A Season of Stars New York Performances

At Brooklyn Paramount, A Season of Stars hosts Pink Martini in a jazz-leaning program that treats the concert hall like a crossroads. Founded in 1994 by pianist Thomas Lauderdale and often led by vocalists China Forbes and Storm Large, the Portland ensemble moves through a multilingual songbook and orchestral-style charts that borrow from old pop, film music, and dance rhythms. The group has long been a fixture on New York stages rather than a premiere story, part of the city’s ongoing appetite for cosmopolitan repertoire. One clear takeaway is how deliberately the arrangements foreground ensemble color over solo display.