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Guest Artist Jeremy Siskind joins the ETSU Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Small Group, along with some faculty and student guest performers, and will feature the world premiere of Neal Endicott's (ETSU Professor of Composition) new concerto for piano and big band. This event will be held on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at 7:30 pm in the Martin Center for the Arts Grand Hall.

Pianist Jeremy Siskind is the rare musician whose imaginative albums land on “best of” lists while his ground-breaking instructional books populate “best-seller” lists. A “genuine visionary” (Indianapolis Star) who “seems to defy all boundaries” (JazzInk), Siskind’s multifaceted career includes writing arrangements for influential classical musicians, teaching jazz on prominent digital platforms, performing at renowned concert halls and jazz clubs, and running a publishing company that sells thousands of books each year.

More information about Jeremy Siskind can be found here: https://go.activecalendar.com/etsu/site/arts/event/guest-artist-jeremy-siskind-with-the-etsu-jazz-ensemble-and-jazz-small-group/

Gather your friends and family for a magical journey into the past at the Netherland Inn and Boatyard National Historic Site's "1818 Christmas at the Inn" event. Transporting visitors to the heartwarming traditions of Margaret and Richard Netherland over 200 years ago, this festive occasion promises enchanting decorations, warm cider, delectable treats, and lively music.

Gather your friends and family for a magical journey into the past at the Netherland Inn and Boatyard National Historic Site's "1818 Christmas at the Inn" event. Transporting visitors to the heartwarming traditions of Margaret and Richard Netherland over 200 years ago, this festive occasion promises enchanting decorations, warm cider, delectable treats, and lively music.

Gather your friends and family for a magical journey into the past at the Netherland Inn and Boatyard National Historic Site's "1818 Christmas at the Inn" event. Transporting visitors to the heartwarming traditions of Margaret and Richard Netherland over 200 years ago, this festive occasion promises enchanting decorations, warm cider, delectable treats, and lively music.

One of classical music’s most spellbinding and immersive experiences, Carmina Burana is an epic, captivating choral masterpiece. A massive orchestra and huge chorus join forces for Carl Orff’s infamous ode to love, drink, and living life to the fullest. Brahms’ “Academic Festival Overture” opens the concert.

FEATURING
Western Piedmont Symphony
Matthew Troy, Music Director

The Appalachian State University Singers
Dr. Jake Taylor, conductor

The Appalachian Chorale
Dr. DaVaughn Miller, conductor

FEATURED SOLOISTS
Sequina DuBose, soprano
Daniel Stein, tenor
David Pershall, baritone

GRAMMY Award winner Ashley McBryde has made a name for herself with her standout, critically acclaimed albums, all of which found the Arkansas native straddling lines between traditional country, rock-tinged roots and point-blank biker-bar riffs, leading American Songwriter to boast her “music balances gutsy rocking with classic country, folk and even slight bluegrass influences.” With The Devil I Know Tour, the Grand Ole Opry member honed in and sharpened what it is she does best.

For over three decades, Jazz at Lincoln Center, under the direction of Wynton Marsalis, has been a leading advocate for jazz, culture and arts education globally. The Jazz at Lincoln Center PRESENTS touring initiative provides an affordable opportunity to present great jazz programming, featuring up-and-coming musicians who have been identified as rising stars by Jazz at Lincoln Center. After the success of the Jazz at Lincoln Center PRESENTS: Songs We Love tour, this new and highly anticipated touring project from Jazz at Lincoln Center PRESENTS celebrates the Great American Songbook in all of its playful — and sophisticated — glory, brought to life by two of this generation’s brightest stars.

Each armed with prodigious trumpet talent and vocal charm, Bria Skonberg and Benny Benack III will relive and re-imagine some of the classic partners in jazz and popular song, including Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland and Bing Crosby, and Dean Martin and Peggy Lee. Featuring songs by Gershwin, Ellington, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and many more, and joined by a who’s who of New York all-stars, this is an “unforgettable” evening of singin’ and swingin’ with Bria and Benny.

Released in 1989, Indigo Girls’ eponymous major label debut sold over two million copies under the power of singles “Closer to Fine” and “Kid Fears” and turned Indigo Girls into one of the most successful folk duos in history. Over a 35-year career that began in clubs around their native Atlanta, Georgia, the multi-Grammy-winning duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray has recorded 16 studio albums, sold over 15 million records, and built a dedicated, enduring following across the globe. Rolling Stone describes them as the “ideal duet partners.” Committed and uncompromising activists, they work on issues like immigration reform (El Refugio), LGBTQ advocacy, education (Imagination Library), death penalty reform, and Native American rights. They are co-founders of Honor the Earth, a non-profit dedicated to the survival of sustainable Native communities, Indigenous environmental justice, and green energy solutions.

Snarky Puppy is a collective of sorts with as many as 20 members in regular rotation. At its core, the band represents the convergence of both black and white American music culture with various accents from around the world. Japan, Argentina, Canada and the United Kingdom all have representation in the group’s membership. But more than the cultural diversity of the individual players, the defining characteristic of Snarky Puppy’s music is the joy of performing together in the perpetual push to grow creatively.

Their latest Grammy-winning album, Empire Central, was released in September 2022. Its sound is big and bold, chill and laid back, rooted in its native culture while reaching outward, forward bound. With 16 new compositions, the group looks fondly at where it’s come from, confident in the polished power from which its members continue to build the unique Snarky Puppy sound.