A Holiday Family Favorite

What do you get when you pair the beloved animated holiday film with a live performance of the film’s Vince Guaraldi jazz score? You get a fabulously festive show featuring the renowned Eric Byrd Trio! This annual presentation is always very popular with families as well as discriminating jazz aficionados and is a great way to celebrate the season.

Enjoy a screening of the holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Jazz Christmas, followed by a performance of the cartoon’s iconic score from the Eric Byrd Trio.  45-min music concert following the 25-min, live screening of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”

A Charlie Brown Christmas | 1965 | 25m | TV-G
Saddened at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.

Eric Byrd Trio | Performer’s website

They are winners of The Maryland State Arts Council $10k Independent Artist Award (IAA) for notable artistic achievement.  Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan bestowed a prestigious Governor’s Citation upon the Trio, “in recognition and celebration of 20 years delighting audiences across the globe.”Their last recording “Twenty” won the 2022 Washington Area Music Award (Wammy) Jazz Recording of the Year.  And they are apart of the prestigious Maryland Performing Artist Touring Roster .  For over twenty years, The Eric Byrd Trio (EBT) have traveled the world as enthusiastic ambassadors of jazz. Rooted in swing and bebop, The Trio also embraces gospel and the blues as core elements of their expansive performance style. Their body of work spans seven unique studio and live recordings on which they shine as a Trio and as collaborators with an expanded 8-piece ensemble they call The Eric Byrd Trio: Brother Ray Band, in tribute to The Genius of Soul icon Ray Charles. On each recording, they take a rigorous, modern approach to standards as well as original compositions, playing with great acuity within the broad and rich jazz tradition.

They also belong to the Maryland Performing Artist Touring Roster which is a listing of Maryland-based performing artists who are experienced, organized and professional. Artists who are appointed to the Touring Roster have been selected through a peer review process in which they are rated on artistic merit and on a demonstrated history of successful touring engagements. The Maryland Touring Grant is available to eligible Maryland non-profit organizations that may apply for funding to help defray costs associated with presenting artists listed on the Maryland Performing Artist Touring Roster

Three performances:
Saturday, December 7 at 3pm and 6pm
Sunday, December 8 at 6pm

Cost:

$25 Adults
$22 ages 18 – 25 and ages 60 & Up
$10 ages 17 & Under
CCAC Members receive additional 10% off

No McDaniel College discount for Saturday’s performances (Dec. 7, 2024)

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