Get JazzED Instrumental Day is a one day event for middle and high school students to learn about and experience first hand various aspects of the jazz genre, and work with professional jazz musicians in a fun, supportive environment. Experience not required.
The event is open to all schools free of charge. For registration information contact Event Chair Chris Heslop at info@GetJazzEDBerks.com.
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2018 Instrumental Day:
Saturday, January 13, 2018
10:00 AM to 2:00 pm
Wyomissing Area Jr/Sr High School
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MEET OUR 2018 INSTRUMENTAL DAY CLINICIANS
FEATURED ARTIST: MARKO MARCINKO/DRUMS/PIANO: During his years in the music industry, Marko Marcinko has worked as a freelance musician playing drum set, percussion, piano/keyboards, bass guitar, and trombone. He has also served as a studio session player, arranger, musical director, and producer for numerous commercial jingles, indie-films and off-Broadway, club and theater engagements. Born in Archbald, Pennsylvania, Marcinko studied technique with drumming master Joe Morello and continued his training at the University of Miami (FL) where he studied classical, jazz, Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban styles under professors Fred Wickstrom, Steve Bagby, Steve Rucker, Harry Hawthorne, and Ney Resaro. Marcinko toured and recorded with jazz legend Maynard Ferguson in the mid-90’s and with NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman as a member of the Dave Liebman Group 2000-2014. He currently works with the Grammy nominated Dave Liebman Big Band and the Organik Vibe Trio featuring Joel Frahm, Ron Oswanski, and multi-Grammy award winning vibraphonist Dave Samuels. He is founder and artistic director of the PA Jazz Alliance and the Scranton Jazz Festival, and has served as a consultant, clinician and adjudicator throughout the world. Over the past 25 years, he has performed with Joe Henderson, Phil Woods, Jimmy Heath, Clark Terry, Jon Faddis, Slide Hampton, Bob Dorough, Red Rodney, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Mulgrew Miller, Mike Stern, Kurt Elling, Tierney Sutton, Janis Siegel, Terell Stafford, Joe Lovano, Anthony Jackson, Mike Stern, and Will Lee; and with popular musicians and entertainers including John Legend, Jon Secada, Joan Rivers, Jay Leno, Connie Francis, Joe Piscopo, Don Rickles, Melba Moore, Juan Gabriel, Clay Aiken, Bob Newhart, and Nicol Williamson. For more information, visit this artist’s website at http://www.markomarcinko.com.
NATHAN BELLOTT/SAXOPHONE. New York, NY saxophonist and composer Nathan Bellott is currently the front line of Hal Galper and the Youngbloods. The release of their debut album “Live at the COTA Jazz Festival” in Summer 2017 has achieved critical success. Nathan plays regularly around NYC and beyond with many artists as well as with his own ensembles. He has played regularly with Charli Persip, Mickey Bass, Arturo O’Farrill, the Liberté Big Band and more. He teaches privately and is on the Winds Faculty at Turtle Bay Music School in Manhattan. A native of the Reading PA area, Nathan grew up hanging at the jam sessions and concerts around Berks County. In high school he studied saxophone with Erich Cawalla, Tim Price and Bill Bower while cutting his teeth at jam sessions in Reading and Philadelphia and began performing professionally in 10th grade. Nathan attended SUNY Purchase College from 2010-2012 where he was school by Jon Gordon, Hal Galper, Todd Coolman, Steve Wilson, Ralph Lalama, Mark Vinci and many others. In 2012 he took his talents to Manhattan to finish his degree at the New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music. There he studied with David Binney, Jaleel Shaw, Andrew Cyrille, Dan Weiss, Jacob Sacks and others. Currently, Nathan is busy with many projects. He has established himself as a first-call for big bands, small groups, and other ensembles. He is an avid composer and writes for his own ensembles. Look out for brand new music soon as well as a possible film score in the coming year.
PATRICK DORIAN/TRUMPET, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Music, was a member of the East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Music Department from 1987 through 2013. In 2010, he was awarded the highest faculty honor, the preeminent rank of Distinguished Professor of Music. He taught courses in jazz studies and film music and was the liaison to the Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection. He is the author and reviewer of many professional journal articles, chapters in several books, and CD insert booklets. Professor Dorian’s long-time experience as a concert band and jazz ensemble director make him a sought-after evaluator and adjudicator at many university and high school festivals, including the Clark Terry/University of New Hampshire Jazz Festival (for 19 years) and the University of Missouri at St. Louis Jazz Festival. He is an active guest conductor and co-conducted the 2016 Berks All Star Jazz Choir with jazz legend Bob Dorough. In academic year 2016-2017, he presented jazz pedagogy masterclasses for teachers and music education students at SUNY Fredonia, Bridgewater State College (MA), and the Penn State University School of Music. His biography is included in Trumpet Greats: A Biographical Dictionary by David R. Hickman et al. (2013). It outlines Professor Dorian’s accomplished teaching career, in addition to his performing and recording careers, especially as a long-time member of the big bands of NEA Jazz Masters Phil Woods and David Liebman. He has toured internationally, with performances at major jazz festivals, jazz clubs, and concert halls. He is the author of the comprehensive CD insert booklets for Phil Woods Works for Saxophone by the Celebration Sax Quartet; Live at the Deer Head Inn – Bob Dorough Trio & Special Guests; Sea Jam Blues; and Duets. Professor Dorian performed on two Grammy-nominated CDs (Celebration!, Phil Woods & the COTA Festival Orchestra, 1997; Beyond the Line, David Liebman Big Band [DLBB] under the direction of Gunnar Mossblad, 2003). He also performed on the DLBB DVD and CD LIVE . . . As Always (2011), under the direction of Gunnar Mossblad (filmed and recorded in Denver). Recently released recordings include New Celebration by Phil Woods and the COTA Festival Orchestra, Tomorrow’s Expectations by the DLBB, and A Tribute to Wayne Shorter by the DLBB. He continues to record and tour with the DLBB as they perform masterworks by John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter. Professor Dorian is a member of the Scranton Jazz Festival Big Band and has recently performed with Jimmy Heath, Jon Faddis, John Pizzarelli, the Four Freshmen, and the Temptations. In June 2007, Professor Dorian was presented with the Great Teacher Award by the ESU Alumni Association. In October 2007, he was inducted into the East Stroudsburg Area School District Music Hall of Fame. He was also awarded the Fred Waring Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts and the Community. Professor Dorian holds degrees from Northwestern University (MM Performance) and Ithaca College (BM Performance and Music Education) and taught instrumental music in public schools for 14 years.
