Center for the Arts

Guy Davis: Routes of the Blues - Evening Show

Friday, October 15, 6:30 p.m.
Virtual Event
Tickets: $8 Individual; $15 Family Group (up to 5 people)
Link will be sent 2 hours prior to the show

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Join us with the whole family for a truly inspiring and joyous program of music and stories with Guy Davis, in his show Routes of the Blues. Acclaimed and GRAMMY nominated artist, Guy Davis, has spent his musical life carrying his message of the blues around the world, from the Equator to the Arctic Circle, earning him the title “An Ambassador of the Blues”. His work as an actor (film, TV and Broadway), author and music teacher earmark him as a renaissance man of the blues. This show introduces the history of the Blues and demonstrates its different styles, rhythms and story themes.

Ak Dan Gwang Chil (ADG7): Korean Shamanic Folk-Pop

Saturday, November 13, 8:00 PM
Margaret Williams Theatre

Tickets: $25, Purchase

***All attendees must adhere to the NJCU Theater COVID-19 Protocols***

With one foot in the world of tradition and another in glitzy upbeat pop, Ak Dan Gwang Chil (ADG7) is a multi-award winning group featuring three powerhouse female folk singers and a rich repertoire inspired by Korea's sacred, shamanic ritual music (gut) and beloved folk songs (minyo) of Hwanghae Province in the northern reaches of the Peninsula. Their powerful performances engage and immerse like no other, presenting the spiritual blessings and positive energy of traditional music in a thoroughly modern and often comical style.

Sweeny Todd –The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Friday: November 12 & 19 at 8:00 PM
Saturday: November 13 & 20 at 8:00 PM
Sunday: November 14 & 21 at 3:00 PM

Location: West Side Theatre

General Admission: $25 | Students/Seniors: $10
MDT Students Free

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***All attendees must adhere to the NJCU Theater COVID-19 Protocols***

Sweeney Todd, an infamous and dark musical thriller, follows an unjustly exiled barber returning to nineteenth-century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife.

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Guy Davis: Routes of the Blues - Schooltime Show

Tuesday, November 16, 10:00 AM
Virtual Event
Tickets: $8
Link will be sent 2 hours prior to the show

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To purchase tickets via cash or check please contact: boxoffice@njcu.edu 

Join us for a truly inspiring and joyous program of music with Guy Davis, in his show Routes of the Blues. Acclaimed artist, Guy Davis, has spent his musical life carrying his message of the blues around the world, from the Equator to the Arctic Circle, earning him the title “An Ambassador of the Blues”. His work as an actor (film, TV and Broadway), author and music teacher earmark him as a renaissance man of the blues. This show introduces the history of the Blues and demonstrates its different styles, rhythms and story themes.

Grades: 5 - 9

Symphony of Winds and Percussion: REMEMBRANCE

Tuesday, November 23, 7:30 P.M.
Margaret Williams Theatre

Free with RSVP

***All attendees must adhere to the NJCU Theater COVID-19 Protocols***

REMEMBRANCE will feature William Grant Still’s rarely-heard To You, America!, the first piece ever commissioned by the US Military Academy Band by an African-American Composer. The program also includes works by Clifton Williams, Francis McBeth, Yukiko Nishimura, Thom Ritter George, Robert Hanson, George Gershwin, and Patrick Burns. Guest soloist: Jerry Bryant, trumpet.

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NJCU Winter Jazz Fest

Saturday, December 4 & Sunday, December 5
12 p.m. - 9 P.M.
Margaret Williams Theatre

Tickets: $25 Public, $15 Seniors, Students Free with NJCU ID

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The NJCU Winter Jazz Fest brings you into an intimate world of call and response with tomorrow’s jazz legends.  The festival is headlined by multi-grammy award-winning jazz faculty who share the stage mano-a-mano with the most talented young artists in the region.

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NJCU Fall Choral Concert 

Sunday, December 12, 3:00 P.M.
Margaret Williams Theatre

Free with RSVP

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A choral celebration featuring the NJCU Concert Chorale and Chamber Singers, directed by Dr. Robert Prowse. Our first post-pandemic choral concert, there will be a variety of musical compositions by men and women from the past and the present. Come help us celebrate and share our humanity through music. 

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