Well-Being Concerts
featuring Nnenna and Pierce Freelon
Well-Being Concerts featuring Nnenna and Pierce Freelon
Saturday, December 5 and Saturday, April 10
4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
in the Gregg Museum of Art & Design
$25 Public | $25 Faculty/Staff | $10 NC State Students
Tickets for this event go on sale on Thursday, November 5.
Carnegie Hall’s Well-Being Concerts combine world-class musical performances with elements of self-care and mindfulness, animated by evidence that music helps people heal and thrive. They support arts presenters across the country and around the globe to create Well-Being Concerts for their own communities.
NC State LIVE and the Gregg Museum of Art & Design are partnering to present Well-Being Concerts locally, featuring a family with rich connections to the university and the museum. These concerts are created in partnership with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute.
The Well-Being Concert performances will take place at the Gregg alongside Grounded, a new exhibition created by the museum’s Artist-in-Residence Maya Freelon, Phil and Nnenna’s daughter and Pierce’s sister.
About the Artists
A seven-time Grammy nominee, acclaimed jazz singer Nnenna Freelon describes herself as a “grief sojourner.” She is a composer, podcaster, author and advocate for arts education.
Pierce Freelon is a two-time Grammy nominated musician known for his six children’s albums and award-winning work with PBS. He is also a picture book author, podcaster, ice cream maker and a former Durham City Councilman.
Together, Nnenna and Pierce Freelon are a Grammy-nominated mother-son musical duo known for their collaborative children’s album, AnceStars. The project honors their ancestry and family legacy, including the late architect Phil Freelon, an NC State College of Design alum and principal architect for the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He also designed the Gregg Museum’s new home, which opened in 2017.
