We are proud to announce Esperanza Spalding as a sneak peek of our 2015/16 Season!

Since her early years to her current success as a creative musician, Esperanza Spalding has charted her own course. Her debut recording Esperanza, quickly topping Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Chart and becoming that year’s bestselling jazz album worldwide. Numerous awards and appearances followed, including an invitation by President Barack Obama to appear at both the White House and the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, performing at the 84th Academy Awards, and an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman that found Letterman and bandleader Paul Shaffer proclaiming the young musician as the “coolest” guest in the program’s three-decade history.