Jazz Symposium: Presented By Antonio Ciacca In Collaboration With Italian Cultural Institute Nyc at Italian Cultural Institute

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The Jazz Symposium will be an interactive panel discussion about the role of Italian-Americans in Jazz, with our very own Antonio Ciacca as the mediator. He has invited professors and journalists from different colleges, universities, and news media outlets to share their insight on the Italian-American perspective of early jazz music. These participants include:
Anna Harwell Celenza, Thomas E. Caestecker Professor of Music at Georgetown University ; Antonio Ciacca, Adjunct Professor of Jazz History at Marymount Manhattan College ; Ricky Riccardi, Curator for the Louis Armstrong Archive at Queens College ; Marcello Piras, Manhattan School of Music ; Gianmichele Taormina, Journalist ; Steven Cerra, Journalist ; Pete Malinverni, Director of Jazz Studies at Suny Purchase College, NY