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October 2016
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Esbenshade Series events are FREE, but seat reservations are recommended. Limit ten (10) tickets per person. Join us for a special, free Marietta College Esbenshade Series concert with Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn. A banjo duo might seem like a musical concept beset by limitations. But when the banjo players are Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, it’s a different matter. He brings the virtuosic, jazz-to-classical ingenuity of an iconic instrumentalist and composer with bluegrass roots. She possesses the earthy sophistication…
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Gavin George
Esbenshade Series events are FREE, but seat reservations are recommended. Limit ten (10) tickets per person. Join us for a special, free Marietta College Esbenshade Series concert with piano prodigy Gavin George. Gavin Michael George is a 13 year-old student of Antonio Pompa-Baldi who began playing piano at the age of 3½. By 11, he had seven professional concerti and many solo performances, both nationally and internationally. He has performed at locations around the world, including Carnegie Hall, Severance Hall, Washington…
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The Shaolin Warriors
Esbenshade Series events are FREE, but seat reservations are recommended. Limit ten (10) tickets per person. Join us for a special, free Marietta College Esbenshade Series performance by the Shaolin Warriors. The ultimate Kung Fu experience! China’s Shaolin Warriors, known for their disciplined and deadly martial-arts prowess, showcase their remarkable skills, time-honored rituals and the spectacular imagery of Kung Fu as they perform incredible feats. The troupe consists of more than 20 kung-fu masters who began training at a young age and since…
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Branford Marsalis Quartet with Kurt Elling
Esbenshade Series events are FREE, but seat reservations are recommended. Limit ten (10) tickets per person. Join us for a special, free Marietta College Esbenshade Series concert with the Branford Marsalis Quaret with Kurt Elling. The Branford Marsalis Quartet will be joined by guest-vocalist Kurt Elling in a singular collaboration of musical forces. What has emerged from the partnership, after an intense week of performance and recording in New Orleans, is a new album, entitled Upward Spiral. This collection blends Songbook…
Find out more »September 2017
Rhiannon Giddens – SOLD OUT
Presented by the Marietta College Esbenshade Series. Rhiannon Giddens has given show-stopping performances around the world, including at the Americana Music Awards. Giddens, a vocalist, violinist, banjo player and a founding member of the Grammy-winning country, blues and old-time music band Carolina Chocolate Drops, will bring an expanded version of the Carolina Chocolate Drops and songs from her debut solo album “Tomorrow Is My Turn.” The Greensboro, North Carolina, native is also a founding member of the super group New Basement Tapes, a studio collaboration celebrating…
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Sujari Britt
Sujari Britt showed her prodigious talent and uncanny devotion to and understanding of music from a very early age. She began formal study of the cello at age 4, following her study on the violin, and piano. Sujari is pursuing her Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance at Manhattan School of Music. Sujari is the distinguished recipient of the 2016-17 and 2015−2016 Hans & Klara Bauer Scholarship at Manhattan School of Music, where she is a college senior studying with…
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Ailey II – SOLD OUT
The talented dancers of Ailey II are renowned for captivating audiences and translating their strength and agility into powerful performances. Under the artistic direction of Troy Powell, this critically-acclaimed company presents vibrant performances and innovative community programs across the country and internationally. The Ailey spirit shines as these artists perform an exhilarating and diverse repertory that includes Alvin Ailey’s timeless classics and thrilling new works by today’s outstanding emerging choreographers. “Second to none.” -Dance Magazine
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