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| Jazz at the Maverick Maverick Concerts announces the opening of "Jazz Festival at the Maverick, " its annual four-concert series within the regular Maverick season, the oldest summer chamber music festival in the country. Perry Beekman & Friends On Saturday, Aug. 3, at 6:30 pm, Woodstock guitarist and vocalist Perry Beekman will perform a program of songs by Rodgers & Hart, with Peter Tomlinson at the piano and Lou Pappas on bass. Composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart were among the blue-ribbon songwriting teams of the first half of the 20th century. At their peak, they were producing as many as four Broadway shows a year, and and their partnership spawned numerous hits, including Pal Joey and On Your Toes. Many of their classic songs are still part of the standard repertoire found in the Great American Songbook: "My Funny Valentine", "Falling in Love with Love", "Mountain Greenery", "My Heart Stood Still", "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered", etc. Perry Beekman's music is deeply rooted in the classic traditions of jazz. He has performed at the Palm Court at the Plaza Hotel, and the JVC and River to River Jazz Festivals in New York City. Peter Tomlinson teaches jazz piano at Western Connecticut State University and Vassar College. Lou Pappas has performed at jazz festivals across the United States and is Adjunct Artist in Music at Vassar College. He retired in 2006 as bassist with the acclaimed U.S. Military Academy Band at West Point. Still to Come on Jazz at the Maverick Saturday, Aug. 10, 6:30 pm Fred Hersch, piano Anat Cohen, clarinet The internationally acclaimed pianist returns to Maverick, this year with the Israeli clarinetist Anat Cohen. Saturday, Aug, 31, 8:30 pm Marc Black and Warren Bernhardt An eclectic mix with the Catskills' own singer-songwriter Marc Black and jazz piano master Warren Bernhardt. Saturday, Sept. 7, 6:30 pm Dan Tepfer, piano The program will include Dan's jazzy take on J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations About Maverick Concerts Maverick Concerts is the oldest continuous summer chamber music festival in America and a winner of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming. Built by Maverick Art Colony founder Hervey White, Maverick Concert Hall first opened its doors to music lovers in 1916. The rustic hall is located at 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock, N.Y. 12498. With acoustics ideally suited to the intimacy of live chamber music performance, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For additional details, including a schedule of concerts, ticket prices, and seating information, visitwww.maverickconcerts.org or call Maverick's recorded message line at 845-679-8217. Yamaha is the Official Piano of Maverick Concerts. The C7 grand piano in the hall is a generous loan from Yamaha Artist Services. Maverick Concerts, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization made possible in part with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; an award from the National Endowment for the Arts; the Maverick Endowment Fund; Friends of Maverick; the towns of Woodstock and Hurley; the Ulster County Cultural Services & Promotion Fund, administered by the Dutchess County Arts Council; local businesses; individual donors; and other public and private foundations. In 2013, Maverick received a special citation as part of the inaugural Ulster County Executive's Arts Award. Next up at Maverick Concerts Sunday, Aug. 4, 4:00 pm The Leipzig Quartet "Quartet Monuments" Beethoven: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5 Witold Lutosławski: String Quartet (1964; in honor of the composer's centenary) César Franck: String Quartet in D Major write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Jazz News :: home page |