Jackson, MS - Concert

No Tears Project is excited to perform a free concert, co-presented by the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument and Oxford American. Reserve your free tickets here. 

The 90-minute concert will feature selections from the No Tears Project ensemble's repertoire of civil rights songs, plus the world premiere of new music inspired by the story of the Evers Family, written by composer and bassist Rodney Jordan. A Jackson State University alumnus, Mr. Jordan is currently Chair and Professor of the Jazz Studies Program at Florida State University. No Tears Project ensemble is co-led by Kelley Hurt (voice) and Christopher Parker (piano), alongside Rodney Jordan (bass), Darrian Douglas (drums), Bobby LaVell (tenor saxophone), Marc Franklin (trumpet), Chad Fowler (alto saxophone), and special guest choreographer/researcher, Ashley Tate. The civic engagement organization One Voice will also be present to provide voter registration resources. 

This program is made possible in part by a grant from the National Park Foundation's ParkVentures program, the National Park Service, and Jazz Road, a program of South Arts. We are also grateful to the Supporting Partner, Visit Jackson. Additional partners include Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Central Mississippi Blues Society, Mississippi Book Festival, JSU Department of Music, One Voice, and the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP.