2012 Student Events and Programs

Thursday, May 12: Artists Collective Atrium & Theatre
Reception
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Film: The Connection: Jack Gelber'sl cautionary tale on drug addiction in the 1950's. Starring Warren Finerty, Carl Lee, Roscoe Lee Brown, Barbara Winchester with original score written and performed by Freddie Redd and Jackie McLean. The Connection was the first nationally and internationally acclaimed theatrical piece for renowned playwright Jack Gelber and the ground breaking Living Theater. The Connection's subject matter, social commentary, experimental concepts and theatrical innovations were controversial at the time. The original play, film and The Living Theater are a part of American theater, film history. Rated R – strong language, subject matter
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public

Friday, May 13: Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street
Randy Weston African Rhythms Book Signing
NEA JAZZ MASTER, pianist, composer, bandleader Randy Weston will sign his autobiographical memoir African Rhythms
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Performances by:

• Artists Collective African Connection
• Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz Music Ensembles
• Artists Collective "Eclipse" Choreographers Workshop
• Jackie McLean Youth Jazz Orchestra

5:00 – 7:00 pm

Free and open to the public

Saturday, May 14: Artists Collective Atrium
Music Student Showcase
10:00 a.m.– 1:00 p.m.

Randy Weston Master Workshop
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Randy Weston African Rhythms Concert
8:00 p.m.
After contributing four decades of musical direction and genius, NEA JAZZ MASTER Randy Weston remains one of the world's foremost pianists and composers today, a true innovator and visionary. Encompassing the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa, his global creations musically continue to inform and inspire."Weston has the biggest sound of any jazz pianist since Ellington and Monk, as well as the richest most inventive beat," states jazz critic Stanley Crouch, "but his art is more than projection and time; it's the result of a studious and inspired intelligence...an intelligence that is creating a fresh synthesis of African elements with jazz technique.
Concert tickets: $20 advance general * $25 at the door

Kenny Barron Trio
Friday, June 24 – 8:00 pm

NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron is one of the most renowned, lyrical and busiest pianists in jazz today. A multiple-Grammy nominee, he is one of the foremost exponents of the modern mainstream. NEA JAZZ MASTERS LIVE is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest

Advance tickets: $23 Artists Collective members, students, seniors and GHAC Let's Go Members
Advance general: $27
At the Door: $35
Tickets available at: The Artists Collective (860) 527-3205
Integrity-n-Music, 506 Silas Deane HWY., Wethersfield * Japanalia Eiko, Whitney Street, Hartford

NEA JAZZ MASTERS LIVE! Is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in Partnership with Arts Midwest

Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Trust Fund
Gino Sitson
Saturday, September 24 – 8:00 pm
Free Community Concert

Award-winning, New York-based vocal virtuoso Gino Sitson is from Bamieke region of Cameroon, Central Africa. His family comes from a long line of musicians known as Ntontas (players of horns). Mr. Sitson is a pioneer of a new generation of multiculturally influenced African musicians who are integrating into their musical style their own exciting yet bewildering welter of “in-between” living experiences (north/south, tradition/modernity, 20/21st century). His daring musical project combines in a most innovative way jazz, gospel, blues and traditional African polyphonic rhythms and melodies.

* Free passes available in advance and at the door. Seating on a first come first serve basis. Call (860) 527-3205 for more information.

Danial Beaty's
emergency
Saturday, October 15 – 8:00 pm

Actor, singer, and poet Daniel Beaty's critically acclaimed solo play has won numerous awards and has toured nationally and internationally. A slave ship emerges in front of the Statue of Liberty sending NY into a whirlwind of emotion and exploration in this explosive solo tour de force featuring slam poetry, multi-character transformation, and song. Daniel Beaty portrays a cast of 40 characters, including a homeless man, a scientist, a Republican business executive, a street vendor, and an 11-year old boy from the projects who all respond to the unexpected phenomenon. Through the characters' individual responses to this surreal happening and their varied testimonies on identity and personal freedom, emergency weaves a stirring commentary on what it is to be human and the longing to be free.

Advance general tickets: $15
At the Door: $20
Tickets available at: The Artists Collective (860) 527-3205
* Advance ticket price honored until 2:00 pm October 15, 2011