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Jazz star Terence Blanchard has an appetite for instruction
TERENCE BLANCHARD RETURNS TO ORCHESTRA HALL STAGE WITH RAVI COLTRANE, LIONEL LOUEKE
OTSL's 'Champion' a finalist in 2014 International Opera Awards
Five-Time Grammy Winning Trumpeter Terence Blanchard Returns for Additional Season as DSO Jazz Creative Director
DSO, jazz artists unite for Miles Davis-Gil Evans event
WSJ: Mo Rocca to lead arts panel at Kennedy Center
WGNO: Terence Blanchard Local Grammy Nominee Gives Back
WWLTV: Terence Blanchard hopes for 6th Grammy Sunday
BLUE NOTE RECORDS KICKS OFF 75TH ANNIVERSARY
News of the Day
Champion: An Opera in Jazz has been nominated for best "World Premiere" at the 2014 International Opera Awards!
Current Projects
TERENCE BLANCHARD LAUNCHES INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN
Terence Blanchard invites you to support his campaign to record his first opera, Champion: An Opera in Jazz about the life of boxer Emile Griffith! The page will be live from February 21 - April 22, 2014. To contribute, please visit: www.igg.me/at/ChampionRecording.
Special thanks to our contributors: Colin Galvin (An Opera in Jazz Fan - $25); Keith D Wehmeier (An Opera in Jazz Fan - $25); Laura Tennyson (An Opera in Jazz Fan - $25); Jeffrey C Sherman (A Jazz Student - $500 x2); John DeGregorio (STupendously Lucky (STL) Fan - $500), Mark Allen Sweeny (An Opera in Jazz Fan - $25); Martha D Ehrenfeld (The Sound of a "Champion" - $250); Joseph T Enright (A Jazz & Opera Lover - $100); mfspecocc (A Jazz & Opera Lover - $50); Samuel M Hack (An Opera in Jazz Fan - $25); frpeneaud (An Opera in Jazz fan - $25); Christy Gray (TAKE FIVE - $250 x2); Scott Levine (An Opera in Jazz Fan - $25); Roland P. Calvert (A Jazz & Opera Lover - $50); jdavidlevy (A STupendousLy Luck (STL) Fan - $500); Miriam F Shelden (An Opera in Jazz Fan - $25); mmccann2 (A Jazz & Opera Lover Surpreme - $150); Jane L. Johnson (The Fashionista's Aria - $65); Kendrick Scott ($100); Jack McGuire (The Fashionista's Aria - $65); Michael Longo ($100); Mark Manson (A Jazz & Opera Lover - $45); JSears2 (The Fashionista's Aria - $65); C. Harrington ($100).
Film Projects
Terence has composed the music for the upcoming indie drama Black & White. The film stars Kevin Costner, who also serves as producer, plays a grieving widower fighting for custody of his bi-racial granddaughter with the girl’s paternal grandmother, played by Octavia Spencer. The film is due for release in 2014.
Video of the Day
Terence pitches his latest project: raising funds to record and distribute his first opera, Champion: An Opera in Jazz.
Upcoming Shows
Date |
Venue |
| March 21, 2014 | Cuauhtémoc, Mexico |
| March 24, 2014 | New York City, New York |
| March 25, 2014 | Los Angeles, CA |
| April 3, 2014 | Coral Gables, FL |
| April 4, 2014 | Detroit, MI |
| April 6, 2014 | Wroclaw, Poland |
| April 8, 2014 | Bern, Switzerland |
| April 27, 2014 | Boston, MA |
| May 9, 2014 | Washington DC, |
| May 10, 2014 | Washington DC, |
Latest Tweets
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- Forty-eight days left to crowd-fund Terence Blanchard’s ‘Champion’ opera in jazz http://www.examiner.com/article/forty-eight-days-left-to-crowd-fund-terence-blanchard-s-champion-opera-jazz … via @examinercom (2 days ago)
- Watch @PBS broadcast of Jazz and the Philharmonic featuring @T_Blanchard! http://video.pbs.org/video/2365189896/ … (2 days ago)
- ♫ Just Announced: Los Angeles, CA - Mar 25 at An Evening with Blue Note Records feat. Don Was & Terence Blanchard http://www.bandsintown.com/event/7809357?artist=Terence+Blanchard&came_from=123 … (2 days ago)
Collaborations
Education
As the Artistic Director of Jazz for the Mancini Institute at the University of Miami, I am excited to teach some of the most talented young musicians in the country.