Photo by Anna Meassick | Vocalist for Vibrations of America, Mallory Leonard, serenades the audience with beautiful ballads. The University of Rhode Island’s music department held a concert last Tuesday in the Fine Arts Center featuring Jazz Combos performed by students. The concert involved three small groups: Vibrations From America, The Blu’ Notes and Standards…
Over the summer, I had an amazing opportunity through The University of Rhode Island to help out at the legendary Newport Jazz Festival. With this opportunity, I was able to go to the festival and evaluate sets at the Storyville stage. This was my first experience going to not only the jazz festival but to…
World-famous singer from Mumbai, Dhanashree Pandit-Rai, merged jazz and Indian music together for a performance at the University of Rhode Island this past Sunday. Pandit-Rai, along with New York-based jazz pianist Richard Bennett and his wife Paula on percussion, performed songs from their record Mumbai Masala at the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. Pandit-Rai has…
The University of Rhode Island Dance company, a completely student run organization, allows students to continue dancing in college in a fun and friendly environment. The Club is led by President Brittany Witherell, and the other officers include Vice President Alex Perri, Secretary Megan Arruda and Treasurer Rachel Pereira. They also have six teachers who…