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The nonprofit and festival producer is expected to announce details to the public Monday. The June event would be the first major in-person festival in Aspen since the novel coronavirus pandemic hit Colorado. Jazz Aspen did host a truncated JAS Café series last summer but with severely limited capacity in keeping with public health restrictions. Capacity is still expected to be limited at the June Experience, which is spread across eight small venues in downtown Aspen — a format that debuted in 2019. Crowds are expected to be limited to 50 to 100 people depending on the venue. “We are cl...

Bass-baritone Dashon Burton, described by The New York Times as “a beloved fixture of the New York choral scene” with a voice “possessed of a clarion D,” will join Michael Mwenso in the March 24 “Meeting the Moment” live webisode.

Jesus Christ Superstar with John Legend and The Wiz Live! By 2018, Kilgore was ready to make a leap many Broadway performers before him had: writing and recording an album. But the results he has seen since have been decidedly less expected: In November, he was nominated for a best traditional R&B performance Grammy for his debut single, “Let Me Go.” “He pulled a rabbit out of the hat with this nomination,” says a proud Porter. “If an artist starts on Broadway, the music industry doesn’t see you like that. I got my Grammy from being in a Broadway show [

*Singer, songwriter, artist, and activist Mykal Kilgore has made history as the first openly gay, male artist to earn a nomination in the Grammy’s Best Traditional R&B category.  Kilgore, an award-winning Broadway performer, received the nomination for his single, “Let Me Go”, which is the first release from his debut album, “A Man Born Black.” “I am overwhelmed with joy to be counting amongst these incredible artists and to represent the male sound of R&B in this category,” said Kilgore in a statement.  “I tried to write songs that helped express the truth of myself — th...

From Staff Reports PHOTO PROVIDED Clarinetist Anthony McGill will join Michael Mwenso for ‘Meeting the Moment’ on Feb. 23. UNIVERSITY PARK — In the fifth episode of the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State’s “Meeting the Moment with Michael Mwenso” livestream, the performance artist-historian will talk with clarinetist Anthony McGill, the New York Philharmonic’s first African-American principal player. The free online event, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, will be broadcast via the Zoom conference app. Questions will be taken in real time from audience members via t...