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Esperanza Spalding at University Musical Society at Michigan Theater

Courtesy of Truly Render | Posted on November 2, 2012

Where

Michigan Theater
University Musical Society

603 East Liberty
Ann Arbor, MI
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When

Sat, April 6, 2013
8 pm

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The 2011 Grammy winner for Best New Artist will demonstrate the power of song and how it can influence our lives.

With her ample talent and beauty, singer, bassist, and composer Esperanza Spalding instantly found herself ranked among the darlings of jazz despite — or perhaps because of — her unusual background. At 15 she left high school and, armed with a GED, entered Portland State University to study music. By age 20, she was one of the youngest faculty members in the history of the Berklee College of Music. At 26, she captured the world’s attention when she was awarded the 2010 Grammy for Best New Artist, the first time the award had gone to a jazz musician in 35 years...

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