Harrison Kliewe is a saxophone performance major at The Hartt School and a founding member of the Resurgam Quartet, which recently represented the state of Connecticut at the MTNA Chamber Music Competition. In addition, the Resurgam Quartet has given a recital of new works for the Hartford New Music Festival. Harrison has played with several ensembles including the Hartt Wind Ensemble, the Hartt Orchestra, and the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra. He is also an avid woodwind doubler playing in pit orchestras throughout the Hartford area as well as the College Light Opera Company (CLOC) in Cape Cod, MA. He is a student of Carrie Koffman.
A student at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford, Maggie Weisensel is pursuing an undergraduate
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He has also played in such venues as the Wadsworth Atheneum, and various retirement homes. He had the honor of playing William Bolcom’s Concerto Grosso for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble as a winner of the Hartt School’s Paranov Concerto Competition. Sean Tanguay is a student of Carrie Koffman.
Originally from Somerset Massachusetts, Michael Raposo is a multiple-woodwind instrumentalist and educator. Michael is currently pursuing a BM degree in Music Education and Saxophone from the University of Hartford’s Hartt School of Music. During his time at Hartt, Raposo has competed in many chamber music competitions throughout the country, including Hartt’s Paranov Concerto Competition (2016 winner, with the Resurgam Quartet) and the Fischoff Chamber music Competition (Quarter finalist). Raposo has been active in the music scene outside of Hartt. He consistently performs in many diverse settings including the Resurgam Quartet, Pedro Emil & La Moderna, a Hartford based salsa band, The Meadowlarks Big Band, and many musical pit orchestras throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut. He is currently contracted as a reed player for Goodspeed Musicals, and has been featured as a saxophone soloist with the Hartt Wind Ensemble and the Tri-County Symphonic Band. Raposo studies saxophone with Carrie
If you did not make it out to see The Jazz Ensemble on Tuesday, Apr. 19th, then you really missed out on a great evening of music. Family, friends, and jazz lovers nearly filled the Anne R. Belk Theater to watch and listen to the performance directed by Dr. Will Campbell, with special guest Derrick Gardner. Gardner is a highly accomplished jazz trumpet player, who has traveled the world playing jazz music.The Ensemble member are; Bryce Harris, Jonathan Carroll, Cody Belton, Garrett Brown and Bryan Patterson on the saxophone, Richard Hall, Casey Blackwelder, Wesley Taylor, Liam McMahon and Cameron Francis on the trumpet, Nathan Ricer, Patrick Foray, Virginia Crooks and Kyle Barnhardt on the trombone, Dallas Holder on the piano, Brian Gilbert on the guitar, and Colin Ray and Eric Chang on the drums. The Ensemble played seven songs, and four of those were played with Gardner. The songs were performed in this order “A Pair of Aces,” “You Must Believe in Spring,” “Count Me In,” “Big Dipper,” “Footprints,” “Just a Touch” and “Lil’ Fawdy.” All of the songs were performed exceptionally well, out of the seven these two were my favorite.
Victor Provost is widely considered one of the premier steel pan jazz artists of the 21st century. Through appearances at concert halls, clubs, and stages throughout the world, he has been meticulously developing a reputation as a “dazzling” soloist, crafting an impressive improvisational voice and style. Provost possesses a thorough knowledge of Bebop language, with a strong foundation in Caribbean sensibilities, and is armed with a virtuosic technical ability that allows him to weave all the elements of music seamlessly in his playing. Provost has two albums to his credit, including his new project entitled “Bright Eyes”, which debuted at number five on the iTunes Top 40 Jazz Charts and have received rave reviews from Downbeat Magazine,
It is plane to us that in order to develop in our students a stronger understanding of regional music we need to focus more on regional artists. This fall, we would like to showcase the music of Daniel Foster.
For my first concert review, I attended the Music at the Marley event at the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts. The event featured the University of Tampa Faculty Ensemble with Barbara Prescott on flute, Meg Cassell on oboe, Theodore Decoroso on clarinet, and Grigorios Zamparas on piano. They played a selection of pieces from the Classical period to the twentieth century which were performed in the following order: Franz Danzi: Sinfonia Concertante Op. 41 Allegro Moderato; William Grant Still: Miniatures for flute, oboe, and piano; Malcolm Arnold: Divertimento for flute, oboe, and clarinet; Gabriel Faure: Dolly Suite Op. 56 for flute, clarinet, and piano; Jacques Ibert: Deux Interludes for flute, oboe, and piano; Madeleine Dring: Trio for flute, oboe, and piano: and Camille Saint-Saens: Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs Op. 79.
