MCC Alum Featured in “World of Music” Concert Series

Middlesex Community College will welcome the Dylan Jack Quartet for a performance as part of the Spring 2022 “A World of Music” concert series. The quartet is led by MCC Music alum and noted drummer Dylan Jack.

“It means so much to come back to MCC in a different role,” Jack said. “I’m coming back to the institution where it all started for me and I’m beyond ecstatic to share my passion with everyone at the place that set me up for my lifelong journey.”

The Dylan Jack Quartet will play music from their new album “Period Pieces.” About the album, Eric Snyder for JAZZIZ Magazine wrote, “This Boston quartet has conjured up a triumph. Hofbauer’s slurry acoustic guitar, Jerry Sabatini’s intrepid trumpet work, Tony Leva’s acoustic bass and trippy electronics, and Jack’s wonderfully musical drumming meld into a flowing suite of improvised pieces that move through spacey free improv, smoldering funk, warped bop.”

A 2008 graduate, Jack came to Middlesex to learn as much as he could about music. Crediting his professors for their encouragement in pursuing music, he is thankful for their guidance in expanding his perspectives, approach and style of music.

He went on to earn a bachelor’s from the McNally Smith College of Music in Saint Paul, Minn. and a master’s from Modern American Music from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. Jack now teaches the History of Jazz at Emerson College.

The performance will take place at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 10 at MCC’s Richard and Nancy Donahue Academic Arts Center in the Recital Hall in Lowell. Middlesex requires all audience members to present proof of vaccination against COVID-19.

The final performances of the Spring 2022 semester will feature a Middlesex Student Recital at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, May 3 in Bedford. Previous concerts included performances by The Lowell Chamber Orchestra and MCC Music Faculty.

All “World of Music” concerts are free and open to the public. For more information about MCC’s Spring 2022 concert series, visit www.middlesex.mass.edu/worldofmusic/ or contact Rodríguez-Peralta at peraltac@middlesex.mass.edu or 781-280-3923.

MCC’s Academic Arts Center is located at 240 Central Street in Lowell. With parking not available on site, the nearest public parking facility is the Early Garage on 135 Middlesex St. in Lowell. Visit www.middlesex.mass.edu/transportation/ for more information.

MCC is registering now for the Summer 2022 semester, starting on Tuesday, May 31. Students can jumpstart their Fall plans and make their summer productive. The college is offering four flexible and affordable opportunities to help students start or continue their education at Middlesex, with three-, five- and eight-week options. For more information and to register for classes, visit www.middlesex.mass.edu/registration/ or call 1-800-818-3434.

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