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Friday & Saturday, April 23-24, 2021 Six extraordinary artists representing a wide variety of piano styles come together to pour their hearts into their performances and communicate their unique ideas in masterclasses. A weekend of concerts and educational opportunities that celebrate the breadth and depth of solo jazz piano for music-lovers who want to dig deep into the piano’s unique capacity to convey a broad range of sounds, textures and rich harmonic options. This instrument gives artists an unparalleled medium to express feelings, concepts and emotions through its unmatched versatility. The VJC is offering the Festival by donation. Tickets are valued at $95 for the weekend or $20 per concert. Your contribution will go directly towards sustaining the Vermont Jazz Center’s mission of providing access to top quality jazz music to all as well as fair employment to jazz musicians.   VJC Piano Festival Schedule: Friday, April 23 8:00   Harvey Diamond Performance 8:45    Harvey Diamond Interview 9:00   Elio Villafranca Performance 9:45    Elio Villafranca Interview Saturday, April 24 10:00  Masterclass- Harvey Diamond – Lessons from Tristano 11:00   Masterclass- Elio Villafranca- Music from the Root Up! 12:00  Masterclass- Kris Davis – From Monk to Ligeti 1:00     Lunch Break 2:30    Emerging Artist Performance & Interview- Camila Cortina 3:50    Emerging Artist Performance & Interview- Hidemi Akaiwa 4:00    Masterclass- Craig Taborn – Strategies for Improvised Performances 5:00    Juried Questions to Headliners 6:00   Dinner Break 8:00   Kris Davis Performance 8:45    Kris Davis Interview 9:00   Craig Taborn Performance 9:45    Craig Taborn Interview  

Welcome to SUMMER at the JAZZ HOUSE! AUGUST 2-7 + AUGUST 9-14 SUMMER WORKSHOP AWARD-WINNING WORKSHOP is back on the campus of Montclair State University IN PERSON! The 2 Each one-week intensive sessions immerses students in the art of jazz performance and helps them become well-rounded musicians through masterclasses, workshops, ensemble performances and jam sessions with professional musicians. We welcome students to register for both weeks, however each in-person session has a reduced capacity limit. Students who register for both sessions will be wait-listed for the 2nd week until June 1 to give all interested students a chance to participate. https://jazzhousekids.org/summer/summer-workshop/ 2 ONE-WEEK INTENSIVES IN-PERSON @ MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY and open to students across the globe online 6 DAYS EACH WEEK / 8 HOURS EACH DAY FINAL STUDENT PERFORMANCES ON AUGUST 7 + 14 MASTERCLASSES ACCLAIMED GUEST ARTISTS EARLY-BIRD PRICING CHICA POWER Rise and Improvise! Be part of this “girls only” initiative that empowers young women and the next generation of female jazz musicians, while having fun playing this great American art form and learning about the rich contributions of women in jazz. Masterclasses ar led by internationally celebrated female jazz artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ingrid Jensen, Michela Marino Lerman, Anat Cohen, Regina Carter, and Camila Meza. FAMILY BBQ All students, faculty, friends and families are invited to meet and mingle (socially distant!) for an outdoor BBQ picnic and student jam. DAILY SCHEDULE Monday – Friday 8:45 AM Arrival; “Jazz + Eggs” Announcements 9:00 AM Improv 10:00 AM Instrumental Tech 11:00 AM Small Ensembles 12:40 PM Guest Artist Symposium + Lunch 2:00 PM Composition 3:20 PM Big Band 5:00 PM Dismissal 5:00 PM Informal Student Jam Sessions *Subject to change OR JOIN US…ONLINE! Calling all students from across the globe! If you can’t be in Montclair, New Jersey, log on each day for an in-depth musical focus and a deep dive into the technical aspects of your instrument. Students will sharpen their improvisational tools, develop as composers, participate in a virtual big bands and take part in a noon-time masterclass with CHRISTIAN McBRIDE. GENERAL INFORMATION IN-PERSON WORKSHOP LOCATION: John J. Cali School of Music Montclair State University 1 Normal Avenue Montclair, NJ 07043 REMOTE STUDENTS: Zoom links provided for all classes WORKSHOP HOURS: 9:00am – 5:00pm Private lessons are held from 5:00-6:00 PM and during lunch period Student drop off is at 8:30am AGES: 12–18 (Various skill levels welcome).

