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Langston Hughes Project

VCU Jazz was proud to host The Langston Hughes Project in residency at VCU Feb. 22-23, 2007. Events were as follows:

VCU Jazz faculty Bob Hallahan, Antonio
García and Victor Dvoskin.

Trumpet Master Class with guest Ron McCurdy
Thursday, Feb. 22, 1-1:50 p.m.
W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, Room B15
922 Park Avenue
Richmond, Virginia

Jazz Master Class with guest Dr. Ron McCurdy
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2-2:50 p.m.
W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts, Room B40
922 Park Avenue
Richmond, Virginia

Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance: A Discussion with Ron McCurdy and Diane Richardson
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, 7 p.m.
W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts
Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall
922 Park Avenue
Richmond, Virginia

Langston Hughes’ Ask Your Mama: Twelve Moods for Jazz
Featuring the Ron McCurdy Quartet and Diane Richardson, spoken-word artist

The Langston Hughes Project performed a multimedia display of Langston Hughes, his life, his art, and his times via Jazz Quartet, Spoken Word, and Harlem Renaissance Images.

Friday, Feb. 23, 2007, 8 p.m.
W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts
Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall
922 Park Avenue
Richmond, Virginia

Co-sponsors

Virginia Commonwealth University VCU Department of Music