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The Wells School of Music at West Chester University will welcome Levitas-Rudresh Mahanthappa at its Jazz Festival concerts and master classes that start soon. (ETHAN LEVITAS)
WEST CHESTER, PA The Wells School of Music at West Chester University will bring world-class entertainment and free jazz to the community in the university s 30th Annual Jazz Festival.
From March 24-27, students, educators, and audiences alike are invited to enjoy virtual jazz concerts and participate in live and pre-recorded master classes with jazz ensembles and experts.
Jonathan Ragonese is the Director of Jazz Studies at West Chester University and the curator for this year s festival.
Till Bronner & Bob James –
On Vacation (Masterworks): “Together with jazz legend and Grammy award winner Bob James, trumpeter Till Brönner – Germany’s most successful jazz musician – has transformed holiday moods into a multi-layered sound painting. Close your eyes and dream: “On Vacation is first and foremost a feeling for me and we have transformed this feeling into music,” explains BrönnerVirtuosic, full of creative love for refined details and at the same time of the greatest possible nonchalance, Brönner and James create an imaginative and sonorous music for inspiration, reflection and daydreaming. Confirming the cliché “Unity is Strength”, German trumpetist and singer Till Brönner and the American pianist Bob James have cowritten On Vacation, a work of smooth, hedonistic jazz. Before becoming the king of smooth jazz who has been sampled by every rapper on the planet (his Nautilus has ended up on over 400 tracks by the likes of Public Enemy, A Tribe Call
100 Cameras Were Given To The Homeless And This Is What They Photographed
100 disposable Fujifilm cameras will be given out to people who are living on the street, in a local shelter or are otherwise affected by homelessness. Unlike any project before, the homeless of Spartanburg, SC will have an integral hand in helping expose the issue of homelessness rather than merely being the problem that is trying to be solved.
Through Our Eyes is bigger than a social experiment. It’s greater than an art piece. It’s more important than an outreach. This project is a lifeline. The photographers will be equipped with the tools to tell their story. They will be encouraged through a word of hope. The community will be engaged to support those who work with the homeless.
Monday, February 1, 2021 - 1:55 pm
Donald Edwards, 82, of Binghamton, New York, formerly of Canton, New York, peacefully went home to be with his savior Jesus on Dec. 13, 2020, after an eight year battle with bladder cancer. He spent his final weeks surrounded by family. Together they shared many treasured moments.
Don was born August 1, 1938 in Sandwich, Illinois. With his siblings, Bruce, Shirley, Stephen and Linda, he lived in various towns in New York. His father Selden Ward was a pastor and his mother Naomi was a homemaker.
As a young boy he gave his life to Jesus Christ and faithfully served Him in many ways inside and outside of the church. He loved teaching children Bible lessons and was wonderful at keeping their attention with his animated story telling. Volunteering at Richville Christian Academy with elementary students was a joy to him. Daily he read his Bible and diligently prayed for people even years after losing contact with them.
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