Past Events
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Larry Vuckovich ~ Solo Piano The Siskiyou Institute presents San Francisco Bay area pianist Larry Vuckovich in his second appearance at the Old Siskiyou Barn on Friday June 4 at 7:30 p.m.. The theme of Larry’s performance will be A History of Jazz Piano. This presentation will cover the styles of ragtime/stride/boogie, swing, bebop, post-bop, modal, contemporary, and free-style jazz piano. Some of the pianists and composers highlighted will be: Jelly Roll Morton, Earl “Fatha” Hines, Teddy Wilson, Bud Powell, Tommy Flanagan/Hank Jones, Red Garland, Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, and Cecil Taylor. Larry will continue this topic in much more detail in his Saturday morning workshop. Details are below. For more info on Larry, please visit his website at http://www.larryvuckovich.com/ Larry Vuckovich has won acclaim from critics and jazz audiences for his deeply imaginative style and repertoire heard at prestigious North American and European jazz clubs, concert halls and festivals. He is equally at home in world music/classically influenced modal jazz as he is with hard-swinging bebop, post-bop, contemporary jazz, and down-home blues. The New York Times notes that his unique outlook and collection of influences “set him apart from most pianists who are heard regularly in New York”. The Village Voice comments on his “book of piano gems that will keep you guessing.” The Toronto Globe and Mail calls him “a musician who sits apart from the rest by virtue...of his taste for both the exotic and the exquisite.” Cited by piano legend Barry Harris as “one of the premier West Coast pianists", Mr. Vuckovich brought his Jazz-Latin Trio/Quartet, featured on his two current piano trio/quartet CDs, to Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club in New York on a recent East Coast tour. On the same tour, he performed with Marian McPartland on her Piano Jazz show, broadcast to national and global NPR affiliates. Mr. Vuckovich has appeared as soloist at the Fazioli piano series in San Francisco, New York and Chicago, and also leads an 18-piece band that sold out the 600-seat 2007 Jazz at Filoli show in Woodside, CA. His two latest recordings, High Wall: Real Life Film Noir and Street Scene, on his Tetrachord Music label, placed in the Top 10 of the JazzWeek national radio reporting charts, and are heard regularly on XM Satellite Radio. They have won praise from top critics: “He’s a passionate exponent of what most people call straight-ahead jazz ... there is a consistently tasteful quality to his music that makes it very appealing to the ear. " – Leonard Maltin, Movie Crazy “… he creates an earthy post-bop style of richly varied improvisational expression.” - Jazz Podium (Germany) "... a pianist whose evocative touch and poetic (but unsentimental) sensibility convey the wisdom of deep musical life experience" – Thomas Conrad, Jazz Times "A true musician's musician...originality, elegance, dexterity and most of all great sense of swing, time, space and phrasing. For those who are keen on a superior jazz trio, Street Scene is highly recommended." - Gilbert Mathieu, Jazz Improv "... any discussion of the best jazz piano players in the world must now include Larry Vuckovich!" -Brad Stone, Music Director, KSJS, San Jose, CA Seating for this concert is limited and advance reservations are suggested. Call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com for reservations. Jazz Improvisation Workshop Pianist Larry Vuckovich will combine two of his popular workshops, Bebop & Post-Bop Styles & The Art of the Ballad in this informative lecture and demonstration. Some of the topics that he will touch on will include chord voicings and harmony, rhythmic phrasing and substitute changes in the styles of the masters of bop and post bop musicians. He will also discuss finding a balance in ballad playing, to express its romantic expression, as well as its creative intellectual element and how to develop a personal/original style of ballad playing. Call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com for reservations. |
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The Siskiyou Institute New Artist Series Presents Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailling info@siskiyouinstitute.com. 2008 International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion Tim Thompson is a Nashville-based guitarist and singer songwriter. Most recently he and his son, 16 year old fiddle phenomenon, Myles Thompson performed at Wintergrass in Washington and opened for Bluegrass favorites, Mountain Heart in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Last summer, Tim performed in concert with Tommy Emmanuel, Muriel Anderson, John Knowles, Pat Kirtley and Stephen Bennett in a kick off show for the annual Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Conference. He was named the 2008 International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion at the prestigious Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield Kansas. His music and arrangements have been used in movie soundtracks and for a variety of other commercial uses including a track in the movie, Casper's Haunted Christmas, and one of his compositions, "Six String Ramble" is being used as part of the software for the Flip Video Camera. Thompson has played guitar for Crystal Gayle and country hit makers Highway 101. Tim has been touring with his 16 year old son, Myles, who is a home schooled student, for the past three years while out on the road. With Thompson’s latest self-produced release, FACES, his thoughtful arrangements of such contemporary jazz classics, Naima (Coltrane), and Tones For Joan’s Bones (Chick Corea) are innovative and inspiring. This new collection also includes some of Tim Thompson’s own distinctive instrumental compositions. Here are a couple of video's of Tim and his son performing. |
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The Siskiyou Institute Presents: This event will benefit the Siskiyou Institute’s Artists In The Schools Program Entering their sixteenth year of performing Pearl Django continues to be one of America’s most respected and busiest Hot Club style groups. Though still strongly influenced by the music of Django Reinhardt, Pearl Django’s repertoire now includes many original compositions. Their music reaches out across the divides of taste to a wide variety of audiences. The band's fervent followers include Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli fans, guitar enthusiasts (and guitarists!), lovers of string music, including bluegrass devotees, who relish nimble, clean, intricate picking, "world music" fans drawn to French and Gypsy accents, plus jazz buffs and aficionados of the new swing music. Transcending simple categorization, Pearl Django packs in enthusiastic audiences at dancehalls and nightclubs, at folk music festivals and jazz festivals alike. The group’s inception was as a trio in Tacoma, Washington in 1994. The focus of Pearl Django was, and is, to incorporate the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with American swing music. They quickly expanded to a quintet, adding a violinist and a third guitarist. An interview on NPR’s All Things Considered in 2001 brought the group to national attention. In June 2002, Pearl Django performed at the prestigious Festival Django Reinhardt in Samois sur Seine, just outside of Paris, France. As of 2007 Pearl Django is working as both a quartet and a quintet (with accordionist, David Lange) All of the members are contributing original compositions to the band’s expansive repertoire. They have released 9 CDs to date. Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailling info@siskiyouinstitute.com. |
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Alexander Tutunov Presents The Siskiyou Institute is proud to kick off it's 2010 Spring concert & workshop season at the Old Siskiyou barn with an event which will feature Dr. Alexander Tutunov and two of his star piano students, Daniel Swayze and Joseph Yungen, both students at Southern Oregon University. Some of the pieces that will be featured in the evenings performance will be from J.S. Bach, Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Prokofiev, and William Bolcom. Daniel and Joseph will perform during the first half of the evening and then Dr. Tutunov will perform the second half of the concert after an intermission. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Chinese-American International Piano Institute which was founded by Dr. Tutunov. The Chinese-American International Piano Institute (CAIPI) is a project assembling outstanding young pianists from China, North America and other nations, with some of the most recognized, respected piano professors from the United States and China. Proceeds will also support the Siskiyou Institute Artists In The Schools Program which gives opportunities to students in the Rogue Valley to hear and study with professional musicians from all across the globe. Piano Technique Master Class Alexander Tutunov will present a master class open to piano students and teachers of all styles. He will be addressing a very broad spectrum of performance-related problems, including some tips on technical development without injuries, tone production on the piano, efficient practice, healthy habits and other topics of interest. Call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com for reservations. |
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New Artist Series The Siskiyou Institute is thrilled to present guitar phenomenon Francesco Buzzurro from Sicily with special guest guitarist Richard Smith. This will be a rare treat to fans of classical and jazz guitar. Born in Taormina, Italy in 1969, Francesco Buzzurro started to play guitar at the age of 6. He graduated from the Conservatory of Trapani and studied with Stefano Palamidessi. He has participated in master classes with David Russell, Hopkinson Smith, John Duarte and Alberto Ponce at The International Arts Academy in Rome. As a classical guitarist he won three national competitions in Savona Alassio and Caccamo in Sicily where he currently lives. Francesco Buzzurro’s passion for classical music is also strongly linked to a deep activity of research in the field of jazz, in fact the guitarist has developed on his own a particular way of improvising on the nylon-string guitar mixing the elements of bossa-nova, flamenco and latin music. Francesco has played with some jazz giants such as Toots Thielemans, Arturo Sandoval, Diane Schurr, Bob Mintzer, Frank Foster, Bill Russo, and many others. He is currently the leader of a quartet and plays at many jazz festivals in Europe. His first recording, entitled “LATINUS”, had numerous reviews in some of the most important Italian newspapers and guitar magazines. His second CD is entitled “FREELY…” and contains original arrangements of famous standards for solo guitar like for example Granada, Brasilerinho, Summertime, a suite from The Rhapsody in Blue etc. You can learn more about Francesco at his website which is: http://www.francescobuzzurro.it/index.html
You can learn more about Richard at his website which is: http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/artists/Richard-Smith/ |
Francesco will be joined by L.A. based guitarist Richard Smith, who is organizing this tour of the west coast for him. Richard was raised in Eugene, Oregon and is the chair of the Studio/Jazz Guitar Department at the USC Thornton School of Music, in Los Angeles, CA. one of the top music schools in the world. He started the first Doctorate of contemporary guitar styles in the world, and several graduates are now professors themselves.|
The Siskiyou Institute Presents A Spring Fundraising Concert The Siskiyou Institute presents a very special evening with Grammy Award Winners, Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel at Paschal Winery on Thursday, March 18. Well-known for their beautiful compositions and innovative treatment of popular standards, Grammy award winning artists Eric Tingstad (guitar) and Nancy Rumbel (oboe, English horn and ocarina) with a world style ensemble, create Classically inspired music from America, the British Isles, Asia and Spain. A mix of original and covered tunes including Tex-Mex stylings, Caribbean rhythms, Americana fingerpicking and devotion to the American songbook. This performance is part of their 25th anniversary tour of performing and recording together. As part of their visit to the Rogue Valley, the group will present an educational presentation for schools in Central Point. Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel have performed, recorded and touring together for over 24 years with 19 albums to their credit. Traveling to as many as 50 concert venues a year, they are friends who enjoy each other's company and truly love making music. Eric and Nancy began their collaboration in1985. Their debut album, The Gift, quickly became a holiday classic. The next 20 years saw countless reviews including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Billboard and number one debuts on radio charts. In 1998, American Acoustic was honored as "Acoustic Instrumental Album of the Year." A Carnegie Hall appearance in 2000. And in 2003 they received a Grammy Award for "Acoustic Garden." Nancy grew up in San Antonio, Texas and continued her musical education at Northwestern University where she became interested in ethnomusicology, improvisation and dance. She was a member of the Paul Winter Consort for several years prior to her move to the Pacific Northwest. Eric grew up in Seattle and attended Western Washington University where he was trained in the Segovian classic guitar tradition. He is a product of influences like Led Zeppelin, Hawaiian slack key guitar, Ravi Shankar and Martin Denny. For more information Tingstad & Rumbel, visit their website at http://www.tingstadrumbel.com/ |
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New Artist Series The Siskiyou Institute kicks off its first concert of the Spring featuring two new artists to the Rogue Valley, pianist Mike Strickland and bassist Clipper Anderson for an evening of jazz duets at Paschal Winery in Talent. Pianist Mike Strickland has resided in Seattle, Washington since 1981, and has built a solid career as a performer, composer and recording artist. In 1987, he formed Mike Strickland Productions, Inc. and recorded “Floating”, his first album of original music. This upbeat, creative album attracted the attention of CBS Sports PGA Golf producer, Frank Chirkinian, and Mike continued to write music for CBS Sports PGA Golf telecasts for the next 7 years. To date, Mike has recorded 20 albums, including the most recent 2007 recording, "Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas". He has sold over 300,000 CDs in the USA alone. Clipper Anderson is one of the most popular bassists in the Northwest. He was described by Seattle's "Earshot" jazz magazine as "a player for the connoisseur to savor." A native of Polson, Montana, Clipper played both french horn and bass in high school. He graduated from the University of Montana, having studied bass with Frank Diliberto. After a professional stint in the Spokane area, he moved to Seattle. Cipper has toured and played with a number of internationally-known jazz artists, including Randy and Michael Brecker, Toots Thielmanns, Herb Ellis, Bob Mintzer, Diane Schurr, Freddie Hubbard, James Williams, and many others. As a seasoned educator, Clipper has taught privately at Spokane Falls Community College, Eastern Washington University in Cheney, and numerous clinics and festivals at schools and colleges. |
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The Mel Martin / Don Friedman Duo Hearing Mel Martin and Don Friedman in duo is to witness two jazz masters at play, feeding off of and interacting with each other in a way that larger group performances don’t generally allow. A true dialogue takes place reflecting their considerable experience and ability to converse in an entirely exposed environment. Mel Martin’s saxophones and flute are primed to shine in their tonal beauty along with Don Friedman’s ultimate harmonic sophistication and considerable pianistic virtuosity. They will be performing pieces from their recent recording Jazzed media "Where The Warm Winds Blow" as well as originals, jazz standards and free-form improvised sections. Don't miss these two jazz masters in an intimate setting that will optimize the musical communication between musicians and audience. To learn more about Mel Martin, visit his very in-depth and informative website at http://melmartin.com/index.html “I am most impressed with Mel Martin's musicianship.” Benny Carter “You really play your ass off!” Dizzy Gillespie "Mr. Martin displays a dazzling technique and an awesome command of jazz harmony. His approach to playing is unique. He doesn?t sound like anyone else” Saxophone Journal “Blistering bebop chops...his tenor speaks in romantic, sculptured phrases..upbeat, naturally fluent melodic qualities.” Owen Cordle - Jazz Times Magazine Jazz Improvisation Workshop: In this workshop, Mel Martin and Don Friedman will demonstrate the methods they use individually and collectively to develop their improvisational skills including melodic variations, harmonic understanding, listening and communication, rhythmic variations and compositional approaches. To register for the workshop, please call the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com |
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New Artist Series
Christine Williams & Ed Dunsavage Wednesday, October 21, 2009 • 7:00 p.m. Paschal Winery in Talent Tickets: $15, $10 for Siskiyou Institute members ($5 for students) Call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com for reservations.
