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The Todd Hill Orchestra

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AugustThe 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. 
 
7:30 p.m., Monday, August 31, 2009  
Gabriela Montero
 
OctoberGABRIELA 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."  
7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 8, 2009  
Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival  
January 24Nikolai 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.  
3 p.m., Sunday, January 24, 2010  
Gateway Chamber Ensemble  
FebruaryTHE 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.  
7:30 p.m., Monday, February 22, 2010  
Joel Frahm Jazz Quartet  
AprilJOEL 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.  
7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 10, 2010  

 
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