DANIEL GONZALEZ/DRUMS/PERCUSSION is the ultimate groove master at the drum set or any percussion instrument. He is a native New Yorker and veteran of the U.S. Army band. He has an extensive playing and recording career including La Cuchina and The Atomic Funk Project. Based in North Eastern Pennsylvania, Daniel began playing music at a young age, developing his craft in drum corps activities and military bands. His technical abilities and unique sound are the result of formal study and years of experience performing on numerous stages in Hawaii, California, Las Vegas, New York, Pennsylvania and more. Daniel has also contributed his musical talent to various recordings throughout the years and continues to pursue a musical career as an open-minded musician. For more information, visit this artist’s website at www.drumiel.com.
TOM HAMILTON/SAXOPHONE, was born in Jersey City, N.J. in 1953. He grew up in the town of Carteret, N.J. where he began his studies on the clarinet at a free summer music clinic at age 11, later switching to saxophone which he started playing professionally at the age of 12 in 1966. Tom started college as a music major in 1971 at Glassboro State College (Now Rowan University) Three years later he left school to work with Shorty Hill, a touring swing band out of Boston. In 1977 Tom decided to continue his studies at William Paterson University with Thad Jones. He graduated with a degree in Jazz Studies and Performance in 1978. From there he continued his professional career as a saxophone player, co-leader and composer for the Jazz/Funk band “Splat.” Tom got his first overseas touring experience when he landed a gig with “Machito” in 1983. While in Machito’s band Tom got to perform with many jazz greats including Dizzy Gillespie through Salsa Meets Jazz at the Village Gate in New York’s Greenwich Village. Tom decided to move his family out of the city to Delaware Water Gap, Pa in 1987. In 1991 Tom was discovered by the great Blues guitarist from Scranton PA, Clarence Spady. Their steady Wednesday night gig at “Blues Street” was a huge success. The band recorded the classic album “Nature of the Beast” in 1996, followed by extensive touring throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. In 2014 Tom recorded his own album of original compositions. His “Work In Progress Band” was featured at the Scranton Jazz Festival and the COTA Jazz Festival in Delaware Water Gap. For more information, visit this artist’s website at tomhamiltonsax.com.
PAUL ROSTOCK/BASS, has served on the faculty of Moravian College since 1991 as an artist/lecturer and instructor of Double Bass and Bass Guitar. He has directed jazz ensembles, taught private jazz history and improvisation practicum’s and directs the Moravian Bass Ensemble. Paul also serves as a director for the annual Summer Youth Jazz Camp. A versatile and sought after freelance musician, Paul has appeared with many popular artists including Frank Sinatra, Michael Feinstein, Steve Tyrell, Monica Mancini, Maureen McGovern, Toni Tennille and Bobby Rydell. Jazz artists Paul has performed with include Maynard Ferguson, Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Randy Brecker, Stanley Turrentine, Bob Dorough, Carl Fontana and Jon Faddis. Regional jazz groups Paul is associated with include Dave Roper Trio, Rob Stoneback Big Band, David Leonhardt, Marko Marcinko and La Cuchina. Paul also toured and recorded with the late vocalist Frank Sinatra Jr.
BILL SMITH/TROMBONE, a native of Bethlehem, PA, a native of Bethlehem, PA served for over 23 years as a jazz and classical trombonist in the U.S. Air Force–from 2000 to 2010 he was the lead trombonist for the NATO Jazz Orchestra in Belgium. He’s performed on stage next to top artists including Phil Woods, Bill Watrous, Toots Thielemans, Conrad Herwig and the New York Voices. Bill has also been a featured soloist at major jazz festivals around the world including the North Sea Jazz Festival (Netherlands), Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), Guinness Jazz Festival (Ireland), Berks Jazz Fest and Hampton Roads Jazz Festival. Bill is currently the trombone and low brass instructor at Lafayette College in Easton, PA.
