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SUMMARY:Gallery Talk with the Curators of Art\, Jazz + the Blues
DESCRIPTION:Register here: $10 general\, $8 seniors + students\, free for members \nWestPAC curators of Art\, Jazz + the Blues\, Anne Boberski and Ive Covaci will lead a guided tour through the exhibition\, emphasizing the local connections of the artists\, artworks\, and musicians in the show. This conversation will begin with a guitar performance with Tim Cole at 5:30pm.
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/gallery-talk-with-the-curators-of-art-jazz-the-blues/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Art Adventures
DESCRIPTION:Book Now: https://checkout.mocact.org/EventAvailability?EventId=401 \nYour child can join us every Saturday for a relaxed and inspiring drop-in art class at the museum! \nMoCA/CT Art Studio Classroom – entrance in back\n$25.00/per child\nAges 4+
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/art-adventures-4-2/2026-03-07/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
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SUMMARY:MoCA\CT Presents: Etienne Charles
DESCRIPTION:Tickets \nJoin Trinidad-born trumpeter Etienne Charles at MoCA\CT as he leads a fearless quartet blending straight-ahead jazz with island rhythms\, cinematic textures\, and socially conscious themes. This performance offers a rare opportunity to experience one of today’s most compelling jazz voices in an intimate\, immersive setting. \nAbout Charles Etienne \nTrinidad-born Etienne Charles is a performer\, composer and storyteller who is constantly searching for untold tales and sounds with which to tell them. His lush trumpet sound\, varied compositional textures and pulsating percussive grooves enable him to invoke trance\, soothing and exciting listeners while referencing touchy and sometimes controversial subjects in his music.  \nHighlighting marginalized communities and engaging with them has been his mission\, evident with projects such as his Guggenheim Fellowship Project\, Carnival: The Sound of a People Vol. 1\, San Jose Suite\, Creole Soul\, Gullah Roots\, Folklore and his latest commission\, San Juan Hill – A New York Story. His concerts engage\, enlighten\, educate\, and enrich audiences with energized multidisciplinary performance utilizing original composition\, thematic improvisation\, dance\, short films and spoken word to create a holistic experience. A firm believer in music and performance as a tool for provoking thought and dialogue\, Charles’s themes speak to the status quo while drawing parallels to history. \nAs an Afro-descendant\, his work is actively connecting the diaspora and drawing lines to the regions at the roots of migrations\, evident in his latest release\, Creole Orchestra which spent 7 weeks at #1 on the JazzWeek chart this summer. His dedication to music as a tool for social uplift has seen him awarded by France with the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal (2024) as well as a Congressional Citation from the United States (2012).  \nAs a sideman he has performed with and/or arranged for Roberta Flack\, Chucho Valdes\, Marcus Roberts\, Marcus Miller\, Count Basie Orchestra\, Frank Foster’s Loud Minority Big Band\, Monty Alexander\, Gregory Porter\, Terri Lyne Carrington\, René Marie\, Paulette McWilliams and many others.  He has been commissioned as a composer and arranger by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (2025)\, Lincoln Center for the New York Philharmonic (2021)\, Savannah Music Festival (2017)\, Chamber Music America (2015 & 2021)\, the Charleston Jazz Orchestra (2012) and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble (2011). \nHe currently serves as Professor of Studio Music and Jazz at University of Miami Frost School of Music.
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/mocact-presents-etienne-charles/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance,Upcoming Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260314T120000
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SUMMARY:Art Adventures
DESCRIPTION:Book Now: https://checkout.mocact.org/EventAvailability?EventId=401 \nYour child can join us every Saturday for a relaxed and inspiring drop-in art class at the museum! \nMoCA/CT Art Studio Classroom – entrance in back\n$25.00/per child\nAges 4+
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/art-adventures-4-2/2026-03-14/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T120000
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SUMMARY:Art Adventures
DESCRIPTION:Book Now: https://checkout.mocact.org/EventAvailability?EventId=401 \nYour child can join us every Saturday for a relaxed and inspiring drop-in art class at the museum! \nMoCA/CT Art Studio Classroom – entrance in back\n$25.00/per child\nAges 4+
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/art-adventures-4-2/2026-03-21/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
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SUMMARY:Community Conversation: Jazz Inspirations
