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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.
Photo credit: Andrea Canter
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 5 PM - Sophia Kickhofel Quartet
RAIN DATE SEPTEMBER 7
Sophia Kickhofel - alto saxophone, Jayla Chee - bass, Nate Jones - trombone, Matt Lee - drums
Sophia Kickhofel is an alto saxophonist from Apple Valley, Minnesota. She started studying classical saxophone at the age of 10 and began learning jazz music at 13. Sophia started to study solely jazz saxophone once she entered high school. During Sophia’s time in high school, she studied and performed with national honor bands including NYO Jazz and the National Association for Music Education Jazz Band and received national awards including YoungArts Finalist and the Irv Williams Fellowship. In addition, Sophia performed across the Midwest with bands native to Minnesota in addition to her quartet and quintet. Sophia currently attends the Juilliard school in New York City where she studies with pianist Marc Cary and saxophonist Dan Block. During her time in New York, she has had the opportunity to perform alongside Sean Jones, DeeDee Bridgewater, Ulysses Owens Jr., and Victor Goines at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress, Lincoln Center Shanghai, and Dizzy’s Jazz Club. Sophia currently strives to compose and perform music that evokes a sense of empathy and community within audiences.
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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.
Video by Olga Goworek, 2020 and music featuring Shenel Johns, Noah Garabedian and Peter Watrous, 2019
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.
All images herein © The Arts Center at Duck Creek or the photographer.
Please contact us for permissions duckcreekarts@gmail.com.
