Author Archives: Meredith Cutler

From the wind-swept steppes of Central Asia – to a sizzling dance party hot off the streets of Venezuela – to the festival circuit’s most innovative live cinematic puppet theatre – let FirstWorks take you there! Passport admits you to all three Frontier Series performances for the price of two tickets.

FirstWorks and Jamestown Arts Center invite you to view a portrait, in music and film, of a jazz freedom-fighter: his life, his art, his genius musical partners.

Moderated by WGBH’s Eric Jackson. Tickets are limited! FREE advance reservations for members of the Moses Brown School community and ticketholders to The Chick Corea/Steve Gadd Band 7 PM concert at The VETS

Artistic icon Chick Corea has 22 Grammy wins—the most of any jazz artist, ever! He is both one of the most influential jazz artists of his generation and one of the greatest living jazz pianists. Chick and drummer Steve Gadd’s musical partnership is the stuff of legend—but the music is always new. It’s a coup to bring these venerated maestros to Rhode Island—catch them live on the brink of their new album release this fall!

Powerful, live performance experiences your students will never forget!

Mike Boston is a rapper-entrepreneur-activist who has gained local and national attention as the founder of Mobile Stü, a mobile studio he takes into tough urban areas to give inner-city kids a voice—and to collaborate musically with police officers.

The bayou meets the bay when Magnolia takes the stage.

An open band of brass, reeds and drums, there are over 30 musicians and dancers in the ERB family. Their musical influences range from New Orleans jazz to Middle Eastern klezmer, Spanish revolutionary songs to funk, rhythm & blues.

This young jazz master from Trinidad defies easy categorization – a student of pan-Caribbean music, as fluent in the horn riffs of New Orleans brass as he is the Spanish rhythms of the islands. Etienne Charles will discuss the many influences in his life and education that have helped shape his career.
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What do you get when you combine sultry Cuban music with propulsive funk beats? PALO!, a Miami-based band that is reinventing the classic Cuban sound for the next generation.