Saturday, November 27, 2010, 8:00
PM$25 advance, $28 door, $22 members
Purchase tickets online or by calling our box office at (231) 995-1553
Laurie Sears, on saxophone and flute, heads up this all women group of jazz musicians featuring Laura Caviani, piano; Marion Hayden, bass; Gayelynn McKinney, drums; and singer Claudia Schmidt. Performing both original music by Schmidt and Caviani as well as jazz standards, the group will also pay tribute to the African-American folk opera Porgy and Bess and to Mary Lou Williams, the great African-American jazz pianist and composer.
This
programming is supported in part by a grant from the Michigan Council
for Arts and Cultural Affairs which includes funds from the National
Endowment for the Arts.
These
programs were made possible in part by a grant from the Michigan
Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the
Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations
expressed in these programs do not necessarily reflect those of the
National Endowment for the Humanities or the Michigan Humanities
Council.
Housing sponsors for Celebrating Women events are the Tamarack Lodge and Days Inn of Traverse City.
Media Sponsors for Celebrating Women are TV7&4 and the Northern Express