Christine Williams is a singer and actor based in Ashland. Her performance credits include productions at regional theatres and on concert stages across the country and around the world, from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Barbican Centre in London, to the Aspen Music Festival and the Grotowski Institute in Poland. With eclectic tastes and a wide stylistic range, Christine is a frequent collaborator with jazz, folk and classical musicians, experimental theatre and movement artists, and has developed her own form of “Concert Cabaret.” In addition to eight seasons at OSF, locally Christine has also performed with the Oregon Cabaret Theatre, the Rogue Music Theatre, the contemporary classical ensembles Syzygy and Cabballito Negro, and is a member both of the Celtic folk group, Thistledown, and the Southern Oregon Repertory Singers. A passionate teacher, Christine is on the voice faculty of Southern Oregon University, has been director and vocal coach for numerous high school and college musicals, and frequently runs workshops specializing in acting for singers and singing for actors. Christine is a narrator of audio books and is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association. Guitarist Ed Dunsavage has been performing and promoting music in the Rogue Valley for nearly 20 years. He has performed in a number of different groups and settings during that time and performed for 2 seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in the world premier of Tracy's Tiger and the Clay Cart. He is also the artistic and education director for the Siskiyou Institute, organizing concerts, work shop and school visits for the Artists In the Schools Program. Seating for this concert is limited and advance reservations are suggested. Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com |
The Siskiyou Institute presents an evening with vocalist Christine Williams and guitarist Ed Dunsavage. The evening entitled, Deconstructing Standards will feature many well known (and lesser known) jazz standards and other popular song forms, presented in new and creative ways.|
The Gross / Frishberg / Doggett Trio
Friday, October 16, 2009 • 7:30 p.m. Old Siskiyou Barn in Ashland Tickets: $25, $20 for Siskiyou Institute Members, ($5 for students) Call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com for reservations. The Siskiyou Institute presents a very special evening with the Gross/Frishberg/Doggett Trio from Portland in their first Rogue Valley appearance. This is a working group featuring the legendary pianist/composer Dave Frishberg, tenor saxophonist, John Gross, and drummer Charlie Dogget. On their recording "Strange Feeling", they make masterful work of some very rare standards and their strong musical presences ring out, yet blend together for a recording like no other. Pianist Dave Frishberg needs no introduction. Mainly known for the bounty of compositions that he has added to the standard song book, he has the opportunity to be heard as the brilliant and masterful pianist that he is. John Gross has been a west coast favorite for many years, and hails as one the truly distinct tenor players around, in any situation. He can be described as a man who completely embraces his sound. Charlie Doggett is one of Portland's first call drummers, who is frequently playing with international jazz musicians passing through. He provides excellent taste in such a unique instrumentation. Bios: John Gross is an internationally respected musician and has resided in Portland since 1991. Among his employers past and present; Harry James, Stan Kenton, Lionel Hampton, Shelly Manne, Don Ellis, Woody Herman and Toshiko Akiyoshi. He performs regularly with Gordon Lee Quartet, David Friesen, David Frishberg, Alan Jones Sextet and his own groups Blema Bii and the John Gross quartet. John has taught at universities in the US and Europe and is the author of "185 Multiphonics for the Saxophone, A Practical Guide" published by Advance Music. Dave Frishberg first became known for his work with Ben Webster, Gene Krupa, Bud Freeman, Eddie Condon, Al Cohn and Zoot Sims. Later he was celebrated for writing and performing his own frequently humorous songs including favorites "My Attorney Bernie", "Do You Miss New York", "Slappin' the Cakes on Me" and "Van Lingle Mungo", the lyrics of which entirely consist of the names of old-time baseball players. Many of his songs have been performed by artists such as Rosemary Clooney, Anita O'Day, Michael Feinstein, Diana Krall, Stacey Kent, John Pizzarelli and Mel Tormé. He presently resides in Portland, Oregon. Drummer/percussionist, Charlie Doggett is one of the most enigmatic drummers in the Portland and the greater Northwest music scene. He is a creative and versatile musician. Charlie earned a BA in Music from the University of Oregon, where he studied with Charles Dowd and Gary Versace. He has played with David Friesen, Darrell Grant, John Gross, Doc Holliday, David Frishberg, Gary Versace, Greg Coghen, John Stowell, Jerry Hahn, Randy Porter, Titos Sompa,Obo Addy, Rob Sheps,and the Eugene Symphony Orchestra. He has performed at British ColumbiaÌs du Maurier International Jazz Festival, the Medicine Hat Jazz Festival, Alberta, Canada, and the Mt. Hood Festival of Jazz, which was featured on Branford Marsalis's NPR Jazz Set Program. Charlie currently teaches drums at Clackamas Community College as well as from his own home studio in North Portland. Seating for this concert is limited and advance reservations are suggested. Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com Art Of The Trio The Art of the Trio workshop will be a demonstration and discussion on the inner workings and challenges of performing in a trio setting with three master musicians. To register for the workshop, please call the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com |
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New Artist Series
The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet Hot Gypsy Jazz Tuesday, September 22, 2009 • 7:00 p.m. Paschal Winery in Talent Tickets: $15, $10 for Siskiyou Institute members ($5 for students) Call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com for reservations. The Siskiyou Institute presents a very special evening with the Gonzalo Bergara Quartet on Tuesday, September 22 at Paschal Winery in Talent as part of our New Artist Series. His group will also participate in the Artists In The Schools Program and will conduct a workshop/presentation at a local school while they are in the Rogue Valley. Gonzalo is one of the hottest Gypsy Jazz guitarists on the scene today and you won't want to miss this. After having toured the world extensively with the John Jorgenson Quintet, native Argentinean Gonzalo Bergara is now presenting his new CD Porteña Soledad to glowing reviews all over the world. Gonzalo began playing professionally at age 16 in Buenos Aires. By 17 he was already fronting his own blues trio on national television. He arrived in America in the year 2000 and in the short time since, has performed and recorded with hundreds of artists including Tim Hausser of Manhattan Transfer, Sylvie Vartan, Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, John Jorgenson, Howard Alden and many more. His new CD Porteña Soledad was Editor’s Pick in Guitar Player Magazine, and Vintage Guitar Magazine called it “a masterpiece,” and he was picked as the “Best Jazz Group” in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Magazine in their Best of LA issue. The music is heavily influenced by Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France, traditional Jazz and hints of his native Buenos Aires. In his review on DjangoBooks.com, Jeff Fiskin writes "Gonzalo Bergara’s music exists in a way that very little music does. He has lavished such care on every phrase, built each arrangement with such lapidary precision and pared away anything extraneous, the music becomes sculpture. It has weight, density, gravity. This is serious. And deeply moving.” Gonzalo has performed all over the world including Croatia, Italy, France, Germany, Hungary, Argentina, Brazil, England, Scotland, The Montreal Jazz Festival, Playboy Jazz Festival, Sweet and Hot Jazz Festival, Django Reinhardt Fest in Germany, Suave Guitar Fest in Italy, Merle Fest, Strawberry Fest, Django Fests throughout the US and lots, lots more. The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet is formed by Gonzalo Bergara on Lead Acoustic Guitar, Jeffrey Radaich on Rhythm Guitar, Rob Hardt on Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone, and Brian Netzley on Upright Bass. Click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfLcwW-9KU8&feature=related to view some video of the quartet on Youtube Editor's Pick - Guitar Player Magazine April 08 A Masterpiece - Vintage Guitar Magazine June 08 Best Jazz In Los Angeles - Los Angeles Magazine Best of Issue Django Reinhardt Artist of the Year - Djangofest.com Seating for this concert is limited and advance reservations are suggested. Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com |
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Greta Matassa Duo
Greta Matassa - vocals Darin Clendenin - piano Friday, September 18, 2009 • 7:30 p.m. Old Siskiyou Barn in Ashland Tickets: $25, $20 for Siskiyou Institute Members, ($5 for students) Call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com for reservations. The Siskiyou Institute presents Seattle based award-winning jazz vocalist Greta Matassa & pianist Darin Clendenin at the Old Siskiyou Barn in their first Rogue Valley appearance. In the Pacific Northwest, where she built her career, Greta Matassa has won wide acclaim; six times, the readers of Earshot, the Seattle jazz magazine, have voted her the best jazz vocalist in the Northwest. Jim Wilke, the Seattle jazz maven and host of the syndicated "Jazz After Hours" radio program, praises her versatility. "She has a fearlessness in approaching material,” Wilke says, "that makes her like an instrumentalist in a jam session.” Seattle Times critic Misha Berson described Matassa as a vocal chameleon who "can sound husky or crisp, ebullient or wailing, girlish or jaded.” Pianist Darin Clendenin is recognized as one of the Northwest’s finest pianist and keyboard artists. Fluent in numerous styles of music, his stylish interpretations of everything from old classics to jazz standards, from classical to modern works enchant audiences everywhere. His performances, as well as his arranging and composing talents, are sought after for their artistry as well as their magical innovative mix of styles. He also has performed with numerous jazz legends, including Nancy King, Ernestine Anderson, Leroy Vinnegar, Mel Brown and Ron Steen. ; Blaine Jazz Festival Clinics and Concerts; Bumbershoot, Seattle; Jazz in the Valley; and Anacortes Arts Festival. Greta's concert will features material from her latest release "I Wanna be Loved" Resonance Records (#19 on the national charts in July.) Her show will also feature material from such classic singers as Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald to tribute's to Ray Charles and the late Blossom Dearie. "Greta Matassa is one of America's finest singers and stands firmly among the best in today's jazz" – Jazz Review "Matassa's performance was a marvel of virtuosity." — Los Angeles Times "One of the best jazz vocalists we have to boast about these days." — John Clayton "Greta Matassa moves from triumph to triumph." — Christopher Loudon, Jazz Times To hear an audio sample of Greta, click here http://www.gretamatassa.com/music.html To see a video sample of Greta, click here, http://www.gretamatassa.com/video.html Seating for this concert is limited and advance reservations are suggested. Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com Jazz Vocal & Improvisation Workshop Greta Matassa's vocal clinic offers practical advice, both technical and vocational, to aspiring singers of all levels. She will cover concepts about practice, improvisation, rhythmic phrasing, scat singing, delivering a ballad and answer any and all questions! "Greta Matassa is one of the best teacher's I've ever seen!" – Frank Demiero, Northwest vocal Jazz legend For reservations, please call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com |
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The Siskiyou Institute Presents
Pearl Django Benefit Fundraising Concert & Wine Tasting Wednesday, June 3, 2009 • 7:00 p.m. Paschal Winery in Talent Tickets: $25, $20 for Siskiyou Institute Members This event will benefit the Siskiyou Institute’s Artists In The Schools Program Entering their fifteenth year of performing Pearl Django continues to be one of America’s most respected and busiest Hot Club style groups. Though still strongly influenced by the music of Django Reinhardt, Pearl Django’s repertoire now includes many original compositions. Their music reaches out across the divides of taste to a wide variety of audiences. The band's fervent followers include Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli fans, guitar enthusiasts (and guitarists!), lovers of string music, including bluegrass devotees, who relish nimble, clean, intricate picking, "world music" fans drawn to French and Gypsy accents, plus jazz buffs and aficionados of the new swing music. Transcending simple categorization, Pearl Django packs in enthusiastic audiences at dancehalls and nightclubs, at folk music festivals and jazz festivals alike. The group’s inception was as a trio in Tacoma, Washington in 1994. The focus of Pearl Django was, and is, to incorporate the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with American swing music. They quickly expanded to a quintet, adding a violinist and a third guitarist. An interview on NPR’s All Things Considered in 2001 brought the group to national attention. In June 2002, Pearl Django performed at the prestigious Festival Django Reinhardt in Samois sur Seine, just outside of Paris, France. As of 2007 Pearl Django is working as both a quartet and a quintet (with accordionist, David Lange) All of the members are contributing original compositions to the band’s expansive repertoire. They have released 9 CDs to date. Seating for this concert is limited and advance reservations are highly recommended. Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com |
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Madeline Eastman, vocalist
