Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts will present an evening with the GRAMMY winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer on Wednesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Chanticleer is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for its wide-ranging repertoire and dazzling virtuosity. Founded in San Francisco in 1978, it is one of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, selling over one million recordings and performing thousands of live concerts to audiences around the world.

The ensemble’s repertoire is rooted in the renaissance and has continued to expand to include a wide range of classical, gospel, jazz, popular music, and a deep commitment to the commissioning of new compositions and arrangements. Named for the “clear-singing” rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales,” Chanticleer continues to maintain ambitious programming in its hometown, including a large education and outreach program, and an annual concert series that includes its legendary holiday tradition “A Chanticleer Christmas.”

UConn alum Jared Graveley ’17 (SFA) is in his second season singing bass-baritone as a member of Chanticleer. While touring and singing with the award-winning ensemble, he also writes choral, jazz, and a cappella arrangements for such esteemed groups as Voces8, Kings Return, Midtown, Choral Chameleon, Hyannis Sound, and Chanticleer. He founded and directs the quintet Highline Vocal Jazz.

“I’m really passionate about creating new music that blends the highest level of musicianship with audience accessibility,” Graveley said. “Music, to me, is about people and their stories, and deserves to be for people, too.”

Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts is located at 2132 Hillside Road on the UConn campus in Storrs. The Box Office is open Mon – Fri, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For questions and assistance, email jorgensen.tickets@uconn.edu or call 860-486-4226.

Graveley spoke with WHUS on the Good Music show, (Wednesdays from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.) about his work with Chanticleer, Highline Vocal Jazz and his time in Storrs.

For more information go to Jorgensen.uconn.edu

Listen to the interview here: