Jazz Residency: World Premire June 20

After months of development, our Jazz Residency artists present their World Premiere works. Audiences will have a chance to witness the result of hard work, thinking outside the box, and collaborative creativity in an intimate setting. Be the first to experience world premiere work by our 2015 artists in residence!

Francois Zayas with Melvis Santa and Ben Arsenal
Compose a jazz love story featuring Serbian inspired brass and digital sampling.

"I would like to connect and combine several different music traditions, such as R&B, Classical, and Balkan music with Jazz, into a series of thematically related songs that will highlight chronological and geographical connections among different music genres. The songs will tell a love story between a female character played by a singer/ songwriter/dancer/actress, Melvis Santa, and a male character played by a DJ, Ben Arsenal. . . This collaboration will also include a Serbian-style brass-and percussion band. The band will carry all the composed instrumental parts that will transition from Balkan to Classical to Jazz styles."
--Francois Zayas
Francois Zayas (Percussion)
Chrissie Loftus (Vocals)
Ben Schneible (DJ)