and Randy Porter, Piano Friday, May 22, 2009 • 7:30 p.m. Old Siskiyou Barn in Ashland Tickets: $22, $20 for Siskiyou Institute Members, ($5 for students) Even before jazz vocalists sang their way back to the top of the heap in the 1990s, Madeline Eastman had established herself as a singular talent, capable of reshaping the art on her own terms in the new millennium. A thrilling live performer, Eastman takes her audiences on unpredictable musical journeys, embracing listeners in the radiant warmth of her personality, dazzling them with her vocal charm, breaking them up with her sharp wit, and inspiring silent awe with breathless readings of tender ballads. With the release of her sixth album, Can You Hear Me Now?, the daring and vivacious San Francisco singer not only secures the territory she has staked out as her own, but fearlessly explores new frontiers as well. Scaling uncharted pinnacles of hipness and sophistication, she further distinguishes herself as an original stylist without peer.“Eastman's great contribution,” says the Chicago Reader, “lies in the tough, contemporary edge she brings to her music. She sings for adults; she even makes you glad to be one.” Recognized in Down Beat Magazine's International Critics Poll as “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition,” Eastman has long been heralded for her vocal gifts, interpretive savvy, and irrepressible sense of adventure. Jazziz has noted her “easy, natural approach to lyrics” and her “exquisite appreciation of melodic complexity and impeccable presentation,” and Stereophile has offered a concise and powerful description of the figure she cuts on stage: “She's hitting from beginning to end, sizzling and snapping with electricity, sliding across bar lines, scatting choruses, slowing to a whisper, bending melody line to her will. She is IN CHARGE.” On The Speed of Life, Eastman's creative interpretations of jazz standards and bold forays into unconventional material dramatically illustrate what CD Review hailed as her “genius for discovering perfect vehicles for personal expression in improbable places.” "Everyone has something to say,” Eastman grants, “but it takes a lot of skill to put a bow on it and give it away. This album represents an arrival for me — the culmination of my years of musical exploration and devotion to the art form. It is, for me, the perfect musical alignment: the right combination of players, the right musical context and the right time in my life to send the message.” “I love the wild ride,” she says, “the meeting of the minds in an instant. I never know exactly what?s going to happen from moment to moment because, if you're open, it's up for grabs. If you've done your homework and you're playing with musicians of similar mind, it becomes that holy blend of know-how, experience and creativity.” “I think you have to give yourself away,” she continues, “be completely malleable and vulnerable to the music, a constant pendulum of commitment and abandonment. It's been a long journey, but I think I've found the balance.” With the mature poise of a seasoned veteran and the edgy enthusiasm of an upstart, Eastman stands at the forefront of contemporary jazz singers, updating the legacy of Billie Holiday, Betty Carter and Shirley Horn, and defining the vocal vanguard of the 21st century. Madeline will be joined by pianist Randy Porter for this performance. Randy has performed with many jazz greats, including Freddy Hubbard, Art Farmer, Benny Golson and Charles McPherson. Porter has toured with the Charles McPherson Quartet throughout the US and in China, Italy and Greece, also performing as McPherson's sideman at the Chicago and Detroit Jazz Festivals. In addition, the Charles McPherson Quartet has re-created the music from the classic recording Charlie Parker with Strings, performing with many orchestras nationwide. Seating for this concert is limited and advance reservations are suggested. Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com Saturday Workshop: The instrumentalists /vocalist relationship is a complicated one. Is your goal to actually “make music” with your fellow musicians? Who leads? Who follows? How do we get out of the “accompanist” rut and into the game of really making music? Randy and Madeline will help demystifying the art of interactive playing with an emphasis on FUN! Open to all musicians and vocalists. Participation will be encouraged. Madeline Eastman developed and heads the Vocal Department STANFORD JAZZ WORKSHOP, Stanford University, CA. She is the Artistic Director JAZZCAMP WEST, La Honda, CA and is an Artist in Residence for the BRUBECK INSTITUTE JAZZ COLONY, University of Pacific, CA She is also a Vocal Clinician for the MONTEREY JAZZ TRAVELING CLINICIAN PROGRAM and MONTEREY JAZZ SUMMER CAMP and Founder of the VOICESHOP RETREATS in Nevada and New York City. Randy Porter has adjudicated, taught master classes, and been a featured performer in college festivals, clinics, and summer workshops throughout the nation, including the Stanford Jazz Workshop, the Port Townsend Jazz Workshop, Jazz Camp West, Reno Jazz Festival and others. Porter has taught jazz piano, arranging and improvisation classes at University of Nevada, Reno,96-98, University of Oregon 2000-2001, and jazz history at Lewis and Clark College 2003-2004. Porter is currently adjunct faculty at Lewis and Clark College. 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New Artist Series
Dimitri Matheny & Friends Tribute to Art Farmer Wednesday, May 13, 2009 • 7:00 p.m. Paschal Winery in Talent Tickets: $12, $10 for Siskiyou Institute members ($5 for students) The Siskiyou Institute presents a very special evening with flugelhorn player/ composer/educator Dmitri Matheny. This performance will be a tribute to his mentor and teacher for ten years, the great Art Farmer. Dmitri has performed several times for the Siskiyou Institute at the Old Siskiyou Barn with pianist Darrell Grant. Dmitri will be in the Rogue Valley as an artist in residence as part of the S.I. Artists in the Schools Program where he will conduct clinics at a number of schools in the Rogue Valley. Celebrated for his warm romantic tone, soaring lyricism and masterful technique, Matheny was first introduced to jazz audiences in the 1980s as the protégé of jazz legend Art Farmer, with whom he studied privately for ten years. Now hailed as "the first breakthrough flugelhornist since Chuck Mangione" (San Jose Mercury News), Dmitri Matheny has received numerous awards and honors, including selection as "Best New Artist" in the JAZZIZ Readers Poll and "Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition" in the Down Beat International Critics Poll. Although known primarily as a flugelhorn player, Dmitri Matheny is also a prolific composer and lyricist whose published compostions span the jazz, pop, symphonic, choral, chamber and world music genres. Matheny has received premieres and commissions from Meet the Composer, the Manhattan New Music Project, the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, the Bay Area Jazz Composers Orchestra and 20th Century Forum. Matheny's film scoring and soundtrack credits include the PBS documentary Mary, Paradox & Grace (1996), the industrial short film Greenhorn Creek (1997), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art production Voices & Images of California Art (1997), and the RKO Pictures feature film Shade (2003) a "modern noir" directed by Damian Nieman, starring Gabriel Byrne, Jamie Foxx, Melanie Griffith, Thandie Newton, Sylvester Stallone and Stewart Townsend. Dmitri is also a dedicated music educator and arts management professional. He presents clinics, lectures and workshops at leading universities and conservatories and is a frequent presenter (by invitation) at major music industry conferences. He offers private lessons on an availability basis in the San Francisco Bay Area. Matheny has served on grant award evaluation panels for the California Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2008, in their fifth season of participation with the San Francisco Symphony's Adventures in Music program, the Dmitri Matheny Group provided free concerts for more than 15,000 children in over 100 public schools. Since 1989, the DMG has staged more than 500 such concerts in the schools. Working in association with the SF Symphony, SFJAZZ, Young Audiences of the Bay Area, the Friends of Matheny Music, Bread & Roses, and other charitable organizations, Dmitri and his band are gratified to have introduced more than 45,000 Bay Area school children to jazz. Dmitri Matheny has held teaching faculty and nonprofit management positions with the Jazzschool (Berkeley, CA), Boston Center for the Arts, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Monarch Records and Chabot Space and Science Center. Formerly the Director of Education and Director of Development for SFJAZZ, the San Francisco Jazz Organization, Matheny has also served as Assistant Education Director for the Thelonious Monk Institute Jazz Colony at Jazz Aspen Snowmass, and as Artist-In-Residence for the Young Musicians Program of the University of California, Berkeley. For more information on Dmitri Matheny and to hear listen to some of his music, please visit http://www.dmitrimatheny.com/?mpf=frame Seating for this concert is limited and advance reservations are suggested. Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com |
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Mimi Fox Duo
Mimi Fox - Guitar Randy Halberstadt - Piano Friday, May 1, 2009 • 7:30 p.m. Old Siskiyou Barn in Ashland Tickets: $22, $20 for Siskiyou Institute Members, ($5 for students) The Siskiyou Institute brings back one of it's most popular artists, guitarist Mimi Fox. In this, her third Siskiyou Institute performance, she will be joined by Seattle based pianist Randy Halberstadt. Internationally renowned guitarist/composer/recording artist Mimi Fox has been named a winner in 6 consecutive Downbeat Magazine international critic's polls and has been recognized by writers and colleagues alike as one of the most eloquent jazz guitarists on today's scene. In one of many feature stories, Guitar Player Magazine hailed Mimi as "a prodigious talent who has not only mastered the traditional forms but has managed to reinvigorate them." Mimi has performed/recorded with some of jazz's most commanding players, including fellow guitarists Charlie Byrd, Stanley Jordan, Charlie Hunter, and Mundell Lowe, Grammy-nominated saxophonists Branford Marsalis, David Sanchez and Houston Person and the late Don Lanphere, vocalists Abbey Lincoln, Diana Krall, Kevin Mahogany and Janis Siegel (Manhattan Transfer), B3 organ masters Joey DeFrancesco, Barbara Denerlein and Dr. Lonnie Smith, and powerhouse drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. She has also performed outside of the jazz world with legends Stevie Wonder and John Sebastian and with Patty Larkin's Vanguard Records-produced La Guitara project. Mimi has released eight highly acclaimed albums as a leader, including her two most recent on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label. 2006's double CD, Perpetually Hip, received rave reviews from scores of publications including the San Francisco Chronicle, which called this project Fox's "Masterwork" and said: "The two discs stand as a definitive Fox statement. The first showcases her simmering interplay with a quartet featuring drum maestro Billy Hart, while the second captures her breathtaking solo style in an approach that is as harmonically resourceful as it is lyrically inventive." Fox had already established her credentials as a worthy successor to Joe Pass with the astonishing 2001 Origin Records solo album, Standards. In a glowing Cadence Magazine review, Jim Josselyn said: "to say Mimi Fox's touch, sound, sensitivity and understanding of the guitar as a solo vehicle of expression is masterful would be an understatement. This is simply some of the best guitar music I have heard." Pianist Randy Halberstadt has been a major figure on the Pacific Northwest jazz scene for many years. A multi-dimensional pianist, he is equally at home playing be-bop, Latin, down-home blues, straight-ahead swing, free and eclectic jazz. In addition to leading his own trio and producing his own recordings (Inner Voice, Clockwork, and Parallel Tracks), he has performed with Herb Ellis, Buddy de Franco, Nick Brignola, Terry Gibbs, Slide Hampton, Pete Christlieb, Bobby Shew, Joe LaBarbera, John Stowell, David Friesen, Don Lanphere, Jiggs Whigham, Roswell Rudd, Julian Priester, Mel Brown, and many others. He has also backed up many great vocalists including Sheila Jordan, Rebecca Parris, Kevin Mahogany, Marlena Shaw, Karrin Allyson, and Ernestine Anderson. Recently, He is the pianist for the esteemed Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and has performed repeatedly with the Seattle Symphony. Seating for this concert is limited and advance reservations are suggested. Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com Art of the Duo/Jazz Improvisation Workshop Guitarist Mimi Fox and pianist Randy Halberstadt will discuss and demonstrate aspects of the collaborative process as reflected in their duo. In addition to sound and improvisation, they will explore the listening, interaction, risk-taking and originality that go into creating an effective duo performance. They will also discuss their individual approaches to both of their instruments. As a devoted educator and clinician, Mimi Fox has taught master classes worldwide while serving as head of the guitar program at the Jazz School in Berkeley and Adjunct Professor at New York University. She has published several popular instructional books and interactive CD-Roms for Mel Bay Publications and True Fire. Randy Halberstadt is a full professor at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Randy teaches jazz theory, vocal standards, and private lessons. He also serves on the faculties of the Blaine Jazz Festival in Blaine, Washington and the Centrum Jazz Workshop in Port Townsend, Washington (both in July). In 2001 Randy wrote a book called Metaphors For The Musician: Perspectives from a Jazz Pianist. Since its release it has garnered rave reviews from top professionals, readers, and the press alike. Intended for both instrumentalists and vocalists, it deals with almost all aspects of musicianship, including improvisation, theory, piano, and professional requirements. For reservations, please call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com |
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New Artist Series
Jessica Fichot ~ Gypsy Jazz Ensemble Wednesday, April 22, 2009 • 7:00 p.m. Paschal Winery in Talent Tickets: $12, $10 for Siskiyou Institute members ($5 for students) The Siskiyou Institute presents Chanteuse and songwriter Jessica Fichot on Wednesday, April 22 as part of our New Artist Series at Paschal Winery. Jessica Fichot is a lot like her hometown of Paris: French at heart, but with a soul that's truly international. Her multi-ethnic French / Chinese / American upbringing colors the songs on her debut album. It's called Le Chemin, "The Path," and for good reason: Jessica takes the listener on a twisting journey out of the French chanson tradition, into the lands of gypsy jazz, Chinese and Latin American folk music, through the classic American repertoire, and off into the wilderness of her imagination. For her, the journey has been a natural one. Born in the U.S. to a French father and a Chinese mother, Jessica was raised in France in a multicultural environment. A youth spent playing music in Parisian coffeehouses and concert halls led her first to graduate from the School of Audio Engineering in Paris and then from Berklee College of Music in Boston. School was followed by a stint writing children's music for educational programs - her work includes over a hundred songs published in over a dozen countries - and later, for television. When Jessica moved to California, she began writing the songs that would eventually form the backbone of her new album. To learn more about Jessica and to hear sound clips of her music, please visit her website at http://www.jessicasongs.com/ Seating for this concert is limited and advance reservations are suggested. Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com |
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Holly Hofmann, flute
