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Joy Lapps at the Prince Edward County Jazz Festival
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- Event DateAugust 15, 2024
- Time7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
- TypeIn-Person
- LocationSt Mary Magdalene Anglican Church, Picton, Main Street East, Picton, ON
About Joy Lapps at the Prince Edward County Jazz Festival
Internationally lauded artist and composer Joy Lapps activates spaces for community building and creative expression. The award-winning instrumentalist of Antiguan and Barbudan descent treats the steelpan as a tool for engagement, anchoring her artistry in a profound, community-centered musical tradition. She aims to amplify women’s contributions in every facet of her work, giving nuanced attention to women of the steelband movement.
Her repertoire teems with Afro-Caribbean- and Afro-Brazilian-inspired rhythmic and harmonic patterns, garlands of melody and plenty of space for spontaneity. Her fondness for hit song forms and reimagined instrumental choirs emerge frequently in her compositions.
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