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TO THE ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING
Photo by Ariel Flores BY ARLENE MCKANIC Tom Zlabinger is a professional bass player, the director of the York College Big Band, the York College Blue Notes and the Summer Jazz Program, the artistic director of Jazz at the Chapel at the Illinois Jacquet Performance Space and the faculty adviser of the York College Music Club. Where does one find the time to do all this? “I don’t have time, but I make time,” he says. “‘Cause I believe in all that I do — and I want to do what I’m doing — I’ve always loved music and I’ve tried to leave things
The York College Summer Jazz Program brings music to life in Queens and encourages high school talent better than I find them. I’m fortunate to have a lot of different things going on. It’s like a train on the tracks, so I really believe we need to keep things going, keep things happening, keep on keeping on.” The big band is a product of the jazz
workshop at York College and is part of the college’s jazz forum. They rehearse on Wednesdays from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Jazz at the Chapel features local jazz performers, while the York College Summer Jazz Program ‘11 will have an audition
Saturday, June 4, from 9 a.m. to noon at the York College Performing Arts Center. The Summer Jazz Program ‘11 is a tuition-free, college-credit program for students from New York City public high schools. The students study jazz performance for six weeks (July 5 to Aug. 11, Mondays - Thursdays) in a big band setting with professional jazz musicians. The students have to bring their own instrument and be able to read music, though no jazz experience is necessary. The Blue Notes are alumni from summer jazz programs. Continued on Page 35