and Mike Wofford, piano Friday, April 10, 2009 • 7:30 p.m. Old Siskiyou Barn in Ashland Tickets: $22, $20 for Siskiyou Institute Members, ($5 for students) For our first concert of the spring season at the Old Siskiyou Barn, we are thrilled to be presenting flutist Holly Hofmann and pianist Mike Wofford for their first southern Oregon appearance. Trying to define the jazz flutist is like trying to define the word jazz. The public’s knowledge of the flute as a jazz instrument seems to range between the acquired taste of the avant-garde and the abyss known as pop-jazz. Holly Hofmann clearly defines the jazz flute. Her robust tone is the result of a rich classical background. Critics have labeled Holly the most authoritative, swinging flutist in jazz today. In addition to performing throughout the world, she also composes, conducts clinics and workshops, and books a number of jazz concert series. Holly will be performing with husband, pianist Mike Wofford. In addition to long associations with Bill Cunliffe, Frank Wess and Mike Wofford, she has worked with Slide Hampton, Houston Person, Mundell Lowe, James Moody, Cedar Walton, Kenny Barron, Ken Peplowski, John Clayton, Bud Shank, Chuck Redd, Kevin Mahogany and Regina Carter, among many others. Currently residing in San Diego, Holly books or consults on several jazz parties and festivals including Jazz at Newport in Oregon, and Jazz in the City at the State Theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She and Mike have enjoyed a long association with the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library in La Jolla, CA where they have recorded live twice, most recently their first CD as a duo, Live at the Athenaeum, Volume 2 on Capri Records. The new CD was released in 2007 and features Holly’s first recorded performance on alto flute. She chose to record this project live with no amplification or effects, as if the listener was there in the front row. With ten recordings as a leader in the duo or quartet setting, Holly is working on recording her Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim with Brazilian rhythm section and string orchestra, a configuration she’s taking this year to California, Arizona, Salt Lake City, France and New Zealand. She and Mike are also putting the finishing touches on another jazz quartet with string orchestra project of all Ellington/Strayhorn compositions. Taking the flute out of its stereotypical role has always been Holly’s main objective. Audiences and promoters alike are recognizing her as one of the premiere jazz flutists in the country. Phil Woods, while describing her performance at the Telluride Jazz Festival, said “Along with Hubert Laws, Holly is frankly the best jazz flute player today.” She has become the standard by which the flute is being judged. For more information on Holly and to listen to sound clips, please visit her website at http://www.hollyhofmann.com/. Seating for this concert is limited and advance reservations are suggested. Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com Workshop/Demonstration A Morning with Flute and Piano: Flutist Holly Hofmann and pianist Mike Wofford will talk about easy ways to delve into jazz and blues for the first time. For more advanced listeners, they will open up the session for audience questions and cover a variety of general instrumental and musical topics. Participation will be encouraged. Open to all instruments and vocalists. For reservations, please call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com |
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New Artist Series
Motoshi Kosako ~ Jazz Harpist Wednesday, March 25, 2009 • 7:00 p.m. Paschal Winery in Talent Tickets: $12, $10 for Siskiyou Institute members ($5 for students) The Siskiyou Institute is proud to kick off it's Spring concert series with an evening of jazz music performed on the classical harp featuring Motoshi Kosako from Sacramento, California. Motoshi was born in Matsuyama City, Japan and began his musical training on the piano and the guitar. In Tokyo he played the acoustic and electric guitar in professional jazz bands, and the Swing Journal Magazine described him as “one of the most remarkable young jazz musicians.” In 1997, Motoshi moved to the U.S. and because six strings were simply not enough to keep him busy, he started playing the harp and later moved on to the electric harp. Motoshi knows no limits. Best Jazz Artist editor's pick 2007 Sacramento Magazine: "Motoshi plays with a fluid, modern style that evokes Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea. The second-place winner in the 2007 International Jazz Harp Competition, Motoshi is one hepcat who is turning the jazz world upside down." His ground breaking style is also noted in Harp Column as “Motoshi Kosako, a Japanese native whose introspective soloing was reminiscent of Keith Jarrett.” With two classical harp albums and his first released jazz album, Naked Wonder, Motoshi is currently recording his second jazz album featuring the electric harp. Motoshi is also the principle harpist and featured soloist for the Stockton Symphony. He is a prolific composer, and is steadily gaining worldwide attention with his unique approach to jazz. . Seating for this concert is limited and advance reservations are suggested. Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com |
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New West Guitar Quartet
Friday, September 12, 2008 • 7:00 p.m. Paschal Winery in Talent Tickets: $20 ($15 for students) The New West Guitar Quartet, is an innovative jazz guitar quartet which is based in southern California. The group recently released their second CD, "Wide Awake" on Artsong Music. This new release showcases the group's signature alternative jazz style. NWGQ combines the improvisational elements of jazz with the performance standards of a chamber group. By utilizing all the colors of the guitar, New West Guitar Quartet creates a new medium of chamber music. What began as a class for individual guitarists at the Thornton School of Music, became a long-lasting venture for NWGQ members Brady Cohan, Matt Roberts, Perry Smith and John Storie. Two years since the group's debut album, "Introducing the New West Guitar Quartet" (Flora Records, 2005), NWGQ releases their SECOND RECORDING, which exhibits their alternative jazz style infused with pop and rock influences. Performed with numerous acoustic and electric guitars, the eight original compositions and three inventive arrangements are inspired by NWGQ's musical tours throughout the U.S, Canada and Japan. "The New West Guitar Quartet is comprised of four of the brightest stars among a new generation of guitarists," said noted jazz guitarist Larry Koonse, faculty member of the California Institute of Arts. "While it would be easy for them to make their performances a showcase of the considerable virtuosity of each player, they choose instead to take the high road and create music which has a sense of space, lyricism and inherent beauty." The full coloristic capabilities of the guitar family (steel-string acoustics, nylon-string acoustics, electric hollow and solid body guitars) are employed to great effect with the attention to detail of a finely tuned string quartet. This is a group that breathes together and knows how to bring out the nuances of shape in one beautiful unified gesture. This performance will be held at Paschal Winery, 1122 Suncrest Road in Talent. Tickets for this performance are $20 and $15 for students. Seating for this concert is limited and advance reservations are suggested. Reservations can be made by calling the Siskiyou Institute at 541-488-3869 or by emailing info@siskiyouinstitute.com |
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Denny Zeitlin - solo piano
Friday, September 26, 2008 • 8:00 p.m. The Old Siskiyou Barn Tickets: $20 ($15 for students) For reservations, please call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com The Siskiyou Institute presents pianist-composer-psychiatrist Denny Zeitlin in his second appearance at the Old Siskiyou Barn. Denny has recorded over thirty critically acclaimed albums; twice won first place in the Down Beat International Jazz Critics Poll; written original music for Sesame Street; and appeared on network TV, including repeats on the Tonight Show, and CBS Sunday Morning. He has concertized throughout the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Europe, at colleges, jazz clubs, and major festivals; appearing with jazz greats such as Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Tony Williams, Bobby Hutcherson, John Patitucci, John Abercrombie, Marian McPartland, Charlie Haden, David Grisman, Kronos Quartet, Paul Winter, David Friesen, Matt Wilson, Buster Williams and many others. Zeitlin’s lecture-demonstration “Unlocking the Creative Impulse: The Psychology of Improvisation” has been presented across the U.S., Canada. and in Europe. He is currently a psychiatrist in private practice in San Francisco and Marin County and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. His first series of records appeared on Columbia in the mid and late 60’s, and were received with critical acclaim and international exposure. Zeitlin then withdrew from public appearance for several years in order to develop a pioneering integration of jazz, electronics, classical, and rock. This music emerged in the early 70’s with multiple recordings, culminating in the 1978 electronic-acoustic symphonic score for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” Subsequently he returned to a primary focus on acoustic music in a multitude of settings, with continued composing, recording, and international touring. In 2005, Zeitlin launched a comprehensive multi-media website detailing his activities in music, psychiatry, wine, fly fishing, and mountain biking: www.dennyzeitlin.com A sampling of critical acclaim for Denny Zeitlin’s Solo Performances: “Zeitlin’s range, in fact, was so broad that his playing is difficult to describe without making it appear to be a grab bag of styles. More accurately, he is an improvisational artist whose skills are so expansive that he can integrate everything he hears into the fabric of his soloing. In the best sense, in the manner that has always been true of jazz’s finest improvisers, Zeitlin constantly stretches the creative envelope, measuring himself only against the infinite demands of his music.” - LOS ANGELES TIMES “…Zeitlin delivered a riveting solo performance.” - NEW YORK TIMES “In supreme command of the keyboard…he employs striking dissonances, he constructs extraordinary edifices of harmonics, he can be marvelously pianistic, with a velvet subtlety of touch. He is an original...Denny Zeitlin stretches jazz piano beyond any hitherto defined limits.” - SAN DIEGO UNION “With wonderful vast expansiveness Denny Zeitlin showed his brilliance.” - NEUE RUHR ZEITUNG Workshop/Lecture-Demonstration Wearing both hats of his dual career as a world-renowned jazz pianist and composer and highly respected practicing psychiatrist and Clinical Professor at the University of California in San Francisco, Denny Zeitlin invites his audience into the psychological terrain where the deepest levels of creativity can be experienced. Using jazz improvisation as a model, he describes and illustrates at the piano the artist’s challenge: to integrate the more “Western” traditions of aesthetics, technical skill, and intellectual appreciation of the art form with the more “Eastern” ecstatic traditions which focus on merging with the activity and being “ in the moment.” Dr. Zeitlin draws on decades of personal experience—as a musician and composer; as a collaborator with other musicians; and as a psychiatrist helping people liberate their creative spark. He describes methods of ushering oneself into deeper levels of creativity, and how to understand and deal with psychological “blocks” to that process. Questions from the audience are welcomed. |
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HARVEY WAINAPEL / CARLOS OLIVEIRA
BRAZILIAN DUO Friday, October 24, 2008 • 8:00 p.m. The Old Siskiyou Barn, Tickets: $20 ($15 for students) For reservations please call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com The Siskiyou Institute welcomes clarinetist/saxophonist Harvey Wainapel and guitarist Carlo Oliveira to the Old Siskiyou Barn for their first southern Oregon performance. Wainapel's deep love for the music of Brazil has led to seven long-term visits to that country since 2000. He has performed with many Brazilian masters, in Brazil, the USA, and Europe, including: Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Guinga, Jovino Santos Neto (Harvey also recorded on 2 CDs as a member of Jovino's group), Filo Machado and Paulo Bellinati (including a duo CD recorded in Sao Paulo). Wainapel's latest CD, "Amigos Brasileiros" presents a broad panorama of current Brazilian instrumental music. The CD features many new original compositions by some of Brazil's best contemporary musicians (each of whom performs on his or her composition). 7-string acoustic guitarist Carlos Oliveira, a native of Recife, Brazil, moved to the USA to study jazz and expand his performance opportunities. Besides extensive performing and recording activity with Wainapel, he has worked with Andy Narell, Mike Marshall, Claudia Villela, Claudia Gomez, and Ricardo Peixoto. Carlos is a mainstay in the bay area Brazilian scene, as a performer, educator, arranger, and recording artist. Strongly influenced by Brazilian giants such as Hermeto Pascoal, Egberto Gismonti, Milton Nascimento, and Antonio Carlos Jobim, Oliveira thinks of himself as a composer more than a player; but in the words of the San Jose Mercury News, “his guitar playing is strikingly effective.” Harvey Wainapel and Carlos Oliveira have been jointly perfecting their duo repertoire and presentation for more than a decade. Performances have included the Monterey Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, Herbst Theater (opening for the Jobim-Morelenbaum group) and opening for Brazilian singer Rosa Passos. In Ashland, they will perform selections from their CDs, original compositions, plus a few classics of the Brazilian jazz repertoire. Many of the rhythms and genres may be unfamiliar to a majority of listeners -- there is much more than just samba or bossa nova here -- but the infectious music is very clearly from Brazil! Rio de Janeiro's daily newspaper O GLOBO, reviewing a concert Wainapel performed in Rio with guitar virtuoso Paulo Bellinati, wrote "Wainapel displayed incredible intimacy with the language of Brazilian music and great stage presence." Singer/composer Ivan Lins, speaking of the CD "Amigos Brasileiros," said "I'm totally in love with Harvey's CD! He understands Brazilian music in a way that's very unusual, maybe because he loves it so much. He's got the spirit; he's a great musician." Guitar master Larry Coryell, upon receiving Carlos’ CD “Brazilian Origins,” wrote, “Your record is really beautiful; very jazzy, very fresh, very hypnotic; I dig it! The guitar is excellent –– great sound, great timing, beautiful imagination.” Brazilian Music Workshop The first part of Saturday's workshop will be a brief introduction to some of the many various styles and rhythms of Brazilian music, via examples recorded by masters of the genre. Then things will get more hands-on, as we will all (or whoever wishes to!) play together in one or more of these lesser-known styles of the beautiful music of Brazil. To register for the workshop please call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com |
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Holiday Concert & Fundraiser
Leslie Kendall & The Flat Five Quartet Friday, December 12 • 7:00 p.m. Paschal Winery in Talent $20 ~ ($15 for students) For reservations, please call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com This event will raise money for the Siskiyou Institute Artists in the Schools program. Please join us for our final event of 2008 which is a holiday concert and fundraiser which will benefit music in the schools and will feature vocalist Leslie Kendall & The Flat Five Quartet. This performance with take place at Paschal Winery in Talent and will feature many holiday favorites as well as some classics from the Great American Songbook, featuring tunes from composers such as Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jimmy Van Heusan and others. Leslie Kendall is a resident of the Rogue Valley and has appeared in nightclubs and concert venues nation-wide, including Caesar's Palace. She has recorded for Warner Brothers, M.C.A. and Columbia Records where she was the featured soloist with the Percy Faith Orchestra. She has performed at many venues in the Rogue Valley including several appearances at the Old Siskiyou Barn, The Ginger Rogers Craterian Theatre, The Mountain Avenue Theatre and has performed many times for the Medford Jazz Jubilee. The Flat Five Quartet Features: Gary "Chicken" Hirsh on drums. Gary is a long time resident of Ashland but is better known to many people as the original drummer for the 60's San Francisco rock group, Country Joe and the Fish. During the 60's he performed at all the major rock concerts in the U.S.A and through out Europe. He has worked with everyone from Janis Joplin and Jerry Garcia to Pharoh Sanders and Frank Zappa. He came out of retirement twelve years ago to perform the music that he loves. Guitarist Ed Dunsavage is an eighteen year resident of the Rogue Valley. Originally from the east coast he has worked for more than 30 years in the entertainment industry. He has performed for the past two years in two productions at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival which include the world premier of Tracy's Tiger (2007) and in the Clay Cart (2008). On acoustic bass is Joe Cohoon. Joe worked for many years in the Portland area performing in various rock and blues groups. In addition to working with several Rogue Valley Jazz ensembles, Joe also performs with the Beatles Tribute Band, The Nowhere Men. Pianist Dave Swan is the only Rogue valley native in the group. Dave grew up in Medford and graduated from Southern Oregon University as a music major. Dave is one of the Rogue valleys finest pianists. |
