Arts Center Theatre Presents Svetlana Jazz

Arts Center Theatre (at Marco Town Center) is bringing live music to the stage in the inaugural season starting with chart topping artist Svetlana Jazz on November 8 at 7:30 PM. The New York-based artist is an acclaimed vocalist, composer, bandleader, educator, and a Manhattan School of Music MA and Columbia PhD graduate. Svetlana’s sound blends her strong vocals, charismatic performance style, exciting improvisational aspects of performance, and engaging storytelling. Svetlana is also a founder of the award-winning jazz appreciation program for young audiences Swing Makes You Sing.

Svetlana's latest record, Night at the Movies, debuted #1 (briefly edging out Michael Bublé) on US Billboard Traditional Jazz Album Charts in 2019 (produced by Grammy Award winning Matt Pierson, and arranged by Gill Goldstein - ft. Wycliffe Gordon, Sullivan Fortner, Pasquale Grasso, Rogerio Boccato, Jon Eric Kelso and more) and has been distributed in Japan by the Inpartmaint label. Svetlana's album Night at the Speakeasy (produced by Grammy Award winning Guy Eckstine and ft Wycliffe Gordon) has been released to critical acclaim on Origin Records in 2015, charted on US Jazz Radio charts. Both of Svetlana’s records have played on jazz radio globally and have been among the “top of the year” critic's lists (All About Jazz, Classicalite, Aquarian).

Local Musician to Join Quartet for Performance

Brandon Robertson will join Svetlana’s quartet for the Arts Center Theatre performance. Robertson is an EMMY nominated Bassist and Jazz Studies Instructor at FGCU. This music director, noted upright/electric Bassist, composer, and music educator has been featured as a performer and bandleader at various national jazz festivals as well as touring 22 countries in Europe.

Tickets are now available at https://www.marcoislandart.org/live-entertainment/ or by calling 239-394-4221; $25 Members and $30 for Non-Member.