The Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University
in collaboration with
Columbia University Office of the President, African American and African Diaspora Studies, English and Comparative Literature, Core Curriculum, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery and the Heyman Center for the Humanities
Presents
Such Sweet Thunder: Ellington Plays Shakespeare--Love and Power in Adaptation
A series of public events across the arts inspired by the "tone parallel" between Shakespeare and Duke Ellington
Such Sweet Thunder: A Listening Session
with
Courtney Bryan, Tulane University
Brent Hayes Edwards, Columbia University
Nicole Mitchell, University of Pittsburgh
Renowned composers and instrumentalists Courtney Bryan and Nicole Mitchell will join Professor Brent Hayes Edwards for a live listening session featuring the Duke Ellington Orchestra's 1957 recording of Such Sweet Thunder, sharing some of their favorite sections of Ellington's suite and discussing some of the innovative ways Ellington and his collaborator Billy Strayhorn orchestrated their classic "tone parallel" to Shakespeare.
February 11, 2022, 7pm
Virtual Event
This virtual event is free and open to everyone but registration is required.
To Register, Please CLICK HERE
For more information about the Such Sweet Thunder Event series,
Please visit The Such Sweet Thunder Website.
The event will be closed captioned. This event will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/IraasColumbia/featured
Please email [email protected] to request any additional disability accommodations.
Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.
