Athens Cultural Center presents an evening with David Amram

ATHENS―On Sunday, October 18, the Athens Cultural Center presents An Evening with David Amram: a world renowned composer, musician, author, conductor and collaborator without boundaries who has been cheerfully ignoring musical categories since the 1940s.

His output includes jazz tunes, symphonies, operas, film scores, theater music, off-the-cuff talking blues and idiom-hopping performances where he’s likely to sing, play piano, pennywhistle and percussion. While they don’t know exactly what he will do, they know it will be entertaining and inspiring.

Appointed by Leonard Bernstein as the first Composer In Residence for the New York Philharmonic, Amram is now one of the most performed and influential composers of our time. He has travelled to more than 30 countries and collaborated or worked with the likes of Jack Kerouac, Elia Kazan, Arthur Miller, Langston Hughes, Thelonious Monk, Johnny Depp, Hunter S. Thompson, Dizzy Gillespie, Odetta, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Betty Carter, Pete Seeger, Paquito D´Rivera, Tito Puente and Jerry Jeff Walker.

Pete Seeger called him “one of the most talented musicians in the universe.”

The performance takes place from 5-7 p.m. at the Athens Cultural Center at 24 Second Street. Admission is free.

For information, visit athensculturalcenter.org.