Sep 16 - 17 2022
Jazz Performance: Atlantic Connections

Jazz Performance: Atlantic Connections

Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums

Enjoy an afternoon of live music in the Calderwood Courtyard—free and open to everyone!

The Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA) will present Atlantic Connections, a jazz performance led by Yosvany Terry, senior lecturer on music at Harvard, and mezzo-soprano Alicia Hall Moran, who will perform a work inspired by poets from the African diaspora, including Maya Angelou. This performance will explore the themes of land, homeland, motherhood, running, love, loss, distance, diasporic geographies, and water as a spiritual connecting element.

Additional performers include:
Fabian Almazán, a 2020 recipient of an honorarium from HUCA and a graduate student in creative practice and critical inquiry
Yunior Terry, Assistant Professor of Music, New York University
David Virelles, jazz musician

Dates & Times

2022/09/16 - 2022/09/17

Location Info

Harvard Art Museums

32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Accessibility Info

The Harvard Art Museums are accessible for visitors using wheelchairs and other mobility devices. Accessible entrances are located on Quincy Street, Prescott and Broadway. Visitors arriving via paratransit van or similar are recommended to use the entrance on Broadway, which allows a right-side exit from the vehicle.

A limited number of wheelchairs are available for loan in the lobby free of charge. Wheelchair-accessible seating and assistive-listening devices are available in our lecture halls. Large text (18-point font) Visitor Guides are available in print and via iPads on loan from our Admissions desk for visitors with low vision. We also offer handheld magnifiers.

Accessible parking is available (pre-purchase required) in the Broadway Garage, located at 5 Felton Street. (Please note that the garage has a 6 ft. 8 in. height limit.) Parking permits can be purchased online and must be printed and presented to the parking attendant upon arrival. When asked to select the department from a drop-down menu, select Museum Visitor—Art Museums. The department code is 9071.

Sign language interpretation may be available upon request; please contact Visitor Services at least two weeks prior to the program.

For further assistance or inquiries, contact Visitor Services at 617-495-9400 or am_visitorservices@harvard.edu.