Blog - Event Preview
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Both children of pastors who learned about music in their fathers’ churches, Marcus and Jean Baylor have forged the fast-rising music ensemble The Baylor Project.
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His Dystopian Dream, getting its U.S. premiere at Stanford, could be his most ambitious work yet.
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Ellams’ Barber Shop Chronicles offers a supple view of human continuity across the cultural complexities of the African continent and diaspora.
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Here are members of a great baroque orchestra, playing at the peak of their form for two hours, having memorized the entire concert, prowling around the stage in seemingly carefree abandon, supported by text, images and a clever storyline.
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Fantastical, odd and sometimes so tender it’s raw, “Ghost Rings” is a pop concert with a drama inside, about trying to make sense of the hole in your soul when the person you believed would stick around forever drifts away.
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New Orleans native Wynton Marsalis offers a tribute to the Crescent City.
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Claudia Rankine believes that accountability is a key element of community building.
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Since the days of the Civil Rights movement, jazz music and activism share a bond that seeps through the spirit of those who march for social change. From John Coltrane’s support of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Kendrick Lamar’s call to action against police brutality, the bond has become stronger and overall a globally shared fellowship.
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Sarah Schulman on the gentrification of the mind
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We are focusing this upcoming season on ideas and expressions that are deeply human and universal: what it means to experience life, love, and loss.