Fri, Sep 27
|Campus of Jackson State University
Music Masterclass
A music masterclass at Jackson State University, made possible by a grant from National Park Foundation and Jazz Road, a program of South Arts.
Time & Location
Sep 27, 2024, 12:00 PM
Campus of Jackson State University, 1400 John R. Lynch St, Jackson, MS 39217, USA
About
Part of the No Tears Project Jackson residency 9/27 - 9/29, a music workshop with No Tears Project ensemble members in-classroom at Jackson State University’s Department of Music. This event is limited to invited students from JSU, Tougaloo College, and other education institutions.
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Co-presented by the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument and Oxford American, One Voice, and the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP.
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 Supporting Partner, Visit Jackson. Additional partners include in partnership with Mississippi Book Festival, Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Central Mississippi Blues Society, and JSU Department of Music.
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 choreographer/researcher, Ashley Tate.