Arts UC Merced Presents is thrilled to welcome the Vijay Iyer Sextet to Merced for a free concert Saturday, April 28, at the Merced College Theatre, 3600 M St., Merced.
Iyer is a Grammy-nominated composer-pianist described by Pitchfork as “one of the most interesting and vital young pianists in jazz today.” The Los Angeles Times praised the Sextet’s recent album, “Far From Over,” as “rambunctious” and “furiously funky.” Rolling Stone named “Far From Over” one of its 50 Best Albums of 2017, writing that “Iyer…brings together a dream team of cutting-edge improvisers and turns them loose on a set of new pieces that combine proggy intricacy, elegant drama and breakneck rhythmic thrust”; it was the only jazz album to appear on their list.
Iyer is the Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts in the Department of Music at Harvard University.
Free tickets will be available starting this week. Tickets must be picked up in person at one of the following locations:
- Merced Multicultural Arts Center, 645 W. Main St.
- UC Merced Center for the Humanities, 5200 N. Lake Road, COB 2, Room 298
- Merced College Bookstore, 3600 M St.
No reservations will be taken by phone or by email. Maximum two tickets per person. If additional seats are available on the day of the concert, they will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
Doors open at 7 p.m. and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Ticket holders must be seated by 7:15 p.m. or their seats may be released to the wait list.
This concert is presented by Arts UC Merced Presents and co-sponsored by UC Merced Center for the Humanities, UC Merced’s School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts and the UC Merced Office of the Chancellor.