Terence Blanchard News

SFJAZZ will present the SFJAZZ Gala 2025. This year’s gala will honor legendary producer, musician, and Blue Note Records President Don Was. Learn more and see how to attend.

Jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard will come to Soka Performing Arts Center April 12 for the End of Season Celebration, complete with a pre-concert lecture and a sparkling & sweet intermission reception for all ticket holders.

REDCAT will present a night of music with GRAMMY-nominated saxophonist, bandleader, composer, and CalArts alum Ravi Coltrane (Music BFA 90) on Friday, April 18, 2025, at 8:30 pm.

Terence Blanchard Returns to The Soraya to Debut His Two Operas in Concert CHAMPION & FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES. Highlights from two operas by composer and jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard, Featuring Blanchard, the E-Collective and Turtle Island Quartet, Visuals by Andrew F. Scott, Vocalists Justin Austin and Adrienne Danrich, A Soraya Commission in collaboration with LA Opera Off Grand.

ArtsRock and Rivertown Film will present a very special evening with six-time Grammy Award-winning conductor Leonard Slatkin. Maestro Slatkin and WQXR host, Elliott Forrest will chronicle the history of movie music, from silent films (that were never silent), to today, presenting 30 film clips.

SFJAZZ has announced the lineup of upcoming arts for April 2025. Performances will be held at SFJAZZ, either in the Joe Henderson Lab or Miner Auditorium.

Transcend borders and genres as exceptional artists Erini and Naseem Alatrash explore their cultural identities through music on the Capitol Theater Stage. Learn more here!

SFJAZZ has revealed the lineup for the 42nd Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival, taking place in June in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley neighborhood. See the full lineup and learn how to attend.

SMOKE Jazz Club will present today's leading artists in April aka Jazz Appreciation Month. The lauded tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III begins the month with a five-night run (Apr 2-6) at the helm of his stellar quartet.

April concerts have been announced at  at The Royal Conservatory Of Music. Get full details here!

The 92nd Street Y, New York will present Karen Slack, soprano & Kevin Miller, piano: African Queens in March. Learn more about Slack and see how to attend the concert!

The Society of Composers and Lyricists has announced the winners of the 6th Annual SCL Awards held Feb.12 in Los Angeles. The event was hosted by GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriter Colin Hay.

Cincinnati Opera has announced a donation in support of Opera Fusion: New Works (OF:NW), its joint creative venture with the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).

Karen Slack will continue the nationwide tour of her new program African Queens. This program celebrates the history and legacy of seven African queens, revered as rulers but not widely heralded in the Western world. Learn how to attend.

The Arts Partnership will present the excerpts from the opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones in concert featuring seven-time Grammy Award-winner Terence Blanchard on Feb. 23. This will be the show's Midwest premiere.

The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation (LAEF) celebrated its annual awards honoring jazz education and music advocacy during Jazz Congress, a two-day series of workshops, panels and networking opportunities.

 The Joyce Theater Foundation will welcome the return of prolific director and choreographer Camille A. Brown with the New York premiere of I AM. Learn more here!

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced a special one-night event Ring Them Bells: A Birthday Celebration for John Kander, hosted by Alan Cumming. Learn more here!

The Society of Composers & Lyricists has revealed the nominations for the 2025 Annual SCL Awards, which celebrate excellence and innovation in music for visual media. Learn more!

The 92nd Street Y, New York will present  the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Julia Bullock, soprano performing The Golden Age of the Baroque.