Event Details

Simon's Rock Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Improvisation Workshop, directed by faculty member John Myers, will play a wide range of jazz standards by Ellington, Parker, and others, and an original composition by John Myers, "Primed for a Lucky Day" in 13/8 meter.

The concert will feature many guest artists: Faculty member and vocalist William Dunbar will perform a Brazilian piece by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Karen Lee, violin, and faculty member Larry Wallach, piano, will play  "Blues," the jazz-inspired second movement of Maurice Ravel's Sonata for Violin and Piano. Alumnus Frank Sabatini, a former Jazz Ensemble member, returns to play trombone with the Ensemble.

Sarah Abusaa - piano
Tyler Bejoian -mandolin
Joe Borkowski - tenor sax
Phil Breslow - trumpet, harmonica
Erik Elbieh -   percussion
Brianna Gonyea  -  marimba, percussion, and alto sax
Mallika Govindan - alto sax
Alexander Greene  -  tenor sax
Adrianna Hitchins – alto sax
Taylor Kang   -  guitar
Alec Kerestesi - percussion
Giancarlo Lezama - alto sax
Bill Meltsner - piano
Amala Nath – flute
Philip Psomopoulos – trumpet
Nash Rochman – trumpet
Nina Scibelli -  tenor sax
Nathaniel Shindell - guitar
Zachary Conner Smith - percussion
Christopher St. Clair - bass
Jared Weiss - guitar
Miles Wilcox - cello