Name: Friday Music Series: Donald Harrison Jr.
Start: 2025-10-24T12:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-24
Location: McNeir Hall, New North Building | Georgetown University

Friday Music Series: Donald Harrison Jr.

Georgetown University Dept. of Performing Arts

Enjoy this week's Friday Music Series artist, Donald Harrison Jr.!

McNeir Hall, New North Building | Georgetown University

Artist Biography2022 NEA Jazz Master Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. is a musician/composer dedicated to mastering every era of jazz, soul, and funk and composing orchestral classical music. He has been called a "One man music festival" because his performances cover the history of music and show his knowledge of many styles is the basis for his innovations. According to geniuses Eddie Palmieri, Nicholas Payton, Carl Allen, and Mike Clark, he is a genius.Donald Harrison Jr. will bring his innovative artistry to the Friday Music Series, following his appearance on the Katrina@20 Symposium panel, “The Wild, Wild Creation: New Orleans Living Culture as Recovery and Resistance” (HFSC Social Room, 10–11:30 AM). His performance is part of Katrina@20 – Recoveries, Resistances, and Revolutions, a national symposium examining the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans. Taking place at Georgetown University from October 22–24, 2025, the symposium will explore themes of memory, culture, history, environment, and social justice.Hosted by a steering committee of Georgetown faculty and featuring artists, scholars, and activists—including Dr. Beverly Wright, Cherice Harrison-Nelson, and Donald Harrison Jr.—Katrina@20 builds on the legacy of 2015’s Katrina@10 event. <a href="https://katrina20.georgetown.domains/" title="https://katrina20.georgetown.domains/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Learn more about Katrina@20</a>.

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