BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261128T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261128T153000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:CT River & Roots Concert Series: Orice Jenkins DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a performance by Orice Jenkins\, a Hartford-born multi-genre troubadour\, independent scholar\, and award-winning author. Jenkins' musical style can be described as a sound rooted in rhythm and blues\, shaped by jazz and classical study\, and adjacent to folk traditions. Our River & Roots concerts are free\, but a $10 donation is always appreciated upon entrance! \nABOUT ORICE Learn MoreOrice's work spans music\, genealogical research\, and public education\, focused on uncovering forgotten stories and keeping cultural traditions alive. His baritone voice draws from the lineage of Nat "King" Cole and Jon Hendricks\, while his songwriting reflects the melodic sensibilities of Stevie Wonder and Carole King\, paired with arrangements inspired by Quincy Jones and Harry Connick\, Jr. Jenkins' recordings have been featured in JazzTimes\, Jazziz\, JazzWeekly\, and his album Soar reached #11 on the iTunes Jazz chart. Parallel to his music career\, Jenkins is an accomplished genealogist whose research focuses on Southwest Georgia\, slavery\, genetic genealogy\, and New England. He began researching his own family after discovering a shared ancestral homeland with Whitney Houston's grandparents in Blakely\, Georgia. His research has since traced his ancestry back to 1745 in Central Virginia and has documented the lives of several formerly enslaved Americans. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Enjoy a performance by Orice Jenkins\, a Hartford-born multi-genre troubadour\, independent scholar\, and award-winning author. Jenkins&rsquo\; musical style can be described as a sound rooted in rhythm and blues\, shaped by jazz and classical study\, and adjacent to folk traditions. Our River &\; Roots concerts are free\, but a $10 donation is always appreciated upon entrance! \;

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ABOUT ORICE &ndash\; \;Learn More

Orice&rsquo\;s work spans music\, genealogical research\, and public education\, focused on uncovering forgotten stories and keeping cultural traditions alive. His baritone voice draws from the lineage of Nat &ldquo\;King&rdquo\; Cole and Jon Hendricks\, while his songwriting reflects the melodic sensibilities of Stevie Wonder and Carole King\, paired with arrangements inspired by Quincy Jones and Harry Connick\, Jr. Jenkins&rsquo\; recordings have been featured in JazzTimes\, Jazziz\, JazzWeekly\, and his album Soar reached #11 on the iTunes Jazz chart. \;

Parallel to his music career\, Jenkins is an accomplished genealogist whose research focuses on Southwest Georgia\, slavery\, genetic genealogy\, and New England. He began researching his own family after discovering a shared ancestral homeland with Whitney Houston&rsquo\;s grandparents in Blakely\, Georgia. His research has since traced his ancestry back to 1745 in Central Virginia and has documented the lives of several formerly enslaved Americans.

LOCATION:40 Mechanic Street Windsor CT 06095 UID:e.2739.1647921 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260930T161351Z URL:https://app.windsorcc.org/calendar/Details/ct-river-roots-concert-series-orice-jenkins-1939159?sourceTypeId=Hub END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR