![]() The crowd enjoys the music at MOCA Plaza during September’s Hispanic Heritage Month concert. “The energy was palpable across the plaza, with hundreds of neighbors filling our seats for an evening of fun and dance together,” Covach said. The crowds reappeared for the special occasion – “the response was incredible,” Sheldon said – and the jubilant sound of jazz resounded once again.įinally, in January, Australian saxophonist and composer Troy Roberts took the stage. The performance by the Luis Disla Latin Jazz Ensemble served to woo back the crowds and set the stage for the official relaunch in the new year. Then in September 2021, for Hispanic Heritage Month, MOCA organized an in-person concert at the plaza after months of virtual programming. That series, titled Virtual Jazz at MOCA, was hosted by Carter Jackson-Brown, and – though it’s no longer offered this year – past concerts are still available to view online. In this way, jazz lovers had access to continued free concerts via livestream and on the radio, at WDNA-FM 88.9. Like many institutions, MOCA pivoted to online programming to keep serving the community throughout the pandemic. “It brings people together, which is what MOCA seeks the most.” “Over the course of COVID, the jazz program is one that we certainly missed,” says the museum’s executive director, Chana Budgazad Sheldon. The Luis Disla Latin Jazz Ensemble performed in September 2021 at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami event. ![]() The lineup typically has ranged from classic staples to newer sounds, from acts like the South Florida Jazz Orchestra to the Ashley Pezzotti Jazz Quartet. ![]() Since 1999, Jazz at MOCA has invited people from diverse backgrounds to unite for a night of music in the heart of downtown North Miami, presenting a variety of styles including swing, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz. But then COVID-19 came along.Īlmost two years later, the music and voices, the lights and laughter are back at the plaza, with the official relaunching of Jazz at MOCA.īilled as South Florida’s longest-running free outdoor jazz concert series, this event is “one of the museum’s most beloved public programs,” said Amanda Covach, MOCA’s curator of education. Usually, the public square adjacent to the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami and City Hall buzzes with music, voices, lights and laughter every last Friday evening of the month. MOCA Plaza had been quiet since March 2020. Through enrichment programs, cultural travel and social events, members are provided dynamic opportunities to enhance their understanding of contemporary art and develop relationships with collectors and art enthusiasts from around the world.Jazz at MOCA in North Miami is billed as South Florida’s longest-running free outdoor jazz concert series. MOCA members enjoy special entrée to the art world in Miami and beyond. It has attracted nationwide attention for highly original education and outreach programs that make contemporary art accessible, understandable, and enjoyable to people of all ages. MOCA presents a continuous calendar of lectures by renowned artists and critics, film screenings, concerts, and cutting edge performances. Visitors from around the world are drawn to its permanent collection reflecting the most important developments in contemporary art. The museum originates most of its own exhibitions, presenting an exciting mix of both emerging and legendary artists. ![]() Known as the museum “where new art is discovered,” MOCA is internationally recognized as a force in defining new trends and directions in contemporary art.
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