http://www.jamiestewardson.com

 

 

Since 2017, James Stewardson has been Assistant Jazz Department Chair and full time faculty instructor at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School (Prep) and School of Continuing Education (CE) and Jazz Lab, faculty.

 

He has taught at Berklee College of Music, Guitar week, as well as the Walnut Hill School where he directed jazz ensembles. He is an instructor of guitar, electric bass, and improvisation, as well as a classroom instructor in jazz theory and composition at New England Conservatory Prep and CE. Many of his students have moved on to attend prestigious schools including NEC, Berklee, University of Miami, NYU, MSM and many others.

 

His students have won awards from the Brubeck Competition as well as the Grammy Band.

 

Since 2017, Mr. Stewardson has performed and conducted master classes throughout China including Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an, Chongqing, Tianjin, Zhengzhou, etc., and has worked with students and schools in China who want to know more about the pre-screen and audition process in the US for highly selective schools.

 

Selected recordings as a leader/composer include, “Jhaptal” (Fresh Sound New Talent Records).

 

CD received critical acclaim in Jazz Times, David Adler’s “Six Picks” July of 2006. With Tony Malaby, George Schuller, John Hebert, and Alexei Tsiganov, and 2004, “You’re Not Far”(independent release) With Tony Malaby, George Schuller, John Hebert, and Alexei Tsiganov.

 

 

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jamie-schmidt-485306

https://internationalmusician.org/circle-of-life

 

 

Jamie Schmidt music director - conductor - pianist Jamie Schmidt’s eclectic career has taken him from his hometown of Madison, WI, to over 100 cities across North America: as music director of the national tour of The Lion King; music director of the first national arena tour of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular; and conductor for Liza Minnelli, who handpicked him to conduct her symphonic tour with the St. Louis, Atlanta, San Diego, Indianapolis, Roanoke, and Dallas Symphony Orchestras. As of this writing, he is happily back in the city as co-associate conductor of Aladdin on Broadway. Jamie has served as music director/conductor for the Kennedy Center Spring Gala; the NY Drama League Gala honoring Angela Lansbury; the gala re-opening of the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center; and the world premiere of the new musical Meet John Doe at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. He was associate conductor/pianist for the Kennedy Center and Broadway runs of the revival of Ragtime. As music director and pianist/conductor for the Long Wharf Theatre's production of Guys and Dolls, Jamie created new, acclaimed orchestrations. He was the founding music director for American Girl Place Theaters in both Chicago and New York, supervising the original productions of The American Girls’ Revue and Circle of Friends, and conducting the original cast recordings of both shows. A veteran of a baker’s dozen of Broadway shows as pianist, international credits include music director/pianist for the American delegation for the Spring Friendship Arts Festival in Pyongyang, North Korea; Artist-in-Residence with the Holland Music Sessions, Amsterdam; and Artist-in-Residence at Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada. Jamie earned a Master of Music degree in opera conducting and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Jamie Schmidt music director - conductor - pianist

Jamie Schmidt’s eclectic career has taken him from his hometown of Madison, WI, to over 100 cities across North America: as music director of the national tour of The Lion King; music director of the first national arena tour of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular; and conductor for Liza Minnelli, who handpicked him to conduct her symphonic tour with the St. Louis, Atlanta, San Diego, Indianapolis, Roanoke, and Dallas Symphony Orchestras. As of this writing, he is happily back in the city as co-associate conductor of Aladdin on Broadway.

 

Jamie has served as music director/conductor for the Kennedy Center Spring Gala; the NY Drama League Gala honoring Angela Lansbury; the gala re-opening of the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center; and the world premiere of the new musical Meet John Doe at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. He was associate conductor/pianist for the Kennedy Center and Broadway runs of the revival of Ragtime.

 

As music director and pianist/conductor for the Long Wharf Theatre's production of Guys and Dolls, Jamie created new, acclaimed orchestrations. He was the founding music director for American Girl Place Theaters in both Chicago and New York, supervising the original productions of The American Girls’ Revue and Circle of Friends, and conducting the original cast recordings of both shows.

 

A veteran of a baker’s dozen of Broadway shows as pianist, international credits include music director/pianist for the American delegation for the Spring Friendship Arts Festival in Pyongyang, North Korea; Artist-in-Residence with the Holland Music Sessions, Amsterdam; and Artist-in-Residence at Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada.

