doors Open at 6:30 PM
RSVP Required: (Limited Capacity) / info@thecoltranehome.org  
Suggested Donation:  Free / Suggested Donation $5-$20.00

SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2023
DAVID VIRELLES, JAZZ PIANIST

Where: Half Hollow Hills Community Library, Dix Hills, New York
2:00 PM / Doors Open at 1:30 PM
RSVP Required: (Limited Capacity) / info@thecoltranehome.org  
Suggested Donation:  Free / Suggested Donation $5-$20.00

Winter 2020 Workshop Series Family Improv – PLAYING TOGETHER

An improv workshop for ages 5+ with a caregiver

Parents, Education grandparents, caregivers, and children age 5 and up are welcome to join us in a one hour program highlighting and teaching the joy of making music and sound together! Percussion instruments will be provided and children are encouraged to bring their favorite sound making items from home.

I want to be a force for good

John Coltrane

The Music is in your heart, your soul, your spirit

Alice Coltrane

Photo credit : Darlene Devit