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PEARL DJANGO
Hot Gypsy Jazz from Seattle WA. Tuesday May 20, 2008 • 8:00 p.m. The Old Siskiyou Barn Tickets: $20 ($15 for students) The Siskiyou Institute is happy to present the Seattle based Gypsy Jazz group, Pearl Django at the Old Siskiyou Barn on May 20. Celebrating more than 13 years in existence Pearl Django continues to be one of America’s most respected and busiest Hot Club style groups. Their music reaches out across the divides of taste to a wide variety of audiences. The band's fervent followers include Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli fans, guitar enthusiasts (and guitarists!), lovers of string music, including bluegrass devotees, who relish nimble, clean, intricate picking, "world music" fans drawn to French and Gypsy accents, plus jazz buffs and aficionados of the new swing music. Transcending simple categorization, Pearl Django packs in enthusiastic audiences at dancehalls and nightclubs, at folk music festivals and jazz festivals alike. For more information about the group visit www.pearldjango.com |
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Mark Levine Duo with bassist John Witala
Friday, May 9, 2008 • 8:00 p.m. The Old Siskiyou Barn Tickets: $20 ($15 for students) The Siskiyou Institute welcomes back Grammy nominated pianist, composer, educator and author Mark Levine. Mark will be joined by bassist John Witala. Author of the Piano Book and the Jazz Theory Book, Mark has performed and recorded with many jazz luminaries including, Woody Shaw, Mongo Santamaria, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Cal Tjader, Tito Puente, Milt Jackson, David Liebman, Blue Mitchell, Pete Escovedo, James Moody, Art Farmer, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Fortune, Eddie Harris, Clark Terry, Charlie Rouse, Bobby Watson, Chet Baker, Mark Murphy, Art Pepper, Steve Turre, and Poncho Sanchez. Jazz Theory Workshop/Lecture with Mark Levine Open to all instruments and vocalists with an interest in developing their understanding of jazz theory and jazz improvisation. |
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OREGON
Featuring Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless, Glen Moore and Mark Walker Monday, April 28, 2008 • 7:30 p.m. Mountain Avenue Theatre, Ashland High School Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $15 with student I.D. Advance tickets for this show can be ordered by calling 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com Co-sponsored by the Ashland High School Music Department and the Music Department of Southern Oregon University. The Siskiyou Institute is extremely happy to be presenting the Grammy nominated group OREGON in 2 special concerts in Ashland. The first concert will take place on Monday, April 28 at the Mountain Avenue Theatre at Ashland High School. The second concert on Tuesday evening will be a rare opportunity to hear the individual members of Oregon performing in solo and duo formats in the intimate setting of the Old Siskiyou Barn. This special event will be a fundraiser for the Siskiyou Institute's Artists In The Schools program which benefits students and teachers of the Rogue Valley. For over 35 years, Oregon has been personifying their own way of making music, which is a natural meeting point between diverse sounds and equally diverse cultures. The music by this American quartet is always one without boundaries, an adventurous fusion of jazz, chamber atmospheres, and folkloristic scents coming from various latitudes and longitudes. But Oregon's music is also one where composition and improvisation find the right balance, in the depth of a profound melodic breath that in the course of time has remained one of the principle characteristics that distinguishes the group. Featuring Ralph Towner on guitar and piano, Paul McCandless on reeds and woodwinds, Glen Moore on bass and Mark Walker on drums and percussion, Oregon has set the standard for acoustic chamber music that straddles the lines between jazz, world music and classical. Building upon European classical disciplines and American jazz traditions - transcending them both, their sound is characterized by an optimistic, forward-thinking strength. OREGON has inspired audiences in renowned concert halls including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, and Vienna’s Mozartsaal; at international jazz clubs and major festivals such as Montreux, Pori, Berlin, Montreal, and Newport Jazz; and on tours throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America, Eastern and Western Europe, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Algeria, and Australia. For more information on Oregon, please visit their website at www.oregonband.com The group will be teaching workshops for students of Southern Oregon University and Ashland High School and Middle School on Tuesday, April 29. Tickets for the concert at Mountain Avenue Theatre will be available after April 1 at CD or Not CD in Ashland or can be reserved by calling 541-488-3869. Tickets will be $20 in advance and $25 at the door. OREGON - Solo & Duo Performances Please join us for a very special evening at the Old Siskiyou Barn with the members of the group Oregon. This evening will feature each member of this amazing quartet, performing in solo and duo formats. This will be a rare opportunity to see and hear these world class musicians performing up close in the intimate setting of the Old Siskiyou Barn. Seating is very limited so call early to make your reservations. |
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Southern Oregon University Piano Department Recital
Host by Dr. Alexander Tutunov Friday, April 25, 2008 • 8:00 p.m. The Old Siskiyou Barn Tickets: $20 ($15 for students) A Benefit for the Chinese American Piano Institute The Siskiyou Institute is proud to kick off it's 2008 Spring concert season with an event which will feature some of the finest young pianists in the Rogue Valley. All are students of Dr. Alexander Tutunov at Southern Oregon University. The evening will feature pianists, Kristen McCaffrey, Kimberley Levy, David Brown, Daniel Swayze, Kimberley Wood, Elizabeth Moss and Joseph Yungen. Music selections will feature the music of Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Ravel and Scriabin. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Chinese-American International Piano Institute which was founded by Dr. Tutunov. The Chinese-American International Piano Institute (CAIPI) is a project assembling outstanding young pianists from China, North America and other nations, with some of the most recognized, respected piano professors from the United States and China. This annual event takes place at the Sichuan Conservatory in Chengdu, China. Piano Technique Master Class with Alexander Tutunov Saturday, April 26, 11:00 a.m. The Old Siskiyou Barn $10 general public Free to students and teachers (Donations appreciated) Alexander Tutunov will present a master class open to piano students and teachers of all styles. He will be addressing a very broad spectrum of performance-related problems, including some tips on technical development without injuries, tone production on the piano, efficient practice, healthy habits and other topics of interest. |
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Larry Vuckovich - Solo Piano Pianist Larry Vuckovich has won acclaim from critics and jazz audiences for his deeply imaginative repertoire and style heard at prestigious north American and European concert hall, festivals and jazz clubs. Born in Kotor, a small village in the former Yugoslavia, Larry was classically trained as a child. At the age of 14, Larry's family was granted political asylum in the United States, arriving in San Francisco at the height of a flourishing jazz scene. A student of pianist Vince Guaraldi, Larry has worked as an accompanist for vocalists Irene Kral and Mel Torme. He has performed on and off for 25 years with vocalist Jon Hendricks and has also worked with such jazz luminaries as Lucky Thompson, Slide Hampton, Pony Poindexter, Clifford Jordan, Philly Joe Jones and Dexter Gordon. Larry has recorded for the Concord Record label as well as Hot House, Inner City and Palo Alto Jazz. Jazz Piano Workshop with Larry Vuckovich Pianist Larry Vuckovich will lead a workshop and demonstration, detailing the styles of some of the great pianists from the Post Bop era such as Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Red Garland and Erroll Garner. Mr. Vuckovich presented this workshop at the 2005 International Association of Jazz Educators conference in Long Beach California. |
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David Friesen - bass Uwe Kropinski - guitar The Siskiyou Institute welcomes the return of bassist David Friesen and guitarist Uwe Kropinski. Jazz Workshop and Discussion This event will be open to all instruments. The workshop will focus on offering hope and encouragement, eliminating fears, improving technical skills and establishing confidence in the student's musical life style. |
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Mimi Fox Duo The Siskiyou Institute is proud to kick off it's sixth season of presenting music with jazz guitarist Mimi Fox and bassist Bill Douglas at the Old Siskiyou Barn on September 28. With her seventh release as a leader, the ambitious two-CD set Perpetually Hip, Mimi Fox once again displays the masterful command of the fretboard that has led to her being named Rising Star in fiver consecutive Down Beat International Critics Polls (2003, 2004, 2005 & 2006). She was also profiled in that magazine's special feature, 6 Hot 6-Stringers: Down Beat's Look at the Guitarists Making Today's Scene which presented 6 guitarists in the worlds of jazz, blues and beyond whose work is innovating, invigorating and perpetuating the guitar tradition. Mimi has performed at festivals and clubs all across the globe and has appeared on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz program on NPR as well as the BET on Jazz program. Mimi will be joined by bassist Bill Douglas who has recorded and performed with Marian McPartland, Tom Waits, Art Lande, Charlie Byrd and many others. "A prodigious talent who has not only mastered the traditional forms, but has managed to reinvigorate them..." Art of the Duo Jazz Improvisation Workshop Guitarist Mimi Fox and bassist Bill Douglas will discuss and demonstrate aspects of the collaborative process as reflected in their duo. In addition to sound and improvisation, they will explore the listening, interaction, risk-taking and originality that go into creating an effective duo performance. They will also discuss their individual approaches to both of their instruments. |
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Cowbop featuring Bruce Forman
Friday, August 3, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
$15 in advance, $20 at the door
The Siskiyou Institute presents a summer fundraiser concert on Friday, August 3 featuring guitarist Bruce Forman and Cowbop.
This event will take place at the RoxyAnn Winery in Medford from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
Seating is limited and advance reservations are recommended.
Call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com for more information
This special event is being sponsored by RoxyAnn Winery and the Rogue Regency Inn & Suites and will benefit the Siskiyou Institute Artists In The Schools program.
Mix swingin' grooves, thrilling improvisation, sweet vocals, acoustic western sensibilities and tons of fun and you have only begun to describe Cow Bop. Formed in 2003 by internationally- acclaimed guitarist Bruce Forman, this jazz and western swing band has toured extensively throughout the country, exciting audiences with their unique brand of American music. In 2004, Cow Bop won the Route 66 Challenge, traveling the length of the storied road having departed with a mere $100 and no scheduled gigs. Their CD, Swingin' Out West, released in 2004, charted on Americana, Jazz, College and Adult Contemporary radio stations.
Bruce Forman's guitar style has been an important part of the international jazz scene for more than two decades. He has been featured as leader as well as sideman at many of the most prestigious festivals and concert venues throughout the world. His numerous recording and performing credits include the likes of Bobby Hutcherson, Ray Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Barney Kessel, Richie Cole, and countless others. Known for swinging bop-style phrasing and inventive harmonizations, his ability to work in a variety of settings keeps him in constant demand. His guitar work is featured throughout Clint Eastwood's Academy Award winning film, Milion Dollar Baby.
His devotion to sharing knowledge-particularly with children-has been a constant throughout his career. Having taught since his late teens, he is keenly aware of the needs of developing musicians and is personally connected to all of his students, many of whom have moved on to successful careers as recording and performing artists. He has served as 'artist in residence' at numerous music workshops worldwide, has conducted seminars in conservatories and universities across four continents, is a Resource Team member for the IAJE and a longstanding member of the Monterey Jazz Festival Education Program.
In January 2000, he founded JazzMasters Workshop, a music-mentoring program that is free to student-age musicians. Beginning in 2001, JazzMasters achieved non-profit 501(c)(3) status and has operated more than 1,500 workshops throughout the nation. Through JazzMasters Workshops' auspices, many of the world's greatest touring and recording artists have had the opportunity to inspire and interact with the upcoming generation and to make a difference in the lives of children in their communities. In June 2003, the Jazz Journalist's Association recognized this work by bestowing an award for "Service To and Beyond Jazz." In support of the workshops, Bruce participated in the 'Route 66 Challenge', securing per-mile pledges for the organization.
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Sol Flamenco The Siskiyou Institute and The Jefferson Classical Guitar Society present "Sol Flamenco" on Thursday, July 21st at 7:00 PM at RoxyAnn Winery in Medford. This California-based flamenco troupe will light up the stage with the passionate and powerful music and dance of Spain. Joining the Sol Flamenco dancers will be international recording artist and flamenco guitarist Mark Taylor and singer Jaime del Rio. This event is also sponsored by RoxyAnn Winery and Rogue Regency Inn and Suites. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Space is limited, so for reservations, please call 488-3869 or e-mail info@siskiyouinstitute.com." |
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Grant & Matheny
Friday, May 18, 8:00 p.m.
