Kennedy Center presents 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Concert
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts will celebrate the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters with a free concert, Monday, April 3, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall. The performance will honor the recipients of the nation's highest honor in jazz, highlighting their lifetime achievements and exceptional contributions to the advancement of jazz music. The concert, held during Jazz Appreciation Month, will also be streamed online at www.kennedy-center.org. In addition to the April 3 concert, the NEA Jazz Masters will hold a listening party at National Public Radio headquarters on Sunday, April 2, and a master class for young musicians to learn from the Jazz Masters themselves at Howard University on Tuesday, April 4.
Works & Process at the Guggenheim Announces Washington National Opera: CHAMPION
On Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 7:30pm, Works & Process at the Guggenheim presents excerpts from Champion by five-time Grammy award-winning musician and playwright Terence Blanchard, who tells the true story of Emile Griffith in his haunting and visually stunning 'opera in jazz.' The work, which blew critics away when it premiered in 2013, explores the life of the closeted gay boxer whose knockout of a homophobic rival in the early 1960s let to unexpected tragedy. Washington National Opera Artistic Director Francesca Zambello will moderate a discussion with Blanchard, Deynce Graves and other members of the cast following performance excerpts.
Anna K. Jacobs Selected for 2016 Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award
The Ziegfeld Club has announced that Anna K. Jacobs has been selected to receive the 2016 Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award. The award will provide Jacobs with a grant of $10,000 and a year of professional mentorship from mentors including Tony Award-winning producer Barbara Whitman. Zoe Sarnak and Shaina Taub are the honorable mentions chosen by the awards panel. Recipients will be honored during a reception that will feature distinguished speaker Jeanine Tesori and a special musical performance by Masi Asare, who is the recipient of last year's inaugural award, on Monday, November 7, at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
Donald Harrison, Jonathan Demme, Nona Hendryx and More Present Reading of THE AMERICAN SLAVE COAST
The American Slave Coast: Live, an electrifying live musical reading from Ned and Constance Sublette's powerful new book The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry, takes place at Symphony Space on Friday, October 28 (8 pm). An exciting group of cutting-edge actors, vocalists, and musicians - including renowned film director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Rachel Getting Married), funk/R&B goddess Nona Hendryx of Labelle, acclaimed spoken word artist Carl Hancock Rux, Native American country singer Kandia Crazy Horse, and jazz/soul vocalist Lezlie Harrison - will bring the book's many voices to life. The cast will interact with a live musical ensemble directed by renowned New Orleans composer and bandleader Donald Harrison, along with projected imagery.
The Headhunters Come to the Fox This May
Z2 Entertainment is proud to present The Headhunters with special guest Dominic Lalli feat. Mike Clark, Bill Summers, Donald Harrison, Stephen Gordon & Pat Casey at the Fox Theatre today, May 13th, 2016.
ORGANISTS OF EASTMAN Set for Music at Saint Paul's, April 10
Rarely does a discerning lover of the pipe organ have the opportunity to hear three full-scale organ concerti in a single program. On Sunday, April 10th, at 5:00pm, graduate students from the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester will present a program of works by three composers, spanning almost 200 years.
The Headhunters Come to the Fox This May
Z2 Entertainment is proud to present The Headhunters with special guest Dominic Lalli feat. Mike Clark, Bill Summers, Donald Harrison, Stephen Gordon & Pat Casey at the Fox Theatre on Friday, May 13th, 2016.
The Miller Theatre Presents CYRUS CHESTNUT TRIO Tonight
Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts continues its 2014-15 Jazz series with the CYRUS CHESTNUT TRIO featuring Cyrus Chestnut, piano, Dezron Douglas, bass, Neal Smith, drums. Tonight, November 1, 2014, 8:00 p.m. at the Miller Theatre at Columbia University (2960 Broadway at 116th Street)