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Midday Artist Series
Halcyon Trio
Brett Deubner, Violin • Andy Lamy, Clarinet •
Gary Kirkpatrick, Piano
Thursday, September 10, 2015, 12:30 pm
Shea Shea Center for Performing Arts
FREE Admission
This concert features three WP music faculty members performing works by Mozart and Max Bruch.
Halcyon Trio
Albert Regni, saxophone • Allen Farnham, piano
Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 12:30 pm
Shea Shea Center for Performing Arts
FREE Admission
Pianist and WP alumnus Allen Farnham (’04) joins Grammy-Award winning saxophonist Albert Regni in a program that features a mix of contemporary solo works and jazz-oriented concert pieces.
Albert Regni
Allen Farnham
Music from the Future
Eric Ross, composer and master of the Theremin •
Mary Ross, fine art photographer and visual artist
Thursday, September 24, 2015, 12:30 pm
Shea Shea Center for Performing Arts
FREE Admission
The Ross’s will present their most recent work Boulevard d’Reconstructie (Op.54) that includes projection of Mary’s videos, which are organized, arranged and edited to Eric’s music.
Eric Ross
Bill Charlap Trio
with bassist Peter Washington
and drummer Kenny Washington
Thursday, October 1, 2015, 12:30 pm
Shea Shea Center for Performing Arts
FREE Admission
Pianist Bill Charlap, newly appointed as William Paterson's Director of Jazz Studies, brings his world-renowned trio to the Midday stage. This group has been playing the world's concert stages, jazz clubs and major festivals for nearly 20 years, and is considered to be one of the world's premiere jazz groups because of the trio's longevity, and the reputation of each of its members. Bill Charlap has had a long career starting in the bands of legendary saxophonists Gerry Mulligan and Phil Woods, and going on to be a major solo artist. This trio is featured with singer Tony Bennett in a much-anticipated new CD of Jerome Kern's songs, and they have a new trio recording due this spring. Peter and Kenny Washington (no relation) have been among the most in-demand accompanists in jazz for two decades.
Tamaduni y Leyendas
Valerie Coleman, flutist
Thursday, October 8, 2015, 12:30 pm
Shea Shea Center for Performing Arts
FREE Admission
Flutist, composer and founder of Imani Winds Valerie Coleman presents an eclectic concert celebration of effervescent “cultures and legends” from the music of Bartok and Debussy and contemporary selections including her own works, Sonata Latina by Mike Mower, and a world premiere of Xango and Oya by composer Jeff Scott. Guest artists will include members from Imani Winds.
Valerie Coleman
Branan Dubh & Payton MacDonald
Thursday, October 15, 2015, 12:30 pm
Shea Shea Center for Performing Arts
FREE Admission
Branan Dubh and Payton MacDonald are both disciples of the renowned Gundecha Brothers, who have been grooming them as Dhrupad singers for many years. Branan hails from Australia, and Payton was born and raised in the United States. They have each spent extended periods of time in India studying Dhrupad in the Guru-shishya (master-disciple) tradition, and have performed Dhrupad in India, United States, Australia, and Europe to great acclaim. Numerous pakhawaj and jori drummers have accompanied them, including Akhilesh Gundecha, Dnyaneshvara Deshmukh, Roman Das, Peter Fagiola, Shawn Mativetsky, and many others. Branan and Payton have won numerous awards for their Dhrupad studies, including a Fulbright Fellowship and an Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant. Their U.S. tour is supported by the Dhrupad Music Institute of America. Music selections will be announced from the stage.
Branan Dubh
Payton MacDonald
