Friday, February 13, 2015

Chicago Tribune: From the Community: Classical pianist Jade Simmons to perform at Elgin Community College for Black History Month, 12:30 PM Feb. 19, 2015

Affectionately labeled "Classical Music's No. 1 Maverick," Jade Simmons is easily one of the most exciting and versatile artists on the scene today, due to her creative fusion of classical music with hip-hop and rap beats. (Posted by ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Community Contributor)


By Community Contributor Elgin Community College
February 12, 2015

Affectionately labeled "Classical Music's No. 1 Maverick," Jade Simmons is easily one of the most exciting and versatile artists on the scene today, due to her creative fusion of classical music with hip-hop and rap beats. Her multiple talents makes her a true renaissance woman of the new millennium. As part of Elgin Community College's Black History Month celebration, Simmons will be performing on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 12:30 p.m. in the Building B Jobe Lounge of the college's Spartan Drive campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. 

During Black History Month, ECC celebrates American history makers of the past. With Simmons the college is celebrating black history makers of the present and the future. A native of Charleston, S.C., Simmons completed her undergraduate work in piano performance at Northwestern University, where she co-founded the immensely popular percussion and dance ensemble Boomshaka. Simmons has toured the U.S. extensively in recital and with orchestra, highlighted with performances at venues ranging from Ravinia to the Harlem Gatehouse. She ended 2011 with a holiday performance at the White House and debuted with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra at the Detroit Symphony's Orchestra Hall in February 2013.

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