The Red Room at Cafe 939

Acclaimed gospel icon Kurt Carr will lead a show-stopping performance by students, showcasing their musical talent and performing repertoire they’ve been rehearsing in faculty-led ensembles and master classes taught by Carr.

After countless garage jams, D.I.Y. gigs in the back of a surf shop, and innumerable hours writing together, Almost Monday bottles California sunshine in its funky basslines, ecstatic choruses, and danceable grooves. 

Anand Wilder’s reputation as a talented multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter emerged in the Brooklyn indie rock scene of the late 2000s, where he joined his bandmates in painting on the eclectic palette of synths, strings, and harmonies that defined Yeasayer’s acclaimed psychedelic worldbeat and swerving electro-pop experiments.

Mark Lettieri is a Grammy-nominated guitarist, composer, and producer based in Fort Worth, Texas. Proficient in a multitude of styles, he records and performs in virtually every genre of popular music with both independent and major label artists. He also composes and produces original instrumental music under his own name.

Having gained attention from the likes of Quincy Jones, Justin Timberlake, Jessie J, Tracy Chapman, Lennon Stella, the Paper Kites, and many other notable names worldwide, Portuguese multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer, arranger, and composer MARO is undoubtedly one to watch.