Lara Downes in 'World Premiere of LONG TIME COMING a tribute to the legacy of Duke Ellington' Mondavi Center April 9 & 10, 2011

[Lara Downes]

Lara Downes invites you to the world premiere of

LONG TIME COMING

a tribute to the legacy of Duke Ellington.

Experience the premiere of this multimedia
concert piece featuring pianist
LARA DOWNES

with guest performers from the acclaimed

Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet

in music by Duke Ellington
and a new work by composer

David Sanford,

winner of the 2010 Barlow Prize.

Meet the musicians in a pre-concert
conversation and cocktail hour.

Saturday April 9, 2011

7pm: Pre-concert conversation and cocktails

8pm: Concert

Sunday April 10, 2011

1pm: Pre-concert conversation and social hour

2pm: Concert

Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

Vanderhoef Studio Theater

Tickets: http://www.mondaviarts.org

for more information about LONG TIME COMING,

please visit http://www.longtimecomingproject.org

[Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
composed classical music as well as jazz,
and is profiled at AfriClassical.com]