Playing the Changes: Jazz and Education in South Africa
In this presentation at Knight Auditorium in Spurlock Museum, Darius and Catherine Brubeck will take us to apartheid-era South Africa, where in 1983 they established a pioneering jazz curriculum and performance program at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. This resilient program brought black and white musicians together to explore and expand the landscape of South African jazz, providing a soundtrack to the freedom struggle and its aftermath. South African jazz scholar and performer Colin Miller joins the Brubecks for this conversation.
Hosted by: University of Illinois Press
In conjunction with: Center for African Studies, Community Center for the Arts (C4A), Humanities Research Institute, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Program in Jazz Studies, School of Music, Sousa Archive and Center for American Music, Spurlock Museum, Wesley United Methodist Church, and Wesley Foundation Student Center.
Darius Brubeck will perform at Krannert Center Uncorked along with University of Illinois students Adib Young, Emma Taylor, and Max Osawa on Thursday, April 24th, at 5:00 p.m.
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