{"id":2969,"date":"2023-10-30T09:19:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/civic-engagement\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:53:13","slug":"jazz-politics-harmony-discourse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/civic-engagement\/jazz-politics-harmony-discourse\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz &amp; Politics: Harmony &amp; Discourse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Join the Center for Civic Learning &amp; Community Engagement as we support the&nbsp;ArtsXchange concert series &#8220;Jazz &amp; Politics: Harmon &amp; Discourse&#8221; on&nbsp;Friday, November 3, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The ArtsXchange is located at 515 22nd Street South in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will include a performance with the &#8220;Instrument of Hope&#8221; and a roundtable about gun violence prevention. The Instrument of Hope is a trumpet built from parts of bullet casing in response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, FL. It has since traveled around the U.S. to promote healing and conversation about gun violence prevention. Composer and Arranger Kim Scharnberg has compiled testimonies from former students and survivors and will lead the roundtable discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concert will feature some of Tampa Bay\u2019s best musicians assembled by the Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association. Its roots can be traced back to the 1980s and to the joint efforts of Al Downing and the late Ernie Calhoun, renowned saxophonist and humanitarian from Tampa, Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/warehouseartsdistrict.wildapricot.org\/event-5384091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ticket pricing options<\/a><\/strong> include&nbsp;General Admission tickets priced at $15&nbsp;and&nbsp;discounted tickets for WADA and Al Downing members at $10. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wadastpete.org\/join\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Become a member<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to qualify for discounted tickets. The event schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>6:30-7:30 p.m.:<\/strong> A roundtable discussion on gun violence prevention featuring community leaders, artists, and survivors&nbsp;<strong>at Seven C Music<\/strong>&nbsp;on the ArtsXchange campus.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>7:30-9:00 p.m.:<\/strong> Concert presented by Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association, featuring the \u201cInstrument of Hope\u201d&nbsp;<strong>at the ArtsXchange Outdoor Theater.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for an unforgettable evening of music, dialogue, and community engagement.&nbsp;For more information, please contact Tara Newsom at <strong><a href=\"mailto:newsom.tara@spcollege.edu\">newsom.tara@spcollege.edu<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the Center for Civic Learning &#038; Community Engagement as we support the\u00a0ArtsXchange concert series &#8220;Jazz &#038; Politics: Harmon &#038; Discourse&#8221; on\u00a0Friday, November 3, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":584,"featured_media":2972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"coauthors":[15],"class_list":["post-2969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civic-education"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Jazz &amp; 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