Jazz at MOCA to Feature The French Horn Collective
Friday, 01/31/2020 – 01/31/2020 08:00 pm –
MOCA Plaza
770 NE 125th Street,
Miami, Florida 33161
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Cost: Free
What/Who:
The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) is thrilled to welcome back The French Horn Collective as part of the monthly “Jazz at MOCA” series on Friday, Jan. 31. The French Horn Collective is an energetic and progressive band that performs an extensive variety of Gypsy Jazz, Swing and modern original French music. Led by Parisian musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, singer and songwriter, Vincent Raffard, the diverse group consists of highly talented musicians from various musical backgrounds and finds inspiration from genres such as Gypsy Jazz, Hot Swing, Ska and Polka, formulating the group’s unique, progressive sound. The French Horn Collective will begin its performance at 8 p.m., rain or shine.
Guests will also have the opportunity to learn different types of swing dances such as the Jive, Balboa, Charleston and Jitterbug from Fluxus Haus dancers in the Pavilion Gallery. Following the dance lessons, guests will enjoy a special performance choreographed by Fluxus Haus founder, Agatha Wright.
Café Crème will host a bar with a signature MOCA cocktail and the US Census will be on-site distributing giveaways. Guests will also enjoy a pop-up photo booth and more.
Guests may also walk through MOCA’s two exhibitions, Cecilia Vicuña’s “About to Happen” and Alice Rahon’s “Poetic Invocations.” Cecilia Vicuña’s “About to Happen” traces the Chilean artist’s career-long commitment to exploring discarded and displaced materials, peoples and landscapes in a time of global climate change. The late French-Mexican surrealist painter Alice Rahon’s “Poetic Invocations” aims to contribute to the scholarship and recognition of under-explored women artists, and to the intercultural influences on European artists in exile in the Americas, whose work was often deeply marked by indigenous and archaic cultures. Both exhibitions are on view through March 29, 2020.
