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Savannah Music Festival Gears Up for
Unprecedented 2023 Event with Expanded
Outdoor Main Stage at Trustees’ Garden
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On Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Biden and
Harris Vow Continued Push for Voting Rights
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
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“We can’t wait to
kick off the 2023 festival and
to welcome talented artists
from around the world to Sa
vannah for unforgettable live
performances that celebrate
the power of music, connection
and community.’’
Called “one of the
Southeast’s most creative
cross-cultural musical events’’
by the Atlanta Journal-Con
stitution, the Savannah Music
Festival is known for its cap
tivating multi-genre offerings
and unique collaborations.
Classical highlights include the
Philip Dukes & Friends cham
ber music series, led by the
world-renowned viola player
and Savannah Music Festival
Associate Artistic Director
Dukes, a stop of the final tour
of the celebrated Emerson
String Quartet, Zurich Cham
ber Orchestra with Daniel
Hope & Philip Dukes, Alex
ander Malofeev, and the Dover
String Quartet with Joseph Co
nyers.
World music fuses
with Americana when Mali
an master of the ngoni (pre
cursor to the banjo) Bassekou
Kouyate shares a bill with Jake
Blount, scholar/performer of
the Black string band tradition,
appearing with Nic Gareiss and
Laurel Premo. Jazz is always
prominent at the Savannah
Music Festival and this year
acclaimed jazz violinist Regina
Carter offers “Gone in a Phrase
of Air,’’ an original music and
multimedia performance that
explores the effects of the ur
ban renewal of the 1950s and
1960s, Terence Blanchard &
E-Collective featuring the
Turtle Island Quartet, Kenny
Barron & Dave Holland with
Johnathan Blake and many
others.
Discovery is also a
key part of the Savannah Mu
sic Festival as rising and re
nowned musicians perform
at the event for the first time.
Festival debuts in 2023 in
clude Terence Blanchard, Patty
Griffin, St. Paul & the Broken
Bones, Leo Kottke, Regina
Carter, Sona Jobarteh, Natu
Camara, Stanton Moore Trio,
Los Lobos, The Alt with Oisin
McAuley, Teada, S.G. Good
man, Harold Lopez-Nussa’s
“Timba a la Americana’’ and
more. Additional highlights
include a Zydeco Dance Party
featuring Jeffery Broussard &
The Creole Cowboys, a Latin
Dance Party with Eddie Palm-
ieri’s Latin Jazz Band, as well
as a Cajun Dance Party featur
ing The Lost Bayou Ramblers.
In addition to excel
lence in musical presentations,
Savannah Music Festival is
also committed to supporting
music education in the Sa
vannah community, with pro
grams inside and outside of the
classroom. Musical Explorers,
now in its ninth year, is a year-
round education program for
K-2 students which reaches
over 10,000 children locally.
SMF Jazz Academy is a free
after-school program for stu
dents in grades 5-12, offering
instruments, private lessons,
public performances and more
for in-depth, immersive learn
ing experiences.
For more informa
tion or to view the complete
2023 Savannah Music Festival
schedule, please visit www.
savannahmusicfestival.org on
line.
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During the ceremo
ny, President Joe Biden vowed
that voting rights remains a top
administration priority. “The
right to vote, to have your vote
counted is the threshold of de
mocracy and liberty,’’ Biden
said. “This fundamental right
remains under assault. Con
servative Supreme Court has
gutted the Voting Rights Act
over the years. Since the 2020
election, a wave of states has
passed dozens, dozens of an
ti-voting laws fueled by the big
lie,’’ he insisted.
The President con
tinued. “We must redouble our
efforts and renew our commit
ment to protecting the freedom
to vote. We know that we must
get the votes in Congress to
pass the John Lewis Voting
Rights Advancement Act, and
the Freedom to Vote Act. I’ve
made it clear: I will not let a fil
ibuster obstruct the sacred right
to vote.’’
Harris said she and
Biden have continued to call
on Congress to pass federal
legislation that protects voting
rights, election integrity, and
American democracy. “And
we will continue to implement
the President’s Executive Or
der on Promoting Access to
Voting, which enhances the
federal government’s efforts
to advance voter participa
tion,’’ Harris stated. “If we are
to truly honor the legacy of
those who marched in Selma
on Bloody Sunday, we must
continue to fight to secure
and safeguard the freedom to
vote.’’
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