2011 Schedule
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
6:00 TO 8:00PM - OPENING RECEPTION
Music Motif Art Show
Music Motif Art Show
The Dutot Museum, Main Street
No Admission Charge but Donations Accepted
ART ~ FOOD ~ WINE
Area artists submit their musically themed pieces in all types of media for judging by a panel of 3 jurors that changes every year.
more information HERE
7:00 TO 9:30PM - PERFORMANCES
Presbyterian Church of the Mountain
Admission Charge: $10.00
MARSHA CAHN ENSEMBLE - Classical Music
Mark Woodyatt - violin
Marsha Cahn - viola, violin
Don King - cello
WATER GAP PLAYERS - Theater
Joe Arner
Greg Back
Dennis Carrig
David Hymes
TOTTS GAP DANCERS - Dance
" Happy "
Choreography: Angeline Wolf
Music: Death Cab for Cutie
Dancers: Laura Buzzard, Rose Gloria, Maeve Godshalk
" Burka "
Choreography: Jennifer Muller (An excerpt from the full length work "Chant")
Music: Vicki Doney
Dancers: Erin Harper, Gwen Little, Francesca Marinaro, Emily Perkins, Angeline Wolf
" Edge 3 "
Choreography: Jennifer Muller
Music: Zap Mama
Dancers: Laura Buzzard, Rose Gloria, Maeve Godshalk, Francesca Marinaro, Emily Perkins
MICHAEL STEPHANS - Poetry
DEVIL MAY CARE - Film
Excerpts from a new film about Bob Dorough
Directed by Erin Harper
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY
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Strolling Musicians:
Children's Area:
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12:00 TO 6:00PM - Music Motif Art Show
Music Motif Art Show
Music Motif Art Show
The Dutot Museum, Main Street
No Admission Charge
Area artists submit their musically themed pieces in all types of media for judging by a panel of 3 jurors that changes every year.
more information HERE
12:00PM - Peggy Stern & “Sweet” Sue Terry
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Peggy Stern - piano
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Peggy Stern Peggy has composed, played, recorded, and toured in a wide variety of situations: from solos to octets to jazz choruses. Her compositions range from highly original pieces to reharmonized jazz standards. “Everything she writes wants to dance, ” says Ken Dais of Jazziz. http://peggystern.com/ |
 Peggy Stern |
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“Sweet” Sue Terry
Yamaha Artist 'Sweet' Sue Terry plays alto & soprano saxophones, clarinet, flute, and wood/clay flutes, and has performed and recorded with numerous Jazz VIPs in the US and abroad, including Dr. Billy Taylor, Chaka Khan, Clark Terry, Charli Persip, Al Jarreau, Barry Harris, Hilton Ruiz and many more. Sweet Sue has been a jazz soloist with various notable orchestras including the National Symphony, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the New York Pops and the Hartford Symphony, as well as Jazz ensembles such as Diane Moser's Composers Big Band and Mike Longo's State of the Art Orchestra. As an educator, she is the author of the acclaimed book Practice Like The Pros and several other instruction books. Her discography contains over forty recordings, including three as leader and three as co-leader. Her most recent projects are a 2010 e-book release titled "Greatest Hits of The Blog That Ate Brooklyn: Inside the Mind of a Musician" and a new album with pianist Peggy Stern titled "The Art of the Duo", recorded live at the Palladium in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her other passion is for the martial arts, in which she is a 5-time USKSF championship tournament gold medalist in the art of taijiquan. More about "Sweet" Sue Terry can be found in the books Reed All About It by Bob Bernotas, and Madame Jazz by Leslie Gourse, where her photo is on the book jacket. http://sueterry.net
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1:00PM – The After Hours Trio + One
Najwa Parkins - vocals
Luke Brandon - trumpet
Dan Hanrahan - guitar
Justin Sekelewski - bass
The After Hours Trio + One is a Philadelphia-based jazz quartet comprised of Najwa Parkins on vocals, Luke Brandon on trumpet, Dan Hanrahan on guitar, and Justin Sekelewski on bass. This uncommon combination makes for a distinctive sound and a
versatile band, fit for any venue. The group members, who all met while studying jazz performance at the Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance, work together to produce unique arrangements of jazz standards as well as original compositions.
2:00PM - Jay Rattman Quartet
Jay Rattman - alto saxophone, clarinet
Sullivan Fortner - piano
Desmond White - bass
Guilhem Flouzat - drums
3:00PM - JARO
JARO
Wolfgang Knittel - director, piano
Nelson Hill - alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
Jay Rattman, - tenor & soprano saxophones, clarinet, flute
Pat Turner - tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
Richard Barz - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
Danny Cahn - trumpet
Peter Hyde - trumpet
Patrick Dorian - trumpet
Richard Chamberlain - trombone
John DeVivo - French horn
Jim Daniels - bass trombone, tuba
Tony Marino- bass
Bob D'Aversa - drums
Judy Lincoln, vocals
JARO is dedicated to preserving and promoting the rich heritage of big band jazz. Its musicians reflect the many respected artists who live in the Pocono region, including such favorites as Trombonist Rick Chamberlain, Saxophonists Nelson Hill and Richard Barz, Trumpeter Danny Cahn, Vocalist Judy Lincoln, and Pianist and Musical Director Wolfgang Knittel. Three of its members are employed at ESU: Trumpeter Patrick Dorian and Trombonist Jim Daniels are music professors, and Drummer Bob D’Aversa is the director of computing services. JARO has been a fixture at the annual Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts jazz festival, and its members have appeared individually and collectively at many other major jazz festivals and venues both regionally and around the world.
