{"id":336235,"date":"2026-09-02T19:36:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/336235\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T19:36:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:36:48","slug":"lucy-yeghiazaryan-brings-jazz-to-flushing-town-hall-at-final-queens-jazz-trail-show-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/336235\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucy Yeghiazaryan brings jazz to Flushing Town Hall at final Queens Jazz Trail show \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lucy Yeghiazaryan performed in the last show of the third annual Queens Jazz Trail concert series.<\/p>\n

Photo by Alice Moreno<\/p>\n

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The third annual Queens Jazz Trail<\/a> concluded with its final concert on Thursday, Aug. 27, at Flushing Town Hall<\/a> (relocated from Astoria Park due to the rain) with the illustrious Jazz singer Lucy Yeghiazaryan<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In honor of Tony Bennett\u2019s centennial, the concert featured covers of his songs and was free and open to the public.\u00a0
\n\"\"<\/a>Yeghiazaryan performs during her concert. Photo by Alice Moreno\n<\/p>\n

Alongside Yeghiazaryan on vocals, the concert also featured Peter Washington<\/a> on bass, Greg Ruggiero<\/a> on guitar and Jacob Smith on drums.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Yeghiazaryan was joined by Greg Ruggiero (left) on guitar, Peter Washington (second from right) on bass and Jacob Smith (right) on drums. Photo by Alice Moreno<\/p>\n

The concert was made possible by the Kupferberg Center of the Arts<\/a>, in partnership with Flushing Town Hall, the Louis Armstrong House Museum<\/a>\u00a0and New York City Parks<\/a>. Sponsorships included the Howard Gilman Foundation<\/a>, Resorts World NYC<\/a>, Northwell Health<\/a>, Maspeth Federal Savings<\/a>\u00a0and AARP New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been able to bring this concert series around Queens,\u201d said Jon Yanofsky, director of Kupferberg Center of the Arts. \u201cWe\u2019re celebrating and highlighting the incredible history and tradition of jazz and jazz artists who made their homes in Queens. But as important as looking at the past is also looking at the present and future, and that this music is still thriving in the borough.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo by Alice Moreno<\/p>\n

Yeghiazaryan is an Armenian-American vocalist and violinist. According to the Kupferberg Center\u2019s website, she is \u201cemerging as a leading voice in contemporary straight-ahead jazz, blending her cultural heritage with the American jazz tradition.\u201d Raised in New Jersey, she began her career at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) Jazz for Teens\u2019 program. Now based in New York City, she has previously performed in venues such as Jazz at Lincoln Center and Birdland. She is also the recipient of grants from the Doris Duke Foundation, Chamber Music America and New York Foundation for the Arts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For more information on this year\u2019s Queens Jazz Trail concert series, including past performers, visit kupferbergcenter.org\/qjt<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucy Yeghiazaryan performed in the last show of the third annual Queens Jazz Trail concert series. Photo by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[16903,6160,126277,126278,9,24,63,122,124,108876,123],"class_list":["post-336235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-flushing-town-hall","tag-jazz","tag-kupferberg-center-of-the-arts","tag-lucy-yeghiazaryan","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-jazz-trail","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}