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Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University
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Tufts Sunday Concert: Tufts Choruses
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesThe Tufts University Sunday Concert Series presents the Tufts Concert Choir and Chamber Singers performing their fall concert, “Forest Through the Trees,” with Jamie Kirsch, conductor, and Thomas Stumpf, pianist. Featuring works by Josquin, Gimon, Butler, Brahms, Szymko, Walker, Schwartz and Pottle. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. The concert …
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Tufts/NEC Dual Degree Concert
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesStudents from Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music studying in this program present a variegated evening of classical, jazz, and original compositions. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. This concert also may be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
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Testimony: A Jazz Trio Concert
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesTufts University Department of Music faculty member Joel LaRue Smith presents a deeply personal premiere performance of new, original straight-ahead jazz and Afro-Latin compositions from his newest albums, "Testimony" and "Jazz Soliloquy" (both released in 2023), alongside stunning new arrangements of jazz standards by Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins and Chano Pozo. Featuring guest performers Evan …
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Tufts Composers New Sounds Now #2: Book of February
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesTufts University faculty composer Michael McLaughlin’s "Book of February" ignites new out-of-season response pieces by Tufts Composers in today's New Sounds Now series concert. Free to the public with no tickets required. The program also will be viewable online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.
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Tufts Family and Children’s Concert: Joel LaRue Smith Jazz Trio
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesThe Tufts University Department of Music's Family and Children's Concert Series welcomes the Joel LaRue Smith Trio for a performance titled "Testimony." Smith and guests performers Evan Palmer, bass, and Yoron Israel, drums, will provide an introduction for children and families to hear toe-tapping rhythms and melodies. They'll play the “blues,” “bosa nova,” “mambos,” and …
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Tufts Composers: New at Noon #1 – Who is Bob?
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesTufts Composers begins a new season of New at Noon, one-hour collaborative dance/music events at Distler Hall. Who is Bob? Discover the answer and more by joining Tufts composers for this afternoon of unexpected musical partnerships. This concert may also be viewed online through Tufts Music Live Streaming.
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Tufts Composers: Might As Well, Now That We’re Back
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesBack from summer, back from sabbatical, alumni, grad students and undergrads back to the Tufts University campus, guest composers and performers return to the Distler Hall stage for the concert "Might As Well, Now That We're Back." Curated by John McDonald, this "variety evening" features myriad new works by guest composer Julia Werntz, faculty guest …
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Tufts Sunday Concert: Tufts Wind Ensemble
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesThe Tufts University Sunday Concert season presents the Tufts Wind Ensemble in a performance titled "Pax et Lux" (Peace and Light), the university's motto, which was adopted in 1857 and inspires this program. The repertoire includes Frank Ticheli's "Lux Perpetua" and David Maslanka's "Hymn for World Peace." TUWE will also present music written for Tufts …
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Tufts Sunday Concert: The Renewal Series
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesThe Tufts University Department of Music begins the 2023-24 Tufts Sunday Concert season with "The Renewal Series — Concerts in Dialogue with Art and Audience." This pioneering event strives to create a sense of community, connection, and belonging through interactive discussion-concerts. Featuring the world premiere of a new work by Tufts faculty composer Kareem Roustom …
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Celebrating Tufts Professor Emeritus David Locke
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesJoin the Tufts University Music Department, distinguished guest performers and speakers for a daylong series of events marking Ethnomusicologist David Locke’s influential tenure. Take in an 11 a.m. roundtable marking Locke’s impact on African music studies and performance in the North American academy; a 1:45 p.m. hour of performances and testimonials; a 3:30 p.m. symposium …
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