Brandee Younger performs originals and compositions by jazz harpists
Grammy-nominated harpist Brandee Younger will perform original and jazz music at Greaves Concert Hall, NKU. A leading voice of the harp, Brandee Younger recently made history at the 2022 Grammy Awards as the first Black female solo artist nominated in the Best Instrumental Composition category for her song “Beautiful Is Black." Over her career Ms. Younger has performed and recorded across countless genres with artists including John Legend, The Roots, Lauryn Hill, Common, Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Ron Carter, and Charlie Haden. Additionally her original composition “Hortense” was featured in the Netflix Concert-Documentary, Beyoncé: Homecoming. n addition to performing, Ms Younger is on the teaching artist faculty at New York University and The New School College of Performing Arts in New York City.The concert is co-sponsored by School of the Arts (SOTA) at NKU, the School for Creative and Performing Arts, CCM, and the American Harp Society Cincinnati Chapter.
Free Admission. Event is free and open to the public.
The concert will take place at Greaves Concert Hall, 141 Fine Arts Building, 100 Louie B. Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY 41099. Free parking is available in Lots D or “I.” There is a circle at the Fine Arts Building for drop-off.
The concert is co-sponsored by School of the Arts (SOTA) at NKU, the School for Creative and Performing Arts, CCM, and the American Harp Society Cincinnati Chapter.
Directions: Take I-471 south from downtown Cincinnati, and continue past I-275. It then becomes U.S. 27 south. Stay in the right lane and take a right on Nunn Drive (2nd light). Go around the rotary to the second exit (straight ahead from where you entered the rotary. For Parking Lot D, make the first left at the Welcome Center after going around the rotary. Lot D is immediately on the right.
For more information, please visit this website: https://www.nku.edu/academics/sota/events/music.html. Please click on “Full Calendar” for the listing. There is a map and directions with this calendar listing. For more parking options and a good campus map, please visit https://nku.edu/sotaparking.
Questions can be addressed to boxoffice@nku.edu. Or call the box office between 12-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. 859-572-5464.
For more information on Brandee Younger, please visit her website: http://brandeeyounger.com. or her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/harpista/
Phone: (859) 572-5464
Email: boxoffice@nku.edu
2023/03/02 - 2023/03/02
Additional time info:
A reception will immediately follow the concert in the lobby.
Northern Kentucky University Greaves Concert Hall
Highland Heights, KY 41099