SMF is one of the region’s leading arts presenters, producing an internationally acclaimed cross-genre music festival, education programs for local schoolchildren and budding musicians in jazz and acoustic music, a weekly public radio series and off-season concert events.

Schedule of Events:

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm: Faircloth Jazz Series - Noon30: Brandee Younger Trio

A leading voice of the harp, Brandee Younger recently made history at the 2022 Grammy Awards as the first Black female solo artist nominated in the Best Instrumental Composition category for her song ‚”Beautiful Is Black.” The mesmerizing track is from her 2021 major label debut album, Somewhere Different, that also received a 2022 NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Jazz Album — Instrumental. Over her career Younger has performed and recorded across countless genres with artists including John Legend, The Roots, Lauryn Hill, Common, Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Ron Carter, and Charlie Haden.

Location: Metal Building at Trustees' Garden 660 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA 31401.

Cost: $35

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6:00 pm - 7:45 pm: Philip Dukes & Friends Chamber Series - Philip Dukes & Friends IV: The Voice of Bach, A Musical Salute

No series featuring the music of Bach would be complete without his music for voice. Collaborating with the Savannah VOICE Festival to present Mark Delavan (who played Gianni Schicchi in the collaborative Puccini production at SMF 2015), the Bach Cantata in the first half is contrasted by a second half of songs by Copland and Weill. How interesting would it have been for Bach to have sat in the audience to hear the songs by Copland and Kurt Weill and to see his response.

Program:

BACH
Ich habe Genug, BWV 82

MOZART
Trio in E-flat Major for Clarinet, Viola and Piano,
K. 498, “Kegelstatt”

COPLAND
Old American Songs (selections)

WEILL
The Threepenny Opera (selections)

Personnel:

Benny Kim, violin
Jack Liebeck, violin
Robin Ashwell, viola
Philip Dukes, viola
Eric Kim, cello
Leigh Mesh, double bass
Michael Collins, clarinet
Andrew Ripley, oboe
Mark Delavan, baritone
Sebastian Knauer, piano
Ana-Maria Vera, piano

Location: Trinity United Methodist Church 127 Barnard Street, Savannah, GA 31401.

Cost: $52

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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Madison Cunningham / Juana Molina

Madison Cunningham is a 26-year- old Grammy Award-winning artist and songwriter known for her “wonderfully tangled imagery and cutting self-awareness” (NPR). As a guitarist, Madison has pushed the boundaries of a conventional singer-songwriter as her “guitar work is both classic and wildly emotive, and her soaring vocals are pristine and inspired” (Consequence of Sound). Madison first picked up a guitar at an early age, and was singing and performing alongside her five siblings in church by the time she was twelve. Cunningham’s recent album Revealer won the Grammy Award for “Best Folk Album.”

A master of mysterious experimental pop, Juana Molina is recognized as a wholly original, visionary artist whose work has been championed by the likes of David Byrne and Will Oldham. Her career trajectory has been unique, from initial success as a popular comedic actress in her native Argentina to her decision to devote herself to forging her own inimitable style of music. That decision has since gained her worldwide recognition as a critically-lauded recording and touring artist, who The New York Times says “doesn’t imitate anyone. She has too much fun just being herself.”

Location: Trustees Theater 216 East Broughton Street, Savannah, GA 31401.

Cost: $42

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