DESCRIPTION:Register here: $10 general. $8 seniors + students\, free for members \nBeginning with a guitar performance by Tim Cole at 5:30pm\, this community conversation will explore the dynamic intersection of music and the visual arts. Engaging with the works on display in Art\, Jazz + the Blues\, a panel of musicians\, scholars\, educators\, and arts advocates will discuss how we “see” music and “hear” art\, and how these two worlds sustain a vibrant local culture. Panelists will reflect on their formative encounters with art and music\, describing their personal journeys and their current projects in our community and beyond. We’ll explore the shared language of art and music – how words like texture\, color\, tone\, and rhythm translate across disciplines\, and how a visual work of art can inspire musical composition and improvisation. With Westport regularly designated as a “Best Community for Music Education\,” and known for its rich artistic heritage\, the group will illuminate what it takes to sustain these arts across generations\, including how today’s students engage with the traditions of jazz and blues represented in the works in the exhibition. Audience questions and engagement is encouraged! \n  \nPanelist Bios: \nRichard Epstein\, co-founder Jazz Society of Fairfield County\, Westport Arts Advisory Committee.  A Westport native and dentist\, Richard and his wife Ina Chadwick founded Thursday night jazz when saxophonist Greg Wall moved here in 2014. Richard plays bassoon in the Norwalk Symphony\, alto sax with the Westport Community Band\, and is working on his jazz chops. He mentors young musicians in KEYS and other programs. He has served in leadership positions on the boards of many local arts organizations and the Westport Arts Advisory Committee. Richard has hosted “Sometimes Classical”\, an eclectic music show on WPKN radio since 1977 that he calls his “ultimate play time”. \nKevin Mazzarella\, Director of Bands\, Staples High School. Kevin is a versatile trumpet performer and educator based in the NY/CT area\, with credits including Carnegie Hall\, Norwalk Symphony\, Birdland Big Band\, and Goodspeed Opera House\, and extensive experience as a lead and section jazz performer. He is the Director of Bands at Staples High School in Westport\, CT—affectionately known as Mr. Mazz—where he directs ensembles and teaches AP Music Theory. A dedicated jazz educator\, he leads the school’s top jazz ensemble and previously directed a middle school jazz band selected as a Showcase Ensemble at the 2020 CMEA Conference. He was named Coventry Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year in 2024. Kevin holds degrees from the University of Miami\, Columbia University\, and the University of Saint Joseph\, along with a Graduate Certificate in Trumpet Performance from the University of Connecticut. An active member of CMEA\, he has presented on jazz improvisation and trumpet pedagogy\, served as the 2025 NAfME All-Eastern Division Jazz Band Co-Chair\, and currently serves as CMEA Western Region High School Concert Band Co-Chair. \nBrian Torff\, Professor of Music\, Fairfield University. Brian Torff\, after a career as a jazz bassist and composer that began in the 1970s\, now creates music as a singer-songwriter\, guitarist\, and blues harmonica player. Torff has performed with Frank Sinatra\, Tony Bennett\, George Shearing\, Dizzy Gillespie\, Erroll Garner\, Mary Lou Williams\, Stephane Grappelli and Marian McPartland\, among others. As an author and Professor of Music at Fairfield University\, Brian Torff combines his music history and Civil Rights research trips to the Deep South with dynamic songs that tell an American story. “We need to create new musical categories\,” says Torff\, “and I hope our music is a soundtrack to an American road trip\, past and present.” \nCaitlin von Schmidt\, American vocalist\, bassist\, and designer. Daughter of Eric von Schmidt. Originally from Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, she moved to Tucson\, Arizona to attend university in 1980 and became a founding member of the bands River Roses\, Ortho 28\, and Caitlin & The Stickponies. She is the niece of Bob Jones\, who through his work for George Wein’s Festival Productions\, was the road manager for Duke Ellington\, Thelonious Monk\, Count Basie\, Buddy Rich\, Sarah Vaughan\, Archie Shepp\, and Cannonball Adderley during the 1960s\, and later the longtime director of the Newport Folk and Newport Jazz festivals and a founding producer of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival. Her mother\, Helen von Schmidt\, Bob’s sister\, was the house mother for artist housing at the early Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals\, and through those connections Caitlin did summer work for the Kool Jazz Festival in New York City in the late ‘70s\, and the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals in the ‘80s\, ‘90s\, and early aughts. She settled in Greenfield\, Massachusetts in 2007 with her husband and son\, and now works as the outreach and communications manager at the local food co-op.
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/community-conversation-jazz-inspirations/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Art Adventures
DESCRIPTION:Book Now: https://checkout.mocact.org/EventAvailability?EventId=401 \nYour child can join us every Saturday for a relaxed and inspiring drop-in art class at the museum! \nMoCA/CT Art Studio Classroom – entrance in back\n$25.00/per child\nAges 4+
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/art-adventures-4-2/2026-03-28/
LOCATION:MoCA\CT\, 19 Newtown Turnpike\, Westport\, 06880\, United States
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SUMMARY:Guided Tour of the Brubeck Collection (Members Only)
DESCRIPTION:Members Only Exclusive\nExplore one of the world’s premier jazz archives during a guided visit to The Brubeck Collection at Wilton Library\, led by curator Michael Bellacosa and archivist Julie Hughes. 60-90 minutes. Wilton Library\, 137 Old Ridgefield Road\, Wilton CT. (Limited to 12 attendees. Transportation not included.) \nBook Now: https://checkout.mocact.org/EventAvailability?EventId=16001
URL:https://mocact.org/events-calendar/guided-tour-of-the-brubeck-collection-members-only/
LOCATION:Wilton Library\, 137 Old Ridgefield Road\, Wilton\, CT\, United States
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