In this presentation, Darius and Catherine Brubeck will take us to apartheid-era South Africa, where in 1983 they established a pioneering jazz curriculum and performance program at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. This resilient program brought Black and white musicians together to explore and expand the landscape of South African jazz, providing a soundtrack to the freedom struggle and its aftermath. South African jazz scholar and performer Colin Miller joins the Brubecks for this conversation.
A book signing of Darius and Catherine Brubeck's account of their experience, Playing the Changes: Jazz at an African University and on the Road, will follow.
Hosted by: University of Illinois Press
In conjunction with: Center for African Studies, Community Center for the Arts (C4A), Humanities Research Institute, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Program in Jazz Studies, School of Music, Sousa Archive and Center for American Music, Spurlock Museum, Wesley United Methodist Church | Wesley Foundation Student Center
