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May First Thursday featuring Justin Copeland

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The Armory: Main Lobby

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May First Thursday will feature live music by Justin Copeland and a gallery opening for the art exhibit Prelude by Isabella Saavedra. Justin Copeland (trumpet player, composer, pianist, and educator) will be joined by Todd Marston, mixing influences from classic jazz, classical music, r&b, and modern pop into their set.

Learn more about Isabella Saavedra's Prelude art installation here. Featured artist Isabella Saavedra will be in attendance for an artist talk about the exhibit during the First Thursday event.

Complimentary beer will be provided by our partners at Deschutes Brewery

This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 

About Justin Copeland
About Justin Copeland


Justin Copeland is a trumpet player, pianist, educator, and composer based out of the central valley city of Fresno, California. He has been performing extensively as a professional musician for the past 10+ years all over the United States and currently resides in the Chicago area. 

Justin completed a B.A. in music performance at California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) in 2011 and subsequently an M.M. in jazz studies at Northwestern University in June of 2013. Throughout the recent years, he has had the privilege of performing with and learning from many world-class musicians, like saxophonist, composer, and educator Victor Goines, trumpeter, educator, and counselor Dr. Michael Caldwell, trumpeter and educator Brad Mason, saxophonist, composer/arranger, and educator Christopher Madsen, saxophonist and educator Sherman Irby, trombonist Elliot Mason, drummer, composer/arranger and educator Rich Derosa, legendary bassist and educator Rufus Reid, legendary trombonist Curtis Fuller, world-renown jazz educator David Baker, and legendary saxophonist and educator Nathan Davis. Currently, Justin is pursuing a D.M.A. (Doctorate of Musical Arts) in jazz studies at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.

Justin has also had the privilege to perform at some of the most premier houses of music, like New Orleans' jazz club, Snug Harbor, The Main Stage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, The Riverfront Blues Festival (Wilmington, DE), The Little Walter Blues Festival (Alexandria, LA), The Chicago Jazz Festival, The House of Blues Chicago, Cliff Bell's (Detroit, MI), Merriman's Playhouse  (Southbend, IN), Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center (NYC), and many, many others

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