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Dubbed The Last Leading Man by the New York Times, Brian Stokes Mitchell has enjoyed a rich and varied career on Broadway...

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Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso and composer Jake Shimabukuro”renowned for his 2006 performance of The Beatles "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" that was one of the first videos to go viral on YouTube, with 12 million views and counting-will lead a workshop on playing the ukulele. No...

The Juilliard String Quarte—violinists Joseph Lin '00 and Ronald Copes, cellist Joel Krosnick and violist Roger Tapping—whose "mixture of seamless precision and depth of tonal character" (The Guardian, UK) has earned them accolades from audiences and critics throughout the world, will conduct a master class with...

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The Juilliard String Quartet—violinists Joseph Lin '00 and Ronald Copes, cellist Joel Krosnick and violist Roger Tapping—whose "mixture of seamless precision and depth of tonal character" (The Guardian, UK) has earned them...

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Master of improvisational violin and recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, Regina Carter will participate in a conversation entitled "Down Home: The Musical Heritage of the American South," co-sponsored by the Celebrity Series of Boston. Moderated by Prof. Ingrid Monson,...

Experience the history and art of beatboxing, or vocal percussion—producing drum sounds and beat patterns using the lips, tongue, mouth, throat, and voice—at this workshop and “beatboxing battle” led by Chesney Snow, an award-winning actor, beatboxer, poet, musician and songwriter, co-sponsored by Harvard’s...

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A pianist the New Yorker has described as "playing with unerring sophistication," Jonathan Bliss will lead a master class for undergraduate musicians. Observers are welcome; admission is free (tickets/RSVPs not required). Presented in association with the Harvard Piano...

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One of the most in-demand trumpeters on the professional circuit, Wallace Roney holds the distinction of being the only trumpet player the legendary Miles Davis ever personally mentored. Their association peaked in 1991 when Roney was chosen by Davis to share the stage at...

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Saxophonist, composer and bandleader Branford Marsalis will conduct a conversation on his career and creative process and lead a clinic with students in the Harvard Jazz Bands. This event is co-sponsored by the Celebrity Series of Boston. Marsalis and his...

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Marin Alsop, Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, is the recipient of Harvard University's Luise Vosgerchian Teaching Award, which perpetuates the...

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Jonathan Shecter '90, aka Shecky Green, a music and media professional who co-founded the hip-hop music and culture magazine The Source and is now editor in chief of the online publication Cuepoint, and Dan Freeman '97, aka Cm1x, a producer/bassist and music...

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Pianist, composer and bandleader Vijay Iyer a MacArthur Fellow, a Grammy nominee, and, since 2014, the Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts at Harvard will conduct a conversation with his award-winning trio (Marcus Gilmore, drums; Stephan Crump,...

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David DeBoor Canfield of Fanfare Magazine hails the artistic voice of Tania Leon as utterly distinctive, and once one has listened to her music for any length of time, it will not be mistaken as the work of any other composer. Leon will discuss her career which...

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Tenor saxophonist George Coleman and pianist Harold Mabern natives of Memphis, Tennessee, whose distinctive hard bop sound incorporates influences from rhythm and blues, gospel and blues will discuss their careers during a public conversation moderated by Ingrid Monson, Quincy Jones Professor of...