Cincinnati Presentations 2011-2012
We are currently accepting applications for free in-school, educational music presentations in the Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington & Newport, Kentucky public schools. All we need is an email from the music teacher or principal to get things started. ~~~~~ On Friday, March 16, 2012 at 2:30p, world-renowned jazz saxophone artist Greg Abate will perform in a quintet at Dater Montessori with Marc Fields on trombone, Lee McKinney on drums, Phil DeGreg on piano and Phil Bowden on bass. ~~~~~ On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 2:15p, world-renowned jazz saxophone artist Greg Abate will perform in a quintet at Kilgour Elementary with Marc Fields on trombone, Lee McKinney on drums, Phil DeGreg on piano and Phil Bowden on bass. ~~~~~ On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 1p, world-renowned jazz saxophone artist Greg Abate will perform in a quintet at Sands Montessori with Marc Fields on trombone, Lee McKinney on drums, Phil DeGreg on piano and Phil Bowden on bass. ~~~~~ On Friday, March 9, 2012 at 1:30p, world-renowned jazz saxophone artist Greg Abate will perform in a quintet at Roselawn Condon with Marc Fields on trombone, Lee McKinney on drums, Phil DeGreg on piano and Phil Bowden on bass. ~~~~~ The six presentations we just did in August through December, 2011 (below) were attended by nearly 2,000 Cincinnati Public School students !!! ~~~~~ On Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 1p at Bond Hill Academy, an amazing thing happened. Blues guitarist Noah Wotherspoon performed with world-renowned trumpeter Gary Winters, Brian Aylor on drums, Da'Rosa Hathaway Richardson on keyboards, Rob Thaxton on bass, Marcos Sastre on guitar, Casey Ott on guitar and Ben Walkenhauer on saxophone. And, Philip Paul joined them performing "Hideaway" and "Tore Down" in a tribute to King Studio legend Freddy "The Texas Cannonball" King being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this coming April, 14, 2012. Philip Paul was Freddy's drummer at King Studio, including both of these songs. By the time we finished, all of the students were dancing in the bleachers !!! Here are links to videos of six songs they did |
