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| An acknowledged authority on the music and life of Thelonious Monk, Gary Wittner has presented concert/lectures on Monk at many universities and clubs throughout the USA and Europe including: |
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| S. African National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, S. Africa University of Cape Town, Cape Town, S. Africa Berklee College of Music, Boston The New School, New York Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, St. Petersburg, Russia Guild Hall School of Music, London Musikhochschule Graz, Austria Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, England Leeds International Music Festival, Leeds, England Akwarium Jazz Club, Warsaw IAJE convention, Boston International Summer Jazz Academy, Krakow, Poland Concordia University, Montreal, Canada |
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| Gary has been featured performing Monk’s music with many well respected jazz musicians including Christian McBride, Clark Terry, Reggie Workman, Eddie Gomez, Richard Davis, Paul McCandless, and James Emery. |
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| THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES: | |||||||||
| * Lectures featuring in depth discussions on topics such as: -Biographical information on Monk’s career and personal life * Ensemble direction of Monk compositions or standard repertoire -Discussing the process of transcribing Monk’s music to the guitar and applying techniques to other material
-Repertoire selected from Monk compositions, originals by Wittner, jazz standards, and Blues/Folk Americana solo guitar arrangements |
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| “Thelonious would have loved what Gary is doing - really learning the music and then doing his own thing with it.”
- Mrs. Nellie Monk “Clearly one of the country’s authorities on the music of Thelonious Monk.... (Gary’s) presentation was insightful, engaging, and stimulating..... (His) performance at our spring jazz concert with the faculty jazz ensemble, jazz big band, and the vocal jazz ensemble was exciting and inspiring.” Dr. Gregory Yasinitsky “Most guitarists adapt piano music to the guitar, Gary is adapting the guitar to piano music.” Howard Johnson |
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©2007, Gary Wittner, All Rights Reserved.