Kyle Flubacker
A Black History Month concert by the Chicago Children’s Choir features “Right on Be Free,” a collaboration with Grammy Award-winning vocalist Lisa Fischer, a backup singer with The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner and Chaka Khan whose story was told in the documentary “20 Feet from Stardom.” The Grammy-winning quintet Ranky Tanky, whose music celebrates the Gullah culture, also performs. Other concert selections include a performance of Peter CottonTale’s “Together” and a preview of music from “Rainbow Beach,” a full-length commission about the historic wade-in protest that helped desegregate Chicago’s beaches in the 1960s. Livestreams free at 7 p.m. Feb. 25. Visit ccchoir.org.
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WQXR Announces 2021 STAR (Salutes The ARts) Initiative
STAR (Salutes The ARts) is a multi-pronged effort to support New York City s cultural landscape.by BWW News Desk
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep New York City s performance stages dark, WQXR, New York City s classical music station, has announced STAR (Salutes The ARts), a multi-pronged effort to support New York City s cultural landscape.
STAR kicks off with four projects aimed at helping individual artists and organizations: grants for NYC-area musical talent, complimentary radio airtime for New York cultural nonprofits, a weekly radio series featuring performances recorded live at New York City and regional performing arts organizations, and several ongoing partnerships with New York City institutions.
When did you first discover the music and life of Sarah Vaughan?
When I was in high school in Brooklyn, my aunts and uncles were young adults, and they used to play a lot of music around the house. I also hung out with a crowd that was a little older than me, and they were also young adults though a lot younger than my aunt and uncle and they were always going to concerts and talking about these different musicians. Sarah was a particular favorite of one of my dearest friends. I got to sit in the living rooms of my friends and listen for hours to this music. I didn t know that it was seeping in at that time, but it kind of stayed with me.
(MURFREESBORO) The MTSU Center for Chinese Music and Culture will welcome the Chinese New Year with two special virtual performances.
On the first night of the Year of the Ox, the center will host a special selection of music, dance and martial arts performed by MTSU’s partner universities in China at 7:30 p.m. Central time, Friday, Feb. 12, at https://www.facebook.com/ CCMCMTSU and https://www.youtube.com/ channel/UC9HLIor- f3wuKK3P3vS8Iuw.
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