Summer 2014 Concert Series
For those who seek inspiring live music, Studio 59 is proud to announce the Summer 2014 Concert Series.
JULY
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Seth Glier:
Things I Should Let You Know
Friday - July 18, 2014
8:00pm
RSVP: 860-482-6801
TICKETS:
Adults - $20
Students/Seniors - $12
Group rates available!
"Singer with an exquisite tenor echoes Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel." - USA TODAY
"this material sounds like nothing if not classics in waiting...it's the essence of perfection" - BLURT Magazine
"this young blood wields an old-soul air...Discover a new generation of great with Seth Glier's 'The Next Right Thing'" - Huffington Post
"An adept song craftsman elegantly emotional vocalist...harkening back to early pop/rock tradition of Billy Joel and early Springsteen." - iTunes Editorial
Singer-songwriter and Grammy® nominee Seth Glier knows the challenges of emerging into adulthood all too well. Over the course of just a few short years, Glier has gone from opening act to headlining his own shows as well as major folk festivals, all culminating in a nod from the Grammys® this year for the work he did on his sophomore record, THE NEXT RIGHT THING. Having spent the majority of his teens and early twenties on the road, the now 24-year-old Massachusetts native describes his new album THINGS I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW as "a reckoning with adulthood.”
THINGS I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW offers one young man’s perspective through expertly crafted stories entwined with exceptional musicianship and rife with incredible lyrical detail. Glier’s songs aim straight for the gut and cast light on the challenges of adult life, through the lens of the everyday person.
Artist Website: http://sethglier.com/
Things I Should Let You Know
Friday - July 18, 2014
8:00pm
RSVP: 860-482-6801
TICKETS:
Adults - $20
Students/Seniors - $12
Group rates available!
"Singer with an exquisite tenor echoes Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel." - USA TODAY
"this material sounds like nothing if not classics in waiting...it's the essence of perfection" - BLURT Magazine
"this young blood wields an old-soul air...Discover a new generation of great with Seth Glier's 'The Next Right Thing'" - Huffington Post
"An adept song craftsman elegantly emotional vocalist...harkening back to early pop/rock tradition of Billy Joel and early Springsteen." - iTunes Editorial
Singer-songwriter and Grammy® nominee Seth Glier knows the challenges of emerging into adulthood all too well. Over the course of just a few short years, Glier has gone from opening act to headlining his own shows as well as major folk festivals, all culminating in a nod from the Grammys® this year for the work he did on his sophomore record, THE NEXT RIGHT THING. Having spent the majority of his teens and early twenties on the road, the now 24-year-old Massachusetts native describes his new album THINGS I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW as "a reckoning with adulthood.”
THINGS I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW offers one young man’s perspective through expertly crafted stories entwined with exceptional musicianship and rife with incredible lyrical detail. Glier’s songs aim straight for the gut and cast light on the challenges of adult life, through the lens of the everyday person.
Artist Website: http://sethglier.com/
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AUGUST
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Studio 59 presents
THS Jazz Combo
featuring
Tom Killackey - trumpet
Matt Stevens - guitar
Michael Louchen - bass
Brandon Charron - drums
Saturday - August 9, 2014
8:00pm
RSVP: 860-482-6801
TICKETS:
Adults - $20
Students/Seniors - $12
Group rates available!
Proceeds from this concert will go directly to support the Torrington High School Music Department's marching band to be able to play in the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washington.
Gold Medal – Fermi High School Jazz Festival 2014
"I have a Jazz Combo this year that is simply the best jazz group I have ever had."
---Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director of Instrumental Music/Music Technology - Torrington High School
The Award-Winning THS Jazz Combo is a 4 piece group that has played to rave reviews during the 2013-2014 school year. Highlights include a "Gold" Medal at the Fermi HS Jazz Festival and the featured ensemble at the Connecticut Arts Administrators Association Luncheon.
This will be the last performance of the THS Jazz Combo this year!
"This is one of the best high school groups I have ever heard" -
Dr. Carl Knox -Director of Jazz Studies - Central Conn. State University.
"Simply Outstanding! Congratulations Torrington on having such a high quality ensemble" - Adjudicator at the Fermi High School Jazz Festival
THS Jazz Combo
featuring
Tom Killackey - trumpet
Matt Stevens - guitar
Michael Louchen - bass
Brandon Charron - drums
Saturday - August 9, 2014
8:00pm
RSVP: 860-482-6801
TICKETS:
Adults - $20
Students/Seniors - $12
Group rates available!
Proceeds from this concert will go directly to support the Torrington High School Music Department's marching band to be able to play in the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washington.
