Join this special appearance by author, narrator, director and filmmaker Jamie Bernstein. Her 2018 memoir, Famous Father Girl is about growing up with legendary composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein, subject of the Academy Award nominated 2023 film, Maestro. She has written and narrated concerts about Mozart, Aaron Copland and Stravinsky, as well as “The Bernstein Beat,” a family concert about her father. Jamie will discuss her father’s artistry and career and ground-breaking use of mass media for music education and appreciation.

Proceeds from Bernstein Remix! will benefit Artful Learning, the extraordinary teaching model founded by Jamie’s brother, Alexander Bernstein, whom the Bernstein family lost in July.

Performed live by the electrifying Bobby Sanabria MULTIVERSE Big Band, this reworking—captured on the GRAMMY-nominated double CD West Side Story Reimagined, which also won the prestigious Jazz Journalists Association Album of the Year Award—infuses Bernstein’s score with Afro-Caribbean grooves, Puerto Rican bomba and plena, and the fierce swing of New York jazz.

BONUS EVENT: This performance includes a special post-show conversation between Bobby Sanabria and Jamie Bernstein, daughter of the legendary composer.

A unique mix of performing artists gather to reinterpret and reimagine the music and words of Leonard Bernstein. Curated by his daughter, author-narrator Jamie Bernstein, this intimate evening features a wide range of performers: from Broadway to jazz, from classical to Latin American – and beyond.

Proceeds from Bernstein Remix! will benefit Artful Learning, the extraordinary teaching model founded by Jamie’s brother, Alexander Bernstein, whom the Bernstein family lost in July.

New Albany Symphony Orchestra presents: Luis Biava, conductor, with special guests Morgan James, vocalist, and Jamie Bernstein, storyteller.

One magical evening. Two extraordinary talents.

A well-known insomniac for whom night was a time for creativity and friendship, deep introspection and revelry, the iconic Leonard Bernstein worked incessantly, often entertaining friends and guests late into the night and dazzling them with charismatic performances across a wide range of musical styles. 

After an exhaustive search over two seasons, GBS is down to the wire as the competition to become the next Music Director ends. Maestro Waddell will present a family-friendly “concert of storytelling,” highlighted by some of the greatest stories in music, including Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf narrated by special guest Jamie Bernstein, daughter of the late great Leonard Bernstein.

MLSO Americana Concert will feature Barber's Violin Concerto with soloist Marc Rovetti and Jamie Bernstein narrating Lincoln Portrait

Jamie Bernstein, daughter of legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, joins the Orlando Philharmonic for a must-see program. Jamie embodies a profound connection to her father’s music and is an advocate for his musical legacy.

Jamie Bernstein, daughter of legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, joins the Orlando Philharmonic for a must-see program. Jamie embodies a profound connection to her father’s music and is an advocate for his musical legacy.

Activist Jamie Bernstein (daughter of Leonard) leads the young narrators who will speak the interviewees’ words verbatim, and Orlando Philharmonic music director Eric Jacobsen conducts. Kamons says, “This is not a piece about gun violence. It’s a celebration of how to be a citizen.”

Mark your calendars for October 22, 2024, and be a part of an unforgettable evening as Project Music celebrates a decade of transformative musical education and looks ahead to an inspiring future. Our 10th Anniversary Gala promises to be an extraordinary event, held at the stunning GE CoCreate Space. We are thrilled to welcome Jamie Bernstein, daughter of the legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, as our guest speaker. Jamie's insights and stories will provide a unique and personal glimpse into the world of her father's iconic music and his enduring legacy.

Jamie Bernstein, the author of the memoir “Famous Father Girl”, and the Maestro’s eldest daughter joins us, narrating the background stories on Anniversaries—short piano pieces given as gifts to Bernstein’s family, close friends, and colleagues.

A presence on Broadway, in Hollywood, at Carnegie Hall, and the New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein was a major force in 20th-century music. His exuberant and dramatic style caught the heart of America, bringing classical music to thousands of people from diverse backgrounds. This includes interviews with Bernstein’s family, friends, colleagues, peers, and critics, as well as Bernstein’s own written and recorded words. Followed by a talk with Susan Lacy and Jamie Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein’s daughter.

