For immediate release: Feb. 1, 2013

BLOOMSBURG — Grammy Award-winning jazz singer and interpreter Luciana Souza will perform with Brazilian guitarist Romero Lubambo in Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania’s Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium, on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the Celebrity Artist Series performance cost $29.50 for adults, $16.50 for children and $14 for BU students.

Having recorded more than 200 jingles and soundtracks, Luciana Souza is a veteran of the today’s jazz scene. Since 2002, Souza released six Grammy-nominated albums for Best Jazz Vocal Record and Best Jazz Record. Her singing has been called “transcendental, perfect and of unparalleled beauty,” and Entertainment Weekly said, “Her voice traces a landscape of emotion that knows no boundaries.”

Upcoming productions for BU’s Celebrity Artist Series’ 2012-13 season include:

• DALA – Friday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Tickets: $29.50
• Kathy Mattea – Friday, April 26, at 8 p.m. in the Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Tickets: $34.50
• Nai-Ni Chen with the Ahn Trio – Saturday, May 11, at 8 p.m. in the Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Tickets: $34.50

For tickets or more information, visit www.bloomu.edu/CAS or call the box office at (570) 389-4409.

Bloomsburg University is one of 14 universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. BU serves approximately 10,000 students, offering comprehensive programs of study in the colleges of Education, Business, Liberal Arts and Science and Technology.