- Last Updated on Saturday, 30 June 2018 00:47
Big Band and Jazz Featured Entertainment for July
The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts (MVAA) an arts and culture organization serving the Mon Valley, is pleased to announce the July 15 entertainment lineup for their Summer Concert Series at Chess Park in Monongahela.
The July 15 concert will be featuring three Jazz / Big Bands, “The Wally Gingers Orchestra" along with the “Twin Coaches Jr. Jazz Trio”. Headliners for the event will be “The Pittsburgh Big Band Legends” a 17-piece jazz big band. This live entertainment is from 1:00 to 4:00 PM and is free and open to the public. In addition to the three musical performances there will also be food vendors and two food trucks opening at 12:00 noon.
Funded and sponsored by the EQT Foundation along with the MVAA, the concert series will continue thru July and August with September being the final concert of very successful season supporting live music, local musicians and artists.
The EQT MVA/TCOP Concerts in the Park project is the latest presentation in an ongoing program of the MVAA’s Twin Coaches Orchestra Project (TCOP). The project goals include preserving the musical history of the Twin Coaches and the Mon Valley, while bringing the music back to life by sharing it with participants and audiences of all ages.
For information about MVAA, please visit their website monvalleyacademyforthearts.org