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Music Performance: Melissa Aldana Quartet
Event Details
November 14, 2019
7:30 pm
Bowker Auditorium
UMass Amherst Campus
Handicap access available
Admission:
$20-$35; Five College Students and Youth 17 & Under: $10
Chilean saxophonist Melissa Aldana was the first female musician and the first South American musician to win the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Reporting on her win, the Washington Post described Aldana as representing "a new sense of possibility and direction in jazz.” As our Billy Taylor Jazz Residency artist for 2019-20, Aldana will spend three days in western Massachusetts connecting with students and communities to share her music and stories.
Pre-performance talk in the auditorium at 6:30 p.m.
Directions:
Bowker Auditorium is located within Stockbridge Hall. https://fac.umass.edu/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=...
