Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra celebrates global language of jazz on Nov. 8

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Celebrate the global language and enduring spirit of a genre with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s national tour of “Marsalis’ Swinging Cities” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, in Eisenhower Auditorium. The tour is an homage to Marsalis in his final season as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and music director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

Visit Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra online or call 814-863-0255 for more information about a post-event, a VIP Experience offer and to watch a sneak peak of this national tour.

“Marsalis’ Swinging Cities” features compositions inspired by his global journeys and connections made worldwide. The program will include works inspired by his travels to the Basque city of Vitoria in Spain, China’s financial hub of Shanghai; and the medieval town of Marciac, France.

“This is a celebration of the uncommon embrace and unflagging support I have received from different cities during my nearly five decades on the road,” Marsalis said.

This will be the eighth appearance at Penn State by Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. The bandleader also has performed at Eisenhower Auditorium with a sextet, and in 2020 in a virtual performance of “The Democracy Suite!” featuring his septet.

For fans of

• The Marsalis family musical dynasty
• Bandleader and artist Wynton Marsalis
• New Orleans-style big-band jazz
• Building on classical jazz foundations
• Jazz trumpet
• Pulitzer Prize-winning composition

Sensory-friendly venue

Eisenhower Auditorium is certified by KultureCity as a sensory-friendly venue. One goal of the Center for the Performing Arts is to offer everyone an opportunity to enjoy an event, regardless of a guest’s invisible neurodisabilities such as dementia, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and autism.

Guests are welcome to visit a designated quiet space on the lounge level, or sign out a variety of items to help self-regulate, including noise-reducing earmuffs, anti-strobe glasses, lap pads and carefully curated sensory tools. The KultureCity app helps reduce uncertainty by providing pre-visit social stories, so guests know what to expect.

• Read about the KultureCity certification.
• Prepare for your arrival with a pre-visit social story.
• Click for available accessibility services.

Acknowledgments

Support is provided by the Lynn Donald Breon Endowment and Robert and Sonia Hufnagel Endowment. A grant from the University Park Fee Board makes student prices possible. Accessibility services are provided by Sidney and Helen S. Friedman Endowment.

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