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Monnette Sudler: Daring To Dream
by Suzanne Cloud
She's not working. She's too sick. And it hurts to the bone that she can't play the way she used to because she has Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) lung disease and is waiting for a lung transplant. Nobody knows what causes this scarring and stiffening of the lung tissue, hence the idiopathic part of the name, ...
Renowned Trumpeter Ralph Alessi And Saxophonist Brian Levy Join New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Faculty
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department has hired two renowned musicians to join the faculty: jazz trumpeter/composer Ralph Alessi who will teach trumpet and improvisation and jazz saxophonist Brian Levy who will teach both saxophone and music history and musicology. “I’m thrilled that Ralph Alessi has agreed to join our faculty,” said Ken Schaphorst, Chair of ...
Berklee Celebrates Achievements Of Largest Global Network In Contemporary Music Education With Free Concert Featuring Alumni And Students On October 16
Berklee College of Music hosts 19 educational partners from contemporary music schools, colleges and universities around the world for a two-day summit to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Berklee International Network (BIN). The BIN was established to promote and ensure that the best in modern and contemporary music education is available and accessible to all ...
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra 41st Season To Feature Blues, Opening Show Oct 9, Scullers Boston
Praised for “spirited composition and inspired playing” (Jazz Alchemist- Poland) and called “spellbinding” (The Boston Globe), the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, one of the longest running large jazz ensembles in the world, will celebrate its 41st season with a series of Fall 2013 concerts featuring Blues and Other Hues. The venerable orchestra, led by award-winning composer Mark ...
New England Conservatory's Jazz Studies Department Presents October Events With Three Of Its Most Noted Piano Faculty: Jason Moran, Frank Carlberg, and Fred Hersch
Some of New England Conservatory’s top jazz piano faculty — Jason Moran, Fred Hersch and Frank Carlberg — will give workshops or concerts at NEC in October. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, log on to necmusic.edu or call 617-585-1260. Tuesday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m., Pianist Jason Moran, Pierce Hall ...
New England Conservatory's Jazz Studies Department Presents The Music Of Vaughn Moore + Billy Eckstine On Thursday, October 17 Featuring Ken Schaphorst And The NEC Jazz Orchestra
Ken Schaphorst and the NEC Jazz Orchestra draw on New England Conservatory's exclusive archive of Vaughn Monroe charts, alongside hits by Billy Eckstine — two of the most popular singing stars of the 1940s — in the Music of Vaughn Monroe + Billy Eckstine, a free concert on Thursday, October 17 at NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 ...
Bob Mover Quartet Sept. 23 At Lilypad In Cambridge, MA
The Bob Mover Quartet will perform at Lilypad in Cambridge, MA on Monday, September 23 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Saxophonist/vocalist Mover will be joined by guitarist Joe Cohn, bassist Will Slater and drummer Bob Gullotti. Lilypad is at 1353 Cambridge St. at Cambridge's Inman Square. Tickets for the performance are $15, or $10 with ...
New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation Department Presents Walking Between The Worlds-Stories, Violinist/Singer Eden MacAdam-Somer’s Faculty Recital Thursday, September 12
Musical Tales of Love and Loss, Death and Immortality, War and Introspection Drawing on Works by Monk, Blake, Vaughan-Williams, Takemitsu and Sufi poet Rumi “Astonishing virtuosity and raw expression…” — by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times “...a remarkable musician. Violinist, fiddler (there’s a difference), clogger, and vocalist, she bowed, plucked, and danced up a storm... ...
Dance Your Way Into September With A Fiddle Workshop And World Barn Dance On Saturday, September 7th At New England Conservatory
Three Live Bands, Lots of Dancing, No Partners or Experience Necessary / Families and Children Welcome Dance your way into September with a Fiddle Workshop and World Barn Dance featuring three live bands, dance instruction and more on Saturday, September 7 at New England Conservatory’s Brown Hall. The event is organized by New England Conservatory’s internationally ...
Paula Cole Joins Voice Department At Berklee College Of Music
Berklee College of Music announces that Paula Cole has joined the college's voice department. Cole, a 1990 Berklee graduate, is a Grammy winner and seven- time Grammy nominee who has sold approximately three million albums. She begins her tenure on September 1. “I like to think of what I do as a loving gesture of giving ...
