Byron Stripling's Harlem Renaissance
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Charleston Gaillard Center 95 Calhoun Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401
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Charleston Symphony
Byron Stripling joins the CSO for an electrifying night of jazz.
Renowned trumpeter, conductor, singer, actor, and multi-talented performer Byron Stripling returns to lead and perform with the Charleston Symphony for an exhilarating evening of symphonic jazz. The program will spotlight the music of American legends such as Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, and more. Join us in celebrating 100 years of the Harlem Renaissance, an electrifying artistic revolution that ignited the golden age of African American culture and left a lasting impact on the landscape of popular music.
Byron Stripling is Principal Pops conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and serves as Artistic Director and Conductor of the highly acclaimed Columbus Jazz Orchestra. With a contagious smile and captivating charm, conductor, trumpet virtuoso, singer, and actor Stripling ignites audiences across the globe. His baton has led countless orchestras throughout the United States and Canada including the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood and the orchestras of San Diego, St. Louis, Virginia, Toronto, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Fort Worth, Rochester, Buffalo, Florida, Portland, and Sarasota to name a few. As a soloist with the Boston Pops, Stripling has performed frequently under the baton of Keith Lockhart, as well as being the featured soloist on the PBS television special, “Evening at Pops,” with conductors John Williams and Mr. Lockhart.