Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts
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The Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center
in Spanish Harlem
, New York
, New York
. It provides performance space and instruction in the disciplines of theatre
, music
, and dance
. It has been profiled in People Magazine, The New York Times
, New York Daily News
and in the public television documentary, Mi Mambo!.
The Conservatory hosts the annual competition to award the Charlie Palmieri Memorial Piano Scholarship, a scholarship established in Palmieri
's memory by Latin musician Tito Puente
for the benefit of intermediate and advanced young (12-25) pianists' study of Latin-style piano.
Performing arts center
Performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is used to refer to* A multi-use performance space that is intended for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre....
in Spanish Harlem
Spanish Harlem
East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem and El Barrio, is a section of Harlem in the northeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. East Harlem is one of the largest predominantly Latino communities in New York City. It includes the area formerly known as Italian Harlem, in which...
, New York
New York City
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, New York
New York
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. It provides performance space and instruction in the disciplines of theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
, and dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
. It has been profiled in People Magazine, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, New York Daily News
New York Daily News
The Daily News of New York City is the fourth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 605,677, as of November 1, 2011....
and in the public television documentary, Mi Mambo!.
The Conservatory hosts the annual competition to award the Charlie Palmieri Memorial Piano Scholarship, a scholarship established in Palmieri
Charlie Palmieri
Charlie Palmieri was a renowned Bandleader and musical director of salsa music. He was known as "The Giant of the Keyboards".-Early years:...
's memory by Latin musician Tito Puente
Tito Puente
Tito Puente, , born Ernesto Antonio Puente, was a Latin jazz and Salsa musician. The son of native Puerto Ricans Ernest and Ercilia Puente, of Spanish Harlem in New York City, Puente is often credited as "El Rey de los Timbales" and "The King of Latin Music"...
for the benefit of intermediate and advanced young (12-25) pianists' study of Latin-style piano.