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Wynton Marsalis Septet

Name: Wynton Marsalis Septet
Start: 2024-09-05T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-05T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts

Wynton Marsalis Septet

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Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024
7:30 pm

Wynton Marsalis Septet

Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
Philip Norris, bass
Joe Block, piano
Domo Branch, drums
Chris Crenshaw, trombone
Alexa Tarantino, alto sax, flute
Abdias Armenteros, tenor sax, soprano sax

This performance is expected to last approximately two hours and ten minutes with one twenty-minute intermission.

Refreshments and restrooms are located in the orchestra, mezzanine, and balcony-level lobbies.

This concert will be presented without the Greensboro Symphony.

Wynton Marsalis is a world-renowned trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and a leading advocate of American culture. Marsalis was born to a musical family in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1961. He began performing jazz and classical trumpet music from an early age. In 1980, upon moving to New York to attend The Juilliard School, Marsalis launched his career performing as a member of the legendary Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.

In the four decades since, he has rekindled widespread international interest in jazz through performances, educational initiatives, books, curricula, and public advocacy. Between his 1982 debut and the present, Marsalis has released 129 recordings and composed hundreds of original pieces for symphony orchestra, jazz big band and small group, and a variety of chamber music configurations. He has performed in 858 cities and 65 countries across the globe to date.

Marsalis is the recipient of 41 honorary degrees, countless awards, and has been appointed a UN Messenger of Peace (2001). He has been bestowed some of the world’s highest government honors for the arts: The National Medal of Arts (USA, 2005), a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur (France, 2009), The National Humanities Medal (USA, 2016), and the Praemium Imperiale for Music (Japan, 2023).

Marsalis presently serves as Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Director of Jazz Studies at the Juilliard School, and President of the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation. He continues to inspire new generations of musicians and audiences through his performances, recordings, compositions, and educational initiatives.

Wynton Marsalis Photo Credit: Piper Ferguson

Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024
7:30 pm

Additional Purchase Options

In person // Greensboro Symphony Box Office (Weekdays from 10am – 4:30pm). The Greensboro Symphony’s box office is located in the Greensboro Cultural Center at 200 N. Davie Street, Suite 301.
In person // Tanger Center Ticket Office (Tu-Sa, Noon-5pm). The Tanger Center’s ticket office is located at One Abe Brenner Pl., between Elm and Davie Streets.
By phone // Weekdays from 10am – 4:30pm at (336) 335.5456, ext.224

Venue

STEVEN TANGER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

300 N. Elm Street at Abe Brenner Place
Greensboro, NC 27401

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Parking

VIP Parking, purchasable with a series subscription, is available in the large surface lot directly behind the Tanger Center with access from Lindsay Street. The Bellemeade Street parking deck, accessed from Elm Street or Greene Street, is the nearest city deck; Church Street and Davie Street decks are other nearby options. Street parking is also available, free after 6pm.

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Musicology Mixology

The Greensboro Symphony’s pre-concert talks, Musicology Mixology, share insights into the Masterworks program. The conductor and the guest artists frequently join in at the beginning of each presentation.

Musicology Mixology is held in the Koury Room on the third floor of the Tanger Center on the evening of each Masterworks concert. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. with the lecture component beginning at 6:30 p.m., prior to the 7:30 p.m. concert. A specialty cocktail tied to the concert program is available for purchase for each concert, and audience members can enjoy the concert even more by learning unique details about the works to be performed.

Frequent guest musicologists include Dr. Gregory Carroll, Dr. Joan Titus and Dr. Lorena Guillen of UNCG, and Dr. Wendy Looker of Guilford College.

Bryan Cheng, cello

Following recent prize-winning successes at some of the world’s most prestigious international competitions, including Queen Elisabeth, Concours de Genève, and Paulo, Canadian-born, Berlin-based cellist Bryan Cheng has established himself as one of the most compelling young artists on the classical music scene.

He made his sold-out Carnegie Hall recital debut at age 14, his Elbphilharmonie debut aged 20 with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (Joshua Weilerstein), and in 2022, he was the first cellist to be awarded the coveted Prix Yves Paternot in recognition of the Verbier Festival Academy’s most promising and accomplished musician. He is the 2023 recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts’ Virginia Parker Prize, the nation’s highest honour for young musicians. Learn More >

Wynton Marsalis Septet