John Coltrane at 100: The Coltrane Legacy – A Force For Good Day – FREE

Celebrate John Coltrane’s centennial birthday with selected High School student musicians performing alongside The Coltrane Home Ensemble. 

The Coltrane Home’s 3rd annual “A Force For Good Day” will take place at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills. Specially selected high school student musicians will perform alongside The Coltrane Home Ensemble, providing an opportunity to learn, collaborate, and perform with professional musicians.

Acclaimed saxophonist, composer, and educator Jeff Lederer will also present a program exploring lessons young people can draw from Coltrane’s life and work, including dedication, individual expression, teamwork, courage, humility, and the power of music to inspire change.

Saturday, November 14, 2026 
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Half Hollow Hills Public Library
Dix Hills Branch 
55 Vanderbilt Parkway
Dix Hills, NY

Cost: FREE! To Reserve Your Spot CLICK HERE 

Presented by The John & Alice Coltrane Home. The October 4 program is presented with Jazz Connections. The John & Alice Coltrane Home is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the historic Dix Hills home where John and Alice Coltrane lived and created music and sharing their artistic, cultural and spiritual legacy through education, music and community programming.

This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by The Huntington Arts Council.