New Jersey’s Bad Boy is back! Jersey City native Mike Marino returns to NJPAC with a more hysterical stand-up about the Italian-American experience. Inspired by his family’s heritage and the absurdities of modern life, Mike’s riotous comedy has taken him from The Tonight Show to sitcoms to major comedy clubs, theaters, and casinos from New York to Los Angeles, and around the world. Mike’s video “If the President Were Italian” hit 12 million+ views on YouTube. He’s also been a highlight of Montreal’s famed Just for Laughs Comedy Festival for seven years in a row. In 2008, Marino was inducted into the New Jersey Comedy Hall of Fame, and in 2015 he was awarded the USO Bob Hope Comedy Award for his regular performances for the U.S. military.

Anthony Rodia is the “King of Off the Boat Comedy,” a first-generation Italian-American comedian born and raised in Westchester, New York. In addition to selling out comedy clubs across the country, his online videos have garnered 35 million views and rising. Anthony is known for his hilarious skits, stories, song parodies, and, of course, Road Rage Wednesday with Uncle Vinny. Anthony also co-hosts the popular radio show Little Bit of Laughs with Goumba Johnny. Get your friends together… because we could all use a big laugh.

Greetings from Industrial Chemistry 2021. It is an honour to invite all the academicians, researchers and corporate professionals to be as speakers or delegates at the upcoming international webinar on Industrial Chemistry and Aqua Technology scheduled during May 24-25, 2021. Industrial Chemistry 2021 is trending under the theme Emerging Water Technologies and Chemical Science Evolution which brings together eminent Academicians, Scientists, CEOs, Young researchers and Students to share experience, gain and evaluate emerging technologies in Industrial Chemistry and Aqua Technology across the globe. Initiation of co-operation between scientists from Companies, Research labs and institutions will be also facilitated. For online abstract submission please click link https://industrialchemistry.chemistryconferences.org/abstract-submission.php Keywords: Industrial Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, chemical engineering, Industrial Photochemistry, Ultrapure Water Production, Biopolymers and Bio plastics, Petroleum and Polymer Processing, oil and gas, Solid State Physics, Lead Drug Discovery, Nano Materials in Water Treatment, Desalination, Allotrope of Carbon, graphite, ceramics, Polymer Science.

International Contemporary Ensemble members Isabel Lepanto Gleicher (flute) and Nuiko Wadden (harp) and composer-performer Brittany J. Green present a program focused on the different meanings of “home” through the lens of fractured and fractal experiences during this time of COVID-19. With different soundscape samples, improvised pieces, and interview segments, “Home” explores how sounds of home are shaping our aural landscapes in the present moment.

Week 3: Bartok String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85* Sponsored by Grand Valley State University Wednesday, March 24 (time TBA) - Guest Speaker: Dániel Hamar, co-founder of Hungarian folk music group Muzsikás Friday, March 26 at 1:00pm ET - Open Rehearsal Saturday, March 27 at 7:30pm ET - Live-stream performance of String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85 & Romanian Folk Dances (arr. Ross Snyder) Join the Tesla Quartet on an exciting journey through the six monumental string quartets of Béla Bartók as the Quartet embarks on its first performance of the complete cycle. For the Tesla Quartet’s six week Bartók-fest we will explore how this music sways our innermost passions, to a depth and at a pace designed to entertain, inform, and engage our listeners. Each week will focus on a single quartet and will begin with a discussion with hugely inspiring experts, performers, composers and musicologists who have unique and personal relationships to Bartók’s String Quartets. The second day is an open rehearsal of the week’s quartet, offering a rare behind-the-scenes look at the Tesla’s working process. Each week will culminate with the Tesla Quartet’s live-stream performance of Bartók’s work, followed by a Q&A with our subscribers, viewable to anyone watching the performance.

