Samara Joy With a voice as smooth as velvet, Samara Joy’s star seems to rise with each performance. Following her winning the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, she has just release her debut recording, featuring guitarist Pasquale Grasso, bassist Ari Roland, and drummer Kenny Washington. Although having only recently celebrated her 21st birthday, […]
Ike Sturm + HEART featuring Donny McCaslin Ike Sturm – bass & compositionsMelissa Stylianou – voiceGodwin Louis – saxophoneChris Dingman – vibraphoneJesse Lewis – guitarJohnathan Blake – drumsDonny McCaslin – saxophone Bassist and composer Ike Sturm was raised in a musical home in Wisconsin, learning from his father, renowned composer and arranger, Fred Sturm. Ike […]
Camille Thurman & the Darrell Green Quartet As a composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and unique interpreter of the jazz tradition, Camille Thurman is quickly becoming one of the standard bearers for the form, making a considerable and dynamic contribution to the legacy of jazz while paying tribute to its heroes. Fluid and powerful on the tenor […]
Zach Brock Quartet featuring Aaron Goldberg, Yasushi Nakamura, & Clarence Penn Zach Brock – violinAaron Goldberg – pianoYasushi Nakamura – bassClarence Penn – drums Critically acclaimed as the “pre-eminent improvising violinist of his generation,” Zach Brock is an American jazz violinist and multi GRAMMY Award-winning member of Snarky Puppy. He has toured with Stanley Clarke […]
Vanderlei Pereira & Blindfold Test Vanderlei was born into a musical family in Macaé, Brazil, a coastal city a little over 100 miles north of Rio de Janeiro and began playing professionally as a teenager. He moved to Rio as a young man, where he pursued a multifaceted career in jazz, popular, and classical music, […]
Elio Villafranca & The Jass Syncopators Born in the Pinar del Río province of Cuba, pianist and composer Elio Villafranca was classically trained in percussion and composition at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba. He is a GRAMMY-Nominated Steinway Artist, and recipient of the 2014 Jazz At Lincoln Center Millennium Swing Award. Since […]
Work by MICA Quilt Raffle Group, photo credit: Andrea Dixon. Quilting in the Age of the Pandemic: Susie Brandt and The MICA Quilt Raffle Group The MICA Quilt Raffle Group originated in 2015 at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), founded by Fiber Art Department faculty member Susie Brandt. Brandt organized a weekly gathering of students, […]
Through digital photography and various cinematic tools, artist Jeremy Dennis -- a tribal member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, NY -- examines indigenous identity, cultural assimilation, and the ancestral traditional practices of the Shinnecock People. His unique experience of living on a sovereign Indian reservation, combined with extensive research of archaeological and anthropological […]
The Lake George Arts Project invites regional, national, emerging and established artists to submit exhibition proposals to the Courthouse Gallery. Preference is given to experimental or non-traditional work created in the last two years. We welcome proposals for special exhibitions, installations, mixed media presentations, and performance art. Deadline is always January 31. Exhibition Proposals are submitted […]
