The Makanda Project

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Location

Milton, MA

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Project Title

The Makanda Project free community concerts

Fiscal Year Awarded

2016

Grant or Program

Creative City Boston - Artist Grant

Grant Amount

$6,500

Bromley-Heath Amphitheater, Columbus Ave and Heath Street, Jamaica Plain | June 11, 2016, 12:00-6:00 PM
South Street Housing Development, Jamaica Plain | August 6, 2016, 1:00-5:00 PM

Building upon a series of free public performances, the Makanda Project is expanding to create free music and art events. These events involve live painting sponsored by MassArt’s sparc! the ArtMobile, and performances by youth music, dance, and theater groups.

The Makanda Project brings you jazz from some of Boston’s most renowned jazz musicians. The group, formed in 2005, performs its own arrangements of previously unheard compositions by Boston-born Makanda Ken McIntyre (1931-2011).

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