Join professional jazz artists and clinicians for a non-competitive educational jazz festival during the Fred Sturm Jazz Celebration Weekend!
The goal of the Fred Sturm Jazz Celebration Weekend is to create a low-pressure clinic environment and provide an inspirational boost at the start of the school year through extended ensemble workshops with renowned clinicians, a special focus on improvisation, an absence of ratings and trophies, and a world-class list of professional jazz artists.
For the 2023 festival, we are honored to feature visiting artists Alicia Olatuja Quintet and Magos Herrera Quartet at our Friday and Saturday evening concerts! We are excited to welcome the wider Appleton community to the festival and have an exciting schedule of events planned.
For full event details, visit lawrence.edu.
Schedule
Friday, Nov. 3
- 7:30 p.m. | Alicia Olatuja Quintet | Memorial Chapel
Tickets Required
Listening to acclaimed vocalist, composer, and arranger Alicia Olatuja, is truly an unforgettable experience. Olatuja gained global recognition for her stunning vocal performance during President Obama’s second inauguration, and has been praised in the New York Times as “a singer with a strong and luscious tone.” Olatuja combines the earthy with the sublime, bringing a grounded relatability to genres as lofty as classical, as venerated as jazz, and as gritty as R&B. Her debut album, Intuition: Songs from the Minds of Women, celebrates female composers.
Saturday, Nov. 4
- 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | High school & middle school clinics
- 10-11:30 a.m. | LU Mary Lou, Melba, and Elvin combos | Cloak Theater
FREE - 1:30 p.m. | Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Band concert | Memorial Chapel
FREE
Webcast - 3-4 p.m. | LU Thelonious and Miles combos | Cloak Theater
FREE - 7:30 p.m. | Magos Herrera Quartet | Memorial Chapel
Tickets Required
A dazzling jazz singer-songwriter, producer, and educator known for her sultry voice and unique presence in the Latin American jazz scene, Magos Herrera’s style effortlessly blends contemporary jazz with Ibero-American melodies and rhythms, transcending language barriers. With nine albums and collaborations with renowned producer Javier Limón, she has received accolades and performed at prestigious venues and festivals worldwide. Recognized by Forbes as one of the most creative Mexicans in the world, Herrera has received a Grammy shortlist nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album (Distancia, 2009) and a Berklee College of Music’s Master of Latin Music Award.
Tickets
Purchase tickets from the Box Office (920-832-6749) or online. The Box Office is open Monday-Saturday from 1-6 p.m. and an hour prior to events.
- Adults: $30/$25
- Seniors: $25/$20
- LU faculty/staff: $10/$9
- Students (LU and non-LU): FREE
(Valid Lawrence ID must be presented for LU prices)