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‘John Brown: An Evening of Jazz’

John Brown will play Hayesville April 5. File photo John Brown will play Hayesville April 5. File photo

Jazz artist John Brown will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, at the Peacock Performing Arts Center in Hayesville. 

Brown, a versatile artist hailing from Fayetteville, is renowned as a bassist, composer, educator, and actor. Currently residing in Durham, Brown is a distinguished graduate of the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the School of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  

His remarkable journey includes serving as Vice Provost for the Arts, Director of the Jazz Program and Professor of the Practice of Music at Duke University. With a rich background in classical and jazz, Brown’s musical odyssey began at the age of nine under the tutelage of the late Susan Ellington. He has since left an indelible mark on the music scene.

Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults; $20 for students, military and ages 65 and older; and $10 for children ages eight and under.

For more information and/or to purchase tickets, go to thepeacocknc.org, call 828.389.ARTS or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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