Even on the still-frigid Dartmouth campus there are signs of spring - at least in the form of mud, puddles and copious potholes. But cheerier signs will soon be arriving - along with a blooming array of events at the Hopkins Center for the Arts! Here's a quick preview of the live performance events coming this spring - and stay tuned for highlights of what's happening on Hop screens in film and HD video! Thursday, March 28 – Seth Parker Woods’s Thursday Night Live show is the first of several “Festival of New Music” events spread throughout this spring. Seth is a cellist, and he’ll play … [Read more...]
Jazz roots but with a message for now: Jazzmeia Horn, April 3
Her blazing performance at the 2018 Grammy Awards of the jazz standard Moanin’ let the world know just who Jazzmeia Horn is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udvpSKCQDI4 Singer Jon Hendricks added lyrics to that Art Blakey instrumental in 1961, making it a powerful jazz/blues shout that viscerally connected to the Civil Rights movement. Fresh-faced, broadly smiling and resplendent in West African-style gown and headwrap, Horn wrapped her mighty voice and presence around the song and made it newly relevant for today’s listeners. Horn brings those jazz roots and contemporary … [Read more...]