Cecile McLorin Salvant

Name: Cecile McLorin Salvant
Start: 2025-04-11T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Ritz Theatre

Schedule

Fri, 11 Apr, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Ritz Theatre | Jacksonville, FL

Please Note:
Cécile McLorin Salvant, is a composer, singer, and visual artist. The late Jessye Norman described Salvant as a "unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings." Salvant has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, theater, jazz, baroque and folkloric music. Salvant is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, of a French mother and Haitian father, she started classical piano studies at 5, sang in a children's choir at 8, and started classical voice lessons as a teenager.

Event Information:
Cécile McLorin Salvant, is a composer, singer, and visual artist. The late Jessye Norman described Salvant as a "unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings." Salvant has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, theater, jazz, baroque and folkloric music. Salvant is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, of a French mother and Haitian father, she started classical piano studies at 5, sang in a children's choir at 8, and started classical voice lessons as a teenager.

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Cecile McLorin Salvant which is specially known for Music, Jazz.

Venue Details:
Ritz Theatre,
829 N Davis Street, Ritz Theatre,
Jacksonville, United States
Seatmap:
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