This weekend, the St. Louis and New Orleans jazz connection by way of Jazz St. Louis continues in a major way. The JazzU All-Stars comprising the top middle and high
Terence Blanchard visits Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland on Friday to perform selections from his Grammy-winning opera “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” which made him the first Black composer to stage an opera at New York’s Metropolitan Opera back in 2021.
“I learned through music, so I could never not do music,” James says. “Music and acting help each other for me, personally, especially at this point in my life.”