CELEBRATING AMERICA @ 250

featuring
DAVID OSTWALD’S
LOUIS ARMSTRONG ETERNITY BAND with special Guest
Jazz Star Wycliffe Gordon on trombone
& TERRA STRING QUARTET

arens series
saturday, april 11 at 7:30 PM at
high school of fashion industries, 225 w 24th st

virtual concert available MONday, april 13 - sATURDAY, april 18

PSC is Celebrating America @ 250 with NYC’s favorite jazz combo, David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Eternity Band, with special Guest Jazz Star Wycliffe Gordon on trombone, and the Terra String Quartet in a collaboration inspired by Dvorak’s “American” Quartet

Bio: 

Inspired by the noble jazz pioneers Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington,
Jelly Roll Morton and their colleagues, David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Eternity Band
breathes life and passion into America’s own great art form. Since 1980, this acoustically electrifying group has appeared nationally and internationally in varied settings - currently in the twenty-sixth year of its open-ended weekly Wednesday evening engagement at New York City’s Birdland, at the 2021 Newport Jazz Festival, at Lincoln Center’s Midsummer’s Night Swing, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, at Jazz in July at the 92nd Street Y, at Lionel Hampton’s New Orleans-style funeral procession, and at four appearances at Scotland’s Nairn International Jazz Festival. Read more…

Winners of the 2025 Naumburg Chamber Music Competition and recent prizewinners at the 2025 Bordeaux and Wigmore Hall International Quartet Competitions, the Terra String Quartet is a vibrant young international ensemble based in New York City. They are composed of graduates of The Juilliard School, The New England Conservatory, Harvard University, and the Curtis Institute of Music. Known for their sincere storytelling, commitment to artistic excellence, and versatile approach to repertoire, TSQ strives to foster conversation and genuine human connection through their performances and pedagogy. Read more…

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Photo credit: David Ostwald