The beloved Jazz Night concert series continues! Featuring jazz composer, educator, and percussionist specializing in the Trinidadian steelpan, Victor Provost. Guests will be treated to an evening of art, captivating music and light refreshments in the Museum’s elegant Edgar N. Putman Event Pavilion. Refreshments and Museum admission are included in ticket price. 

Please note: Seating is arranged in tables. Each table can seat eight individuals per table. Tickets purchased together under the same name will be sat together. If you and another party have purchased tickets separately and wish to be seated with each other, please contact Matthew Nieves-Hoblin at [email protected] or 215.340.9800 x 123. 
 
This program is generously supported by Sam H. Hones, Jr. and Rhoda McKinney-Jones, and Leda Silverman Molly and Michael Molly. 

Victor Provost 

Born and raised on the island of St. John, Virgin Islands, Victor Provost is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading voices on the unique, and often misunderstood, steelpan. Through appearances at concert halls, clubs, and stages throughout the world, he has developed a reputation as a “dazzling” soloist, crafting an impressive improvisational voice and style. With a strong foundation in Bebop, a contemporary sensibility, and deep roots in Caribbean music, he seamlessly melds and mixes genres. The Washington D.C. City Paper’s “Jazz Percussionist of the Year” six years in a row, his most recent recording, Bright Eyes, debuted at #5 on the iTunes Top 40 Jazz Charts and was met with praise from The Washington Post, Downbeat Magazine, and Jazz Times. 

Victor is an Adjunct Professor of Music at George Mason University and conducts residencies and master classes throughout the United States and the Caribbean at schools such as Berklee College of Music in Boston, University of Akron, Miami University, NYU, TTU, and Northern Illinois University. He is also an Arts Ambassador to his hometown of the U.S. Virgin Islands, which honored him with a Special Congressional Recognition in 2014, and to which returns frequently to perform and teach as part of Dion Parson’s community-based arts initiative, the United Jazz Foundation.