Cécile McLorin Salvant is a celebrated jazz vocalist renowned for her exceptional storytelling and vocal prowess, often hailed as one of the greatest jazz singers of her generation. With a rich background that blends diverse musical traditions, she captivates audiences through her innovative performances. Salvant's artistry shines in her acclaimed work, including the creative project Book of Ayres, which showcases her ability to fuse Baroque music, vaudeville, and folkloric elements from Europe and the Americas. Notably, she will be performing at a special event at Princeton University on October 9, 2024, where she will be accompanied by a talented ensemble of musicians, including Sullivan Fortner on piano and Emi Ferguson on flute. This event promises to be a unique musical experience, featuring a new type of folk song inspired by timeless stories. As she continues to push the boundaries of jazz, Cécile McLorin Salvant remains a vital force in the music world, with her upcoming performances eagerly anticipated by fans and critics alike.

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### Cécile McLorin Salvant Special Event at Princeton University

**Event:** Cécile McLorin Salvant Special Event  
**Date:** Wednesday, October 9, 2024  
**Time:** 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM EDT  
**Venue:** Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University

#### Event Description:
Join us for an extraordinary evening with the legendary jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, accompanied by an ensemble of renowned musicians. This special event will feature a unique fusion of Baroque music, vaudeville, Sappho, and folkloric material from Europe and the Americas, creating a new type of folk song inspired by timeless and universal stories. Salvant, celebrated as one of the greatest jazz singers of her generation, will bring her exceptional storytelling and vocal prowess to the stage, blending old and new musical traditions.

#### Performers:
- **Cécile McLorin Salvant:** Vocals
- **Sullivan Fortner:** Piano/Harpsichord/Keyboards
- **Emi Ferguson:** Flute
- **Dušan Balarin:** Theorbo/Lute
- **Yasushi Nakamura:** Bass
- **Keita Ogawa:** Percussion

#### Ticket Information:
- **Curated Subscription:** Available as part of a curated subscription package.
- **Make-Your-Own Series:** Customize your own series and include this event.
- **Princeton University Student Early Bird Program:** Special early bird tickets for Princeton students.
- **Single Tickets:** Go on sale on Monday, August 5 at noon Eastern time.

#### Additional Information:
- **Parking and Accessibility:** Get directions, see parking and accessibility info, and download seating charts.
- **Contact:** For more information, call 609-258-2800.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience a night of innovative and captivating music with Cécile McLorin Salvant and her ensemble. Add this event to your calendar and be part of an unforgettable musical journey.

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Cécile McLorin Salvant, Vocals

Alexander Hall

Cécile McLorin Salvant, is a composer, singer, and visual artist. The late Jessye Norman described Salvant as “a unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings”. Salvant has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, folk traditions from around the world, theater, jazz, and baroque music. Salvant is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor. Salvant won the Thelonious Monk competition in 2010. She has received Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums, “The Window”, “Dreams and Daggers”, and “For One To Love”. In 2020, Salvant received the MacArthur fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award. Salvant released her debut Nonesuch records release “Ghost Song” in 2022; the album went on to receive two Grammy nominations. “Mélusine”, an album mostly sung in French, along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyòl, was released on March 24 th, 2023 and was also nominated for two Grammys.

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Groton Hill Music Center

A French Salon showcases the spectacular artistry of multi-award-winning US jazz musicians - singer Cécile McLorin Salvant and pianist Dan Tepfer - as they explore their French heritage over two unforgettable nights at The Grange Festival. Produced by 23Arts for the Festival, the show will also feature special guest pianist Thomas Enhco and the much-loved Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gavin Sutherland.

A French Salon

The Grange at Northington

Join us at the Mimi Ohio Theatre on June 21, 2024, for an unforgettable evening with the incomparable Cécile McLorin Salvant as part of the 45th Annual Tri-C JazzFest. This Grammy Award-winning artist, celebrated for her unique voice and eclectic musicality, will take the stage at 6:30 PM, showcasing her talents as a composer, singer, and visual artist. 

