Artist Talk with Kavita Shah

In partnership with The Ringling Museum’s Historic Asolo Theater (HAT) and Art of Performance series, Fogartyville/WSLR is offering a series of dynamic artist talks with three of the HAT’s season artists: Jazz Vocalist Kavita Shah, Storyteller and Jazz and Electronic Music Composer Ahamefule J. Oluo and String Musician and American Music Scholar Jake Blount. Each of these artists fuse tradition with innovation in ways that mix disciplines and genres at the avant guarde of their forms. Each talk will take place live on stage at Fogartyville and offer audiences an opportunity to hear their distinct artist origin stories, learn about unsuspecting creative processes and catch a sneak peek of each show with a live sample of their work.

SPECIAL GUEST MODERATOR WSLR PROGRAM DIRECTOR LEON KERBER

Interested in seeing the full show? Fogartyville/WSLR members and Artist Talk attendees get 20% off show tickets. Enjoy a total of 20% of show tickets for Kavita Shah Quintet, The Things Around Us by Ahamefule J. Oluo and Jake Blount using promo code WSLRLIVE2026 at ringling.org. For assistance and additional show information, please contact the Historic Asolo Theater Box Office:

Hours: 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM Daily Phone: 941-360-7399

Email: historicasolo@ringling.org

Online tickets: https://www.ringling.org/event/kavita...

KAVITA SHAH

The critically-acclaimed the Kavita Shah Quintet explores Kavita’s original music and her arrangements of jazz standards and music from around the world. Incorporating themes of diaspora into her work, Kavita uses her background in ethnomusicology, linguistic fluency (she speaks 9 languages), and in-depth knowledge of various cultural traditions to place seemingly eclectic and diverse music elements in dialogue with one another. Kavita has toured with her band across the US, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, and Spain on such stages as the Kennedy Center, Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Duc des Lombards, Brisbane Jazz Festival, BRIC Jazz Festival, Melbourne Jazz Festival, Perth Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, and Winter Jazz Festival. Kavita will release a studio album with her Quintet in 2024, co-produced by Miho Hazama and funded in part by Chamber Music America.