Contact: Carmen Ramos Chandler,
(818) 677-2130
carmen.chandler@csun.edu
"Jazz, Gender, and Justice" will take place at 8 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center on the east side of the campus at 18111 Nordhoff St. in Northridge. Parking is available in the university's Lot C. Patrons should enter the campus at the corner of Zelzah Avenue and Plummer Street, a half mile north of Nordhoff.
The multimedia piece, which was written by Glass, will feature her vocals and spoken words and music by The Gary Nesteruk Jazz Ensemble.
The show explores life in a culture that offers primarily private, consumer solutions to social and existential problems. Glass uses jazz, along with visuals, to move the audience through a contemporary landscape of environmental degradation, racism, global economics, gender inequalities and the media's romantic illusions.
Artwork for the performance include pieces by conceptual artists Barbara Kruger and Mariona Barkus, by photojournalist Peter Turnley, from the collection of The Center for Political Graphics and photos from several historical archives.
Glass, who teaches liberal studies at Antioch University in Los Angeles, started her singing career more than 25 years ago, opening for Mickey Rooney and singing regularly at the Playboy Club. But she abandoned her career to return to college.
Glass graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Berkeley, and studied gerontology at USC. She spent a year working with inner-city older adults and turned that experience into a play, a black comedy called "Blue Heaven" that she wrote as her master's thesis. She then headed to New York where she got a degree in psychology at the New School of Social Research and saw "Blue Heaven" produced off-Broadway.
She wrote a second play, "Moving On," before she was offered a teaching job at Antioch University in Los Angeles. She eventually became chair of Antioch's liberal studies program.
An impromptu singing session after a friend's dinner party led to Glass returning to her first love about five years ago. Since then, she has been using her voice to raise money for charities.
Her Northridge appearance is being co-sponsored by the women's studies and political science departments at Cal State Northridge as well as Antioch University, Los Angeles. The work was funded in part by a grant from the Cultural Affairs Department of the City of Los Angeles.
Tickets for the Sept. 16 performance are $10 or $5 for group sales. For more information, call (818) 677-5768.
California State University, Northridge has more than 27,000 full- and part-time students and offers 48 bachelor's and 39 master's degrees. Founded in 1958, it is the only four-year university in the San Fernando Valley. Its art, music and theatre departments are nationally recognized.
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