 

Jamie earned a Master of Music degree in opera conducting and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

 

 

https://www.mkplacci.com

 

 

Praised for having “a magnificent personality, a superb energy, a total command and an extremely convincing taste” (La Libre Belgique), Placci is enjoying a growing international reputation that has already earned him solo appearan ces throughout Europe, South America, Asia, and the United States at renowned venues such as the Great Philharmonic Hall (Shostakovich Hall) and Glinka Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg (Russia), the Kursaal in Baden Baden, the Teatro Monumental in Madri d, the Auditori in Barcelona, the Teatro Comunale and Mozart Hall in Bologna, the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan, the Auditori Usina del Arte in Buenos Aires, the Kennedy Center in Washington, Sanders Theater in Boston, and the Richardson Auditorium in Princeton.

 

Winner of the prestigious XXVI Vittorio Veneto Competition on a unanimous vote of the jury presided over by Maestro Bruno Giuranna, Placci is the recipient of numerous other international awards and prizes, such as the Brahms-Preis and Baden-Baden Philharmonie Foundation Carl Flesch Preis in Germany and the Jules C. Reiner Violin Prize at Tanglewood. He was a top prize winner at the 2006 Washington International Competition.

 

Since his solo debut at the age of 13 with the Bologna Symphony, Mr. Placci has appeared in solo performances with major symphony orchestras such as the Barcelona Symphony, the Radio Television Orchestra of Spain (RTVE), the Philharmonie Baden-Baden, the Annapolis Symphony, the Bologna Symphony, Milan's Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra, Teatro di San Carlo of Napoli Symphony, the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano, the St. Petersburg State Philharmonic, and the Padova e del Veneto Orchestra, the Teatro Argentino La Plata Symphony Orchestra, the Orquesta Filarmonica de Guayaquil, I Virtuosi Italiani, among others, collaborating with.renown conductors such as Hansjörg Schellenberger, Gunter Pichler, Franco Petracchi, José Luis Novo, Arthur Fagen, Marco Boni, Carlo Boccadoro.

 

In September 2005, collaborating with conductor Uwe Mund and Spain's Radio Television Orchestra (RTVE), Placci world premiered to great acclaim the Violin Concerto written by Catalan composer Jordi Cervelló. The concert was broadcast live from Teatro Monumental in Madrid on the radio and national television. In 2007, Cervel ló composed and dedicated to Placci his Tre Pensieri for violin and piano, and in 2018 his “9 Capricci Profili Umani” which were premiered that same year in Barcelona. Other notable composers such as Thomas Oboe Lee, Mischa Salkind Pearl, Young Lee and Ady Cohen have also composed Concertos and violin pieces for him.

 

Placci is also an avid chamber musician, and has performed with artists such as Yo Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, Robert Levin, Toby Hoffmann and Marcus Thompson. His recital with performances that range from duo recitals in prominent concert seasons, such as Musica Insieme and Accademia Filarmonica Mozart in Bologna, Società del Quartetto di Vicenza, Asolo Musica, and Steinway Hall Boston to name a few,, to trio appearances as a founding member of the Fortuna Piano Trio with Kyung-Mi Lee and Michelangelo Carbonara, which won the 2007 Emanuel Ax-Villecroze Academy Award in France and toured South America (Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay) and Italy. Their Brahms and Schubert Trios recording was published by Nascor Recordings.

 

In other chamber music formations, he has been invited to perform in seasons such as the Boston Chamber Music Society.

 

Over the years, Placci has been broadcast live on prominent radio stations such as BBC Radio, RTVE (Spain ), Bartok Radio (Hungary), WGBH Boston, and RaiRadio in Italy.

 

At age 26, Placci was the youngest ever faculty to have been appointed at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and in In 2016, he he was presented with both the Boston Conservatory Outstandin g Faculty of the Year award and the Massachusetts America Strings Teachers Association (ASTA) Best Studio Teacher of 2016 award. He has given Masterclasses in top international Universities and Institutions across the world, and has been guest faculty at the Modena Conservatory where he has had regular residencies since the 2021/2022 Academic Year.

 

Placci makes his home between Boston and Bologna, Italy. He plays on an 1871 J. B. Vuillaume violin, a copy of the “Alard” Stradivarius.

 

https://sarahinfinitakagi.com

 

Known for her unique daring performances where she often combines multi-disciplines/genres and media, Sarah Takagi has emerged as an original thinker and performer who is unafraid to redefine, reinvent, and expand the concept of music, identity, and performance in context of innovation and her spiritual practice.

 

As an award- winning pianist, Sarah Takagi has performed at Carnegie Recital hall, Kennedy Center, 92nd Y as well as on Public Television and Radio and Film. As a concerto soloist, she has performed over a dozen concerti under the batons of BSO conductors Pascal Verrot and Carl St. Clair among others. As a chamber musician, she has performed with the NEC Honors Chamber Ensemble, Radius and Chameleon Ensembles as well as with her own Duo PiantiCella with

Longy-Bard College faculty cellist Michael Bonner. Her solo CD “Lavender Bouquet” which offered classical music with Reiki healing energy was the Top Selling Album in 2008.

