Jazz trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval and popular historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will be among the guests for this year’s Festival of the Arts Boca, which will return for an eighth season to the Mizner Park Amphitheatre. Festival officials unveiled the lineup Friday night in a media event that included a screening of I Am Not a Rock Star, a documentary by Bobbi Jo Hart that … [Read more...]
McFerrin, Blanchard headline Jazz Roots celebration
Real or perceived, a divide between jazz and classical music has always appeared to exist. One style is an American art form spawned by the blues; the other originated in Europe. One involves mostly small groups, the other largely orchestras; one embraces improvisation, the other strictly adheres to time-honored written notation. But ask multiple Grammy-winners like vocalist … [Read more...]
Broadway standout McDonald to headline 7th Boca arts fest
BOCA RATON – Broadway star Audra McDonald and an appearance by Miami Beach’s New World Symphony are among the concerts scheduled for the seventh incarnation of the Festival of the Arts Boca, officials said today. The festival, which marries the worlds of literature and music each year at venues in and around Mizner Park, is set for March 7-16. A partial schedule of writers was … [Read more...]