The FrostKings will open the library’s outdoor concert season. The FrostKings bring their unique blend of R&B,blues and swing, so come and enjoy the music of T-Bone Walker, Louis Jordan, Muddy Waters, and other blues greats. The concert will take place on the library’s front plaza. Due to COVID restrictions, there is a limit of 75 people allowed on the library's front lawn.For more information, please contact programming@englewood.bccls.org Rain date: April 18

Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam will stream live on Sunday, April 11th at 3pm from Upper Manhattan. New York City, April 5, 2021 - Jazz Power Initiative (JPI) continues its 2021 season of INTERGENERATIONAL JAZZ POWER JAM on Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 3 PM EST on Facebook Live and YouTube. In collaboration with The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, "World of Change" is our April Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam. From our first-ever live-streamed LATIN JAZZ POWER ON JAM a year ago as the worldwide pandemic spread, to our global dance and music spotlight last month with SWINGING INTO SPRING, the intergenerational whirlwind of talent that joined us to come together online over the past year has helped us to stay connected and inspired. For us, like you, it has been a world of change! Audiences of all ages are invited to participate. Tune in through Facebook and YouTube Live at jazzpower.org/powerjam2021 at 3 PM EST. Hosted by Jazz Power Initiative's Managing and Artistic Director Eli Yamin, our April Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam is a fun, friendly-family celebration featuring performances by Knoel Scott (saxophone), Jerry Madera (upright bass), Karen Joseph (flute), Alberto Toro (flute/saxophone), Nicki Denner (piano), Steven Oquendo (trumpet), Wilson Torres (percussion), Zaccai Curtis (piano), Eddie Venegas (violin and trombone), Dwayne "Cook" Broadnax (drums), Bruce Edwards (guitar), Chris Byars (saxophone), Shireen Dickson (dance), Mickey Davidson (dance), Frank Owens (piano), Max Pollak (tap and body percussion), Jennifer Vincent (bass), Ximena Salgado (dance), Annette Aguilar (percussion), and Eli Yamin (piano). For our audiences of all ages: Help us to showcase you at April's Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam! PASS THE MIC Dancers, musicians, singers, and poets are all invited to participate by submitting a video from 10 seconds to 3 minutes here (https://forms.gle/49UrWNyYaLwehUuHA), to spotlight their own WORLD OF CHANGE. With our thanks to our supporters: The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with the New York City Council and Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez; the Hispanic Federation; The Miranda Family Fund; The Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; The New York State Council for the Arts; The National Jazz Museum in Harlem; The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation; Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; and Jazz Power Initiative's individual supporters. For Artists bios, visit bit.ly/aworldofchange. About Jazz Power Initiative Jazz Power Initiative (JPI) is a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) organization founded in 2003. Jazz Power serves over 3100 New Yorkers and visitors annually - students, teachers, artists, seniors and general audiences, ages 8-80+, to promote youth development, and build more creative and inclusive communities through jazz music, theater and dance education and performance. Led by highly experienced teaching and performing artists who are award-winning jazz, theater and dance professionals, JPI offers multidisciplinary training, scholarships and performance opportunities to New York City youth, ages 8-22, from every economic and social milieu at low or no cost to families, with extended outreach to students in under-served New York City public schools in Northern Manhattan. We currently engage hundreds of students and their teachers annually, providing after-school instruction mainly in Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood (where our offices are located) and the Bronx. Our programs include after-school youth workshops at the United Palace; our monthly Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem; local community senior center workshops, and our annual Jazz Power Summer Institute at Lehman College (CUNY) for artists and educators. About The National Jazz Museum in Harlem The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is a thriving center for jazz that stimulates hearts and minds, and reaches out to diverse audiences to enjoy this quintessential American music. The Museum is committed to keeping jazz present and exciting in the lives of a broad range of audiences - young and old, novice and scholar, artist and patron, enthusiast and curious listener. Each year, the Museum produces and presents nearly 100 free programs in New York City, engages hundreds of professional jazz artists and reaches nearly 20,000 people from around the world. Media Contact: Janny Gonzalez, JPI Director of Business Affairs (917) 818-1759 info@jazzpower.org Follow us! Facebook: fb.com/jazzpowerinitiative Instagram: @jazzpowerinitiative Web: jazzpower.org More Information: http://jazzpower.org/powerjam2021

https://flushingtownhall.org/jihye-lee-quintet Jihye Lee Quintet: Rest in the Arms of Motherlands FRI, MAY 21, 2021 7:00 PM The concert will be performed and streamed LIVE from Flushing Town Hall Theater and you can watch live on Flushing Town Hall’s YouTube channel. For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, composer/arranger Jihye Lee brings her first, all-female, Korean jazz quintet to Flushing Town Hall to perform an elegy for victims of anti-Asian hate crimes, including a special dedication to the women of the recent tragedy in Atlanta, GA. Lee will present her original compositions as well as arrangements of well-known songs.