10th Annual Jazz4Justice with René Marie

The Greater Richmond Bar Foundation (GRBF) and VCUarts invite you to the 10th Annual Jazz4Justice™ Concert.

The extraordinary history of Jazz music has direct ties with our Justice system. Jazz music and those who played critical roles in its development helped promote racial equality and social consciousness before, during, and after the Civil Rights Movement. The concert will acknowledge the Justice Gap that still exists while showcasing great Jazz music by VCUarts students.

This year’s event features two-time GRAMMY-nominated vocalist, songwriter, and activist René Marie with the VCU Jazz Orchestra and Jazz4Justice Scholarship Sextet. The program includes swing classics and the premiere of exciting new big band arrangements of René’s songs by VCU Jazz Faculty Taylor Barnett, Antonio Garcia, Trey Pollard, and Doug Richards.

The concert will be held on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall in the VCU Singleton Center. Proceeds benefit the Greater Richmond Bar Foundation’s mission to expand access to Justice and create scholarships for VCUarts Jazz Studies students.

Doors open at 7 p.m., and the concert starts at 7:30 p.m.