Branford Marsalis News

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announces that tickets for Harry Connick, Jr. will go on sale December 12, 2014. The Dr. Phillips Center will be the Valentine's Day stop for Harry Connick, Jr.'s Winter Tour. Connick will perform at the Walt Disney Theater in a 8:00 p.m. show with tickets starting at $49.50. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Dr. Phillips Center Box office at 844.513.2014 or by visiting the Box office at 445 Magnolia Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. or online at drphillipscenter.org.

Today we are heralding the long-awaited Broadway return of international rock icon Sting with a salute to his theatrical work.

Jingle Bell Jazz brings the Mark Rapp Quartet and special guests to the Trustus Main Stage on December 17th, 2014.

Dates have been announced for Harry Connick Jr.'s 2015 Winter Tour . The shows will feature music from Harry's vast musical catalog, including songs from his most recent releases "Smokey Mary" and "Every Man Should Know."

The exuberant jack of all trades, Harry Connick, Jr. has exemplified excellence across multiple genres, mediums and industries since he was a boy, earning numerous accolades and awards along the way. His dynamic talent will light up the Van Wezel Performing Arts stage on February 10, 2015 at 8pm. Tickets go on sale this Friday, November 21.

Jingle Bell Jazz brings the Mark Rapp Quartet and special guests to the Trustus Main Stage on December 17th, 2014. The concert performance will begin at 9pm. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased from ?www.trustus.org.

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra announces the release of its latest album, Carnival of the Animals, under the direction of Pops Conductor John Morris Russell. The recording marks the 93rd Pops recording in its history (adding to an abundant legacy including a Grammy-winner) and the third under Mr. Russell. Carnival of the Animals will appear on the Orchestra's own label, Fanfare Cincinnati, and be distributed by Naxos.

Renowned Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and Tony Award nominee composer Branford Marsalis joins the highly celebrated Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia in Marsalis 'Well-Tempered', performing Baroque masterpieces by Albinoni, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and others at Kean University's Enlow Recital Hall tonight, November 1 at 7:30 p.m.

When Public Enemy's second album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, was released in 1988, “it completely upended the way records are made.

Wallis Center for the Performing Arts (aka 'The Wallis') presents Marsalis 'Well-Tempered': An Evening with Branford Marsalis, featuring the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, tonight, October 16 at 8pm in the Bram Goldsmith Theater.

In Marsalis Well-Tempered, saxophonist Branford Marsalis, most commonly known for his work in jazz, tackles baroque oboe concertos on the soprano saxophone backed by a world-class chamber orchestra in two exciting programs, each on a different day, at Harris Center for the Arts. This is a terrific opportunity for jazz lovers following this artist to discover the magic of classical music, and classical music lovers to discover what a top-flight jazz artist can do when he sets his sights on a new genre of music.

Renowned Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and Tony Award nominee composer Branford Marsalis joins the highly celebrated Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia in Marsalis "Well-Tempered", performing Baroque masterpieces by Albinoni, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and others at Kean University's Enlow Recital Hall on Saturday, November 1 at 7:30 p.m.

Wallis Center for the Performing Arts (aka 'The Wallis') presents Marsalis 'Well-Tempered': An Evening with Branford Marsalis, featuring the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, on Thursday, October 16 at 8pm in the Bram Goldsmith Theater.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts announces its theater, music, dance, lectures and Theater for Young Audiences programming for the 2014-2015 Season, which begins today, October 7-19 with the Edinburgh-based Puppet State Theatre Company production of The Man Who Planted Trees in the Lovelace Studio Theater; and in the Bram Goldsmith Theater a new lecture series in partnership with Writers Bloc, presenting a conversation with Leon Panetta on October 15 and Marsalis Well Tempered: An Evening with Branford Marsalis featuring the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia on October 16.

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia has signed a contract with Columbia Artists Management Inc. (CAMI) and will join Grammy Award-winning and Tony Award nominated saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis on his national 'Well-Tempered' tour, featuring Baroque masterpieces by Albinoni, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and more.

Angélique Kidjo will headline Carnegie Hall on November 5 in a tribute to 'Mama Africa,' the great South African singer and political activist Miriam Makeba-whom Kidjo cites as her own role model and career-long inspiration. In the preface to her autobiography Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music, out now on HarperCollins, Desmond Tutu writes, 'Angélique was herself inspired by Miriam Makeba, Mother Africa, and she in her turn is now an inspiration to others with her message that, yes, the sky is the limit, and she urges them to reach for the stars.'