New Standards: Celebrating Women
Mar 04, 2025
Starting: 7:30 PM
Pioneering compositions by female jazz artists take center stage in a musical celebration of Women's History Month. The New Standards: Celebrating Women concert will be held on Tuesday, March 4 at the Gusman Concert Hall at the University of Miami.
The performance features the Frost Studio Jazz Band under the direction of Etienne Charles, alongside the Brazilian Ensemble directed by Grammy Award-winning artist Dafnis Prieto. The program showcases selections from New Standards vol. 1, a groundbreaking collection of compositions by women musicians compiled by NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington. Attendees will experience these innovative charts performed live by talented student musicians from the University of Miami's Frost School of Music.