Cécile McLorin Salvant, described by the late Jessye Norman as possessing a unique voice illuminated by intelligence and comprehensive musicality, has captivated audiences worldwide. Her passion for storytelling through music, exploring connections between vaudeville, blues, and folk traditions, makes her performances deeply engaging and profoundly moving. Salvant's ability to unearth rarely recorded, forgotten songs with compelling narratives, humor, and unexpected twists has established her as an eclectic curator of musical experiences.

Since winning the Thelonious Monk competition in 2010, Salvant has received critical acclaim, including Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums and nominations for her album WomanChild in 2014. Her recent achievements include the prestigious MacArthur fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award in 2020. Her debut for Nonesuch Records, "Ghost Song," released in March 2022, has received two Grammy Nominations and widespread acclaim.

Don't miss your chance to experience Cécile McLorin Salvant's breathtaking performance at the Tri-C JazzFest. Tickets are priced between $35-50, ensuring accessibility for all who wish to attend this remarkable event. Please note, children under 2 are not permitted to ensure the enjoyment and safety of all guests.

For those interested in the full Tri-C JazzFest experience, passes for all 9 performances are available for purchase from February 28 to April 1, priced at $300 per pass. These passes are exclusively sold through the Tri-C JazzFest Website, offering a comprehensive experience of the festival's offerings.

Secure your tickets now for an evening of exceptional music and storytelling with Cécile McLorin Salvant at the Mimi Ohio Theatre. This event promises to be a highlight of the cultural calendar, celebrating the rich traditions and future of jazz music.

Cécile Mclorin Salvant

Mimi Ohio Theatre

**Cécile McLorin Salvant at the Flynn Center**

Join us at the Flynn Center for an unforgettable evening with the Grammy Award-winning artist Cécile McLorin Salvant, accompanied by the talented Melanie Charles. This special performance is set to take place on the Main Stage, marking a highlight of the 2024 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival.

**Date and Time:**  
Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at 7:30 PM

**About Cécile McLorin Salvant:**  
Cécile McLorin Salvant is a renowned composer, singer, and visual artist celebrated for her unique voice and profound musicality. Salvant's passion for storytelling through music shines as she explores connections between various genres, including vaudeville, blues, theater, jazz, baroque, and folkloric music. Her career boasts of three consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album, a 2010 Thelonious Monk competition win, a MacArthur fellowship, and the Doris Duke Artist Award. Her latest works include the albums *Ghost Song* and *Mélusine*, showcasing her daring and eclectic curatorial skills.

**About Melanie Charles:**  
Melanie Charles, a Brooklyn native, has carved a niche for herself in the music industry with her dynamic engagements with jazz, soul, and R&B. Known for her genre-bending style, Charles has collaborated with notable artists and groups, including Wynton Marsalis and The Roots. Her project "Make Jazz Trill Again" and the album "Y’all Don’t Really Care About Black Women" reflect her commitment to community and innovation in music.

**Location:**  
Flynn Center, Main Stage  
Burlington, VT

**Special Note:**  
Due to the City of Burlington's Great Streets initiative, attendees are advised to visit the city's website for information on Main Street construction and detours. Please allow extra time to get to the theater.

**Support the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival:**  
The festival is thrilled to offer free jazz programming for everyone to enjoy. Your support is greatly appreciated to continue this tradition. Donations to the jazz festival are welcome.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the artistry of Cécile McLorin Salvant and Melanie Charles in a performance that promises to be both moving and memorable. Secure your tickets now for an evening of exceptional music at the Flynn Center.

Cécile McLorin Salvant with Melanie Charles

The Flynn

Cécile McLorin Salvant, jazz vocals with Sullivan Fortner, piano

Clayton State University

Cécile McLorin Salvant is a composer, singer, and visual artist. The late Jessye Norman described Salvant as “a unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings.” Salvant has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, folk traditions worldwide, theater, jazz, and baroque music. Salvant is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, exciting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor.