 

In 2014, she released “@Play” her first all original improvisation CD recorded live from her solo show with guest artist singer Sarah Rogo. As an improviser, she has performed on piano and synthesizers with other pianists, singers, dancers, mime, yoga dancer, as well as with interactive fractal images on screen. In recent years, she has found herself as an improviser beyond her first instrument; improvising as a dancer, actress, singer, and a clown. In November 2016, she was the featured speaker on Classical Improvisation for New England Piano Teachers’ Association.

 

In addition to improvising, she has also composed several works for piano and voice including a solo piano piece “Ocean Voices” which was premiered at Roy Barnett Hall at the University of British Columbia for planetary healing conference in 2014.

 

Most recently, she has crossed genre and medium into singing Jazz. After making her solo debut show at Lilypad with the Lefteris Kordis trio, she has appeared frequently in the Boston area performing with top musicians including Ran Blake, and has been invited to perform with top jazz musicians in Tokyo, Japan, this winter.

 

BM and MM with Distinction and Honors; DMA (studies); New England Conservatory of Music. Tourjee award; Janet Gates Peckham Award, Winner of Beethoven Society, MTNA, Messiaen competition among others. Piano Studies with Michiko Miyamoto, Nelita True, Wha Kyung Byun. Improvisation with Ran Blake. Dalcroze studies with Lisa Parker. Jazz Voice with Panayota Haloulakou. Studies in theater, and clowning with Marty Levin.

 

http://www.danfox.com/bio.html

http://www.morningsidemusicstudio.com/dan-fox.html

 

Trombonist/bassist/educator Dan Fox has been performing and teaching worldwide for several decades. Recent performances include The Great Gatsby Ballet with Honk Kong Ballet in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

 

Freelance performances on trombone include traditional and straight ahead jazz concerts with Sheila Jordan, Herb Pomeroy, Gene Krupa Orchestra, Cab Calloway Orchestra, and more modern jazz with Jamie Cullum, Ben Monder, John Tchicai, Matthew Garrison, Walt Weiskopf, and The Either/Orchestra. Also played in big bands backing jazz legends Louis Bellson, Paquito D'Rivera, Joe Lovano, Randy Brecker and Clark Terry.

 

Performances on electric bass include bands such as The Tokens, Frankie Ford, The Cadillacs, The Chantels, and Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame member Charlie Thomas and the Drifters.

 

Dan has performed throughout the US, Europe, South America and Asia. Venues performed include the Monterey Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, Mallorca Jazz Festival, Boston Globe Jazz Festival, the Kennedy Center, as well as famous clubs including Blues Alley, The Knitting Factory, and The Bitter End. Dan’s trombone is featured on the soundtrack for the major motion picture The Honeydripper directed by John Sayles, and many other television shows.

 

As an educator, Dan has taught at Berklee College of Music, but also grown his own music school, Morningside Music Studio, since 2007, specializing in teaching jazz, blues and rock ensembles for all ages. He has also taught trombone and improvisation masterclasses at Gezmataz Festival in Genoa, Italy, Mallorca Jazz Festival Interlochen School of the Arts, Berklee, and at several universities.

 

https://www.alexeitsiganov.com

 

Alexei Tsiganov is a composer, pianist, vibraphonist and educator.

He has played and recorded with: Claudio Roditi, Antonio Sanchez, Chico Freeman, Esperanza Spalding, Bobby Watson, Victor Lewis, Bob Moses, Jerry Bergonzi, Gene Jackson, Alex Sipiagin, Boris Kozlov, Norman Hedman, Willie Martinez, Bevan Manson, Tony Malaby, George Garzone, John Lockwood, Bob Gullottii, Samba de Três, George Schuller, Ed Schuller, Avery Sharp, Donny McCaslin, Greg Osby, David Kikoski and others. He has appeared with his group on WERS-Boston radio station and in Eric In the Evening program on WGBH-Boston, performing original music and standards.

At the age of seventeen Tsiganov began playing at St. Petersburg Jazz Philharmonic Hall, the largest jazz club in the Soviet Union, first as a member of the David Goloschokin Group (host band), and later with his own program. In 1989, he won the St. Petersburg Competition of Young Jazz Performers, and in 1990 was among winners of the 1st All-Russian Jazz Music Competition in Rostov-on-Don. These accomplishments had brought him wide recognition in Russia, and he began regular appearances in the national radio and TV programs. In 1991, Tsiganov came to the United States to continue his career in the motherland of jazz.