The University of Redlands Wind Ensemble, directed by Eddie R. Smith, put on a show at the Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, November 16th. Walking into the monumental Chapel I was unsure of what to expect. As I walked in I saw the amazing artwork around, the high ceilings, and a wide variety of instruments scattered on different levels of the stage. On the first level there were many small hand held instruments such as flutes and clarinets, on the second there were a wide variety of brass instruments, and finally in the last row were the percussion instruments. Knowing that it was a wind ensemble and not a traditional orchestra like the ones we have been made familiar with during this course, I was unsure of what to expect. I thought that
With Tag Book, American drummer-composer Charles Rumback, a mainstay of the Chicago jazz scene, has his second release of the year on ears&eyes label with only nearly six months separating it from the previous release, Three. If the latter was a collection of three original compositions plus a rendition of Andrew Hill’s “Erato”, all of them complying with a 3/4 time signature, the newest album comprises five homogeneous pieces executed by the same trio with Jim Baker on piano and John Tate on acoustic bass.
The University of Alabama Faculty Jazz Band along with guest player, Bill Peterson the jazz pianist, made up a chamber ensemble and performed beautiful and upbeat jazz music. The faculty members include Tom Wolfe, the guitarist, Chris Kozak, the bass player, and Mark Lanter, the drummer. The entire concert was played in a major key and had nothing but positive energy. The pieces and players were extremely creative and they managed to tell a story and create beautiful imageries through the changing sounds, rhythms, melodies, keys and texture.
He plays tenor saxophone with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band made up of writers including Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, Stephen King, Dave Barry, and Ridley Pearson, and has written songs for Anita Baker, Grover Washington
Adjusting to college life is incredibly hard, as I have learned in past couple of weeks. Juggling classes, homework, social life, and other activities can be a lot for anyone and especially a first year student. Even harder is getting involved on a new campus and being active in organizations when you are trying to keep up with everything else. Leah Coyle has done all of this beautifully and with so much grace. She has been a huge part in my hall government’s success.
Livingston’s talents extend beyond the classroom into the arts. He is a skillful pianist and has performed several concert solos during his music
Vince Gassi is a composer, conductor, and clinician. He has published over one hundred titles and his works are both rewarding and challenging. They have also appeared on multiple international concert and contest lists. Vince has received a Bachelor of Music from University of Western in London, Ontario, as well as studied arranging and composing at the renowned Dick Grove School of Music in Los Angeles, California. He is in high demand as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor in both Canada and the United States. Currently, he is the conductor and musical director of the Brampton Concert Band which is currently celebrating its 130th
New York-based pianist Jorn Swart configures an uncommon piano-viola-clarinet trio format, to interpret the ten tracks he composed for his sophomore outing, Malnoia. Revealing a strong passion for classical music, he assumes influences from Bartok, Ravel, and Hindemith, which he maturely mingles with jazz vocabulary and improvisation. Joining him in this adventure are violist Benjamin von Gutzeit and bass clarinetist Lucas Pino, whose habitual tenor saxophone was left aside for this particular project.
He was described as “the one player with the most direct connection, as well as the most outstanding practitioner of this new style” (lesson 7). Charlie Parker usually plays saxophone, and he earned his mastery saxophone skills by intense discipline and practice (lesson 7). His performance style is rapid and enthusiastic. His nickname is “bird” and when the audience pays attention to his performance, they will find his tone is pure but also biting. In his song “Koko”, one may find its fresh feelings fascinating.
I had the opportunity to interview with Giancarlo Levano, a percussionist, and Jared Banker, a saxophonist and we hit it off (after a few technical difficulties) immediately. I can’t recall exactly what we talked about, but I know I thoroughly enjoyed talking to these two individuals. We have so much in common (other than all being Music education majors)
Michael Bublѐ is an “interpreter of great songs” with an explosive, romantic, and charismatic talent truly shown in his live CD and DVD album, Caught in the Act. The CD features 8 live songs from his first “Great Performances” PBS special. The DVD features 15 sons from the PBS special, including 3 exclusive performances caught off camera, and a behind the scenes clips of the show. After Bublѐ’s major international response with his 3rd album It’s Time he agreed to do his 2nd live album incorporating songs from It’s Time as well as other timeless classics. Michael’s inspiration for performing jazz standards started with his grandfather until he created his own love for jazz and knew he wanted America to fall in love with jazz again just as he