ORCHESTRATING THE FUTURE OF JAZZ AND MUSIC EDUCATION
We bring dynamic music programs into underserved schools and with the 68-member Symphonic Jazz Orchestra perform free concerts for the community.
"Rhapsody in Blue" Centennial Concert with Marcus Roberts
Saturday May 11, 2024, 8:00 PM
Carpenter Performing Arts Center
6200 E Atherton St, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA
Celebrate George Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” Centennial with the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra and very special guest, piano soloist Marcus Roberts.
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Pre-Concert Talk with Mitch Glickman & Marcus Roberts at 7 PM
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Concert at 8 PM
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VIP Reception at 9 PM
$15 General Admission for purchase via CarpenterArts.org
$100 VIP Tickets for purchase via SJOmusic.org
WHAT IS SYMPHONIC JAZZ?
Have you ever heard Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue? If not, take a listen.
If so, then you’ve heard Symphonic Jazz. Coined by the American band leader Paul Whiteman in the early 1920s, Symphonic Jazz is an innovative hybrid form of music blending the worlds of jazz and classical music.