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TODD HILL ORCHESTRA presents the absolute best music of
the Swing Era with original arrangements of the great bands such
as Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Benny Goodman,
along with more modern interpretations of standards from the
great American "songbook," and the contrasting swinging and
romantic vocals by the leader.
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Monday, August 31, 2009 |
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 GABRIELA
MONTERO'S visionary interpretations and unique
improvisational gifts have won her a quickly expanding audience
and devoted following around the world. Born in Caracas
Venezuela, Gabriela gave her first public performance at the age
of five. She performed at the inauguration for President
Obama. In both recital and after performing a concerto,
Gabriela often invites her audience to participate in asking for
a melody for improvisations. They ask for themes from a Mozart
Symphony to Star Wars. Gabriela says, "Because improvisation is
such a huge part of who I am, it is the most natural and
spontaneous way I can express myself. I have been improvising
since my hands first touched the keyboard, but for many years I
kept this aspect of my playing secret." |
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7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 8, 2009 |
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 Nikolai Massenkoff,
Star of the MASSENKOFF RUSSIAN FOLK
FESTIVAL was born in the
White Russian community in Shanghai, China. He escaped
Communism, and at the age of three, he was placed in St. Tichon's Orphanage, founded by St. John of Shanghai Russian
Orthodox Orphanage. It was there he had his first musical
experience, singing and chanting. He went on to culminate a B.A.
in Music (Voice), Drama and Speech. Nikolai studied with
operatic greats from Juilliard, Villa Schifania, American
Institute of Music and participated in the Tchaikovsky
International Voice Competition in Moscow, Russia. In
1975, Nikolai founded the MASSENKOFF RUSSIAN FOLK FESTIVAL, a
festival of Russian music song and dance because of love for his
Russian heritage. |
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January 24, 2010 |
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 THE GATEWAY
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE is a new and exciting ensemble providing the
Clarksville and University communities with professional level
performances of milestone works of both the past and future.
Making use of a flexible instrumentation, the ensemble is based
around Austin Peay State University's outstanding faculty and
includes many of the area's leading professional musicians. |
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7:30 p.m., Monday, February 22, 2010 |
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 JOEL
FRAHM JAZZ QUARTET. Born in Racine, WI in
1969, Frahm attended the Mason Gross School for the Arts and
earned his B.A. in Jazz Performance at Manhattan School of
Music. He Released three highly regarded CDs on Palmetto:
"The Navigator", "Don't Explain" (with Brad Mehldau), and "Sorry
No Decaf." "Don't Explain," his latest, was the number one
jazz release for radio in the United States for two consecutive
weeks in 2004, according to jazzweek.com. Joel was also
recently selected in DownBeat Magazine's Critics Poll as Rising
Star in the category of tenor saxophone. |
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7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 10, 2010 |
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