MUSIC

Grammy-winning composer, bandleader Christian McBride will perform at Majestic Theater

The Sunderman Conservatory of Music at Gettysburg College welcomes eight-time Grammy Award-winning bassist, composer and bandleader Christian McBride to perform at Gettysburg College’s Majestic Theater on June 22.

Whether performing jazz, R&B, pop rock, hiphop, neo-soul or classical, McBride is a luminary to audiences worldwide.

The free public performance starts at 7:30 p.m., and reservations are required.

Named DownBeat Magazine’s Bassist, Producer, and Jazz Artist of 2022, McBride is the artistic director of the historic Newport Jazz Festival, New Jersey Performing Arts Center and the TD James Moody Jazz Festival, and the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. McBride is also a respected educator and advocate as the artistic director of Jazz House KiDS and the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Summer Sessions. In addition to consistent touring, McBride hosts NPR’s “Jazz Night in America” and “The Lowdown: Conversations with Christian” on SiriusXM.

McBride will also be the featured guest artist of the Gettysburg Jazz Camp at Gettysburg College from June 20 to 23. The camp is open to instrumental and vocal students entering grades 7 through 12 and will include a masterclass with McBride as well as a variety of classes and activities with Gettysburg faculty and guest artists. Learn more at gettysburg.edu/summercamps or by calling 609-771-6815.

Free parking and roundtrip shuttle service for the performance is available from Gettysburg College’s Constitution Parking Lot. Shuttle starts one hour before the performance and is ADA accessible. Metered parking is available at the Gettysburg Borough Parking Garage in Race Horse Alley as well as along Carlisle Street.

Singer-songwriter Lauren Calve tours new album

Artist on the rise Lauren Calve will bring her soulful vocals and skillful guitar playing to the Carroll Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. June 17. Her blues-inspired sound creates raw, vulnerable live performances.

Calve’s first full-length album, “Shift,” will be out Sept. 1. Through the 10-track collection, she invites the listener to come along on her journey of selfdiscovery and change, demonstrating the art of emotional storytelling in the process.

“Shift” was recorded in Nashville at 3Sirens Music Group with producer, engineer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Dex Green. The album features a stellar lineup, including Fred Eltringham on drums (Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson), Audley Freed on guitar (Sheryl Crow, The Black Crowes), Robert Kearns on bass (Sheryl Crow, Lynyrd Skynyrd), Marlon Patton on drums (Larkin Poe, Lera Lynn), Jared Reynolds on bass (Ben Folds) and engineer Joe Costa (Ben Folds).

Written primarily in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic, the sound reflects that period of silence and self-reflection.

“At the time, I was more drawn to the softer qualities of my voice than the aggressive, blues-rock side,” Calve says.

The result is a sonic landscape of ethereal tones, intentional space and a bit of grit.

With this new album and tour, Calve is building off the momentum she’s already gained after touring with the likes of Rhett Miller, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Tom Paxton, Justin Townes Earle and Amythyst Kiah, recent writing sessions with Grammy-Award-winning songwriters Jon Vezner and Don Henry, and a performance on Mountain Stage.

Tickets are $22 for adults and $18 for ages 25 and under and 60 and up. Get tickets at carrollcountyartscouncil.org or by calling 410-848-7272. The Carroll Arts Center is located at 91 W. Main St., Westminster.