  Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra
Saturday, Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. Hylton Performing Arts Center Carnival Celebration Jim Carroll, artistic director Celebrate Mardi Gras early with Northern Virginia’s own Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra in Carnival Celebration: Music from New Orleans to Rio to the Islands. Dress up in your Mardi Gras beads, don a mask, and enjoy a lively night of pulsating rhythms, upbeat parade brass, and plenty of improvisational jazz. Our tour guides for this concert will be George Mason University’s very own Dewberry School of Music Jazz Faculty: Darden Purcell; Graham Breedlove from Lafayette, Louisiana; Argentinian Juan Megna by way of Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Victor Provost, born and raised in St. John, Virgin Islands. Led by Founder, Artistic Director, and virtuoso saxophonist Jim Carroll, the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra comprises the most remarkable jazz performers in the metro region. This performance is appropriate for all ages. |
