Cleveland Celtic Ensemble
Cleveland Celtic Ensemble
Sun, Aug 28, 3:00 PM
Lakewood Presbyterian Church • Lakewood, OH
$25
Carnegie Hall's NYO Jazz Ensemble Led by Sean Jones
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Carnegie Hall's National Youth Jazz Orchestra ensemble embarks on its first U.S. tour, makes first stop on the road in Cleveland.
About this event
Carnegie Hall's NYO Jazz ensemble will kick off its first-ever U.S. tour at Tri-C. The concert is made possible by Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland.
The performance takes place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 30, at the Metropolitan Campus Auditorium in Cleveland. Students from the Tri-C JazzFest Academy, under the direction of Dominick Farinacci, will open the concert.
One of Carnegie Hall's three acclaimed national youth ensembles, NYO Jazz — comprising outstanding young musicians ages 16-19 from across the United States — showcases the legacy and bright future of American jazz.
The tour takes place on the heels of the June 24 release of the ensemble's first full-length studio album, We're Still Here. The album features NYO Jazz artistic director and bandleader/trumpeter Sean Jones and special guest Melissa Aldana on tenor saxophone, plus an appearance by trombonist Wycliffe Gordon.
The album includes Carnegie Hall-commissioned works from each year of the program, which explore themes including social justice, resilience and the power of music to spark joy.
Created in 2018 by the Hall's Weill Music Institute, NYO Jazz annually brings together some of the nation's finest teen jazz musicians to train, perform and tour with world-class jazz masters while serving as music ambassadors for their country.
Tickets, which are $10 for students with valid ID and $20 for general admission, can be purchased at seanjonesnyojazz.eventbrite.com. Free parking is available in Lot 5 off Woodland Avenue.
Due to the recent prevalence of the BA.5 omicron subvariant, Tri-C will require masks for indoor gatherings of 100 or more, effective immediately. The rule applies to this concert. We will have masks available in the lobby for attendees who do not have one.
Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland is an educational festival with year-round programming that culminates in a three-day summer music event at Playhouse Square. This year's festival, presented by KeyBank, ran June 23-25 and featured hundreds of artists performing jazz and other genres on indoor and outdoor stages. Learn more at tri-cjazzfest.com.