This event is in the past.It took place on March 27, 2026 at Kaufman Music Center.


Upper West Side, New York
🎻"disarmingly natural, and her settings elegantly succinct" (NYT)
🎵Collaborations with music students included
👯Also plays with Our Native Daughters
Leyla McCalla's cello and voice weave Haitian folk traditions with original songs that feel both ancient and urgently contemporary. Expect intimate arrangements, politically-charged storytelling, and rhythms that'll have you swaying in your seat.
Haitian folk fusion
Intimate concert hall
Afro-Caribbean rhythms
Student collaborations


Upper West Side, New York
🎻"disarmingly natural, and her settings elegantly succinct" (NYT)
🎵Collaborations with music students included
👯Also plays with Our Native Daughters
Leyla McCalla's cello and voice weave Haitian folk traditions with original songs that feel both ancient and urgently contemporary. Expect intimate arrangements, politically-charged storytelling, and rhythms that'll have you swaying in your seat.
Haitian folk fusion
Intimate concert hall
Afro-Caribbean rhythms
Student collaborations
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