RTA Summer Sunset Concert Series 2025!!
August 9 – Roella Oloro
Roella is a New York-based, British multi-instrumentalist, performer, and composer of Nigerian and Jamaican heritage. She is a full-tuition scholarship recipient and recent Magna Cum Laude graduate of Berklee College of Music and has also obtained a Masters Degree at the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. So far in 2025, she has performed in London to a sold-out show at the Vortex, California for her trios third consecutive appearance on the Bands at NAMM stage in Anaheim, California, Brooklyn, NY at the esteemed Cafe Erzulie, and at the acclaimed Grace By Nia in Boston. In May 2024, she went on a mini-tour to Panama with the Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors led by Danilo Perez, pianistic prodigy, artistic director,r and founder of the Global Jazz Institute and Panama Jazz Festival. In 2023, Roella performed with her trio at Capitol Turnaround in Washington, DC as a featured artist of the SHEROCKS showcase. Pianistically, she represented Berklee’s Jazz and Gender Justice Institute at the Reno Jazz Festival, the Detroit Jazz Festival Collegiate competition and headlined with NEA Jazz Master Terri-Lyne Carrington’s band for BAMSfest (Boston Art & Music Festival). In May 2022, she won the ISJAC prize for Emerging Black Composers, traveling to Austin, Texas to accept the award and perform with their jazz orchestra. In November 2022, Roella booked a London Mini-tour for her trio during the London Jazz Festival. Three of five show dates, the Royal Albert Hall, Ronnie Scott’s and Pizza Express Soho were sold out. The tour coincided with the release of her first EP ,”Sentient Sounds.
Waterfront sunset concerts sponsored by the Riverside Tennis Association. The FREE concert evenings are highlighted by picnics and good company as live entertainment enthusiasts gather on the north lawn to enjoy a variety of musical acts as listed below. The Sunset Concert Series is a prime example of how the RTA aims to provide community engagement experiences for all. All shows start at 7 pm. Please call 212 – 978 – 0277 in advance if there are any questions about the weather. See you at The River as the Sun Goes Down!
