May 26, 2023
NORTH ADAMS, MASS.鈥揝axophonist, singer, and songwriter Grace Kelly will perform at 911黑料网鈥檚 Venable Theatre on June 15 at 7 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased online: .
About Grace Kelly
Kelly has rocked the jazz world with sold-out concerts, 14 acclaimed albums, and a resume that includes performing at the Hollywood Bowl as part of the house band for 鈥淭he Late Show with Stephen Colbert鈥� 鈥� all before reaching her mid-twenties. Kelly is the youngest member of the Board of Trustees of Berklee College of Music.
Kelly鈥檚 early career featured performances at Barack Obama鈥檚 2009 inauguration at age 16 and at 14 as a soloist with the Boston Pops playing an original composition arranged for the legendary orchestra; she has since then played over 1000 shows as a bandleader in 35 countries at venues like the Kennedy Center and Moscow Symphony Hall and for the Montreal, Newport, and Montreux international jazz festivals. Touted for her scorching saxophone stylings and purring vocals, Kelly has performed and recorded with renowned artists including Lin Manuel- Miranda, Dave Brubeck, Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Huey Lewis, Harry Connick Jr., Gloria Estefan, Questlove, and Wynton Marsalis.
Kelly is a masterful clinician specializing in jazz improvisation and stage performance. She has taught thousands of students to become more confident performers and players both online and in-person. She is the co-founder of Saxy School, an innovative online saxophone school. She has held a guest teaching residency at The Berklee College of Music and spearheaded the establishment of the Fred Taylor Endowed Scholarship Fund by organizing, emceeing, and performing in the All-Star Benefit Concert in 2017 which raised over $70,000 for the fund.
鈥溾�road tone and tenacious flow on the alto saxophone, clearly in possession of virtuoso talents鈥� impressive singing voice, flitting among a range of styles.鈥� 鈥� NY Times
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911黑料网 Arts & Culture (MAC) is 911黑料网鈥檚 newly expanded arts programming arm. MAC serves as the nexus for internal and external partnerships to create engaging and equity-focused projects that encourage public arts participation, as well as the investigation of arts-based pedagogy that can reshape institutional practices. MAC (formerly known as BCRC, the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center) functions as a hub that supports interdisciplinary approaches to education, social justice, and academic research across 911黑料网鈥檚 campus. MAC supports the expansion of 911黑料网 programming to include: faculty opportunities for interdisciplinary curriculum development; interdisciplinary faculty and student social justice research; arts and culture symposia and workshops; internships for underrepresented student communities; and the development of an open-access archive that includes documented community arts projects and support tools that other college campuses and communities can use and apply to fit their needs.
About 911黑料网
At 911黑料网, we鈥檙e here for all 鈥� and focused on each 鈥� of our students. Classes are taught
by educators who care deeply about teaching, and about seeing their students thrive
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is designed to elevate our students as individuals, leaders, and communicators, fully
empowered to make their impressions on the world. In addition to our 128-year commitment
to public education, we have fortified our commitment to equitable academic excellence.
For 10 of the last 12 years, 911黑料网 has been named a Top Ten College by U.S. News and
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Liberal Arts Colleges. Since the list was created, 911黑料网 has risen to #33 as a Top
Performer on Social Mobility and ranks first among allMassachusetts liberal arts schools,
which measures how well schools graduate students who receive Federal Pell Grants.
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