Glenridge Performing Arts Center Opens its New Season with Cynthia Sayer and Her Joyride Band

The Glenridge Performing Arts Center’s 2023-2024 season opens with multi-award winning banjoist/vocalist Cynthia Sayer with her all-star Joyride Band performing a mix of jazz, American Songbook standards, and more, Wednesday, November 15, 7:30 p.m., at The Glenridge Performing Arts Center, 7333 Scotland Way, Sarasota. Tickets are $30. For more information and to purchase tickets, call (941) 552-5325 or visit GPACtix.com.

“We’re beyond thrilled to open our season with such a distinguished artist as Cynthia Sayer,” says Ben Turoff, the director of the Glenridge Performing Arts Center. “This is Cynthia’s first time back after three years and we anticipate a sold-out show. She’s been a top favorite here at GPAC, performing annually for over 10 years. We consider her part of our Sarasota family since her mother has been a longtime Sarasota resident and her cousins live in Lakewood Ranch. And the big news is she recently got married and her mother-in-law’s family home is on Lido Key. I recommend getting your tickets early.”

Multi-award-winning artist Cynthia Sayer is acclaimed as today’s premier four-string banjoist. An American Banjo Hall Of Fame inductee praised for her “drive and virtuosity” by The New York Times, Sayer is a pioneering musician who rose to prominence as a founding member of Woody Allen's New Orleans Jazz Band, appears regularly at prominent venues and music festivals, and has played with leading jazz, popular, and roots music artists including Bucky Pizzarelli, Dick Hyman, Andy Statman, Les Paul, Marvin Hamlisch, Wynton Marsalis, Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, and many others. Heard on feature film and TV soundtracks, Sayer tours on four continents, appeared on numerous national TV and radio shows, performed at The White House, played with The New York Philharmonic and the New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. She is also an avid educator with a long track record of workshops, lecture/demos, and educational programming for all ages. More at www.cynthiasayer.com.

Sayer’s Joyride Band members (Jim Fryer, trombone and vocals; Ben Rosenblum, accordion and piano; Jen Hodge, string bass; and Larry Eagle, drums) are all featured touring artists in their own right, with credits ranging from Bruce Springsteen to headlining at international jazz festivals.  

The Glenridge Performing Arts Center’s 2023-2024 season runs through April 3. Tickets for the Cynthia Sayer performance are on sale now; tickets for the rest of the season will be available for purchase on November 1. For more information and to purchase tickets, call (941) 552-5325 or visit GPACtix.com.

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