4:00PM - Stephanie Nakasian with the Hod O'Brien Quartet featuring Paul Hubbell
Stephanie Nakasian - vocals
Hod O'Brien - piano
Paul Hubbell - tenor saxophone
Gene Perla - bass
Bill Goodwin - drums
5:00PM – Bob Dorough Himself
Bob Dorough
Bob Dorough - piano, vocals
Aralee Dorough - flute
Rick Chamberlain - trombone
Steve Berger - guitar, vocals
Pat O'Leary - bass
Peter Grant - drums
Born in the decidedly non-bustling Arkansas town of Cherry Hill and raised in Texas, Bob Dorough played clarinet in his high school band and earned a BA in Music from what is now North Texas University. Before that, three years with a Special Services Army Band had given him loads of valuable experience in both playing and arranging.
In 1949, Bob made a bee-line for New York, where he took classes at Columbia University, immersed himself in the city’s rapidly evolving jazz scene and took whatever musical jobs he could land. For two years, he toured with Sugar Ray Robinson as the ex-boxer’s musical director and often shared stages with notables like Armstrong, Hines and Basie. Later in Paris, Bob did five months as a singing pianist at the Mars Club and began what has proven to be a long musical association with Blossom Dearie. ...Read more
6:00PM – The Bill Goodwin Experience
Bill Goodwin
Bill Goodwin - drums
Adam Niewood - saxophone, ewi
Bill Washer - guitar
Adrian Thomas Moring - bass
7:00PM - “To Al and Zoot with Love” featuring Lew Del Gatto and Bob Keller
Lew Del Gatto - tenor saxophone
Bob Keller - tenor saxophone
Jesse Green - piano
Bill Crow - bass
Tom Whaley - drums
8:00PM - Zen for Primates
Zen For Primates
T. Roth - lead vocals
Mike Krisukas - guitar, vocals
Pete Fluck - saxophone
Jodi Beder - cello
Shelagh Maloney - violin
More than two decades ago, musicians T. Roth and Mike Krisukas met, and their mutual interests led them to form the duo Rock 'n' Roll Circus. While on the road, they were introduced to Dave Smith and Mark Golin, which led to the birth of Zen for Primates.
After playing in Pennsylvania and New York City, the band in 1992 released its first album, and the following year shot its first music video.
The band started to drift apart in 1995, and its members did solo projects until a phone call in 1997 reunited Zen for Primates for another round. The band has been going strong since, with the addition of three new members, three CD releases and performances at various venues.
"Zen For Primates is a collaboration of the most amazing group of musicians I have ever seen. They don't follow the main stream core of the music business, which in this day and age settles for artists which are clones of other acts." -- Ed Stasium, Grammy-winning producer (The Ramones, Talking Heads, Mick Jagger, Rev Horton Heat)
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE DAY
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Strolling Musicians:
MARK HAMZA
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10:00AM - JAZZ MASS
Church Service - No Admission ChargeCOTA Jazz Mass
Wolfgang Knittel - composer, conductor, orchestrator, piano
The Reverend Karen Nickels - worship leader
Teresa Marino - choral director
Robert Hartman - choral coordinator
Michele Bautier - vocal soloist
Jerry Harris - vocal soloist
Bonnie Childs - vocal soloist
Nelson Hill - saxophone
Pat Turner - saxophone
Richard Barz - saxophone
Jonathan Searfoss - trumpet, flugelhorn
Vanessa Meggiolaro- trumpet, flugelhorn
Eddie Severn - trumpet, flugelhorn
Danny Cahn - trumpet, flugelhorn
Rick Chamberlain - composer, trombone, euphonium
Jim Daniels - bass trombone, tuba
Spencer Reed - guitar
Tony Marino - bass
Bob D'Aversa - drums
Ed Hudak - percussion
Bud Nealy - percussion
The JazzMass Choir
12:00 TO 6:00PM - Music Motif Art Show
Music Motif Art Show
Music Motif Art Show
The Dutot Museum, Main Street
No Admission Charge
Area artists submit their musically themed pieces in all types of media for judging by a panel of 3 jurors that changes every year.
more information HERE
12:30PM - Go Trio + Jeannie Brooks
Go Trio + Jeannie Brooks
Gene Perla - bass
Sean Gough - piano
Doug Hirlinger - drums
Jeannie Brooks - vocals
Propelled by American jazz bassist Gene Perla, formerly with Elvin Jones, Sonny Rollins, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, and Stone Alliance, Go Trio features pianist Sean Gough, a young man who continues to stretch the boundaries of the American Songbook, great jazz standards, and original compositions. They have been playing with many wonderful drummers including Jon Arkin, Doug Hirlinger, Christian Windfeld, Paul Wells, Tom Whaley, Bill Goodwin, Steve Johns, and Josh Brown.
