SMF is one of the region’s leading arts presenters, producing an internationally acclaimed cross-genre music festival, education programs for local schoolchildren and budding musicians in jazz and acoustic music, a weekly public radio series and off-season concert events.
Schedule of Events:
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Faircloth Jazz Series - Noon30: Isaiah J. Thompson Duo
Isaiah J. Thompson is the 2023 Cole Porter Fellow with the American Pianists Association. Thompson has performed with many acclaimed jazz artists, including Ron Carter, John Pizzarelli, Christian McBride, Cécile McLorin Salvant and Buster Williams. As a performer, he focuses on emitting love, spirit and respect, and conveying his own experiences and his everlasting love of jazz.
Location: Metal Building at Trustees' Garden 660 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA 31401.
Cost: $32.00
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5:00 pm - 7:10 pm: Faircloth Jazz Series - Stephane Wrembel Quartet / Tatiana Eva-Marie & Avalon Jazz Band
Widely considered one of the masters of the Django Reinhardt style, French guitarist Stephane Wrembel’s music has expanded to incorporate jazz, blues, classical, swing, flamenco and rock ‘n’ roll. He immersed himself in Django’s native Sinti culture (a Western European Roma group), learning from Sinti guitarists Angelo Debarre and Serge Krief. Wrembel then pursued studies at Berklee College of Music and has since been in New York City, becoming a renowned artist, bandleader, composer and producer.
Tatiana Eva-Marie and Avalon Jazz Band perform French jazz songs, old classics with a hot twist, and American standards, celebrating France, love, and music. Acclaimed as a “millennial shaking up the jazz scene” by Vanity Fair, singer Tatiana Eva-Marie explorers music of Django Reinhardt through her own original arrangements and lyrics in her latest project Djangology: a tribute inspired by her French and Romanian heritage and her love for the Parisian art scene of the 20s to the 1960s.
Location: Metal Building at Trustees' Garden 660 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA 31401.
Cost: $42.00
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6:00 pm - 7:40 pm: Philip Dukes & Friends Chamber Series - Philip Dukes & Friends I: Bach’s Romantic Odyssey
This opening concert of the series traces a journey from Bach to Brahms and Shostakovich, through the Romantic Era, featuring two composers that admired Bach immensely.
Program:
BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Quintet in G minor, Opus 57
BRAHMS
String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Opus 18
Personnel:
Adam Barnett-Hart, violin
Benny Kim, violin
Jack Liebeck, violin
Brendan Speltz, violin
Robin Ashwell, viola
Pierre Lapointe, viola
Philip Dukes, viola
Eric Kim, cello
Keith Robinson, cello
Brook Speltz, cello
Ana-Maria Vera, piano
Location: Trinity United Methodist Church 127 Barnard Street, Savannah, GA 31401.
Cost: $52
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8:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Country Music Hall of Famer and 15-time Grammy Award-winner Ricky Skaggs returns to Savannah Music Festival after five years, fronting his powerhouse band Kentucky Thunder. “This group of guys meets my approval every night,” Ricky says. “Each and every one of the pickers in Kentucky Thunder totally amazes me in every show…and that, to me, outweighs any award we could ever win.” The all-star lineup includes Russ Carson (banjo), Jake Workman (lead guitar), Dennis Parker (baritone vocals, guitar), Gavin Kelso (bass), Mike Rogers (tenor vocals, rhythm guitar) and Billy Contreras (fiddle).
Location: Lucas Theatre for the Arts 32 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA 31401.
Cost: $39 - $81
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8:30 pm - 10:40 pm: Faircloth Jazz Series - Stephane Wrembel Quartet / Tatiana Eva-Marie & Avalon Jazz Band
Widely considered one of the masters of the Django Reinhardt style, French guitarist Stephane Wrembel’s music has expanded to incorporate jazz, blues, classical, swing, flamenco and rock ‘n’ roll. He immersed himself in Django’s native Sinti culture (a Western European Roma group), learning from Sinti guitarists Angelo Debarre and Serge Krief. Wrembel then pursued studies at Berklee College of Music and has since been in New York City, becoming a renowned artist, bandleader, composer and producer.
Tatiana Eva-Marie and Avalon Jazz Band perform French jazz songs, old classics with a hot twist, and American standards, celebrating France, love, and music. Acclaimed as a “millennial shaking up the jazz scene” by Vanity Fair, singer Tatiana Eva-Marie explorers music of Django Reinhardt through her own original arrangements and lyrics in her latest project Djangology: a tribute inspired by her French and Romanian heritage and her love for the Parisian art scene of the 20s to the 1960s.
Location: Metal Building at Trustees' Garden 660 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA 31401.
Cost: $42.00
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