Experience the Musical Genius of Wynton Marsalis this Saturday in Detroit

May 17, 2019

This Saturday, Marsalis’s sweeping masterpiece “The Abyssinian Mass” will be performed in Detroit for the very first time.

The Carr Center

This Saturday, jazz legend Wynton Marsalis’s sweeping masterpiece “The Abyssinian Mass” will be performed in Detroit for the very first time.

The Carr Center is presenting this massive production, which includes a seventy-member choir.

Listen to CultureShift’s Amanda LeClaire speak with Carr Center artist-in-residence Damien Sneed about the complexity and genius behind the “Abyssinian Mass.” 

It’s happening at the Missionary Tabernacle Baptist Church in Detroit Saturday, May 18. Find info here.

 

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  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning host and producer of CultureShift on 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. She’s a founding producer of WDET’s flagship news talk show Detroit Today, and a former host/reporter for Arizona Public Media. Amanda is also an artist, certified intuitive and energy healer, and professional tarot reader.

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