Clarinetist Julian Bliss is set to perform ‘Celebrating Gershwin’ with the Julian Bliss Septet Thursday (March 1) at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Ben Wright
OXFORD, Miss. – The acclaimed Julian Bliss Septet will take audiences on a stroll down Tin Pan Alley when the group visits the University of Mississippi for a Thursday (March 1) concert at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts.
“Celebrating Gershwin: A Stroll Down Tin Pan Alley” is set for 7:30 p.m.
Clarinetist Julian Bliss formed the group in 2010 with a hand-picked selection of some of the best jazz players available. Since then, the group has explored the music of Benny Goodman and Latin and American music styles, including the music of American composer and pianist George Gershwin.
“We are looking forward to welcoming the Julian Bliss Septet back to the Ford Center,” said Kate Meacham, Ford Center marketing director. “Their performance at their last visit to the Ford Center was outstanding. We expect this show, with its focus on George Gershwin and the Tin Pan Alley composers, to be great time as well.”
The septet is slated to perform renditions of beloved melodies from “Porgy and Bess,” an excerpt from “Rhapsody in Blue” and other songs, including “I Got Rhythm,” “Embraceable You” and “Lady Be Good.”
Bliss also will conduct a master class at 4 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 28) in Nutt Auditorium. The session is free and open to the public.
Tickets for the Thursday performance are available at the UM Box Office, inside the Ford Center. They are $25 for orchestra/parterre and tier 1 box levels, $20 for mezzanine and tier 2 box levels and $18 for the balcony level. A 20 percent discount is available for UM faculty, staff and retirees when tickets are purchased at the box office. All UM student tickets are $8.