Cécile McLorin Salvant: Book of Ayres

Jazz
World International

Strathmore & Washington Performing Arts Present 

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Book of Ayres

With the Brandee Younger Trio

The Music Center

Thu, June 11, 2026 | 7:30pm

$28 – $98

Cecile Mclorin Savant In Side Profile Looking A The Camera With Yellow And Blue Hair

Three-time Grammy winner Cécile McLorin Salvant is a composer, singer, and visual artist known for her rich contralto voice, passion for storytelling, and genre-blending style, connecting jazz to baroque, folkloric music, vaudeville, and the blues. Described by the late Jessye Norman as “a unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality,” Salvant is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs.

Her 2023 album, Melusine, sung in French, along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyol, received two Grammy nominations. Savant’s newest album, Oh Snap, is set to release in September 2025. 

Opener: The Brandee Younger Trio  

Brandee Younger is revolutionizing the role of the harp in modern music. The first Black woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition, her original composition, Hortense, was featured in the Netflix Concert-Documentary, Beyoncé: Homecoming. Her latest album, Brand New Life, is about forging new paths, and is filled with a sense of purpose and respect for legacy, creating a larger platform for the harp to reach newer and wider audiences than ever before.  

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