Vince Giordano in Overtures Gala to benefit Rockland Conservatory of Music

Tickets are now on sale for the Rockland Conservatory of Music's next Overtures concert, a gala event to benefit the Conservatory's programs and scholarships.

Grammy-winner, New York native and multi instrumentalist Vince Giordano has played in New York nightclubs, appeared in films such as The Cotton Club, The Aviator, Finding Forrester, Revolutionary Road, and HBOs Boardwalk Empire, and for concerts at the Town Hall, Jazz At Lincoln Center, the Newport Jazz Festival and the 92nd St Y for the past three decades. Recording projects include soundtracks for the award-winning Boardwalk Empire with vocalists like Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, St. Vincent, Regina Spektor, Neko Case, Leon Redbone, Liza Minnelli, Catherine Russell, Rufus Wainwright and David Johansen.

Giordano’s passion for music from the 1920’s & 30’s and the people that made it began at age 5. He has amassed an amazing collection of over 60,000 band arrangements, 1920’s and 30’s films, 78 recordings and jazz-age memorabilia. Giordano sought out and studied with important survivors from the period; Whiteman’s hot arranger Bill Challis and drummer Chauncey Morehouse, as well as bassist Joe Tarto. Giordano’s passion, commitment to authenticity, and knowledge led him to create a sensational band of like-minded players, the Nighthawks. For over 40 years, Vince Giordano has single handedly kept alive a wonderful genre of American music that continues to spread the joy and pathos of an era that shaped our nation. Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks can be heard every Monday and Tuesday at Iguana NYC, and on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 7:00 pm, right here in Rockland County at The Reform Temple of Rockland County at their Upper Nyack Campus at 330 North Highland Avenue in Upper Nyack, NY.

Tickets for this fabulous jazz performance are on-sale now at www.rocklandconservatory.org/tickets or

by calling 845-356-1522.

General admission tickets are $35.00

Premium seating with artists' reception after the show is $60.00

Overtures is the Rockland Conservatory of Music's community concert series. This gala benefits the Conservatory's scholarships and programs as we celebrate our 60th anniversary year.