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Date(s) - 01/15/2022
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Community School of Music and Arts
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FREE ADMISSION – Online-only, Live-streaming on YouTube!
Marcus Shelby Quartet celebrates the legacy of the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a special tribute concert. The quartet will play arrangements from Shelby’s “Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” album and other spirituals. Marcus Shelby is a composer, bassist, bandleader, and educator who currently lives in San Francisco. His work focuses on the history, present and future of African American lives, social movements and music education. The concert will be online-only, live-streamed on YouTube.
Note: Thank you to the Sharks Foundation for their support of this show! As part of the Sharks Foundation’s January Education Month initiative, the proceeds from the 50/50 Raffle presented by Cache Creek Casino Resort generated during the San Jose Sharks home game this Monday, January 17 will be donated to the Community School of Music and Arts.
The Community School for Music and Arts (CSMA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit center for arts education, serving Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto and over 20 other Bay Area communities. CSMA is Northern California’s largest nonprofit provider of arts education programs. With a $6 million budget and 160-member staff and faculty, we are one of the ten largest community schools in the United States.
IMAGE courtesy of Marcus Shelby (Fair Use)