Gold Medal – Fermi High School Jazz Festival 2014
"I have a Jazz Combo this year that is simply the best jazz group I have ever had."
---Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director of Instrumental Music/Music Technology - Torrington High School
The Award-Winning THS Jazz Combo is a 4 piece group that has played to rave reviews during the 2013-2014 school year. Highlights include a "Gold" Medal at the Fermi HS Jazz Festival and the featured ensemble at the Connecticut Arts Administrators Association Luncheon.
This will be the last performance of the THS Jazz Combo this year!
"This is one of the best high school groups I have ever heard" -
Dr. Carl Knox -Director of Jazz Studies - Central Conn. State University.
"Simply Outstanding! Congratulations Torrington on having such a high quality ensemble" - Adjudicator at the Fermi High School Jazz Festival
Torrington, Connecticut selected as one of the Best Communities for Music Education in America 2014! ------------>
Torrington has received this national designation fourteen times since 2000, the most of any community in Connecticut.
When it comes to music excellence, THS Music means business.'
Just like local business owners, these music students understand the concept and value of hard work, and the success that can come with it. To be invited to play in the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade is an honor of great distinction for students, school, town, and state.
But to participate, students need your financial support.
Please become a Sponsor, and help our students keep the march alive.
This incredible educational performance experience will cost each attendee $500 -- out of the range of many of our students. You can help. To make your contribution, or for more information, contact THS Band Director,
Wayne Splettstoeszer at 860-489-2282 or email: [email protected]
Visit www.thsmusic.net If you cannot attend this performance please consider making a contribution.
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Torrington has received this national designation fourteen times since 2000, the most of any community in Connecticut.
When it comes to music excellence, THS Music means business.'
Just like local business owners, these music students understand the concept and value of hard work, and the success that can come with it. To be invited to play in the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade is an honor of great distinction for students, school, town, and state.
But to participate, students need your financial support.
Please become a Sponsor, and help our students keep the march alive.
This incredible educational performance experience will cost each attendee $500 -- out of the range of many of our students. You can help. To make your contribution, or for more information, contact THS Band Director,
Wayne Splettstoeszer at 860-489-2282 or email: [email protected]
Visit www.thsmusic.net If you cannot attend this performance please consider making a contribution.
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SEPTEMBER
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John DelVento
in Concert:
Fresh & Modern
featuring
John DelVento, euphonium
Timothy Alexandre Wallace, piano
Saturday
September 27, 2014
8:00pm
RSVP: 860-482-6801
TICKETS:
Adults - $20
Students/Seniors - $12
Group rates available!
John DelVento is a multi-genre musician and composer with a wide-ranging musical output spanning a variety of mediums and genres. He has performed and composed music for both the big screen and the concert hall and continues to create fresh and exciting new music for the modern world.
At a young age John began studying the euphonium, a relatively unknown brass instrument, not knowing that it would eventually take him all over the world. As a performer he has been lucky to grace the timeless stages of Carnegie Hall, The Musikverein, Symphony Hall, The Bushnell Theatre, and countless others.
John went on to take his musical training to The Hartt School of Music, Dance, and Theatre as a double music major, where his music composition career was born. Throughout his college years, John balanced a busy teaching and performing schedule, all while slowly dabbling in the art of electronic music composition.
After a brief stint as an urban music producer John quickly found a new home in the world of media music. Comfortable writing in many musical styles, his diverse musical output became very popular with advertisement agencies and music libraries, leading to placements with The Science Channel, Food Network, Nike, Toyota, Covergirl, Pepsi, Visa, and many other independent ventures.
In addition to performing and teaching music he now composes and produces music for a variety of films, video games, advertisement campaigns, and similar projects on a regular basis.
Artist website: www.johndelvento.net
in Concert:
Fresh & Modern
featuring
John DelVento, euphonium
Timothy Alexandre Wallace, piano
Saturday
September 27, 2014
8:00pm
RSVP: 860-482-6801
TICKETS:
Adults - $20
Students/Seniors - $12
Group rates available!
John DelVento is a multi-genre musician and composer with a wide-ranging musical output spanning a variety of mediums and genres. He has performed and composed music for both the big screen and the concert hall and continues to create fresh and exciting new music for the modern world.
At a young age John began studying the euphonium, a relatively unknown brass instrument, not knowing that it would eventually take him all over the world. As a performer he has been lucky to grace the timeless stages of Carnegie Hall, The Musikverein, Symphony Hall, The Bushnell Theatre, and countless others.
John went on to take his musical training to The Hartt School of Music, Dance, and Theatre as a double music major, where his music composition career was born. Throughout his college years, John balanced a busy teaching and performing schedule, all while slowly dabbling in the art of electronic music composition.
