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WINTER 2018
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For those who seek inspiring live music, Studio 59 is proud to announce the
Winter 2018 Concert Series.
Welcome to a time of engaging music, good food, & fine spirits!
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Winter 2018 Concert Series.
Welcome to a time of engaging music, good food, & fine spirits!
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Studio 59 presents
THE IMPRESSIONISTS
"River god laughing as the water tickles him ..."
The language of Debussy & Ravel
Timothy Alexandre Wallace, piano
Saturday
January 27, 2018
8:00pm
Refreshments served during intermission
TICKETS:
Adults: $25 or 2 for $45
Students/Seniors: $15
RESERVATIONS:
860-482-6801
THE IMPRESSIONISTS
"River god laughing as the water tickles him ..."
The language of Debussy & Ravel
Timothy Alexandre Wallace, piano
Saturday
January 27, 2018
8:00pm
Refreshments served during intermission
TICKETS:
Adults: $25 or 2 for $45
Students/Seniors: $15
RESERVATIONS:
860-482-6801
You are invited to a concert of music for solo piano .... music created to express
sonorous harmonies, combined with vague imagery and to engage in the beauty of sound for sound's sake.
The music will cover a period between 1870 and 1930
and will feature music of Debussy, Ravel, Satie, and Respighi.
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sonorous harmonies, combined with vague imagery and to engage in the beauty of sound for sound's sake.
The music will cover a period between 1870 and 1930
and will feature music of Debussy, Ravel, Satie, and Respighi.
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Studio 59 presents
THE ANDREW WILCOX QUARTET
Tim Jones --baritone sax Andrew Wilcox --piano
Brayden Beason--bass Josh Leslie--drums
Saturday -- February 24, 2018 -- 8:00pm
Refreshments served during intermission
TICKETS:
Adults: $25 or 2 for $45
Students/Seniors: $15
RESERVATIONS:
860-482-6801
THE ANDREW WILCOX QUARTET
Tim Jones --baritone sax Andrew Wilcox --piano
Brayden Beason--bass Josh Leslie--drums
Saturday -- February 24, 2018 -- 8:00pm
Refreshments served during intermission
TICKETS:
Adults: $25 or 2 for $45
Students/Seniors: $15
RESERVATIONS:
860-482-6801
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The Andrew Wilcox Quartet is a new group featuring the new up and coming talent from the Hartford area.
The members of the group, all students or recent graduates of the Hartt School’s Jackie McLean Institute, began playing together in the Fall of 2017 under the musical direction of pianist Andrew Wilcox. Brought together originally to play the music written by Andrew, the group expanded their repertoire to include the music of jazz titans like Cedar Walton, McCoy Tyner and Billy Harper. These are the young lions making up the band: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
Andrew Wilcox
is a young pianist from Boylston, Massachusetts. Growing up studying classical music, the sounds of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter led him to study jazz. Throughout High School, Andrew studied under numerous musicians in the Worcester Area, most notably Rick Cain, Dick Odgren, Rich Ardizzone, and Tucker Antell. With their support and guidance, he found his way to the District and All-State Bands in Massachusetts. Finishing up High School, Andrew continued down to the Hartt School where he currently studies with world renowned musicians including pianists Rick Germanson and Chris Casey, bassist Nat Reeves, trombonist Steve Davis, and saxophonists Javon Jackson, Rene McLean, and Abe Burton. Andrew has had the opportunity to play venues such as Symphony Hall, Mechanics Hall, and the Newport Jazz Festival. |
Tim Jones
is currently a senior at the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the University Of Hartford. Though originally from Bellows Falls Vermont, Jones has been residing in the West Hartford Connecticut area for the past couple of years. He originally started out by playing the Alto Saxophone when he was 11, but in December of 2016 he decided to switch to Baritone Saxophone full time. Throughout Jones’s short musical career he has had the privilege to study with some of the top jazz musicians on the scene today. These include, Scott Mullett, John Mastroianni, Steve Davis, Abe Burton, Nat Reeves, Chris Casey, and Matt DeChamplain. |
Brayden Beason
is a bassist from Providence, Rhode Island. Growing up surrounded by the music, Brayden has been an important staple in the Rhode Island jazz community. Now attending the Hartt School, he has had the opportunity to study with the incredible faculty there,most notably bassist Nat Reeves. Brayden has played with Ed Fast’s Conga Bop and the Rhode Island All-State Jazz Band. |
Josh Leslie
is a jazz drummer from Akron, Ohio who recently moved to Hartford to attend the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz. Working with great teachers Mark Gonder, Jason Tiemann, and Eric McPherson, Josh is forming a positive and powerful voice on the instrument influenced by the greats Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, and Brian Blade. He plans to continue his education and pursue his passion for teaching as well as performing. |
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RJ Avallone Artist, Musician, Composer b. September 23, 1980 Torrington Connecticut RJ began playing the trumpet in 1989. Since then he has performed on some of the world’s most renowned stages including New York City’s Radio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center, The Waldorf Astoria, Birdland, Cafe Wha?, The Nassau Coliseum, Brooklyn Bowl, The MGM Grand Las Vegas, Symphony Hall Boston,The Newport Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival, Flood City Music Festival, The Festival of New Trumpet Music, and countless others. RJ has performed with acclaimed artists across many genres including Kelly Clarkson, Natalie Cole, Patti Austin, Michael Buble, Steven Tyler, Bobby Short, Charnett Moffett, Stanley Jordan, Will Callhoun, Aaron Scott, and Michel Camilo. RJ can be heard on more than ten albums including Charnett Moffett: Art of The Improviser and Treasure As a co-leader of the jazz quartet Search on their internationally acclaimed debut album Today is Tomorrow *** Most recently with the New York Funk Exchange on their second album for Modern Vintage Records This Is Your Brain On Funk RJ has also recorded on singles released by Method Man and Redman _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
“...cultivated independance...autonomous intelligence
...sharp enough to cut your fingers on.” Paris Transatlantic*** 
“… spunk, execution, and emotional content.” “...excellent smears of dissonance sparking out of multi-linear improvisations.” Downbeat Magazine (3 stars)*** |
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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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"There's enough music for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for Music."
- Sergei Vasiliyevich Rachmaninoff
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