2012 Student Events and Programs

Sing Sing Rhythms
Featuring Senegalese Master Choreographer
Babacar M'Baye
Saturday, March 17 – 8:00 pm:
* Master Dance and Percussion Workshop – time to be announced

Sing Sing Rhythms, featuring Senegalese Dancer and Choreographer Babacar M'Baye and Master Drummer Cheikh M'Baye is a traditional Senegalese Sabar drum and dance company made up of Wolof Griots (keepers of the history) from Medina, Senegal. This exciting 15 member dance and percussion company has toured the United States, Europe, Japan and Africa. Sing Sing Rhythms under the direction of Master Choreographer, Babacar M'Baye is celebrated for its innovative, energetic dance routines and rhythms.
Advance tickets: $15
At the door: $20
Tickets available at: The Artists Collective (860) 527-3205

Sheila Jordan with the Steve Khun Trio
featuring Steve LaSpina, bass and Billy Drummond, drums
Saturday, April 28 - 8:00 pm
* Master workshop - 1:30 pm

NEA JAZZ MASTER Sheila Jordan is not only one of the premier singers in jazz, but she is known for her stimulating vocal workshops as well. A superb scat singer, she can just as easily reach the emotional depths of a ballad. Whether singing well-known standards or original material, she makes it all sound like no one else. Ms. Jordan has been called "one of the most consistently creative of all jazz singers."

Advance tickets: $23 Artists Collective members, students, seniors and GHAC Let's Go Members
Advance general: $27
At the Door: $35
Tickets available at: The Artists Collective (860) 527-3205
Integrity-n-Music, 506 Silas Deane HWY., Wethersfield * Japanalia Eiko, Whitney Street, Hartford

This event is supported by NEA Jazz Masters Live, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest

Wednesday, May 16 * Artists Collective Atrium, 1200 Albany Avenue, Hartford, CT
Opening Reception
JoeSam "Art for the Rest of Us" Art Exhibit
Born and raised in Harlem, New York. JoeSam vividly remembers looking at colors and textures. "I spent a lot of time looking at hues of peeling paint. It was that old lead-based paint that peeled periodically, especially when the ceiling leaked. We always had these incredible designs on our walls. I am a mixed media artist. Whenever possible I use materials in the state in which they were found. My work reflects the fact that I'm a Black artist. My colors, patterns, and designs are multi-faceted and combine many parallel elements in a single piece of work analogous to the way African derived music combines parallel rhythmic and melodic elements. The content of my work reflects issues and ideas concerning people of color."
5:00 – 8:00 pm
Free

Thursday, May 17 * REAL ART WAYS, 56 Arbor Street, Hartford, CT
Film Documentary: A Great Day In Harlem: A 1994 documentary directed by Jean Bach about the photograph of the same name.
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Starring: Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, and Buck Clayton
6:00 pm
Free

Friday, May 18 * Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street, Hartford, CT
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Jackie McLean Institute Music Ensembles
Artists Collective Performing Ensembles
Hartt School Community Division
Jackie McLean Youth Jazz Orchestra
Free

Saturday, May 19 * Artists Collective, 1200 Albany Avenue, Hartford, CT
10:00 am –1:00 pm Artists Collective Music Student Showcase
Free

8:00 pm * Concert

Candido's 91st Birthday Celebration

So well known and respected, his first name alone -- Candido -- is all that is necessary for jazz aficionados to know who he is. Credited with being the first percussionist to bring conga drumming to jazz, NEA JAZZ MASTER Candido Camero is also known for his contributions to the development of mambo and Afro-Cuban jazz. A historic and important finale' to the JMAC Memorial Weekend.
Concert tickets: $20 advance general * $25 at the door

This event is supported by NEA Jazz Masters Live, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. Also "funded in part by donors to the Greater Hartford Arts Council's United Arts Campaign," and "The City of Hartford Arts & Heritage Jobs Grant Program, Pedro E. Segarra, Mayor."