Leila Adu Trio

Join Swarthmore Music on select Fridays at 6pm throughout the academic year for a novel concert series focusing on new music and the artists who bring it to life. This intimate program is curated and hosted by Visiting Associate Professor Quinn Collins, and takes place in the stunningly beautiful and acoustically superb 450-seat Lang Concert Hall.

Our first guest is composer-performer Leila Adu. Adu’s velvet-voiced, engaging performances are a patchwork of punk protest lyrics, classical harmonies, Afro rock and jazz-era torch songs. Exploring her roots in New Zealand, Britain and Ghana, Adu is an international artist who has performed at festivals and venues across the world. Compared to Nina Simone and Joanna Newsome by WNYC, Adu has released five acclaimed albums, and has given visionary solo BBC and WQXR performances.

Free and open to the public, no reservation required.

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