He studied with Gary Burton at Berklee College of Music, and at the New England Conservatory of Music with Charlie Banacos and George Russell. In these past years, Tsiganov has performed solo and with his group in and around Greater New England, New York City at renown clubs such as Jazz Standard, Sweet Rhythm, American Museum of Natural History (broadcasted by WBGO Jazz 88.3), Regattabar, Topeka Jazz Festival, d'Ouro Jazz Festival (Portugal), Petropavlovsky Jazz Festival, (St. Petersburg, Russia), Chapada Jazz Festival (Mato Grosso, Brazil), Jazz nos Fundos (São Paulo, Brazil) among others and has toured Jazz clubs abroad throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Asia.

 

https://www.charleswellermusic.com

 

Originally from San Diego, California, Charles Weller has worked extensively over the years as a performer, composer and educator. Upon completing his undergraduate degree in Boston, Weller moved back to California, where he eventually ended up sharing the stage with such artists as Charles McPherson, Mike Wofford, Peter Sprague, Sinne Eeeg, Gilbert Castellanos, Kamau Kenyatta, Rob Whitlock and many others. He also served as jazz faculty member for both San Diego State University and Cal State San Marcos. Weller has studied drums and percussion with such greats as Terri Lyne Carrington, Bob Moses, Billy Hart, Casey Scheuerell, Mark Walker, Chad Wackerman, Jerry Leake, and others. He currently resides in Boston, and is a faculty member for the New England Conservatory Jazz Prep and Continuing Ed departments, where he teaches private lessons, ensembles, and jazz ear training.

Weller holds a B.M. from Berklee College of Music, and an M.M. from the New England Conservatory of Music.

 

http://gregoryryan.com/index.php

 

New York City native Gregory Ryan has established himself as an in-demand sideman on both acoustic and electric bass. His big supportive sound, swinging style, and complete understanding of harmony and his role on the bandstand combine to create his ability to make even the most complex modern composition swing in the tradition of the great bass players. At home in a variety of musical worlds -- accomplished in Brazilian, Cuban, funk, and mainstream jazz styles -- he performs in festivals and concerts worldwide. Mr. Ryan has appeared with pianists James Williams, Mulgrew Miller, Harold Mabern, and Benny Green; guitarists Jim Hall and Pat Martino; vocalists Karrin Allyson and Dena DeRose; and numerous jazz luminaries including Eric Alexander, Regina Carter, Billy Harper, Tom Harrell, and Albert “Tootie” Heath, among many others. His Latin Jazz resumé includes performances with the Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Arturo O’Farrill, Papo Vazquez’ Pirates Troubadours, Yosvany Terry and Brazilian Jazz artists Helio Alves and Maucha Adnet.

 

As an educator, Mr. Ryan’s teaching philosophy is centered in encouraging and guiding students toward their own musical self-exploration. His desire to be a professional musician was realized while attending Stanford University, where he graduated with distinction in 1992, with a degree in English. Influenced and inspired by those he studied with, including Stephen Tramontozzi (San Francisco Symphony) and jazz pianist Bill Bell, Mr. Ryan returned to New York City where he earned his Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music in 1995, studying with Timothy Cobb (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra) and Harvie S, and electric bassist Jeff Andrews.

 

Gregory Ryan uses AMT acoustic bass microphones.

 

https://andreipushkarev.com

 

Andrei Pushkarev was born to a family of musicians in Kiev, Ukraine in 1974. At the age of five, his musical education began with the piano. In 1980 he entered the Kiev Special Music School. From a young age, Andrei delighted in music and by age 14 his concentration shifted to percussion instruments. In 1992 Andrei became a student of Kiev Tchaikovsky National Conservatory, where he continued his professional development.

 

During his studies at the Conservatory, Andrei began creating his own works including his own compositions for vibraphone solo. Pushkarev continued to study orchestral percussion, but the vibraphone has captured his soul. It became much more than a favorite instrument to Andrei. The vibraphone, a true solo instrument, was capable of transporting listeners to a world filled with new thrilling sounds and colors.

 

In 1995, the newly established “New Names of Ukraine” competition awarded Andrei with the First Prize as solo vibraphonist. Andrei performed his own musical compositions at the award ceremony. Between 1995 -1999 Andrei performed as a solo vibraphonist with many chamber ensembles throughout Ukraine. During this time, Andrei achieved another major milestone in his career. In 1996, he was selected as the main timpanist for the Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra. At the age of 22, he became the youngest main timpanist of the symphonic orchestra in Ukraine.

