JazzCorner Bobby McFerrin, Terence Blanchard, Chick Corea. Dave Grusin and more on Friday, February 28 at 9:00PM EST when PBS presents the broadcast premiere of Jazz and the Philharmonic. Featured artists of the broadcast will include Bobby McFerrin, a YoungArts Master Teacher, Chick Corea, and Terence Blanchard, YoungArts alumnus trumpeter, who is also the artistic director for the The Henry Mancini Institute at the Frost School of Music, and violinist Mark OConnor Jazz and the Philharmonic will also feature Eric Owens, Metropolitan Opera star and YoungArts alumnus, Elizabeth Joy Roe, classical pianist and YoungArts alumna, Desmond Richardson, choreographer, dancer and YoungArts alumnus, Shelly Berg. This one time only special emphasizes the works of legendary composers such as Bach and Mozart these contemporary artists. Songs are performed with the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra from the University of Miami Frost School of Music and National YoungArts Foundation alumni. Airing directly after Jazz and the Philharmonic at 10:30PM EST, YoungArts and PBS will present Becoming an Artist. A celebration of our cultural vitality and the need to ensure its continuance, this documentary program is an inspiring tribute to the power of mentoring and the vital role it plays in passing on our artistic cultural heritage from one generation to the next. It features acclaimed artists across the disciplines, including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Robert Redford, Rosie Perez, Bill T. Jones, Frank Gehry, Brian Stokes Mitchell, John Guare and Kathleen Turner working with some of the nations most talented young artists selected by the National YoungArts National YoungArts Foundation, a national organization that identifies and supports the next generation of artists. This unique and wholly American concert experience highlights two of the greatest musical art forms: Classical and Jazz
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