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Vocalist Nancy Marano will perform the Art of the Love Song, a special Valentine’s Day concert as part of the Spring Jazz Room Series on Sunday, February 14, 2010. The concert will begin at 4 p.m. in the Shea Center for Performing Arts on the campus.
Prior to the concert, Marano will be the guest for “Sittin’ In,” an informal discussion about jazz, at 3 p.m. in room 101 of Shea Center. Admission is free to all Jazz Room ticketholders.
Tickets are available in advance or on the day of the performance at $15 standard; $12 senior citizens, William Paterson faculty, staff and alumni; and $8 for non-William Paterson students. William Paterson students may attend free of charge.
Marano, a member of the jazz faculty at William Paterson University, is at the forefront of American popular song. She has recorded with Benny Carter, Gerry Mulligan, and Dick Hyman, among others.
Marano has seven CDs as a leader, and has performed at major jazz festivals and venues internationally. Equally known as a teacher of voice, piano, and musicianship for jazz singers, her master classes are in demand at Europe’s major conservatories. Her latest CD, You’re Nearer, was in Down Beat Magazine’s “List of the Best CDs of the 2000s.” and “Best CDs of 2004.”
Launched in 1978, The Jazz Room is one of the largest and most prestigious college-sponsored jazz events in the country. Performers include renowned professionals who encompass the complete spectrum of jazz, from practitioners of traditional jazz to avant-garde to bebop to swing to Afro-Latin jazz, as well as William Paterson’s own student ensembles. The series has won numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for its innovative programming.
Funding for The Jazz Room at William Paterson University has been made possible, in part, by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State.
For tickets or information, call the Shea Center Box Office at 973-720-2371 or order online at www.wplive.org.
