11/16/25 03:00 PM - 11/16/25 05:00 PM

Sponsored by Thomas Larson

This concert brings to the stage one of the main solo voices of the legendary Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, trumpeter Scott Wendholt. He has been the lead soloist on many of the Vanguard Orchestra’s most famous pieces, including “Mean What You Say,” and a newer composition written for him by the great Bob Brookmeyer. Wendholt has also performed or recorded with Bobby McFerrin, Chris Botti, Toshiko Akiyoshi, the Mingus Big Band, Christian McBride, Cyrus Chestnut, and led the house band at the famous Augie’s Jazz Club in New York in the early 1990s. He has been featured on more than 120 CDs. His virtuosity will be paired with the William Paterson Jazz Orchestra, led for the first time by Dr. Mitch Butler, WP’s new coordinator of jazz studies.

Tickets: 
Public: $25
Senior/WP Community: $22
Non-WP Student: $15

Free for WP Students with show of ID

All prices include fees.

Location: Shea Center for Performing Arts

11/20/25 07:30 PM - 11/20/25 09:30 PM

This 70-minute work is a celebration of noise as a metaphor for turbulent phenomena in the world around us, and a gateway to ecstatic experience. Grounded in the elemental violence of nature and the self-similar forms of linear fractals, this music is a convergence of sonic geography and sonic geometry. Each piece in the cycle is conceived as its own distinct and separate sound world, evoking the immediacy and presence of a place.

Location: Shea 101 Recital Hall

11/21/25 07:30 PM - 11/21/25 09:30 PM

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Location: Shea 101 Recital Hall

11/22/25 07:30 PM - 11/22/25 09:30 PM

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Location: Shea 101 Recital Hall

11/22/25 08:00 PM - 11/22/25 10:00 PM

Lords of 52^nd Street - Legends of the Billy Joel band featuring saxophonist Richie Cannata, drummer Liberty Divetto and guitarist Russell Javors. In 1975 when Billy Joel was looking for a new band, these musicians were selected by Billy Joel and Phil Ramone to record and tour the album Turnstiles and were coined The Lords of 52^nd Street.

They also recorded the album The Stranger which was a commercial success, it holds a RIAA diamond certification (10x platinum), and several #1 singles including, “Only The Good Die Young” and “Just The Way You Are.” The Lords of 52nd Street helped Joel establish a popular music career and his formidable sound.

Joel and The Lords of 52nd Street returned to the studio, and recorded Grammy award winning albums including, 52nd Street, Glass Houses, and The Nylon Curtain. The band recorded and toured with Joel for over a decade.

They are New York’s favorite band, and they continue to perform their legendary hits still to this day.

Tickets: 
Gold Circle: $49
Rear Orchestra: $45
Front Loge: $45
Rear Loge/Obstructed/Accessible: $39

Discounts:
10% off for senior citizens and William Paterson employees and students. 15% off for groups of ten or more.

Location: Shea Center for Performing Arts

11/23/25 03:00 PM - 11/23/25 05:00 PM

The great pianist, singer, and arranger Eliane Elias came to New York from her native Sao Paolo, Brazil to attend Juilliard, but a year later joined the powerful acoustic fusion band Steps Ahead with Michael Brecker, Mike Mainieri, and others. Aside from her long relationship with Steps, she has collaborated with Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. Her main influences are Antonio Carlos Jobim and Bill Evans; she has dedicated albums to both, including one recording that featured unrecorded Evans compositions. Her deep dedication to the tradition of the bossa nova continues to showcase her as a vocalist as well as at the piano. A multiple Grammy Award winner, she continues to create albums at the highest level, including her newest release Time and Again. We welcome her return to the Jazz Room for the finale of our fall season.

Tickets:
Gold Circle: $50
Rear Orchestra: $45
Front Loge: $40
Rear Loge: $35

Location: Shea Center for Performing Arts