Featured Alumni: Martin Bakari (MM '13, voice)
Acclaimed jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker loved music, drugs, and women. He lived fast and died young, leaving an incredible legacy of jazz music in his short time.
Yardbird tells a not-quite-true story of Parker composing his final masterpiece while in the thin veil between life and death, reflecting on the women who influenced him and made him the master musician he was.
Music: Daniel Schnyder
Libretto: Bridgette A. Wimberly
Conducted by Clinton Smith
Directed by Omer Ben Seadia
Tenor: Martin Bakari (MM' 13, voice) will be performing on Sept 27, 29, and Oct 3, 5, and 7.