Branford Marsalis News

NEW YORK, NY — On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 7:30pm, violinist and artistic director Gil Morgenstern's acclaimed Reflections Series International will present its final concert of the 2014-2015 season, “Nature's Bounty,” at Avenues: The World School (259 Tenth Ave.). The program will feature Morgenstern with violinist Harumi Rhodes, violist Kathryn Lockwood, cellist Astrid Schween, and percussionist Yousif Sheronick, performing music and text inspired by composers' personal encounters with both natural and man-made landscapes; immortalizing them through works of unparalleled beauty and drama. This artistic journey, from flowing crystalline streams in China to the haunting terrain of the Middle East to the wide-open prairies of the American Great Plains, includes music by Antonin Dvo?ák, Zhou Long, and Riyad El-Soumbati, along with text from the works of Mary Shelly, Naguib Mahfouz, and Gaetano Cipolla, narrated by Obie Award-winning actor Bill Camp.

Angelique Kidjo, the Benin born singer/songwriter recently celebrated the win of her second 'Best World Music Album' Grammy Award for her No. 1 charting 2014 album EVE, as well as the announcement of her new 429 Records album SINGS.

Sun Soul Orchestra is an inspired project that features a rotating collection of artists performing original music and covers arranged by Stevo Théard and Ginger Murphy.

For his second CD, 'Invictus,' which will be released by the drummer's Redefinition Music label today, March 17, Quinerly takes inspiration—and the CD's title—from the 1875 poem by William Ernest Henley

?The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and Conductor John Morris Russell are delighted to announce the Pops' 2015-2016 season at Cincinnati Music Hall, the fifth under the direction of Mr. Russell. The season, presented by PNC along with the Pops Artist Series Sponsor, The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation, features exciting guest artist debuts, alongside the return of the best genres and artists that have built the Pops into an American icon.

Angelique Kidjo, the Benin born singer/songwriter is celebrating the win last night of her second 'Best World Music Album' Grammy Award for her #1 charting 2014 album Eve, as well as the announcement of her new 429 Records album Sings.

For his second CD, 'Invictus,' which will be released by the drummer's Redefinition Music label on March 17, Quinerly takes inspiration—and the CD's title—from the 1875 poem by William Ernest Henley

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) today announced its programs for the 2015–16 concert season, Jacques Lacombe's sixth and final season as the Orchestra's music director. Fulfilling its mission as a statewide orchestra, the NJSO brings subscription programs to venues in Newark, New Brunswick, Princeton, Morristown, Red Bank and Englewood, with 14 weeks of subscription classical programs, five pops programs and three family concerts, as well as several special concerts.

The San Antonio Symphony along with numerous festival partners is poised to begin its fifth annual city-wide winter composer festival, this year focusing on the late-Romantic German composer Richard Strauss. Opening in January, the Festival features a wealth of music by Strauss, including a collaboration with OPERA San Antonio for an undertaking of his epic opera Salome.

Jingle Bell Jazz brings the Mark Rapp Quartet and special guests to the Trustus Main Stage tonight, December 17th, 2014. The concert performance will begin at 9pm.

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.