Black History Month Opening: Standards & Survival
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An immersive jazz performance opens Miami-Dade College’s Black History Month programming at the West Campus.
Standards & Survival is a 45-minute live experience that blends music, history and storytelling to examine jazz as both an artistic benchmark and a tool for endurance. Performed by the Marlo Vashti Quartet, the program unfolds as a walk-through journey pairing iconic jazz standards with original spoken-word monologues rooted in real historical moments from the eras in which the music emerged.
Through sound and narrative, the performance traces how jazz responded to social conditions, cultural resistance and the ongoing pursuit of freedom and self-expression. The program frames Black music as a living archive—one that preserves memory, shapes identity and carries forward the stories of resilience and creativity that continue to define Black American history. The experience takes place on Tuesday, February 3 and is open to staff, students and the general public.