Arranged here for 6th graders Jace and Noah.
Alma Picante NYE Party!
🎅🏼 Holiday Quartet at the 126
Hey all! I’ve got a special gig coming up that I’d love to see students at! Some of my favorite brass colleages and I will be performing holiday tunes at The 126 on Friday, Dec. 20. All ages-friendly, 7-9pm at 126 College Street. Here’s a sample from last week.
New Year Gig Blast
12/13 and 12/20 — Holiday Brass Quartet @ The 126 — 7-9pm
12/21 — Tuba Christmas on Church Street! Around 50 tuba and euphonium players congregate together to play our favorite holiday carols. 1pm
12/31 — Alma Picante @ Arts Riot — Top notch Salsa band playing the year out. Band plays 8-10pm, Tickets Here!
1/1 — Beethoven’s 9th Symphony — 3pm, Elley-Long Music Center
1/3-1/5 — Very Merry Theater presents Hadestown! Show info here.
1/18 — High Summer @ Zenbarn, night
1/23 thru 2/1 — Hadestown @ U-32 Montpelier. Seven shows 1/23-1/25 and 1/30-2/1
High Summer Jammer
Every set my band High Summer plays includes at least one fully-improvised song — even Miriam’s lyrics. Here’s one from our recent ZenBarn gig.
Summer Music Blast
Here are some gigs I’m doing this summer, click the links for more info!
7/13 — Vermont Jazz Ensemble @ Middlebury Green
7/26 — Barika Block Party! @ Burlington NNE
7/27 — Maple Roots Festival @ Morse Family Farm, Middlebury
8/1 — Saturn People’s Collective @ Hubbard Park, Middlebury
8/7 — Maple Street Six @ American Flatbread, Burlington
8/15 — Barika @ Hubbard Park, Middlebury
8/16 — High Summer @ Camp Meade, Middlesex
8/22 — High Summer @ Hubbard Park, Middlebury
8/29 — Onion River Jazz Band (on tuba!) @ Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes
8/31 — High Summer @ Deva’s Farm
Eaglehawk Trio
One of my favorite points in teaching is when a student becomes comfortable enough with reading notation and confident enough with their technique to be able to play their own part while I play a duet part right next to them. It really amps up the fun we can have! This spring I was lucky enough to have three students who were eager to try an exciting and ambitious trio by Eric Ewazen, a terrific composer for brass. His music is often exciting and uplifting, but full of hidden pitfalls for the performer, because he modulates keys so frequently. These kids put in such great effort to learn this music separately in a matter of weeks, and we got together last week to try it all together. Enjoy the result!
December Blast
Here are my upcoming gigs! Comp tickets are sometimes available, so if you’d like to come let me know!
Sun 12/3, 2pm — Vermont Trombone Choir @ Vergennes Opera House
Fri 12/8, 9pm — High Summer @ Sawtooth (Hanover NH)
Sat 12/9, 7pm — Brian McCarthy Big Band @ McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College
Fri 12/15, 8pm — High Summer @ Stowe Cider
Sat 12/16, 10am rehearsal, 1pm concert — Tuba Christmas @ Church St, Burlington
Sat 12/16, 7:30pm — Musica Solaris @ First Congregational Church UCC, Burlington
Sun 12/17, 3pm — Musica Solaris @ UCC Waterbury
April Music Blast
Upcoming Gigs
April 6-8: The Sound of Music @ Harwood Union High School (7pm nightly, 1pm Saturday matinee) details
April 9: Easter Sunday @ Williston Federated Church
Student Opportunities
Jazz Jam @ The 126 — Wednesdays 9-11pm — HS students only with parental permission
Trombone Choir — Tuesdays 7-9pm @ UVM Southwick Music Hall
April 22, 3pm — Jazz at Lincoln Center @ The Flynn
April 30, 3:15pm — Vermont Youth Orchestra Community Playalong!
May 7, 3pm — VYO Concert “The Lost World”
June 26-30 — Summer Symphony Camp
May — VT Youth Orchestra Association Auditions
Monteverdi Recital, April 9
Several students recently performed on a virtual recital hosted by the Monteverdi Music School. Big congratulations to Gretchen, Molly and Noah for their performances, but also for their drive to keep on practicing during a pandemic, when ensemble playing is pretty much non-existant. It is not an easy thing to do, but these students have shown their grit and should feel very proud of their achievements. Here are their performances. Thank you!
The next recital is on Friday, May 14th at 6pm, and will include students Cosmo, Farah and Ben. Here’s the zoom link if you’d like to tune in.