Jazz bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding will perform with her band on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $18 for adults, $12 for senior citizens and $5 for students. All seating is general admission. For tickets or more information, call the box office at 859-4331 or visit www.hamiltonpa.org.
Spalding was born in 1984 and raised on what she calls "the other side of the tracks" in a multi-lingual household and neighborhood in Portland, Ore. Growing up in a single-parent home amid economically adverse circumstances, she learned early lessons in the meaning of perseverance and moral character from her mother. At 16, Spalding left high school for good. Armed with her GED and aided by a generous scholarship, she enrolled in the music program at Portland State University. She transferred to Berklee College of Music and after a move to the opposite coast and three years of accelerated study, she not only earned a B.M., but also signed on as an instructor in 2005 at the age of 20 – an appointment that has made her the youngest faculty member in the history of the college. She is the 2005 recipient of the prestigious Boston Jazz Society scholarship for outstanding musicianship.
This concert is sponsored by Hamilton College Performing Arts with funding from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation's Jazz Touring Network program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program.
Spalding was born in 1984 and raised on what she calls "the other side of the tracks" in a multi-lingual household and neighborhood in Portland, Ore. Growing up in a single-parent home amid economically adverse circumstances, she learned early lessons in the meaning of perseverance and moral character from her mother. At 16, Spalding left high school for good. Armed with her GED and aided by a generous scholarship, she enrolled in the music program at Portland State University. She transferred to Berklee College of Music and after a move to the opposite coast and three years of accelerated study, she not only earned a B.M., but also signed on as an instructor in 2005 at the age of 20 – an appointment that has made her the youngest faculty member in the history of the college. She is the 2005 recipient of the prestigious Boston Jazz Society scholarship for outstanding musicianship.
This concert is sponsored by Hamilton College Performing Arts with funding from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation's Jazz Touring Network program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program.
