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.

Sol Flamenco Thursday, June 21, 2007, 7:00 p.m. Summer Solstice $15 in advance, $20 at the door 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." HOME

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. 

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.

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.

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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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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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.

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

For more information on the Siskiyou Institute, visit www.siskiyouinstitute.com

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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.

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.