Velvet Brown at Ithaca College/MOJA TUBA

[Aaron Tindall]

Velvet Brown will be at IC this coming Wednesday. Please come and join us if you are free!

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March 28
7 pm
Hockett Recital Hall


The project MOJATUBA: TUBA AND DANCE FUSION wants to showcase a unique ensemble, which features on the performance stage the artistic collaboration between solo tuba and dancers. The term MOJATUBA, a mixture between the acronym MOJA—which stands for Modern Dance, Original Works, Jazz Styles, and African Influence—and its distinctive association with the tuba, represents a sample of the stylistic creativity that this ensemble can execute. The diverse ethnic theme of the program, especially its African influenced music and dance, contributes to the creation of a soulful energy that connects performers and audience, rendering each performance a profound spiritual experience.

MOJATUBA: TUBA AND DANCE FUSION
Velvet Brown, tuba
Anthony Leach, piano
Jimmy Finnie, percussion (djembe and drumset)
Kikora Franklin, dancer/choreographer
Maria Malizia, dancer
Quilan Arnold, dancer

*Danse Sacre (1960) Henri Tomasi (1901-71)

Dr. Martin Luther King, In Memoriam (1984) Roger Kellaway (b. 1939)

Part I
He Calls to his Children
With serenity and peace of mind
Rejoice in the Gospel
He Calls to his Children

Part II
The March of Freedom
Rejoice in the Gospel

Part III
The Pathway to Glory
We Shall Overcome!
Rejoice in Humanity
Anthony Leach, piano

*How Beautiful (2008) Barbara York (b. 1949)

*Mambo-Cha (2000) Alice Gomez (b. 1960) from “Latin Jazz Suite”
Jimmy Finnie, djembe

Intermission

*Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child Spiritual/arr. V. Brown

Jogetuba (2006) Lim Fang Yee
Anthony Leach, piano
Jimmy Finnie, drum set

*Ritual (1997) Neal Corwell (b. 1958)
Aaron Tindall, euphonium

*denotes piece with dance

[Aaron Tindall]

Velvet Brown's recital this evening at Ithaca has been cancelled due to illness...we will re-schedule for a later date.