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Come see the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium
New Music for Jazz Orchestra
Saturday, April 7, 2018, 8:00 pm
MIT, Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge, MA
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra continued its historic 45th season with a show on MIT’s main stage, Kresge Auditorium. A large turnout enjoyed the orchestra perform the premiere of director Mark Harvey’s latest work, Faces of Souls, together with other Mark Harvey originals.
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The Shaw Memorial by Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Mark Harvey’s Faces of Souls is inspired by the Charles Ives composition Boston Common and the Augustus Saint-Gaudens statue commemorating Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, heroes of the Civil War.
The April 7 show featured other works by Harvey, including The Journey, dedicated to the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the struggle for civil rights, and Blue Butterfly, a blues evoking the late Brother Blue (aka Hugh Morgan Hill), a legendary storyteller famous in Boston and beyond, and a longtime friend of Aardvark. The evening finale was Harvey’s piece No Walls, Aardvark’s anthem of hope and inclusivity.
![Brother Blue, perhaps the original performance artist, has entertained generations of children and adults with his tales](http://www.bostonsurvivalguide.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/BrotherBlue_BostonGlobe.jpg)
Brother Blue entertained generations of children and adults with his tales
Presented by MIT Music & Theater Arts
Free Admission
More Information: 617-452-3205
Americas Musicworks, Rebecca DeLamotte, director. Telephone: 1-888-887-7169 or 617-776-8778
www.americasmusicworks.com