 

In 1999, his musical career escalated to a new level. Andrei Pushkarev has joined chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica. Additionally, he participated in numerous recordings as a member of the ensemble on labels such as Nonesuch, Deutsche Grammophon, ECM. As a solo timpanist he can be heard in the recording “After Mozart” which received a Grammy Award and ECHO Award in 2002.

 

In the following years, Pushkarev performed many compositions as solo vibraphonist at the Kammermusikfest Lockenhaus – along with arrangements of Astor Piazzolla, Richard Rogers, Peter Tchaikovsky, etc. He has made many arrangements for vibraphone and violin solo with and without chamber orchestra. In Lockenhaus, the idea to create a solo vibraphone project was born. Gidon Kremer proposed the idea of making jazz arrangements using 15 two-voice inventions by J. S. Bach. A. Pushkarev developed the idea, so each creation was written in the style of a different jazz pianist (Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, etc.). In spring 2004, Andrei performed this project “Bach Vibrations” for the first time in Basel (Switzerland) at Gidon Kremer’s ”Les Musiques” festival. The same year he recorded the cycle under Austrian “Gramola” label which was recently mentioned by the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik Bestenliste as one of the discoveries of the year. In summer 2005, Andrei presented “Bach Vibrations” project as a solo recital at the Verbier Music Festival (Switzerland).

 

Andrei Pushkarev has performed with renowned musicians including Yo Yo Ma, Martha Argerich, Vadim Repin, Julian Rachlin, Gabriela Montero, Didier Lockwood, Michel Portal, Mario Brunello, Peter Sadlo, Katia Skanavi, Maxim Rysanov, Gabor Boldoszki. Additionally, he has worked with celebrated conductors such as Yury Temirkanov, Voldemar Nelsson, Roman Kofman. In 2004, Andrei was awarded with the solo vibraphonist prize from the “Pro Europe” foundation.

 

In 2005 Andrei did a world duo-tour with Gidon Kremer. In 2006, toured with Gidon Kremer and Lithuanian pianist Andrius Zlabys as part of Kremer’s trio project “From Bach to Piazzolla.” This project garnered huge accolades in the United States of America and in South America. Since 2009 Andrei Pushkarev has regularly given Master-classes all around the world (South America, Europe and Australia). He has served as a judge in numerous international percussion competitions such as TROMP percussion competition (Holland, 2010) and International PAS Competition (Italy, 2011 and 2012).

 

In 2010, together with Gidon Kremer and Argentinean bandoneonist Dino Saluzzi, Andrei recorded “Themes from the Songbook” – music from cinema and theater by Georgian composer Giya Kancheli. ECM Records released this CD in October 2010. Since 2013 Andrei Pushkarev is an endorser and an official performer of “Majestic Percussion” and “Innovative Percussion.” Besides creating his own works, Andrei composes many arrangements for orchestras and different chamber squads featuring world famous musicians

 

 

인스타 : @noella_rt 

https://filmfreeway.com/NoellaJung

 

 

A renowned Korean violinist/actress/writer/producer Noella holds her B.M. and M.M. degrees in violin performance from the New England Conservatory of Music and D.M.A. (Doctor of Musical Arts) degree in violin performance at the Florida State University.

 

She has released two new age music albums in Korea and is actively performing throughout Korea. She not only performs, but also combines her music with paintings of various artists on stages such as Chagall, Monet, Van Gogh and so forth. And because of her unique approach to combining music and art, she has earned the title of "Pioneer of Collaboration in Arts." She has produced a classical music show called My Dinner with Noella in which she combined a film making with violin performance on a stage with various art works and it became a hit in performing arts in Korea and was invited to play for the TEDx in 2015. In 2018, it was selected as a 'stage tune up project' by CJ Group and gave 13 concerts in 11 days and made a record of all the tickets sold out.

 

On top of being a violinist, she also works as a lyricist and a writer. Her book called A Moment that Painting is Audible and Music is Visible became the best seller within a week of its releasing date. It was translated and published in China as well.

 

Furthermore, her lecture concerts in which she combines a lecture with a concert became very popular in Korea and she has given more than 150 performances and was invited to play for the Korean presidential residence, the Blue House.

 

Additionally, Noella works as a lyricist and wrote many lyrics for K-pop as well as for the campaign song for Pyeong Chang Olympic called One victory in 2018.

 

She also works as an actress and has appeared in movies in U.S. and Korea and is selected as a female lead in Korean and American feature films. Recently she has directed short movies and has won the best actress and the best director from various film festivals.

 

Through various art forms such as music, acting, writing, and producing, she wants to communicate with the world and also wishes that 'art' would become 'an inspiration for a creative life.'

 

https://www.youtube.com/@recordernam