With a transcendent voice that puts its own stamp on classics and exhilarates audiences, Emily Davies currently features with the Carter Stevens Big Band and has appeared with the American Festival Pops Orchestra, the Ben Patterson Jazz Orchestra, the Mason Jazz Vocal Ensemble, and the Mason Jazz Ensemble. Add in her sublime mastery of the flute and you can understand why we are excited to welcome her to the Darden and Friends series.

We are proud to have award-winning saxophonist and composer Stephen Philip Harvey close this year's series. How about these for accolades, reviewing his Multiversal album: “A composer and bandleader with a knack for translating com-book action into instrumental jazz fireworks." (DownBeat Magazine); “A bold, super-powered live album that cements his place as one of contemporary jazz’s adventurous large-ensemble voices" (UK Vibe); “His compositions and first-class arrangements connect the jazz tradition with the spirit of contemporary African American music." (Jazz’n’More).