by The Carr Center | Oct 11, 2021 | Meet The Artist
Accomplished Jazz singer and songwriter, Jazzmeia Horn, won the Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition in 2015. Her vocal gifts have been compared to the stylings of such iconic women of Jazz, as Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughan, and Nancy Wilson. She...
by The Carr Center | Oct 11, 2021 | Meet The Artist
Brandee Younger infuses classical, jazz, soul, and funk influences to the harp tradition pioneered by her predecessors and idols Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane. Younger leads her own ensemble, performs as a soloist and has worked as a sideman for such musicians as...
by The Carr Center | Oct 11, 2021 | Meet The Artist
Master Teacher Kris Nobles of the Debbie Allen Dance Academy is a highly accomplished professional dancer and instructor. He has won the Tanzolymp Danz Festival in Berlin, Germany competing in classical ballet. He has also been invited to perform solo in the “Duke...
by The Carr Center | Oct 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
From one of the earliest performances by African American musicians on sound film (1923) to Canada’s first foray with jazz on film (1949), guest curator Marcus Turner explores the interconnected histories of jazz and film as he samples groundbreaking film performances...
by The Carr Center | Oct 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Announcing our 30th anniversary year of exciting events. Under the direction of Oliver Ragsdale, Jr., President and CEO, and Artistic Director, three-time Grammy Award-winning jazz musician and educator Terri Lyne Carrington, The Carr Center’s Season begins in...