$20 ~ Student discounts available
"Grant & Matheny are intense listeners, sometimes anticipating and instantly echoing ideas, yet always weaving one fabric." -- Stereophile
The Siskiyou Institute is happy to welcome back the chamber jazz duo of Darrell Grant and Dmitri Matheny on Friday, May 18 at 8:00 p.m.
Featuring Portland State University professor Darrell Grant on piano and San Francisco Jazz Festival Education Director Dmitri Matheny on flugelhorn, the duo will perform an inspired blend of music that is well suited for the intimate environment of the Old Siskiyou Barn. Since their debut at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 1996, Grant & Matheny have been taking listeners on an inspired musical journey exploring the lyricism, swing, & the soul of songs from the jazz tradition and re-casting music from the classical tradition. They have appeared together on major concert stages across the US, been featured at the Monterey, Telluride, and San Francisco jazz festivals, and performed to sold out houses at New York's Saint Peter's Church and San Francisco’s Palace of the Legion of Honor.
Blending the intimacy of chamber music with the playful, spontaneous spirit of American jazz, the classically-trained duo explores a broad repertoire that includes arrangements of Negro spirituals; classical repertoire by Samuel Barber and Bach; lesser known tunes from Ellington and Monk; pieces by contemporary composers like Keith Jarrett and Sting, as well as their own original compositions. Their summer "Salon Concert' tours have taken them throughout Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and California, and included performances at concert venues such as The Athenaeum in La Jolla, Redland’s Bowl, Lake Tahoe’s Brewery Arts Center and Birmingham Alabama’s Workplay. Grant and Matheny’s explorations of “chamber jazz” have also led to collaborations with classical chamber ensembles including standing-room only performances with the Del Sol Quartet at the prestigious Yoshi’s Jazz club and San Francisco’s Palace of the Legion of Honor; concerts with Bella Musica, a Bay-area chamber quartet featuring flute, violin, viola and cello, and performances with Portland’s Magnolia Chamber Ensemble.
In addition to responding to the duo’s music, audiences enjoy Grant and Matheny’s personable and entertaining style of presentation. In spicing their performances with personal stories, impromptu vocal riffs, and playful camaraderie, Grant & Matheny feel themselves inheritors of a legacy that reaches back to the days of vaudeville, following in the footsteps of performers like Williams & Walker, and Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, as well as the famous jazz duos of Louis Armstrong/Earl Hines, and Mitchell & Ruff. The latter duo Grant and Matheny cite as a particular inspiration because of their groundbreaking explorations of classical as well as jazz repertoire.
About Dmitri Matheny
Celebrated for his warm romantic tone, soaring lyricism and masterful technique, Dmitri Matheny was first introduced to jazz audiences in the 1980s as the protégé of flugelhorn legend Art Farmer. Upon the release of his critically acclaimed CD "Starlight Cafe" in 1998, Dmitri was named “Best New Artist” in the JazzIz Readers Poll and “Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition” in the Down Beat International Critics Poll. Now hailed as “the first breakthrough flugelhornist since Chuck Mangione” (San Jose Mercury News), Matheny has released 7 critically acclaimed CDs as a leader. His latest release is “Nocturne.” on the Grammy Award winning label, Planet Arts. Matheny tours extensively as a soloist and bandleader throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He is a past Director of Education for SFJAZZ and the San Francisco Jazz Festival.
About Darrell Grant
Darrell Grant has built an international reputation as a stellar pianist, skilled composer and committed educator. Since being introduced to international audiences in 1988 as the pianist in vocalist Betty Carter's trio, Grant has performed extensively both as a sideman with such jazz luminaries as Betty Carter, Tony Williams, and Roy Haynes, and as a bandleader and solo artist throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Grant’s 1994 debut Black Art was selected as one of the year's top ten jazz CD's by the New York Times, and his six albums as a leader have received both critical acclaim and topped jazz radio charts. Grant is an Associate Professor at Portland State University where he also directs the Leroy Vinnegar Jazz Institute.
MAY 18th Concert Repertoire
The duo’s concert at The Old Siskiyou Barn will feature their unique “chamber jazz” arrangements of works by Ellington, Monk, Bach, Samuel Barber, Hoagy Carmichael, Sting and Keith Jarrett as well as medleys drawn from Negro spirituals and the Great American Songbook.
Art of the Duo Jazz Improvisation Workshop
Saturday, May 19 • 11:00 a.m.
$5 students & teachers/$10 general public
Open to all instruments
Student scholarships available
Grant and Matheny will discuss and demonstrate aspects of the collaborative process as reflected in their duo. In addition to sound and improvisation, they will explore the listening, interaction, risk-taking and originality that go into creating an effective duo performance. Through relating personal experiences, and deconstructing their own unique arrangements, the duo will shed light on their process and their influences.
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 Friday, May 4, 20078:00 pm Nancy King • vocalist Steve Christofferson • pianist All seats $20.00 The Siskiyou Institute is proud to present Grammy nominated vocalist Nancy King and pianist Steve Christofferson for their second appearance at the Old Siskiyou Barn. Nancy King has been performing with pianist/composer Steve Christofferson since 1978. In 1993 they released a duo album “Perennial”, featuring guest appearances by Leroy Vinnegar, David Frishberg and Ralph Towner. In 1998 Nancy was reunited with her old friend, bassist Ray Brown on his cd “Some Of My Best Friends Are Singers” (Telarc) which also featured vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kevin Mahogany, Marlena Shaw, Etta Jones and Diana Krall. The recording peaked at #1 on the Gavin Jazz Chart in January 1999 and she toured Europe with the Ray Brown Trio in the summer of 1999. In 2001 Nancy was inducted into the Oregon Jazz Society’s Hall of Fame. Nancy was featured this past year on Karrin Allyson's latest recording (also featuring Jon Hendricks) and Nancy's latest recording with pianist Fred Hersch, Live at the Jazz Standard was recently nominated for a Grammy Award. “She is, I think, one of the best singers that ever walked the planet.” "...her singing FLIES between our ears with a certainty of inevitable rightness that is at least... simply thrilling." "King is one of America's top jazz singers...the scat-singing heiress apparent to Ella Fitzgerald." |
Nancy King Steve ChristoffersonJazz Workshop
with Nancy King and Steve Christofferson
Saturday, May 5, 11:00 am
$5.00 for students & teachers
$10 for the general public
(several student scholarships available)
The focus on this workshop will be on jazz improvisation and is open to vocalists and all other instruments.
For information, reservations and directions please all 541-488-3869 or e-mail info@siskiyouinstitute.com
The Siskiyou Institute is thrilled to present the San Francisco based chamber music group, the Luna Nova Quartet on Friday, April 20, 2006 at 8:00 p.m. at the Old Siskiyou Barn.
Luna Nova Quartet is an unprecedented chamber music ensemble formed to instill and inspire the traditional quartet medium with a compelling instrumental voice and fresh experience for the chamber audience. Luna Nova Quartet looks to the past, present and future of chamber music, introducing the mandolin into this new, dynamic format, as it has never been represented previously.
Combining the unique, melodic layering of the mandolin with the traditional elements of the standard string ensemble, Luna Nova Quartet's concept results in a delightful balance of the innovative with the classical...the modern infused with the traditional; thus, fascinating and delighting audiences with contemporary energy and expression through imaginative arrangements, original compositions and folk music adaptations.
In addition, the group features original interpretations of some of the great traditional classical instrumental works by master composers, such as J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Ludwig van Beethoven, Erik Satie, Gioacchino Rossini and Antonin Dvorak. Luna Nova Quartet considers its repertoire a continual work in progress incorporating inventive ideas into an exciting performance presentation.
World-class artists, the members of Luna Nova Quartet render spirited, passionate interpretations that will enthrall the listener, and present audiences with a colorful new instrumental voice that will engage the senses!
Luna Nova Quartet is a unique chamber music ensemble, due to the nature of the mandolin itself as a classical music instrument. The mandolin fascinates audiences with its delicate and beautiful sound and unusual texture with string trio. Although it has a more recent history than that of the violin, the mandolin's history parallels the development of the modern violin. There are striking similarities between the two instrument families and this serves as a significant point of discussion in our presentations.
String Quartet Master Class
Saturday, April 21 • 11:00 a.m.
$5 students & teachers/$10 general public
Open to all string instruments
Student scholarships available
This workshop and master class on stringed instruments is open to students and teachers and will focus on several topics, including performing in an ensemble setting, choosing repertoire, teaching techniques and much more.
Luna Nova Quartet Biographies
Ben Brussell • Mandolin (Founder)
Ben studied violin and viola with the San Francisco Symphony’s Leonid Gesin and Daniel Kobialka and holds a Bachelors degree from San Francisco State University in viola performance and musicology. As a violist, he has studied chamber music with Laszlo Varga and classical composition privately with Ursula Mamlok of the Manhattan School of Music. He has also formally studied trumpet, piano, and classical voice.He is a graduate of the Masters Level program in film scoring composition at the University of Southern California. There he studied with film composer legends Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, and David Raksin. He studied classical mandolin with John Bilezikjian in Los Angeles. Ben has performed as a soloist with the Berkeley and Bakersfield Symphonies. He also has performed in numerous film scores and recordings. His classical mandolin debut was in 1999 in Davies Symphony Hall, in the premiere performance of the Hoffman Serenade in D Major with San Francisco Symphony violist, Leonid Gesin. Ben is the founder of the world music ensemble, KLEZMANIA! (1989 to present) & the Bay Area classical music ensemble, Luna Nova Quartet (2001). Ben has been a member of the Modern Mandolin Quartet and is currently active as a composer and freelance mandolinist and violinist.
Elizabeth Vandervennet • Cello (Founding Member)
Elizabeth received a Bachelor of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan where she studied with Jeff Solow and Nina DeVeritch. Her Master of Music in Cello Performance from Carnegie Mellon University was obtained under the guidance of Anne Martindale-Williams, the Principal Cellist of the Pittsburgh Symphony. She has participated in the summer festivals of Grand Teton Seminar, National Orchestral Institute, Kent Blossom, Scotia Festival of Music, and Festival at Round Top, serving as principal and assistant cellist with the orchestras in these programs. Elizabeth has performed extensively with the Sartory and Lake String Quartets and studied with members of the Cavani, Miami, and Cleveland Quartets. Elizabeth was a founding member of the Sequoia Trio, a Bay-area piano trio specializing in women’s music (1996-1999).
Candace Sanderson • Violin
Candy has been a member of the San Diego Symphony and La Jolla Chamber Orchestra. She moved to the Bay Area in 1981 and has played with the San Francisco Opera, Marin Symphony, and is currently a member of the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the Berkeley Symphony, and the Fremont Symphony. She performs in a wide variety of chamber music groups. Also, she teaches music in the Oakland schools through the Oakland Symphony Muse Program.
Linda Green • Violist
Violist Linda Green is originally from Toledo, Ohio and studied with Bernard Linden, Marcus Thompson, and Carol Sasson. She performed in Europe and Macao as the assistant principal violist of the Orquestra Nacional do Porto (Portugal), where she also played in the Quarteto Jacob and performed many solo recitals and other chamber music. Other ensembles she has performed with include the Oakland/East Bay Symphony, the Toledo Symphony, the Syracuse Symphony, the Binghamton Symphony, the Tri-Cities Opera Orchestra, the Sarasota Opera Orchestra, the Santa Rosa Symphony, and the Marin Symphony. As a teacher, Ms. Green’s private students have won competitions here and abroad. She has lived in the Bay Area since 2001, where she teaches music at Roosevelt Middle School in Oakland and plays in local ensembles.
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Men Of Worth
Thursday, February 8, 7:30 pm Ashland High School Mountain Avenue Recital Hall $10 ~ $5 Students The Siskiyou Institute kicks of it's 2007 concert and workshop season with a concert featuring the Celtic folk music duo Men of Worth on Thursday, February 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ashland High School Mountain Avenue Recital Hall. This will be a benefit concert for the Siskiyou Institute's Visiting Artists program which brings musicians into the local schools to teach workshops and master classes. As part of this event, Men of Worth will be presenting two workshops during the day to local students. Men of Worth features James Keigher originally from Ireland and Donnie Macdonald, originally from Scotland. Together, Men of Worth blend their voices with harmony and support their collection of songs with their varied selection of instruments. They have a very simple approach to their presentation, and in keeping with tradition, remain true to the music and story. Their show is a unique combination of humor, exciting tunes, and soulful, heartfelt ballads. Men of Worth are a international act, and have earned much respect and success in two decades of touring. Tickets for this performance are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets can be purchased in Ashland at CD or Not CD located on East Main Street. They can also be ordered by calling 541-488-3869 and there will be some tickets available at the door. |
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Concert
November 3, 2006
8:00 p.m
Paul Bollenback, Guitarist, Chris McNulty, Vocalist
$20 ~ Student discount available
"Not one jazz virtuoso could put the definition of jazz into words, but all agreed that you know it when you hear it. That's the wayit is with Paul Bollenback. It's bona-fide playing, unambiguous, up-front and powerful," summarizes guitar master George Benson, a long-time supporter. Paul Bollenback's emotionally expressive style and eclectic approach is the result of a wide range of influences, including Carlos Santana, Yes, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter and Lenny Breau. In 1990, Paul made the acquaintance of organ legend Joey DeFrancesco, an association that lasted 16 years, and produced 14 recordings. Paul has appeared on the Tonight Show, Good Morning America, Joan Rivers, The Today Show, and Entertainment Tonight. He has played with an impressive spectrum of musicians, including Stanley Turrentine, Gary Bartz, Joey DeFrancesco, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Joe Locke, Gary Thomas, Chris McNulty, Tim Garland, David “Fathead” Newman, Steve Wilson, Geoffrey Keezer, Terri-Lyne-Carrington, Grady Tate, , James Moody, Jack McDuff, Charlie Byrd, Paul Bley, Herb Ellis and Jimmy Bruno.
