THE JOY OF MUSIC
December 14th in St. Joseph’s Performance Hall
The North Carolina Jazz Ensemble performs THE JOY OF MUSIC, an annual holiday concert with special guest vocalist Brandi Q. Hancock Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 4:00 pm. A pre-concert reception will begin at 3:00 pm for ticket holders. They will be performance standard jazz arrangements and a selection of holiday classics.
The NCJE was founded in 1980 by Stanley Baird and Oliver Hodge. The seventeen piece group has traveled throughout the state of North Carolina performing at colleges, universities, cultural centers and at private event. Members of the organization are from Durham, Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Asheboro and Charlotte.
Brandi Q. Hancock is the lead vocalist for Mixed Water, a jazz/soul fusion band from Cary, NC where she is also a private vocal and theatre coach. She earned her Bachelors Degree in Music-Vocal Performance and Theatre- Directing from Shaw University in 2003. While attending Shaw University she was an active member of the University Choir, Gospel Choir as well as the lead vocalist for the Shaw University Jazz Ensemble I and Shaw Players. She appeared as the character of Alice in the TNT made for TV movie Freedom Song starring Danny Glover and Loretta Devine. Brandi is delighted to be joining the NC Jazz Ensemble for this evening performance.
The NC Jazz Ensemble is currently in residence at the Hayti Heritage Center. The concert is sponsored by the St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation, Inc. The St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation, Inc. (SJHF) founded in 1975, is an African American cultural and educational institution deeply rooted in the historic Hayti community of Durham, North Carolina. SJHF is dedicated to advancing cultural understanding through diverse programs that examine the experiences of Americans of African descent – locally, nationally and globally. The Foundation is committed to preserving, restoring and developing the Hayti Heritage Center, the former St. Joseph’s AME Church, a National Historic Landmark, as a cultural and economic anchor to the greater Durham community.
Tickets are on sale now for $10 general admission. They can be purchased on line at www.hayti.org or call (919) 683-1709 ext. 21; or at the Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville Street, Durham.
