Celebrate Black History Month with this exceptional cross-curricular opportunity.  A performance and slide show by the KSO’s Newport Ragtime Band surveys the roots of American musical heritage. The program features ragtime, blues, Dixieland and early jazz from 1898-1933, with tunes by legendary black musicians/composers Scott Joplin, James Reese Europe, W.C. Handy, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller and others. The program also highlights many local Cincinnati connections to this music’s national popularity and historical significance.  The Q & A session at the end of the concert allows students and teachers the opportunity to ask questions of any musician on-stage.

Rags to Riches

7 Hills Church

The French Quarter comes to Fort Wayne! Conjuring the spirit and swagger of Louis Armstrong, trumpeter Byron Stripling leads the Mardi Gras Parade of music that made the Crescent City famous. 

W. C. Handy

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Feb 27, 2024

Rags to Riches · Kentucky Symphony Orchestra

Feb 3, 2024

Byron Stripling’s Mardi Gras · Fort Wayne Philharmonic

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