A unique and intimate cabaret – featuring the Maestro’s daughter Jamie Bernstein with Grammy-garlanded Janis Siegel, baritone Michael Kelly, and pianist Yaron Gershovsky, long-time musical director of The Manhattan Transfer. A glorious celebration of songs such as “Ohio,” “Pass the Football,” and “One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man” – and the stories behind them.

Join us with one of the “Greats” Leonard Bernstein, conductor, composer, educator in a sendoff concert which includes songs and some of the beloved ensembles from Candide, West Side Story, and others. Two piano arrangements by John Musto with narration by Jamie Bernstein and Brent McMunn, conductor.

Jamie Bernstein, daughter of famed composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein will return to SongFest to present a special lecture June 18th and narrate the final SongFest concert on June 21 in a recital that celebrates her father and his compositions.

Darien Library and Barrett Bookstore welcome Jamie Bernstein, author of Famous Father Girl: a Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein.

In this intimate and evocative memoir, the oldest daughter of revered composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look at her father, which was published the centennial year of his birth.

The composer of On the Town and West Side Story, chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic, television star, humanitarian, friend of the powerful and influential, and the life of every party, Leonard Bernstein was an enormous celebrity during one of the headiest periods of American cultural life, as well as the most protean musician in twentieth century America. 

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with the NY Phil and stellar guest artists.

Clara-Jumi Kang is the soloist in Bruch’s beloved Violin Concerto No. 1, and Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals is brought to life by narrator Jamie Bernstein, featuring pianists Clayton Stephenson and Serena Wang. Hear the World Premiere of Lunar Overture, by film composer Elliot Leung, and selections from Zhou Tian’s Transcend, composed in 2019 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad.

City Winery NYC presents Cousin Brucie and Jamie Berstein live on February 5th at 7pm

The Village Trip: Where The Beat Lives On

It Was 60 Years Ago Today: A Beatles Conversation with Cousin Brucie and Jamie Bernstein The Loft at City Winery, Monday February 5, 2024 To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ first visit to America and their historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, The Village Trip will present a conversation with Bruce Morrow (Cousin Brucie) and Jamie Bernstein.

You’ve seen the movie, now hear his music! The Fairfield Museum and Sacred Heart University Community Theatre present an extraordinary afternoon of stories and songs celebrating the life and work of one of Fairfield’s most famous residents, composer Leonard Bernstein. The event will feature acclaimed pianist Orin Grossman and Tony-Award-winning actors Joanna Gleason and Santino Fontana performing many of Bernstein’s classic works, along with an intimate look into the famous composer’s life with Jamie Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein’s daughter and author of Famous Father Girl.

The Houston Chamber Choir presents MAESTRO, a biographical film that explores the extraordinary life and musical legacy of Leonard Bernstein.

See MAESTRO at a VIP pre-release screening with Jamie Bernstein. The evening will feature a short pre-show talk by Jamie and a 45-minute Q/A session in our private theater immediately following the show. 

“My, what charm
My, what grace
Poets and peasants on Waverly Place!”

Wonderful Town immortalized Greenwich Village, just as a later Leonard Bernstein musical immortalized the West Side of Manhattan. This unique and intimate cabaret – featuring writer and broadcaster Jamie Bernstein, with Grammy-garlanded chanteuse Janis Siegel, baritone Michael Kelly, and pianist Yaron Gershovsky – is a glorious celebration of songs such as “Ohio,” “Pass the Football,” and “One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man,” plus a surprise song famously left out of the original score. For good measure, this unique evening will also dip into more of the Maestro’s Manhattan musicals, On the Town and West Side Story – and Jamie will reveal some behind-the-scenes stories!

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October 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Music Festival, an annual three-week event that has secured China’s eminence in the classical music world in the 21st century. Music critic Ken Smith discusses the impact of the festival’s quarter-century of continuous international artistic exchange with Jamie Bernstein, Du Yun and Zhou Long, all of whom have graced the festival’s stage multiple times.