Jane Ira Bloom Wild Lines: Improvising Emily Dickinson at Buckley Recital Hall

Award winning soprano saxophonist/composer Jane Ira Bloom presents “Wild Lines,” her new work for jazz quartet and spoken word, inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson. The 80 minute suite of compositions inspired by poet Emily Dickinson alternated musical compositions with fragments from the poet's writing in a newly imaged musical landscape. Bloom’s reimagining of Dickinson was ignited when she learned that the poet was a pianist and improviser, reaffirming Bloom’s intuitive connection to the jazz-like quality of Dickinson’s writing. Join us for a collaboration across time between two pioneering women artists - one a 21st century jazz musician, the other a 19th century visionary poet...

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Award winning soprano saxophonist/composer Jane Ira Bloom presents “Wild Lines,” her new work for jazz quartet and spoken word, inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson. The 80 minute suite of compositions inspired by poet Emily Dickinson alternated musical compositions with fragments from the poet's writing in a newly imaged musical landscape. Bloom’s reimagining of Dickinson was ignited when she learned that the poet was a pianist and improviser, reaffirming Bloom’s intuitive connection to the jazz-like quality of Dickinson’s writing. Join us for a collaboration across time between two pioneering women artists - one a 21st century jazz musician, the other a 19th century visionary poet. Poetry recitation from actress Deborah Rush will echo and intermingle with music performed by the Jane Ira Bloom quartet.

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