FREE Info Session - The Art of the Small Ensemble
GRoW
Oct 23, 2016
Students, parents, and educators interested in learning more about our Art of the Small Ensemble course are invited to a free informational session Sunday, October 23 at 5pm at The Wallis. This is a great opportunity to meet the faculty – Miori Sugiyama and Jamey Tate – and learn about their approach to integrating the teaching of jazz and classical musical ideas. Those attending will be offered complimentary tickets to attend the performance of The Harlem Quartet that evening at 7pm in the Goldsmith Theatre.
If interested, please RSVP to Heather Cooney at hcooney@thewallis.org by October 19th, 2016.
About Miori Sugiyama
A graduate of the Juilliard School, pianist Miori Sugiyama has been an active soloist and collaborative artist in the US and abroad. Recent highlights include solo debut recitals at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall and Bargemusic, as well as appearances at Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium, Galapagos Art Space, and Aspen Public Radio. Praised as ‘excellent’ by the New York Times for her performance of the Charles Ives songs, she is a regular member of the Brooklyn Art Song Society with whom she has performed on projects such as the Hugo Wolf Project and marathon performance of the complete songs of Charles Ives. She is the founder of Half Moon Music Series, which explores vocal and chamber repertoire and with an emphasis on female composers.
An avid educator, Dr. Sugiyama graduated with a Master of Education from Columbia University’s Teachers College. She has held the position of accompanying coordinator and teaching assistant to Rita Sloan at the Aspen Music Festival and School. There, she has assisted in coaching chamber music groups and piano duo classes for high school students. She served as staff pianist for the vocal department at the Aaron Copland School of Music (Queens College) from 2009-2014, where she also coached chamber music. She maintained a private teaching studio in New York City for 10 years. Her teachers have included Morey Ritt, Paul Rutman, Julian Martin, and Rita Sloan. Dr. Sugiyama holds a Master of Music in piano performance from the Juilliard School and received a Doctor of Musical Arts in collaborative piano from the University of Maryland-College Park.
About Jamey Tate
Since moving to Los Angeles, Jamey Tate has become one of the most sought after musicians on the touring and studio scenes. He has performed and/or recorded with a widely diverse list of some of the biggest artists in the music industry that includes Quincy Jones, Al Jarreau, David Benoit, Merv Griffin, Mindi Abair, Kurt Elling, Melissa Manchester, Justin Guarini, Christopher Cross, the New York Voices, the Ahn Trio, the Stan Kenton Orchestra, David Pack, Sandro Albert, the Ron King Big Band, Russ Freeman, and John Daversa, among others. He has performed on numerous major motion picture soundtracks, TV movies, and commercials as well.
Educated at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, he received his Bachelor's in Music under the instruction of percussionist Beth Gottlieb and bassist/jazz instructor Chuck Archard. In 1997, he performed as a member of the Disneyland All-American College Band in Anaheim, California. During his stay in California, he began studying with legendary drummer Peter Erskine. Peter's instruction and inspiration would propel Jamey to new levels professionally and personally, and their relationship would eventually lead Jamey to participate in the Jazz Studies graduate program at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music.
Passionate about arts education, he is a regular clinician at the Crossroads School Summer Jazz Program and an adjudicator and Music Director for the Spotlight Awards at the Music Center of Los Angeles County. He has also served as an instructor at USC, Crossroads School, Don Bosco Technical Institute, Warren High School and Spotlight Academy. A former Yamaha Drums artist/clinician, he continues to be an artist/clinician with Sakae Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Evans Drumheads and Vic Firth Drumsticks. - See more at: http://thewallis.org/show-info.php?id=265#sthash.5qngkcV7.dpuf
If interested, please RSVP to Heather Cooney at hcooney@thewallis.org by October 19th, 2016.
About Miori Sugiyama
A graduate of the Juilliard School, pianist Miori Sugiyama has been an active soloist and collaborative artist in the US and abroad. Recent highlights include solo debut recitals at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Concert Hall and Bargemusic, as well as appearances at Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium, Galapagos Art Space, and Aspen Public Radio. Praised as ‘excellent’ by the New York Times for her performance of the Charles Ives songs, she is a regular member of the Brooklyn Art Song Society with whom she has performed on projects such as the Hugo Wolf Project and marathon performance of the complete songs of Charles Ives. She is the founder of Half Moon Music Series, which explores vocal and chamber repertoire and with an emphasis on female composers.
An avid educator, Dr. Sugiyama graduated with a Master of Education from Columbia University’s Teachers College. She has held the position of accompanying coordinator and teaching assistant to Rita Sloan at the Aspen Music Festival and School. There, she has assisted in coaching chamber music groups and piano duo classes for high school students. She served as staff pianist for the vocal department at the Aaron Copland School of Music (Queens College) from 2009-2014, where she also coached chamber music. She maintained a private teaching studio in New York City for 10 years. Her teachers have included Morey Ritt, Paul Rutman, Julian Martin, and Rita Sloan. Dr. Sugiyama holds a Master of Music in piano performance from the Juilliard School and received a Doctor of Musical Arts in collaborative piano from the University of Maryland-College Park.
About Jamey Tate
Since moving to Los Angeles, Jamey Tate has become one of the most sought after musicians on the touring and studio scenes. He has performed and/or recorded with a widely diverse list of some of the biggest artists in the music industry that includes Quincy Jones, Al Jarreau, David Benoit, Merv Griffin, Mindi Abair, Kurt Elling, Melissa Manchester, Justin Guarini, Christopher Cross, the New York Voices, the Ahn Trio, the Stan Kenton Orchestra, David Pack, Sandro Albert, the Ron King Big Band, Russ Freeman, and John Daversa, among others. He has performed on numerous major motion picture soundtracks, TV movies, and commercials as well.
Educated at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, he received his Bachelor's in Music under the instruction of percussionist Beth Gottlieb and bassist/jazz instructor Chuck Archard. In 1997, he performed as a member of the Disneyland All-American College Band in Anaheim, California. During his stay in California, he began studying with legendary drummer Peter Erskine. Peter's instruction and inspiration would propel Jamey to new levels professionally and personally, and their relationship would eventually lead Jamey to participate in the Jazz Studies graduate program at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music.
Passionate about arts education, he is a regular clinician at the Crossroads School Summer Jazz Program and an adjudicator and Music Director for the Spotlight Awards at the Music Center of Los Angeles County. He has also served as an instructor at USC, Crossroads School, Don Bosco Technical Institute, Warren High School and Spotlight Academy. A former Yamaha Drums artist/clinician, he continues to be an artist/clinician with Sakae Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Evans Drumheads and Vic Firth Drumsticks. - See more at: http://thewallis.org/show-info.php?id=265#sthash.5qngkcV7.dpuf