Past Events

In its heyday during the 1920s and 1930s, the popular Cotton Club in New York City’s Harlem featured such prominent African-American entertainers as Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Join Jeff Tyzik and your DSO as the excitement of those glory days is brought to the Meyerson Symphony Center!

In its heyday during the 1920s and 1930s, the popular Cotton Club in New York City’s Harlem featured such prominent African-American entertainers as Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Join Jeff Tyzik and your DSO as the excitement of those glory days is brought to the Meyerson Symphony Center!

Back to the ‘80s is a power packed evening of the decade’s #1 hit songs, including “The Power of Love,” “Up Where We Belong,” “Material Girl,” “Lost In Your Eyes,” “Addicted to Love” and many others. Featuring the music of such ’80s iconic stars as Madonna, Debbie Gibson, Huey Lewis & The News, Cindy Lauper, Eddie Money, and Phil Collins.

Explore Paul Simon's unique artistry as a songwriter from his years with Simon and Garfunkel, through his solo albums Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints. Orchestrated by Jeff Tyzik, you’ll enjoy songs including “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard,” “The Sound of Silence,” and “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.”

Explore Paul Simon's unique artistry as a songwriter from his years with Simon and Garfunkel, through his solo albums Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints. Orchestrated by Jeff Tyzik, you’ll enjoy songs including “Bridge Over Troubled Water”, “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard,” “The Sound of Silence,” and “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.”

Travel through time, back to the dark cabarets and speakeasies of New York, Paris, and Berlin, and experience the 1920s in all their decadence: Prohibition, gangsters, ingénues, and intrigue. Accompanied by vintage imagery and video, Prohibition takes you on a journey through the music of Rudy Valée, Josephine Baker, Kurt Weill, and King Oliver, featuring the top hits of the decade, authentically arranged for orchestra by GRAMMY-winner Jeff Tyzik and performed by three stellar vocalists.

A symphonic tribute to the voices that changed and super-charged pop, R&B, and soul. Aretha Franklin. Tina Turner. Nina Simone. Gladys Knight. Patti Labelle. Whitney Houston. And Adele. A six-decades tribute to the superstars who made a difference.

A symphonic tribute to the voices that changed and super-charged pop, R&B, and soul. Aretha Franklin. Tina Turner. Nina Simone. Gladys Knight. Patti Labelle. Whitney Houston. And Adele. A six-decades tribute to the superstars who made a difference.