The Arts Center at Duck Creek thrives thanks to a wide range of supporters—foundations, government agencies, and most meaningfully, the generosity of individuals from across our communities. This collective support makes it possible for Duck Creek to offer free, inclusive programming that uplifts artists, honors the East End’s cultural legacy, and brings people together through shared creative experiences.

COMING UP AT DUCK CREEK

THURSDAY, JULY 31, 6 PM - Kazemde George Trio

IF RAIN, THE PERFORMANCE WILL MOVE INSIDE
Kazemde George - saxophone, Tyrone Allen II - bass, Kayvon Gordon - drums

Kazemde George is an African American jazz saxophonist, composer, educator, and beat-maker based in Brooklyn who exhibits a gift for streamlined, emotionally direct melodies, articulated with a warm tone and a certain guiding restraint. Raised by Caribbean parents in Berkeley, California, Kaz was exposed to a wide range of musical styles, and has been playing Piano, Saxophone, and Percussion from an early age. Kazemde completed the Harvard/New England Conservatory (NEC) Joint program, receiving his Bachelors in Neurobiology (Harvard) and his Masters in Jazz Composition (NEC). In 2012, he received Harvard’s George Peabody Gardener Fellowship to study traditional music in La Habana, Cuba for ten months. In October 2021, Kazemde released his debut album, I Insist, on Greenleaf Music by Dave Douglas. His sophomore release is slated for 2026 with La Reserve Records. Kazemde has performed with Solange Knowles and Saint Heron, David Murray, Jason Moran, and Ethan Iverson at venues and festivals such as, Dizzy's Coca-Cola Club, Le Poisson Rouge, The Jazz Gallery, Irving Plaza, Yoshi's, Black Cat, The David Rubinstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Panama Jazz Festival, Made In America Festival, AfroPunk, and Panorama NYC Music Festival.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 6 PM - Inés Velasco Large Ensemble

IF RAIN, THE PERFORMANCE WILL MOVE INSIDE
Juana Luna - vocalist/orator, M. Alex Ramírez - alto, Gideon Forbes - alto, John Lowery - tenor, Nathan See - tenor, Kenny Pexton - baritone sax, Sam Hoyt - trumpet, Bobby Spellman - trumpet, Dave Smith - trumpet, Michael Dudley - trumpet, Nick Grinder - trombone, Sam Blakeslee - trombone, Jasmine Sloane - trombone, Julie Dombroski-Jones - bass trombone, Evan Main - piano, Jacob Aviner - guitar, Alon Benjamini - drums, Eduardo Belo - bass

Inés Velasco is a Brooklyn based composer, arranger and drummer born in Guadalajara, México. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music with a dual degree in Jazz Composition and Performance. Ms. Velasco’s recent work includes compositions for the National Jazz Orchestra of México and string arrangements for the NY Philharmonic’s ‘Bandwagon’ series with vocalist Juana Luna.  ‘A Flash of Cobalt Blue’ is Inés Velasco’s debut big band album, a collaboration with award-winning Mexican poet Jorge Esquinca, directly inspired by the poetry of his book ‘Descripción de un brillo azul cobalto.’ The album is a deeply personal debut for large ensemble that transforms Esquinca’s poetry into a sound world full of personal meaning. Velasco will be sharing a 17 piece band at Duck Creek comprised of the rhythm section; bass, drums, keyboard and guitar, as well as four trumpets, four trombones and five saxophones.

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THE ARTS CENTER AT DUCK CREEK operates in the 19th-century barn once owned by abstract expressionist John Little, who in the 1950s, used this space as a studio and meeting place for artists in the then burgeoning art colony of Springs, East Hampton. OUR MISSION is to honor the spirit of John Little and his fellow artists by serving our community with FREE, innovative arts programs and supporting our participating artists.

HISTORIC DUCK CREEK FARM is an 18th-century homestead including a farmhouse built by the Edwards family, members of the original settlers of the Maidstone Colony now known as East Hampton. The property was purchased by the Town of East Hampton with *Community Preservation Funds in 2006. Its restoration and adaptation as an arts center was spearheaded by a group of local residents, who now manage the property and its programming as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation called The Arts Center at Duck Creek.
*Learn about Community Preservation Fund here.

The Arts Center at Duck Creek offers free, inclusive programming that supports artists and honors the East End’s cultural legacy, made possible through generous support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Willem de Kooning Foundation, the Singer Fund and Robert and Maryann Singer, Suffolk County Legislator Ann Welker and the Department of Economic Development and Planning, the Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, and community members like you.

The Arts Center at Duck Creek, Inc is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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