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Upcoming Celebrity Artist Series performer Luciana Souza has been nominated for two Grammys —for best Jazz Vocal Album for The Book of Chet and for best Latin Jazz Album for Brazillian Duos III.
Souza — who performed with Herbie Hancock on his Grammy winning record, River– The Joni Letters — will play BU on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Tickets are $29.50 for adults, $16.50 for children and $14 for BU students. At Bloomsburg she will perform with longstanding collaborator, Brazilian guitarist Romero Lubambo.
Souza, a studio vet by 16, earned a BA in jazz composition from Boston’s Berklee College of Music, where she also spent four years on the faculty; an MA in jazz studies from the New England Conservatory of Music; and had a four-year teaching stint at the Manhattan School of Music.
The video below catches her in a distinctly mellow mood.
The Moose Exchange will host its third annual Home-Based-Business Expo tonight (Dec. 7), in the Grille Room from 6 to 10 p.m. Shop for great crafts, home accessories, food, and more.
The vendors for this year’s event include representatives for Sparkle Tees, Pampered Chef, Scentsy, Tastefully Simple, and 31, as well as repurposed fabrics from 9 Stitches Saved; Ballengee Farm's soap and other goods; handmade crocheted items by Brooke Evonne; Holly Doraski’s nail shields; handmade TC Jewelry; cards by Susan Yale; jewelry, paintings, and more by Chello Sherman; and a lace-making demonstration by Iva Kressler.
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Area poet Melanie Simms will be a featured guest on WFTE 90.3 FM radio Saturday, Dec. 8, at 9:30 am and again on Sunday at 9 am.
The local arts community lost BU choir Eileen Hower this past week. She was well-known both on campus and from her work at Central School District. (The family has set up a memorial fund for music education in her name. Contributions can be made to the Eileen Hower Memorial Fund for Music Education. Please make check payable to Bloomsburg University Foundation, Eileen Hower Memorial Fund, 400 E. Second St., Bloomsburg, PA 17815.)
And, nationally, classic jazzer Dave Brubeck died. Brubeck has a personal significance — going through college, his album Take Five was the soundtrack to weekends. My roommate Raj (I worked on campus and stayed in the dorms four years) would keep the disc on fairly constant rotation, particularly Sundays. It's funny how music creates space. Take Five represented to me a kind of old-fashioned cool and casual elegance and it created a space that worked for both reflection and getting things done. I've since found that saxophonist Paul Desmond's Take Ten is as least as good. — EGF.
Have a favorite song? The River Poets reading tonight, Dec. 6, will revolve on the theme of "song lyrics." Readings begin at 7:30 pm at Bloomsburg Public Library. Bring the CD or cassette or any song you'd like to read. Players will be there.
The Midtown Men, four stars from the original Broadway cast of Jersey Boys, will perform at Bloomsburg University on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hal. The show is part of the Celebrity Artist Series.
Tickets cost $34.50 for adults, $19.50 for children and $17 for BU students.
The quartet — Tony Award-winner Christian Hoff, Tony Award-nominee J. Robert Spencer, Michael Longoria and Daniel Reichard — have given more than a thousand performances together on stage and on TV programs, including “The Today Show,” “The Late Show with David Letterman” and “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve.”
Upcoming Celebrity Artist Series’ shows are:
Monty Python’s “Spamalot,” Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, 8 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Tickets: $34.50
Luciana Souza, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, 7:30 p.m., in Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Tickets: $29.50
DALA, Friday, April 5, 2013, 7:30 p.m., Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Tickets: $29.50
Kathy Mattea, Friday, April 26, 2013, 8 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Tickets: $34.50
Nai-Ni Chen (Dance) with the Ahn Trio, Saturday, May 11, 2013, 8 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Tickets: $34.50
For tickets or more information, visit www.bloomu.edu/cas or call the box office at (570) 389-4409. This production is not a performance of or associated with Jersey Boys.
Graduating Bloomsburg University students majoring in art studio are exhibiting works in the Haas Gallery of Art from Tuesday, Dec. 4, to Friday, Dec. 14.Featured in the exhibit are works by Tory Girton, Autumn Lau, Lee Patton and Rebekah Robbins.
The show will open with a reception on Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. where the seniors in art history and art studio will present their research and art work.
Research presentations include:
Marissa Weinger, “The Dangers of Women: Aristotle and Phyllis”
Gwen Mottern, “Santos: Reflections of Puerto Rico”
Tory Girton, “The Iconography of the Abyss: Dore's illustrations of Inferno”
Lee Patton, “Benjamin, Adams and the Aura of Authenticity”
