Laurence Juber, Grammy-award winning guitarist, and Tufts' own Nico Juber '04, will rock Barnum Hall room 008 this Tuesday, Nov. 4 to support the Leukemia-Lymphoma Society. The concert will be sponsored by the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.
"We expect the event to be a fantastic night of music to help a great cause," senior ZBT brother Matt Levine said. "Both artists have a very good interaction with their audience so while we will hopefully be filling Barnum, the concert won't feel that big."
Nico Juber is an experienced singer-songwriter and has performed regularly around campus in the time she has attended Tufts. Her work has been featured on the Jumbo Audio Project yearly.
Juber describes her acoustic style as "folk-pop rock." She experimented with different instruments such as piano and flute before settling with guitar at age thirteen. Since Juber also enjoys singing she "naturally gravitated toward guitar." She took private lessons, however, because "it's hard to learn from your parents."
At Tufts, she frequently plays shows at Oxfam Cafe and Brown & Brew. Juber enjoys the campus performances because she is able to "get to know all the other artists on campus."
Her father, Laurence Juber, is an established musician, having played lead guitar for Paul McCartney's band Wings. Laurence is a versatile guitarist. While he doesn't sing, he does play solo guitar in such a style that it "sounds like there are five guitars playing at the same time," explained Nico.
"Laurence is one of the best finger-style guitarists alive today," Levine said. "We are really just glad to be able to have this opportunity to bring these great artists to Tufts, especially when it can help raise money for charity."
Juber is very positive about her father's skills. "He's probably one of the greatest guitarists in the world." She said that she has never seen anybody leave a one of his performances She went on to say that she has never seen anyone walk our of one of his performances unbaffled and without having enjoyed it.
Juber expects the performance "will be a lot a fun," and plans to perform a couple of songs with her father.
ZBT supports the cause for Leukemia and Lymphoma research because Juber is a Lymphoma survivor and, "the Leukemia and Lymphoma society has meant a lot to quite a few brothers in the house, and we really wanted to be able to give back to it," Levine said.
ZBT's participation in last year's "Light the Night Walk" proved to be a positive experience, and so the ZBT brothers became moved to give back to the organization, according to Levine.
Although Levine said that ZBT's efforts to provide entertainment and philanthropy are mostly driven by altruistic motives, the Tufts administration's request to the Greek system to become more involved in charity was also an influence. "ZBT, as a well respected member of that system, is trying to do just a little bit more than our usual standard," he said.
ZBT's charity concert featuring Laurence Juber and his daughter, Tufts senior Nico Juber, will begin at 9:45 in Barnum 008. Tickets can be purchased beforehand and at the door for $5. For more information go to http://www.laurencejuber.com.
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