Dakota

“Cécile McLorin Salvant has the type of voice that could lead a singer to stop trying, and the fact that she hasn’t—that she’s only working and thinking harder—demonstrates just what a talent she really is.” —Los Angeles Times

Cecile McLorin Salvant

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

The 8th Annual South Beach Jazz Festival proudly kicks off its opening night with a rare, intimate performance by 3x Grammy Award-winning American jazz vocalist/composer Cécile McLorin Salvant at the gilded Faena Theater stage! 

South Beach Jazz Festival

Faena Theater

Cécile McLorin Salvant, is a composer, singer, and visual artist. The late Jessye Norman described Salvant as “a unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings.”

Salvant has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, folk traditions from around the world, theater, jazz, and baroque music. Salvant is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor. Salvant won the Thelonious Monk competition in 2010. She has received Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums, “The Window”, “Dreams and Daggers”, and “For One To Love”, and was nominated for the award in 2014 for her album “WomanChild”. In 2020, Salvant received the MacArthur fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award. Nonesuch Records released “Ghost Song” in March 2022.

Acadiana Center for the Arts

Cécile McLorin Salvant, is a composer, singer, and visual artist. The late Jessye Norman described Salvant as“a unique voice supported by an intelligence and  full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings”.

Argyros Performing Arts Center

**Cécile McLorin Salvant at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center**

Join us for an unforgettable evening of music and artistry with the incomparable Cécile McLorin Salvant, at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. This special event, taking place on Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 8:00 pm, showcases the Grammy Award-winning talent of Salvant, a composer, singer, and visual artist renowned for her unique voice and eclectic musical selections.

**Event Highlights:**

- **Date and Time:** Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 8:00 pm
- **Location:** Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230
- **Ticket Pricing:** 
  - $29 Limited Upper Balcony
  - $39 Reserved
  - $49 Preferred
  - $59 Premium
  - Mahaiwe Members & Youth (ages 30 and under) enjoy special discounts

Cécile McLorin Salvant, celebrated for her passion for storytelling through music, connects vaudeville, blues, folk traditions, theater, jazz, and baroque music in her performances. Her ability to unearth rarely recorded songs with strong narratives, humor, and unexpected twists has captivated audiences worldwide. Salvant's accolades include winning the Thelonius Monk competition in 2010 and receiving Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums. In 2020, she was honored with the MacArthur fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the artistry of Cécile McLorin Salvant in the intimate setting of the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. For tickets and more information, visit the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center website or call the box office at 413-528-0100, Wednesday through Saturday, 12-4pm.

This event is a must-see for music lovers and anyone interested in the powerful storytelling of one of jazz's most dynamic voices.

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

A French Salon showcases the spectacular artistry of multi-award-winning US jazz musicians – singer Cécile McLorin Salvant and pianist Dan Tepfer – as they explore their French heritage over two unforgettable nights at The Grange Festival. Produced by 23Arts for the Festival, the show will also feature special guest pianist Thomas Enhco and the much-loved Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

The singer, composer, and visual artist has a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between blues, folk traditions from around the world, theater, jazz, and Baroque music. She is an eclectic curator who unearths rarely recorded, forgotten songs with interesting power dynamics and unexpected twists; a composer of new songs; and a visual artist who works in the medium of textile drawings. Each of her past three recordings has won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album, and in 2020 she was named a MacArthur fellow. The New York Times called Ghost Song, released in March 2022 “her most revealing and rewarding album yet.”

University of Michigan

The singular Cécile McLorin Salvant is a composer, singer, and visual artist. Salvant has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, folk traditions from around the world, theater, jazz, and baroque music. Salvant is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor. Salvant won the Thelonious Monk competition in 2010. She has received Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for her 3 latest albums, The Window, Dreams and Daggers, and For One To Love. In 2020, Salvant received the MacArthur fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award. In 2020, Salvant created Yolk, a virtual cross-disciplinary performance space. It features her own hand-drawn animation, compositions, and music, in collaboration with dancers, visual artists, musicians, and actors from around the world.

