RJAM Big Band Concert with Billy Childs
Six-time Grammy-winning composer and jazz pianist Billy Childs performs at SFCM in a special concert with Roots, Jazz and American Music faculty and students. This concert also features the world premiere of a musical work by Jordyn Davis, one of the winners of the Emerging Black Composers Project.
Program
Jordyn Davis: Untitled New Work (EBCP Commission and World Premiere)
Billy Childs: Labyrinth
Billy Childs: Do You Know My Name?
Final program details will be announced upon availability.
Featured Artists
Jason Hainsworth, director
Billy Childs, piano
Jordyn Davis, composer
Roots, Jazz, and American Music
Jason Hainsworth
Amelie-Anna Hinman
About SFCM’s Roots, Jazz, and American Music Department
Roots, Jazz, and American Music is a first-of-its-kind program that links a world-class music conservatory to an award-winning jazz concert venue at SFJAZZ. A program for undergraduate and postgraduate students that takes a holistic view of jazz from its inception to its current status, RJAM prepares the next generation of great jazz artists by engaging students in an innovative model of apprenticeship with all-star faculty, including members of the SFJAZZ Collective. Students in the RJAM program have the opportunity to perform in multiple venues in the Bay Area, and to collaborate and learn from some of the top jazz artists on the concert circuit today.
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