Join us at Carver Branch Library for an evening of live music presented by Austin Public Library (APL) and Art Spark Texas!

Show at 6:00 PM / Doors at 5:45 PM

With performances by:
The Semi-Modulars
The New Motown: The TSBVI Jazz Ensemble

Free and open to the public!

About the musicians:

The Semi-Modulars are an all-synth band made up of students in the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired’s synthesis and sound design class. The students use a combination of analog and digital synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, and modular synthesizers to compose and record original compositions.

Jazz at TSBVI dates back to the 1980s. However, after laying dormant for some time, the Jazz program was revived under the leadership of Sasha Klare-Ayvazian in 2015. Today, the TSBVI Jazz Ensemble, known as “The New Motown,” has enjoyed four wonderful seasons of growth, song learning, team building, and performing. The New Motown has performed seasonally at TSBVI semester concerts, at SCASB, and at Cherrywood Coffee. The New Motown recorded a 2018 album that can be heard here. And in 2019, former band member Devin Gutierrez became the ensemble’s assistant director. The 2019 band consists of Victoria Sanders (flute, vocals), Brandon Aleman (clarinet, vocals), Andres Salas (drums, trombone), and Ray Garza (guitar) with Sasha Klare-Ayvazian (director, bass) and assistant director Devin Gutierrez (piano, vocals).

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For more information email Eric Clow or call 512-454-9912.