Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Marsalis entertains crowd with jazz stylings and wit

By Jesse Silberberg, The Dartmouth Staff

Branford Marsalis was mistaken for younger brother Wynton at the Hanover Country Club golf course Friday afternoon, the saxophonist told an almost sold-out Spalding Auditorium crowd later that evening. There was no confusing multi-Grammy award-winning big brother, however, when the Branford Marsalis Quartet wowed its nearly 900-person audience with an assortment of jazz standards and originals. More »

Tafelmusik Orchestra will combine myths and music for Summer Arts

By Lucy Randall, The Dartmouth Staff

In keeping with the Summer Arts Festival’s theme of Metamorphoses, the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra will debut at the Hopkins Center this Saturday, August 18 at 8 p.m. Its performance, “Metamorphosis: From Myth to Music” features the Canadian actor R.H. Thompson narrating a script based on Ovid’s classic text as adapted by Alison Mackay. More »