MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU is bringing together jazz
and dance faculty, students and guests Thursday, Feb. 2, for a unique
collaboration of music and movement in the second concert of the 2016-17 MTSU Jazz Artist Series.
The
special production will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Hinton Hall inside MTSU’s Wright
Music Building. A searchable, printable campus parking map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap.
Tickets
for the Feb. 2 concert are $10 for the public. Admission is free for MTSU
students, faculty and staff with a valid ID, and discounts for area music
students and educators also are available.
The
concert will showcase the choreography of Marsha
Barsky, assistant professor of dance, and a new musical composition by trumpeter
Jamey Simmons, director of jazz studies
in MTSU’s School of Music, and saxophonist Don
Aliquo, a professor of jazz studies.
“The
relationship between jazz music and dance is a close one, but as jazz has
evolved into art, music collaborations between dancers and choreographers have
become more common,” Simmons said.
Simmons
and Aliquo co-wrote “Leaving Home,” which Simmons said aims to “recreate the
universal narrative elements inherent in the process of movement of people from
the familiarity of home to a different life — the movement away from oppression,
the struggle to escape, personal pilgrimage, the presence of friends and
enemies and the final liberation of the individual to new levels of freedom and
discovery.
“We hope
that the originally composed music and dance are universal in nature, as they
can also represent the artistic, personal and spiritual search for new life,”
he added.
Now in
its 18th season, the MTSU Jazz Artist Series brings internationally renowned
jazz artists to campus for performances and educational workshops. Past guest
artists have included some of the most important musicians and educators in
jazz history.
The 2016-17
Jazz Artist Series concludes Saturday, March 25, with the series’ third concert
planned to celebrate the MTSU Illinois
Jacquet Jazz Festival.
For more
information about MTSU’s Jazz Artist Series, please visit http://www.mtsu.edu/music/jazzseries.php.
For
details on other MTSU School of Music performances, call 615-898-2493 or visit http://www.mtsumusic.com and click on
the "Concert Calendar" link.
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