Vocalist Chris McNulty has been moving audiences since her emergence on the international jazz scene in 1985. With a touch of Sarah, a hint of Ella, and a whole lot of vibe, McNulty is blessed with an exquisite instrument and a natural sense of swing. She has been hailed by critics in the US as a rare find among jazz singers and in her native Australia as a true original and naturally gifted talent: a singer who melds the sounds of jazz, blues, pop and funk into an intensely musical style. Increasingly acknowledged by musicians, peers and critics alike as a jazz vocalist-composer with a unique vision and a strong individual style, Chris McNulty is truly breaking new ground in re-defining the boundaries for jazz singing in the new millennium - a consummate musician who can also touch an emotional core with an audience in a way that only the voice can. Chris' compositions have been hailed as rich both harmonically, melodically and lyrically and well worthy of the company they keep alongside the great standards she continues to interpret and explore. She has collaborated and performed with some of the finest musicians on the jazz scene today including: Gary Bartz, Paul Bollenback, Gary Thomas, Mulgrew Miller, Peter Leitch, Joe Locke, John Hicks, Billy Hart, Jeff “Tain” Watts, George Mraz, Kenny Washington and Steve Wilson. To learn more about Paul and Chris you can visit their website at https://www.elefantdreams.com/index.htm
Workshop November 4 • 11:00 a.m.
Jazz Improvisation & Vocal Workshop
$5 for students and teachers, $10 for the general public
Open to all instruments and vocalists.
Paul and Chris will present an informative and entertaining workshop on a number of topics including, approaches to learning and teaching improvisation techniques, performing in a duo setting, accompanying a vocalist and more.
Concert
Friday, October 20, 2006
8:00 p.m.
Roberta Piket Trio
$20 ~ Student discount available
In the time since pianist/composer Roberta Piket returned to her native New York, the New England Conservatory graduate has played professionally as a sidewoman with David Liebman, Rufus Reid, Michael Formanek, Lionel Hampton, Mickey Roker, Billy Mintz, Harvey Wainapel, Eliot Zigmund, Benny Golson and the BMI/NY Jazz Orchestra and has twice been a featured guest on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, on National Public Radio. It is in her work as a composer and bandleader, however, that the depth of Roberta's talent becomes most evident.
Roberta, who holds a B.S. in Computer Science which she earned concurrently with her music degree, turned away from a future as a software engineer after a year in that field to pursue an inevitable path in creative music. A gifted composer, Roberta placed second in the first annual Thelonious Monk BMI Composers' Competition.
Recently, Roberta played solo and in duo with Marian McPartland in concert at the Eastman School of Music. Roberta's trio has toured Japan (performing twelve nights at the Blue Note Club in Fukuoka) as well as the U.S. Roberta has also performed her music at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and all over New York, including the Texaco-New York Jazz Festival, Smalls, the Blue Note Club, Birdland and the Knitting Factory.
Roberta's CDs frequently make the "best of" lists of the major jazz magazines. Whether performing her original compositions or highly personalized reworkings of standards, Roberta's daring rhythmic modulations and vast harmonic expansiveness set a new standard for the piano trio. "September of Tears", released in Japan, finds Roberta joining forces with Rufus Reid and Billy Hart for an adventurous program of originals and reworked standards. Her upcoming release features the virtuosic gifts of Roberta's new trio featuring bassist Ratzo Harris and drummer Billy Mintz.
To learn more about Roberta or to hear sound clips, you can visit her website at http://www.robertajazz.com/index.html
Jazz Improvisation Workshop
October 21 • 11:00 a.m.
$5 students & teachers/$10 general public
Open to all instruments
This workshop will feature Roberta and her trio demonstrating the ins and outs of performing in a jazz trio. She will discuss a number of different topics related to jazz improvisation and will be open to any questions from participants. She will also address the concerns that teachers may have of how to teach students to improvise.
Roberta maintains an active schedule as an educator. She has held master classes at the Eastman School of Music, Rutgers University, Cal Arts, Duke University, the Northwestern University Composers' Colloquium, and many others in the U.S., Europe and Japan. She has coached ensembles at Long Island University, has several private students, has served as a panelist for the Queens Council on the Arts grant review process and has taught at the Litchfield Jazz Camp and the Vermont Jazz Center. She is also the author of the Jazz Piano Vocabulary series of workbooks.
Craig EinhornGuitar music of South America
Concert - October 6 • 8:00 p.m.
$20 ~ Student discount available
Guitarist Craig Einhorn will present an evening of South American music for the Spanish Guitar. He will be performing selections from his latest recording, "Choros" which is a selection of guitar music from Brazil and Argentina. Craig has a masters degree in classical guitar performance from Arizona State University. Since 1996 he has resided in Eugene, Oregon where he teaches guitar as adjunct faculty at Lane Community College. Craig records music and has performed all across the United States and has been the soloist with several orchestras including the Salem Pops Orchestra, the Oregon State University Orchestra, The Port Angeles Symphony, and the Oregon Mozart Players.
Craig's CD's have been selling all over Europe and the United States. His "Obras" CD was a collaboration with Mason Williams, grammy winner for "Classical Gas" 1968, with whom he continues to collaborate. During a tour of Hawaii in 2005, Craig studied Hawaiian music and now plays ukulele during part of his concert. Einhorn concerts have been described as unpredictable and entertaining with an unmatched adeptness for variety while maintaining virtuosic musicianship. Craig also keeps a lighthearted atmosphere by telling short stories about his music and about performing experiences.
Guitar Master Class/Lecture
October 7 • 11:00 a.m.
$5 students and teachers/$10 general public
Traditional guitar master class format will feature Craig working with several pre-selected students. Craig will also lecture about his approach to technique and will answer questions.
Unique to the masterclass will be his view of how classical guitar technique can help guitarists of all other styles improve.
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Concert
Friday, September 29 • 8:00 p.m
Denny Zeitlin - solo piano
$20 ~ Student discount available
The Siskiyou Institute is proud to kick off it's Fall season with pianist Denny Zeitlin. Denny has recorded over thirty critically acclaimed albums; twice won first place in the Down Beat International Jazz Critics Poll; written original music for Sesame Street; and appeared on network TV, including repeats on the Tonight Show, and CBS Sunday Morning. He has concertized throughout the U.S., Canada, Japan, and Europe, at colleges, jazz clubs, and major festivals; appearing with jazz greats such as Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Tony Williams, Bobby Hutcherson, John Patitucci, John Abercrombie, Marian McPartland, Charlie Haden, David Grisman, Kronos Quartet, Paul Winter, David Friesen, Matt Wilson, Buster Williams and many others.
Zeitlin’s lecture-demonstration “Unlocking the Creative Impulse: The Psychology of Improvisation” has been presented across the U.S. and in Europe.
He is currently a psychiatrist in private practice in San Francisco and Marin County and on the teaching faculty of the University of California, San Francisco. His first series of records appeared on Columbia in the mid and late 60’s, and were received with critical acclaim and international exposure. Zeitlin then withdrew from public appearance for several years in order to develop a pioneering integration of jazz, electronics, classical, and rock. This music emerged in the early 70’s with multiple recordings, culminating in the 1978 electronic-acoustic symphonic score for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” Subsequently he returned to a primary focus on acoustic music in a multitude of settings, with continued composing, recording, and international touring.
In 2005, Zeitlin launched a comprehensive multi-media website detailing his activities in music, psychiatry, wine, fly fishing, and mountain biking: www.dennyzeitlin.com
Workshop/Lecture
Unlocking the Creative Impulse: The Psychology of Improvisation
Saturday, September 30 • 11:00 a.m.
$5 for students and teachers, $10 for the general public
Wearing both hats of his dual career as a world-renowned jazz pianist and composer and highly respected practicing psychiatrist on the Faculty of the University of California in San Francisco, Denny Zeitlin invites his audience into the psychological terrain where the deepest levels of creativity can be experienced.
Using jazz improvisation as a model, he describes and illustrates at the piano the artist’s challenge: to integrate the more “Western” traditions of aesthetics, technical skill, and intellectual appreciation of the art form with the more “Eastern” ecstatic traditions which focus on merging with the activity and being “ in the moment.”
Dr. Zeitlin draws on decades of personal experience—as a musician and composer; as a collaborator with other musicians; and as a psychiatrist helping people liberate their creative spark. He describes methods of ushering oneself into deeper levels of creativity, and how to understand and deal with psychological “blocks” to that process. Questions from the audience are welcomed.
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Concert
Friday June 2, 2006
8:00 p.m.
Glen Moore Duo
featuring pianist Dan Gaynor
$20 ~ Student discounts available
For the final concert of the Siskiyou Institute Spring Season, we are proud to present, world renowned acoustic bass player and composer Glen Moore along with the young Portland piano phenomenon Dan Gaynor.
Glen Moore is well known as the bassist and co-founder of the group Oregon along with Ralph Towner, Paul McCandless and Collin Walcott. The group's most recent recording, "Prime" is a celebration of 35 years of performing and recording together.
Moore has worked with many great jazz artists including pianists Paul Bley, Larry Karush, Jan Hammer, Bill Evans and John Taylor; saxophonists, Zoot Sims, Benny Wallace, Lew Tabakin, Sonny Fortune, Nick Brignola, Rob Scheps, Charlie Mariano and Michael Brecker; flutist Jeremy Steig; violinists Stuff Smith, Zbigniew Seifert, Rob Thomas, Hollis Taylor and Jim Nolet; vibraphonists Gary Burton and Michael Mainieri; drummers Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Beaver Harris, Peter LaRoca and Jimmy Cobb; bassists Anthony Cox, Charlie Haden, Gary Peacock, Dave Holland, Jamie Faunt, Steve
Swallow, David Friesen, Mark Dresser and Barre Phillips; and tap dancer Peg Leg Bates.
His compositional flair for romantic piano songs, flamboyant and robust bass songs is well known to his audience. In the last ten years, he has co-authored 15 songs with lyrics by his wife, Samantha Moore. Glen has a studio in Portland, Oregon where he gives private lessons to musicians from many stylistic backgrounds. He participates extensively as an instructor and as a student in bass conferences (Hawaii, Brazil, Minneapolis and Iowa), and is active in the International String Bass Institute. Glen is the father of three sons and is living and teaching in Portland, Oregon For the past 30 years, Glen has played a Klotz bass fiddle crafted in the Tyrol circa 1715 on which he has made extensive use of a unique tuning with both a low and high C string.
Pianist Dan Gaynor has been working with bassist Glen Moore in both duo and trio settings for the past year, performing original compositions written by himself, Glen Moore, as well as music by Ralph Towner, Steve Swallow and others. Dan has also worked with vocalist Nancy King, saxophonists Rob Scheps, Ralph Bowen and guitarist John Stowell among others. He also performs and records with his group Chopslaughter, an eclectic improvising trio of trombone, piano and bass, including original material by band members, classical works in open improvising format such as Mahler Kindertotenlieder, Bach arias, and obscure poppish songs by Angelo Badalamenti, Pete Townshend, etc. Dan has studied piano with both Darrell Grant and Randy Porter and in 2004 he received his degree from Portland State University.
Workshop
Saturday, June 3, 2006
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Bassist Glen Moore and pianist Dan Gaynor
$5 ~ Student and teachers
$10 ~ General public
This informal workshop will focus on several topics from the challenges of performing in a duo setting, techniques for improvising and composing as well as learning more about Glen's unique tuning for the bass.
Benefit Fundraising Concert & Wine Tasting
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
7:00 PM
Pearl Django
Paschal Winery, Talent
$20
Celebrating more than 11 years in existence Pearl Django continues to be one of America’s busiest Hot Club style groups.
Their music reaches out across the divides of taste to a wide variety of audiences. The band's fervent followers include Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli fans, guitar enthusiasts (and guitarists!), lovers of string music, including bluegrass devotees, who relish nimble, clean, intricate picking, "world music" fans drawn to French and Gypsy accents, plus jazz buffs and aficionados of the new swing music.
Transcending simple categorization, Pearl Django packs in enthusiastic audiences at dancehalls and nightclubs, at folk music festivals and jazz festivals alike.
The group’s inception was as a trio in Tacoma, Washington in 1994. The focus of Pearl Django was, and is, to incorporate the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with American swing music. They quickly expanded to a quintet, adding a violinist and a third guitarist. An interview on NPR’s All Things Considered in 2001 brought the group to national attention.
In June 2002, Pearl Django performed at the prestigious Festival Django Reinhardt in Samois sur Seine, just outside of Paris, France. Currently Pearl Django is working as a quartet, occasionally performing with guest artists. All of the members are contributing original compositions to the band’s expansive repertoire. They have released 8 CDs to date.
This event will benefit the Siskiyou Institute’s concert and education series.
For reservations please call 541-488-3869 or email info@siskiyouinstitute.com
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Concert
Friday May 12, 2006
8:00 p.m.
Alexander Tutunov ~ Piano & Larry Stubson ~ Violin
Performing works by Mozart, Shubert and Brahms
$20 ~ Student discounts available
The Siskiyou Institute is proud to present two of the Rogue Valley's most distinguished musicians, pianist Alexander Tutunov and violinist Larry Stubson. Yo don't want to miss these to master musicians performing in the intimate space of the Old Siskiyou Barn.
