Award-winning producer and musician Rudy Currence will perform at 含羞草社区 at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall. The concert, part of Missouri Western鈥檚 Black Heritage Month celebration, is free and open to the public.
Currence has written and produced songs for R&B/Pop singe
rs Mya and Ray J, major motion pictures like 鈥淭he Bourne Identity鈥� and 鈥淢inority Report,鈥� hip hop producer David Banner, and legendary producer Quincy Jones. In 2013, Rudy won a Grammy and Dove Award for his production on Lecrae鈥檚 album 鈥淕ravity.鈥� Most recently, Rudy was Grammy nominated for writing 鈥淪unday AM鈥� for four-time Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter and national recording artist, Karen Clark Sheard.
Currence sings and plays keyboard, trumpet and guitar. He has made several national television appearances, including ABC鈥檚 鈥淭he View鈥� and BET鈥檚 鈥�106th and Park.鈥� He still enjoys the success and fan support gained through his indie albums: 鈥淢ore Than You鈥檒l Ever Know,鈥� 鈥淗ere With You鈥� and 鈥淟ast Christmas.鈥�
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