Courtroom Concerts
Thursday, March 15, 2007 Program
Kenneth Meyer, guitar
Draw the Strings Tight (2006) - Edie Hill (b. 1962)
- Draw the Strings Tight
- Open the Window to the West of You
- Waves are Coming In
- Listen: Sound of Big Sea Shells! Sound of Bells!
Joel Friedman, jazz piano
Blues for Alice - Charlie Parker
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus
Solar - Miles Davis
Donna Lee - Charlie Parker
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Artist Bios:
The Washington Post refers to Kenneth Meyer as, “A thinking man’s guitarist – he focuses on the inner structure of a piece…and plays with impressive gravity and power.” The Buffalo News has called him, “Impeccably articulate with superb technique.”
Since winning the national first prize at the MTNA Collegiate Artist Competition, Meyer continues to appear in recital, as a chamber musician, and soloist with orchestra in venues throughout North America, South America and Europe. His commitment to cultivate, perform and record the music of his generation’s leading composers has garnered awards from the Barlow Endowment, Argosy Foundation and the Hanson Institute for American Music.
Currently, Meyer directs a thriving guitar studies program at Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music and continues to be a featured lecturer, performer, adjudicator and teacher at festivals, colleges and universities throughout this country and abroad. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music and records for Albany Records.
Joel Friedman is a high school senior at the Perpich Center for Arts Education. He started piano lessons at the age of 4, then switched his focus to Jazz at the age of 13 . He is currently studying with Nachito Herrera through the MacPhail Center of Music.
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