Alexander Tutunov's playing was described by Soviet Culture, Moscow, as “exhilarating and inspired, and which demonstrated a unique talent.” Born in Vitebsk, Belarus, he entered the Central Music School of the famed Moscow Conservatory at age 7, one of three chosen out of 200 applicants, where he graduated magna cum laude. He also holds diplomas in concert performance, with honors, from the Minsk Musical College, University of North Texas, and the Belarussian National Academy of Music.
Tutunov won the first prize of the Belarussian National Piano Competition, and was a winner of the Russian National Piano
Competition. He maintains a busy concert schedule and has performed widely in the former Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, the former Czechoslovakia, China, Mexico, and the United States as a recitalist, soloist with orchestras, and on radio and television.
His recent recordings include a Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by Peter Sacco with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and he is presently under contract with Altarus Records to record the complete solo piano works of Lev Abeliovich. Currently an associate professor of music and director of keyboard studies at Southern Oregon University, Dr. Tutunov has also taught at the Minsk College of Music, the University of North Texas, and Illinois Wesleyan University and is in demand as an adjudicator for piano competitions.
Violinist Larry Stubson is a retired public school teacher and has played with the Rogue Valley Symphony for 28 years. During that time he has been Concertmaster, Principal 2nd violin and principal violinist. He is currently associate concertmaster..Stubson is violinist of the Fong/Rands/Stubson Piano Trio and has performed in many chamber music ensembles in his time in the Rogue Valley. Before moving to the Rogue Valley, he was a violinist in the Idaho String Quartet.
Master Class
Saturday, May 13, 2006
11:00 a.m.
Alexander Tutunov ~ Piano & Larry Stubson ~ Violin
$5 for students and teachers, $10 for the general public.
Several Student Scholarships Available
Master class for teachers and students of the piano and violin. Several scholarships will be offered to students to participate and perform in this event. To apply for a scholarship, please contact the Siskiyou Institute for more details.
Concert
Friday April 28, 2006
8:00 p.m.
Gene Bertoncini ~ Solo Nylon String Guitar
This event is cosponsored by the Jefferson Guitar Society
$20 ~ Student discounts available
Gene Bertoncini is one of the pre-eminent jazz guitarists active today. His fluid technique has won him international praise and such accolades as the "Segovia of jazz". An eloquent and versatile improviser, Gene has been heard with an extraordinary range of jazz greats, including performances and recordings with Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Wayne Shorter, Hubert Laws and Paul Desmond, among others, as well as with such distinguished vocalists as Tony Bennett, Carmen McRae and Lena Horne, Vic Damone and Edye Gorme.
The Washington Post proclaimed his last solo appearance in New York City the best jazz concert of 1999. Mr Bertoncini's acclaim is hardly confined though, to this country. His recent CD "Body and Soul", with his own arrangements of classic standards won international raves, including recognition in Brazilian critic's and listener's polls as one of the best jazz recordings of the year; those same polls also named him the best acoustic jazz guitarist. Gene Bertoncini 's striking new CD on Ambient Records, "Quiet Now", features his own innovative solo arrangement of classic jazz and popular songs.
A prolific and popular studio musician Gene has also worked with composers and arrangers such as Lalo Schifrin and Michel
Legrand, in addition to numerous television appearances. Mr. Bertoncini has also worked with the Metropolitan Opera
Orchestra and the New York Pops Orchestra.
In addition to an active performing and recording schedule, Gene Bertoncini teaches at the Eastman School of Music, the New England Conservatory, New York University and the Banff School of Fine Arts. He has been a highly sought-after guest clinician in colleges and universities throughout the country.
For more information on Gene Bertoncini you can visit his website at www.genebertoncini.com
For information, reservations and directions please all 541-488-3869 or e-mail info@siskiyouinstitute.com Events at the Barn frequently sell out quickly. Seating and parking are limited and on a reservation only basis.
Workshop and Master Class with Gene Bertoncini ~ Solo Nylon String Guitar
Saturday April 29, 2006
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
$5 for students and teachers, $10 for the general public.
Several Student Scholarships Available
This workshop is open to teachers, students and others interested in learning more about the art of arranging and improvising for the solo guitarist. The workshop will help develop creative linear and harmonic skills in improvisations through a deeper knowledge of the guitar fingerboard and finger techniques.
Gene Bertoncini teaches at the Eastman School of Music, the New England Conservatory, New York University and the Banff School of Fine Arts. He has been a highly sought-after guest clinician in colleges and universities throughout the country.
 ConcertFriday, September 16, 2005 8:00 pm David Friesen • bass Uwe Kropinski • guitar All seats $20.00 (student discounts available) The Siskiyou Institute is proud to kick off it's fall season with bassist David Friesen and guitarist Uwe Kropinski. The duo met in Munich, Germany in 1987 in a jazz concert where they were both playing as soloists. They both recognized a similarity in their passion for music and enough differences in other areas, that they combined their musical talents and have been playing as a duet since 1987. They have recorded several CD’s together and appeared throughout the United States and Europe in concert. For more information on the duo and to listen to a sound clip you can visit their website at http://www.davidfriesen.net/ Derek Richardson of the San Francisco Bay Guardian says of the duo, "Together, Friesen and Kropinski range beyond the typical boundaries of their instrument and even the usual concept of a duet. There are moments in their performances when simultaneously, Friesen is playing both Shakuhachi flute and bass, and Kropinski is playing both percussion, chords, and lines on his guitar; the duo becomes a virtual quartet."
This event will be open to all instruments. The workshop will focus on offering hope and encouragement, eliminating fears, improving technical skills and establishing confidence in the student’s musical life style. Some of the topics that they will discuss will be; what to practice, how to organize a practice schedule, practice techniques, composing, how to reveal the special qualities and uniqueness of each individual student/musician, overcoming fears while playing music, establishing confidence, how to listen and what to listen for, purpose and commitment. For information, reservations and directions please all 541-488-3869 or e-mail info@siskiyouinstitute.com Events at the Barn frequently sell out quickly. Seating and parking are limited and on a reservation only basis. Your donation to the Siskiyou Institute is tax deductible. |
Jazz Workshop and Discussion
 ConcertFriday, September 30, 2005 8:00 pm Lynne Arriale • solo piano All seats $20.00 (student discounts available) The Siskiyou Institute is proud to present pianist Lynne Arriale in her first southern Oregon performance. Pianist/composer Lynne Arriale began studying music at age four, eventually earning a master's degree in piano performance before turning to Jazz. She now performs internationally and celebrates her ninth CD release. Come Together is already besting the wide critical acclaim of her previous CD, Arise. Appearances on national media include PBS-TV's "Profile of a Performing Artist," CNN/ FN' Biz, NPR's Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland, Weekend Edition, Jazz Set and NPR's Jazz Piano Christmas - Live from The Kennedy Center in '03 and '04. Arriale also won the 1993 Great American Jazz Competition and toured Japan with "100 Golden Fingers", a group including piano legends Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Junior Mance, Monty Alexander, Roger Kellaway, Ray Bryant and Cedar Walton. For more information and to hear sound clips from Lynne's recordings, please visit her website at http://www.lynnearriale.com/ The London Times
This workshop will focus on jazz piano technique and improvisation but other instrumentalists are encouraged to attend. Lynn Arriale has conducted educational clinics internationally, been a faculty member of the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops, has adjudicated the Montreux Jazz Piano Competition and currently serves on the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) Jazz Piano Resource Team and the IAJE Sisters in Jazz Advisory Council. She has also served as a clinician and performer at the Thelonious Monk Institute in Aspen, Colorado. For information, reservations and directions please all 541-488-3869 or e-mail info@siskiyouinstitute.com Concerts at the Barn frequently sell out quickly. Seating and parking are limited and on a reservation only basis. Your donation to the Siskiyou Institute is tax deductible. |
Jazz Piano Workshop
 ConcertFriday, October 28, 2005 8:00 pm Nancy King • vocalist Steve Christofferson • pianist All seats $20.00 (student discounts available) The Siskiyou Institute is proud to present one of the finest jazz vocalists in the world at the Old Siskiyou Barn. Nancy King has been performing with pianist/composer Steve Christofferson since 1978. In 1993 they released a duo album “Perennial”, featuring guest appearances by Leroy Vinnegar, David Frishberg and Ralph Towner. In 1998 Nancy was reunited with her old friend, bassist Ray Brown on his cd “Some Of My Best Friends Are Singers” (Telarc) which also featured vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kevin Mahogany, Marlena Shaw, Etta Jones and Diana Krall. The recording peaked at #1 on the Gavin Jazz Chart in January 1999 and she toured Europe with the Ray Brown Trio in the summer of 1999. In 2001 Nancy was inducted into the Oregon Jazz Society’s Hall of Fame. “She is, I think, one of the best singers that ever walked the planet.”
The focus on this workshop will be on jazz improvisation and is open to vocalists and all other instruments. For information, reservations and directions please all 541-488-3869 or e-mail info@siskiyouinstitute.com Concerts at the Barn frequently sell out quickly. Seating and parking are limited and on a reservation only basis. Your donation to the Siskiyou Institute is tax deductible. |
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Friday, April 15, 2005 8:00 pm The Art Of The Duo Randy Porter • Piano John Stowell • Guitar All seats $20.00 The Siskiyou Institute is proud to present this wonderful duo from Portland. Steinway Artist, Randy Porter draws from a rich palette of sonorities found within his imagination and the depths of the piano. Randy has performed and toured with many jazz greats, including saxophonist Charles McPherson, best known for his playing in the Charlie Parker bio movie, “Bird”... Internationally renowned guitarist John Stowell began his successful career with guitar lessons in his native Connecticut from guitarist Linc Chamberlind, and from John Mehegan, pianist and respected jazz educator at the Julliard School of Music and Yale University... Jazz Improvisation Workshop Randy Porter and John Stowell will conduct an informal workshop on developing the tools needed for jazz improvisation which will benefit both teachers and students. They will also discuss and demonstrate the skills and techniques needed for performing in the challenging setting of the duo. This concert & workshop are made possible by the Nellie Tholen Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, The Carpenter Foundation and the Sharkey Family Foundation. For information, reservations and directions please all 541-488-3869 or e-mail info@siskiyouinstitute.com Concerts at the Barn frequently sell out quickly. Seating and parking are limited and on a reservation only basis. Your donation to the Siskiyou Institute is tax deductible. |
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Friday, April 29, 2005 8:00pm Marjorie Kransberg-Talvi • Violin Dianne Chilgren • Piano Music of Maurice Ravel and César Franck All seats $25 The Siskiyou Institute is proud to present this wonderful duo from Seattle Washington. Violinist Marjorie Kransberg-Talvi is presently Concertmaster of both the Northwest Chamber Orchestra and Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra in Seattle, and formerly Concertmaster of Peter Britt Festival Orchestra... Pianist Dianne Chilgren is a noted American pianist who has maintained a distinguished career as a soloist and chamber player, appearing with major orchestras in London, Madrid, Geneva, Monte Carlo, Zurich as well as many cities in the United States. Her New York solo recitals in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Town Hall, and Carnegie Hall have all received high critical acclaim... Piano and Violin Masterclass Marjorie Kransberg-Talvi and Diane Chilgren will conduct an informal workshop involving the nature, preparation, and practice of chamber music ensemble work, especially that of an experienced violinist and pianist. The two artists will explore the process of coming together to form a collaborative interpretation of great chamber works, including music heard in the previous night's concert, but also unrehearsed repertoire so that the experience can be observed as fresh and spontaneous to all. Some of the workshop will be devoted to working with student and/or community chamber performers in a master class situation. Dialogue with the participants and audience will be encouraged. This concert & workshop are made possible by the Nellie Tholen Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, The Carpenter Foundation and the Sharkey Family Foundation. For information, reservations and directions please all 541-488-3869 or e-mail info@siskiyouinstitute.com Concerts at the Barn frequently sell out quickly. Seating and parking are limited and on a reservation only basis. Your donation to the Siskiyou Institute is tax deductible. |
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Friday, May 20, 2005 8:00 pm The History Of Jazz Piano part II Darrell Grant • Pianist All seats $20.00 Pianist Darrell Grant returns to the Old Siskiyou Barn by popular demand. After Darrell's 2003 concert and lecture "The History of Jazz Piano", we received many requests to have him back for a second concert and workshop. In his Friday evening concert, Professor Grant will present a performance-lecture on the history of jazz piano in the latter half of the 20th century. He will perform and talk about the music of Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett and other piano greats. The Old Siskiyou Barn, with its small intimate setting, is perfectly suited to this salon-style format that has been so well received in the past. Those of you who have heard Darrell play at the Barn or the Craterian Theater over the past few years know what a treat this evening performance promises to be. WORKSHOP & MASTERCLASS Students and teachers will explore the various techniques used for improvising over jazz tunes. Issues that will be explored will include: introduction to jazz harmony, chord/scale relationships, jazz piano styles, and jazz education resources. Darrell Grant is a critically acclaimed artist and educator with a background in classical music as well as jazz. Holding degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Miami, Grant's solo and collaborative performances regularly blend classical themes with jazz, gospel and other styles... This concert has been made possible by generous grants from the Nellie Tholen Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, The Sharkey Family Foundation and the Carpenter Foundation. For information, reservations and directions please all 541-488-3869 or e-mail info@siskiyouinstitute.com Concerts at the Barn frequently sell out quickly. Seating and parking are limited and on a reservation only basis. Your donation to the Siskiyou Institute is tax deductible. |
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