Even as they mine the most familiar tunes, each musician's effortless attentiveness to the other guarantees a vital and spontaneous approach to music. In their short history, Go Trio has secured multiple performances at leading jazz venues, music festivals, and establishments featuring jazz.
1:30PM - COTA CATS VOLUME XXXI
Directors: Compositions Comin’ Home Baby by Bob Dorough and Ben Tucker Tea Leaves and Crystal Balls by Wolfgang Knittel As Five Becomes Six And Then... by Tim Hagans Crossword Puzzle by Bob Dorough Deep in Thought by Bobby Avey Conjunction Junction by Bob Dorough |
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The Cats Saxophones Trumpets Trombones |
Guitar Piano Vibes Bass Drums |
A major thrust of COTA has always been to encourage and support the teaching of jazz music in area schools. The COTA Cats jazz ensemble, a big band comprised of area high school students and directed by area music educators Kyle Glaser, Tom Fadden and Lance Rauh, was founded in 1981 through the efforts of Phil Woods, and has now become an integral part of the COTA festival. Patrick Dorian, Professor of Music at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, organized and directed the group through its first 20 years of existence. This year’s COTA festival proudly presents the 31st edition of the COTA Cats. Each COTA Cat receives thirty-plus hours of free instruction and interaction with professional musicians and composers. A majority of the music performed by the band is commissioned by the Celebration of the Arts, and features compositions by well-known composers/arrangers, COTA Cat alumni, and current COTA Cats. |
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2:30PM - Urbie and Kathy Green with the Jesse Green Trio featuring John Jensen
Urbie & Kathy Green
Urbie Green - trombone
John Jensen - trombone
Kathy Green - vocals
Jesse Green - piano
Gene Perla - bass
Daniel Gonzales - drums
3:30PM - 3Spirit
3spirit
Vicki Doney - piano, drums, vocals
Val Hawk - guitar, vocals
Nancy Reed - bass, vocals
4:30PM - David Liebman Group - 20th Anniversary
David Liebman
David Liebman - saxophones
Vic Juris - guitar
Tony Marino - bass
Marko Marcinko - drums
David Liebman's artistic growth has always been intrinsically linked to maintaining a working group in order to frame each particular stage of his musical evolution. Liebman grew up musically in the 1960s, when groups led by Miles Davis and John Coltrane were his inspiration for playing jazz. Since those memorable days, Lieb understood that he had to have his own group, at all times. When he apprenticed with Miles and Elvin in the 70s, personnel remained relatively constant. Nowadays, this is not the case, except for a few well known artists who have the political and financial capability necessary to keep a group working. But no matter what the obstacles, David Liebman has continued to pursue his goal of keeping together a working group, as it is a necessary component of his musical life. ...Read more
5:30PM - Jerry Harris and Sweetlife
Jerry Harris - vocals
Marcell Bellinger - trumpet
Jesse Green - piano
Paul Rostock - bass
Neil Braunstein - drums
6:30PM - Grace Kelly Quintet with Special Guest Phil Woods
Phil Woods & Grace Kelly - photo: Jimmy Katz
Grace Kelly - alto saxophone, vocals
Phil Woods - alto saxophone
Jason Palmer - trumpet
Doug Johnson - piano
Evan Gregor - bass
Bill Goodwin - drums
When it comes to saxophonist /vocalist/composer/lyricist/arranger Grace Kelly, people seem to be divided into two groups: those who marvel at her proficiency, creativity and ever-accelerating growth, and those who have yet to encounter the 19-year-old wunderkind. The ranks of the former category are growing by the day. Trumpeter and Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis was so impressed with Kelly’s three-night stand as guest of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra that he invited her to join the ensemble at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater in Washington, D.C. Harry Connick, Jr. heard Kelly in a master class on a December afternoon and brought her on stage to sit in with his band that night. Since then, Kelly has been voted “Best Jazz Act” in Boston three consecutive years in the FNX/Phoenix Best Music Poll, received the ASCAP Foundation’s Young Jazz Composers Award in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011 and won “Jazz Artist of the Year” at the Boston Music Awards in both 2008 and 2010. The 2009, and 2010, Downbeat Critics Poll added to her list naming her one of the "Alto Saxophone Rising Stars”, the youngest ever to be named so.
7:30PM - The Erin McClelland Band
Erin McClelland
Erin McClelland: guitar, vocals
Ryan Leaver: guitar, keyboards
Anthony Lavdanski: bass
Chuck Cooper: drums
