Family Weekend Concert, Sept. 21

Joseph Boga and the Scranton Ramblers (featuring guitarist Stephane Wrembel) will perform at the annual Family Weekend concert, with an appearance by The University of Scranton Concert Choir. 

The free concert will be presented by Performance Music at The University of Scranton on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 p.m.

Boga is a member of the legendary group Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, which appears in NYC every Monday in their roost – Birdland. He also leads his own groups and has performed and/or recorded with a variety of other ensembles such as Stephane Wrembel’s Django New Orleans, David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band, Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Stars, James Langton’s New York All-Star Big Band, The Kyle Athayde Dance Party, and with artists such as Wycliffe Gordon, Adrian Cunningham, Loren Schoenberg, Wynton Marsalis, among others. His film appearances include Killers of the Flower Moon, season two of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Capote vs. The Swans.

Though specializing in the Django Reinhardt style, guitarist Wrembel incorporates jazz, blues, classical, swing, flamenco and rock. A prolific musician, composer, educator, and musical director, Wrembel tours the world and has headlined venues such as Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Town Hall in NYC, and The Lyon Opera House in France, and has dazzled audiences at events like Montreal Jazz Festival, Rochester International Jazz Festival, Django Reinhardt Festival in France, Ellnora Guitar Festival, Caramoor Jazz Festival and many others. Wrembel won a Grammy award for his tune Bistro Fada,  used as the theme song for the 2011 Oscar-winning film, Midnight In Paris.