Cellist

JAZZ Re-EVOLUTION offers an electrifying fusion of stories, songs and jazz to convey the rich history and power of America's greatest original art form. Acclaimed actors, singers and world-class musicians shine a spotlight on the seminal and contemporary artists who have become legends – from Mary Lou Williams, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald to Louis Armstrong Herbie Hancock, Poncho Sanchez and Wayne Shorter – through memoir excerpts and selections from the writings of literary legends such as John Edgar Wideman, Gwendolyn Brooks, Maya Angelou, and Langston Hughes, audiences of all ages will be transported from the birthplace of jazz in New Orleans to Harlem, to the fame-making cities of Europe, to Chicago, to the Los Angeles clubs that thrived along Central Avenue in the Prohibition Era, into the contemporary LA music scene whose musicians keep innovating while continuing to draw inspiration from our city's rich jazz heritage.

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JAZZ Re-EVOLUTION

The John Anson Ford Theatre

The Los Angeles-based modern dance group BODYTRAFFIC brings its unique style “that suggests invention, attitude, and urban edge” (The Boston Globe) to the Bay Area in a collaborative performance with cellist Sophia Bacelar on the ‘Ohana Floor of Salesforce Tower, atop the San Francisco company’s iconic headquarters. Take in 360 degree views of the Bay’s world famous bridges from an unparalleled vantage point while enjoying this unique site specific performance.

Festival Napa Valley

Salesforce Tower

The Los Angeles-based modern dance group BODYTRAFFIC brings its unique style “that suggests invention, attitude, and urban edge” (The Boston Globe) to the Bay Area in a collaborative performance with cellist Sophia Bacelar on the 'Ohana Floor of Salesforce Tower, atop the San Francisco company’s iconic headquarters. Take in 360 degree views of the Bay's world famous bridges from an unparalleled vantage point while enjoying this unique site specific performance.

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Festival Napa Valley opens its 16th season with a concert celebrating the sounds of America. Conductor Carlo Ponti kicks off the festivities leading Festival Orchestra Napa in Leonard Bernstein’s exuberant Candide Overture. Festival favorite Sophia Bacelar performs movements from American composer Daniel Brewbaker’s sublime cello concerto La Serenissima. The program concludes with Dvořák’s lush and soul-stirring Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”, one of the most treasured orchestral works of all time, written while he lived in America in the 1890s.

Sophia Bacelar

Cellist

Events

Jul 22, 2023

JAZZ Re-EVOLUTION · The Ford

May 18, 2023

Festival Napa Valley · BodyTraffic

May 18, 2023

Bodytraffic · Festival Napa Valley

Jul 15, 2022

Opening Night with Festival Orchestra Napa · Festival Napa Valley

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