Jazz as Protest: Still the Voice of the People
Tuesday, April 8 , 9:30 am – 11:30 am CDT
March 25, April 1, 8, 15 (Tuesdays) 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Attend in person at ISU’s Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main St., Normal
OR
Watch Online via Zoom
FEES:
$35 for Senior Professional members (includes all four sessions)
$45 for non-members (includes all four sessions)
For in-person participation, pricing is per person.
For Zoom participation, pricing is one registration per household.
Price includes:
Four 2-hour sessions (one Academy of Seniors class).
$15 single-session option available for in-person attendance (pay at door).
Register online at seniorprofessionals.illinoisstate.edu or call (309) 438-2160.
Zoom participants will receive a Zoom link a week prior to the start of the class(es) and again on the day of each session.
Class Description
Jazz has a long history of being music of the people and the soundtrack for a social justice movement. This class will touch on some pivotal pieces and musicians who have taken a claim in the movement, which in recent years has grown in volume, intensity, and urgency.
Artists will include:
-Nina Simone and “Mississippi Goddamn”
-Art Blakey and “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
-Charles Mingus and “Fables of Faubus”
-Jon Baptiste and “We Are”
Jenelle Orcherton, Artistic Director/ Founder, Champaign-Urbana Jazz Festival
