American Opera Project and NYU Tisch School of the Arts Present “The Woodlawn Operas.”

Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 7:00 PM.

Please join us in the Woolworth Chapel for a presentation of “The Woodlawn Operas” by the American Opera Projects and the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Inspired by notable monuments and individuals buried at Woodlawn, students from the NYU Tisch Opera Lab will perform three operas at Woodlawn. The Operas are:

Visions of Drag – Inspired by Bert Savoy.

Styx & Stones – Inspired by Patricia Cronin’s Memorial to a Marriage.

What do you see? – Inspired by Anna Hyatt Huntington and Alexander Archipenko.

This event is free but tickets are required. Please click here to register.

Lunchtime Pop-Up Concert – A Salute to Woodlawn’s Jazz Greats.

Thursday, May 29, 2025 1:00 PM

Join us for A Salute to Woodlawn’s Jazz Greats with a performance by the Susan E. Wagner Jazz Ensemble, 2024 and 2025 Finalists in the Essentially Ellington Concert. This Concert will be held in Jazz Corner.

This concert is free with registration. To reserve a spot, click here.

Woodlawn Cemetery and Conservancy’s Legacy Lecture Series
El Maestro Johnny Pacheco: The Man and his Music

Sunday, June 1, 2025, 2:00 PM at the Woolworth Chapel.

Juan Pablo Pacheco Knipping (March 25, 1935–February 15, 2021), known as Johnny Pacheco, was a Dominican musician, arranger, composer, bandleader, and record producer who established
himself as a salsa legend in New York and around the world. Johnny is buried at Woodlawn, not far from his dear friend and musical partner, Celia Cruz.

The lecture will feature Mrs. Maria Elena Pacheco, the wife of Johnny Pacheco, and Herman Rodriguez-Bajandas, President of Fonico, LLC. The conversation will be moderated by Hon. Jeanette Ruiz (ret.), who is a Woodlawn lot owner, Conservancy Director, and a friend of the Pacheco Family.

Tickets are $25/$20 for students, seniors, and members and may be purchased by clicking here.

The Woodlawn Suite – CD Now Available.

The sounds of Madam C. J.  Walker strutting down the street, Dorothy Parker raising a glass, and Cicely Tyson whispering to Miles Davis are all part of The Woodlawn Suite, Victor Goines’ 13 movement work celebrating the lives of New Yorkers now at rest within the historic Woodlawn Cemetery. Commissioned by the Woodlawn Conservancy to create a modern memorial, the saxophonist and composer created these biographical sketches that link listeners to the lives of those who impacted our culture. Join Victor and his ensemble of creative musicians to be part of the premier of The Woodlawn Suite. A long-time member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and former director of the Jazz Studies Program at Northwestern University, Goines serves as President and CEO of Jazz St. Louis.

To purchase the CD – please click here.