Music Fans, On Sunday October 11th The Kareem Kandi World Orchestra will have world renowned pianist and composer George Colligan as our guest for a live interview and performance. The interview will be held in Tacoma's Museum of Glass theater and socially distanced seating is available. Museum admission fee is required to attend the performance and can be purchased at: www.museumofglass.org<http://www.museumofglass.org/?fbclid=IwAR3ZbIkmCwGjkClPSbd5vtgkY4ljQMVXYZRw9Lg0ENQLfXcpYGO1LbLqGk8> ( $17 adults, $5 children 12 and under ) Both the interview and performance will also be live streamed from: <https://www.facebook.com/kareem.kandi> www.facebook.com/kareem.kandi The livestreams are free to view. Interview: 1:30pm to 2:30pm Performance: 3pm to 4pm About our guest: An award-winning composer (Chamber Music America/Doris Duke Foundation grant recipient, RACC Grant Winner) and player (winner, Jazzconnect.com<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FJazzconnect.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR23f9y01KVDBZnNlHMXgevuvvK-G-PcyTIvOcZa2PV1X9okqw_kZyinyyc&h=AT0hah_D2eHzP3D14WfcdabNPs8uOY2Wl9AOpTkBxdebapIjrEan8WruO8b1QfSHWHB93T9E5EStO5_w48oNyVRXTawUQVIKZd_q_xIGBXeCJ3h4w8vl3TWBfixtJ5W2IA> Jazz Competition, DownBeat Critics Poll Winner), Colligan is highly in demand as a sideman, having worked with players like Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, Cassandra Wilson, Ravi Coltrane, and many others, both on the bandstand and in recording sessions (appearing on over 150 CDs). Colligan was on the faculty of the Juilliard School for two years and is currently an Assistant Professor at Portland State University. He is currently a member of Jack DeJohnette’s New Quintet.Recently, Colligan started playing the Hammond 44 Melodion(melodica). He also started a popular blog called jazztruth(jazztruth.blogspot.com<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fjazztruth.blogspot.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR31SLhQnK3jEfJSM8yHUHp6Wkd7rXvJEQiPVW6chqdKOWcrRR5twE-bX24&h=AT3Bm2jI73syv24lXNKvltckREwKcd8PO0vcM60qDxWbFnJac6SRLhY0KsqFIBc_0aWb59tzsOYaS_01oNDeVpzgGWFcJ3NMQ3UKnwOOovwoj26R-Wn5UteGr7GG1UB5ug>). You can read George's full biography and discography here: www.georgecolligan.com<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.georgecolligan.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0eYGsvzimCg7mmv7ct6WClFrdK0G5vovdAnfNXPS21RyqrW1RXYySGW_Y&h=AT1tpp0fLIE_EzQ0ekembRQbRudSPyscTIT8GcgpU61DzZWdOV4VjPitS3pqOPTaGMISR6nuPIJ6xIGBiAiwzV35Lbuy3Ek6SpwYee3WqS_SbzDHG6fYdSEZn_jyX2Qw7w>