Bass Concert Hall

Cécile McLorin Salvant’s small-group performances are some of the most reliably outstanding events in jazz today. The scope and musical settings of her artistry expand often—as evidenced throughout her wide-ranging, four-concert Perspectives series this season. In this performance, the award-winning vocalist applies her captivating storytelling to a variety of original works, time-tested songs, and totally unexpected hidden gems polished to an eye-opening new luster.

Carnegie Hall

“You get a singer like this once in a generation or two,” Wynton Marsalis told The New Yorker in 2017. Cécile McLorin Salvant is one of jazz’s most startlingly gifted vocalists and storytellers, and new layers of her artistry unfold with each new project and collaboration. Among the most striking successes has been her musical partnership with the brilliant pianist Sullivan Fortner, a master improvisor and endlessly inventive artist in his own right. With every performance, they make a vast range of repertoire come alive in new ways—some breathtaking, others exceedingly subtle. Witness the Grammy Award–winning duo in this Friday-night performance.

Cécile McLorin Salvant, Vocals Sullivan Fortner, Piano

In a new collaboration with enormous creative possibilities, 2024–2025 Perspectives artist and Grammy Award winner Cécile McLorin Salvant performs with the genre-defying orchestra The Knights. The program features timeless jazz ballads newly arranged by Darcy James Argue, and—with these musicians—the sky is the limit and unexpected discoveries are practically guaranteed. Experience an evening of singular artistry, virtuosity, and transformative new approaches to repertoire ripe for re-imagining.

An Evening with Cécile McLorin Salvant

In a new collaboration with enormous creative possibilities, GRAMMY-winning vocalist and MacArthur Fellow Cécile McLorin Salvant performs new arrangements of jazz standards created by composer and bandleader Darcy James Argue with the genre-defying chamber orchestra The Knights.

The Knights at Carnegie Hall with Cécile McLorin Salvant

Three-time GRAMMY Winner Cécile McLorin Salvant is the “the most successful female jazz singer to emerge since the turn of the millennium” (JazzTimes). Following her spellbinding 2022-23 Season performances focused on her latest Nonesuch album Mélusine, she brings music from her latest project.

SFJAZZ Center

Discover the multi-faceted world of Cécile McLorin Salvant, an artist whose talents span composition, vocal performance, and visual art. Lauded by the legendary Jessye Norman for her “unique voice” and deep musicality, Salvant captivates audiences by weaving together the rich tapestries of vaudeville, blues, jazz, baroque, and folk music. Her gift for storytelling shines through in her exploration of powerful narratives, forgotten songs, and cultural connections.

University of California, Los Angeles

Cécile McLorin Salvant’s most daring and multifaceted creation yet, Ogresse is a musical and theatrical tour-de-force by an incomparable artist. It is a haunting, wryly humorous, and “staggeringly original” (The Wall Street Journal) work that blends jazz, chamber music, opera, art song, and many generations of storytelling traditions into a whole that feels at once ancient and cutting edge. Featuring Salvant’s original libretto, costumes of her own design, visual projections, and an ensemble led by Darcy James Argue, this is a true passion project that continues to evolve with each performance. Take advantage of the opportunity to experience it in the dynamic Zankel Hall.

Cécile McLorin Salvant

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Events

Upcoming events

Nov 16, 2024

Cécile McLorin Salvant · Carnegie Hall

Dec 13, 2024

Cécile McLorin Salvant, Vocals Sullivan Fortner, Piano · Carnegie Hall

Mar 27, 2025

An Evening with Cécile McLorin Salvant · Carnegie Hall

Mar 27, 2025

The Knights at Carnegie Hall with Cécile McLorin Salvant · The Knights

2 - 3 May, 2025

Cécile McLorin Salvant · San Francisco Jazz

Past events

Oct 9, 2024

Cécile McLorin Salvant, Vocals · Princeton University Concerts

Sep 28, 2024

Cécile McLorin Salvant · Groton Hill Music Center

Future and recently performed repertoire

Vocals in Book of Ayres by Salvant

Princeton University Concerts

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