BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN WORKS Feat: JOE LOVANO and SCOTT COLLEY April 13, 2011

Who: WORKS with
Special Guests Joe Lovano, & Scott Colley
Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
Michel Gentile – flute
Daniel Kelly - piano
Scott Colley - bass
Rob Garcia – drums

Wednesday, April 13, 8pm, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is thrilled to host Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open, the highly acclaimed series presented by Connection Works. This event, featuring the group WORKS with special guests tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano and bassist Scott Colley presents 2 sets plus a musical dialogue with Joe Lovano in the intimate, conversational setting of the Brooklyn Conservatory concert hall.

Brooklyn Conservatory welcomes Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open again on May 11th, when they will be presenting The Joel Harrison Large Ensemble, featuring Marty Ehrlich, Donny McCaslin and Kermit Driscoll.

About Connection works
Started in 2007, Connection Works is an artist-run non-profit organization that engages the Brooklyn community with world-class jazz performances and educational events. Their programs promote and facilitate new work by established and up-and-coming artists alike providing a forum that supports the astonishing number of brilliant artists in our borough. Connection works was founded in part by Brooklyn Conservatory faculty member, Michel Gentile.

About Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open
Brooklyn Wide open provides Brooklyn with concerts, musical dialogues, and workshops meriting large-scale international attention, maintaining the highest standards in performance and education, presented in a community-based format. The past 17 events presented new music composed and performed by world-class musicians such as Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman, Steve Coleman, Billy Hart, Adam Rudolph, Dafnis Prieto, Mark Turner, Tony Malaby, and Anat Cohen. The dialogues provide the audience a rare opportunity to interact with musical icons as they share their experience and artistic processes, while the workshops allow young musicians to perform, and receive feedback from seasoned professionals.

About Brooklyn Conservatory
Founded in 1897 the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music has been serving the New York musical community for over a century. The Conservatory promotes individual and community growth through music, and is committed to making music accessible to people of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels. Through our long-standing commitment to the highest quality in arts education, the Conservatory has the distinction of being one of the oldest and largest community music schools in the nation.
The Conservatory offers classes, ensembles and choral opportunities, and individual instrumental and vocal lessons to students from 18 months to adults. Our student body, drawn from throughout the New York metropolitan area, the United States, and from 27 foreign countries, is a reflection of the vibrant cultural diversity that is the essence of New York.
Our distinguished faculty members hold advanced degrees from the world's finest conservatories and universities. Many also maintain active and prestigious performance careers. And all are dedicated to bringing music into the lives of those in their community - from the beginning student just starting out to the advanced student contemplating a career in music.
The Conservatory is open well into the evening and on the weekends, to accommodate even the busiest schedule. Lessons and classes are moderately priced, allowing access to people of all financial means. Need-based scholarships are also available.

Programs at the Conservatory are supported by The Achelis Foundation, Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, Barclays/Nets Community Alliance, The Beatrice S. Wind Charitable Remainder Trust, Bloomberg, Brooklyn Community Foundation, ConEdison, Fund for the City of New York/Open Society Foundations’ Performing Arts Recovery Initiative, Joseph LeRoy and Ann C. Warner Fund, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, National Guild for Community Arts Education/MetLife Foundation, Park Slope Civic Council, The Rudin Foundation, and Youth, I.N.C., as well as numerous individual donors. Programs at the Conservatory are also supported in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Council Member Stephen Levin, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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