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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Known to millions as “The Royal Family of the Guitar,” the Romeros were founded by the legendary Celedonio Romero with his sons Celin, Pepe and Angel in 1958. The Quartet went through natural transformations, and today consists of the second (Celin & Pepe) and third generations (Lito & Celino). To have so many virtuosi of […]
Over the past two decades, award-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist and contemporary blues artist Keb’ Mo’ has cultivated a reputation as a modern master of American roots music through the understated excellence of his live and studio performances. In his newest release, Keb’ Mo’ Live – That Hot Pink Blues Album (Kind of Blue Music; 4/15/16), Keb’ delivers some of his best material in the most authentic form, through live recordings. Recorded while on tour in 2015, the double-disc album features 16 live recorded songs from Keb’ Mo’s extensive catalog. Several of the tracks are songs off his most recent album, BLUESAmericana, which garnered Keb’ Mo’ a 2015 Blues Music Award from the Blues Foundation, three 2015 GRAMMY award nominations and multiple other achievements.
Since he first came to the world’s attention with his deeply beautiful and original take on George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in a viral video that dominated YouTube in 2005, the Hawaiian-born Jake Shimabukuro has virtually reinvented the four-string instrument, causing many to call him “the Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele.” Throughout his rich and […]
Opus Cactus is a dynamic journey into the hidden landscape of the American Southwest. With a sense of danger, sensuality and humor, the desert world of soaring cactuses, slithering lizards, snakes and frolicking insects all come to life once uncovered through the magic of MOMIX.
The Havana Cuba All-Stars are some of Cuba’s greatest musicians. With rhythms and melodies from the cha cha to the rumba, from “Son Cubano” style to the salsa, the All-Stars will showcase a wide variety of Cuban beats. The group is inspired by and dedicated to promoting the entire tapestry of Cuban music through a […]