After a brief stint as an urban music producer John quickly found a new home in the world of media music. Comfortable writing in many musical styles, his diverse musical output became very popular with advertisement agencies and music libraries, leading to placements with The Science Channel, Food Network, Nike, Toyota, Covergirl, Pepsi, Visa, and many other independent ventures.
In addition to performing and teaching music he now composes and produces music for a variety of films, video games, advertisement campaigns, and similar projects on a regular basis.
Artist website: www.johndelvento.net
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Guest Artists
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Timothy Alexandre Wallace
Mr. Wallace has enjoyed a rich and rewarding career as a pianist and composer. He has concertized nationally as a soloist, and has performed , composed and arranged music for ballet companies, theatres, schools and churches. Additionally, Mr. Wallace is a private piano instructor, with over 30 years experience teaching students of all ages. He is honored to have students who have continued more intensive study at universities and conservatories in the United States and Europe. In the fall of 2008, he founded the Alexandre School of Piano, dedicated to excellence in the teaching and performance of piano, and only piano. Mr. Wallace is a member of the American Guild of Organists and a performing member of the improvisational group Improvelocity. He is additionally on the Baldwin Roster of Artists. ______________________________________________________________ 
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THINGS I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW offers one young man’s perspective through expertly crafted stories entwined with exceptional musicianship and rife with incredible lyrical detail. Glier’s songs aim straight for the gut and cast light on the challenges of adult life, through the lens of the everyday person.
For his third album on MPress Records, Glier opened himself for the first time to the opportunity of working with co-writers. As he explains: “I co-wrote a tune with Livingston Taylor, and a few with Ellis Paul and Marshall Altman. I’m very protective of my words, so co-writing seemed scary, but in the end I trusted these writers and we found a common vision.” Glier, who has received two Independent Music Awards for his previous works, self-produced this LP, THINGS I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW with longtime collaborator Ryan Hommel and brought on Grammy® Nominee John Shyloski (Johnny Winter, Stephen Kellogg) to mix and master. Since the release of 2011’s THE NEXT RIGHT THING, Glier has shared the stage with artists as diverse as James Taylor, Ani DiFranco, Martin Sexton, Toad The Wet Sprocket and Edwin McCain. A troubadour in every sense of the word, he plays over 250+ shows a year, and when it came time to pen this record he decided to do it from the road. Bits and pieces of songs were strewn across state lines, sung into mattresses, recorded in one fan’s kitchen in Cleveland and on another’s rooftop in San Francisco. As Glier asserts, “I wanted ‘Things I Should Let You Know’ to be a transformative experience for the listeners and I knew it couldn’t be if I wasn’t being transformed along the way.” The title THINGS I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW might suggest something secretive, or that the young songsmith has something to hide. However, as Glier is quick to clarify, in fact the opposite is true. "This record is about confession, it’s about baring all your skeletons in the light of day, making some much needed room in your closet, and living wide open." The album’s opener and title track is a stark confession accompanied by layered vocals and a hushed and haunting musical arrangement. One of the last songs composed for the album, it marks a brash departure from formula and sets the listener up for an expansive ride full of cinematic twists and turns. From the driving, story-telling pop of “Man I Used To Be” to the uplifting, New Orleans-influenced “New World I See”, Glier’s impressive range as a vocalist, pianist and guitarist stirs the listener to reflection, the same way writing it did for Seth. As a national artist ambassador for ChildFund International, an advocate for Musicians On Call, and with a ROCK THE VOTE Road Trip 2012 stop under his belt, Glier has become increasingly comfortable expressing his social beliefs, both onstage and off. Not surprisingly, when pressed for what song he is most proud of on the album, Glier chooses the Woody Guthrie-inspired “Plastic Soldiers” “because it’s definitely the most political song on the record.” In his signature narrative style, Glier sings from the point of view of a father and soldier, coming to terms with his choices in life and refusing to lead his son down the same path. On the chilling and intimate “Too Hard To Hold The Moon”, Glier gets incredibly personal, dropping the character shield and revealing that the track ”is about my Mom and Dad…about my Mom standing by my father as he learns to live in sobriety.” Everything comes full circle with the album’s powerful closer, “I Am Only As Loved As I Am Open”. Amidst a swirling drone of harmonium, pump organ and bowing strings, Seth Glier ascends into adulthood by delivering his most mature collection of songs yet - revering acceptance and reveling in self-discovery. THINGS I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW is available nationwide. For an updated tour schedule and Seth’s complete discography, visit www.sethglier.com. |
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