Well here are the details for our forthcoming Concert Tuesday
February 9th 2010 7.30pm featuring The Ariel Pocock Trio with Ariel on Piano
and Vocals, Forrest Giberson on Bass and Paul Miranda on Drums.
This 17 year old singer and jazz pianist Ariel Pocock
already has a long list of extraordinary accomplishments to her credit. While
still in Middle School Ariel won both the Downbeat Magazine competition for
outstanding solo pianist and the Lionel Hampton International Festival, where
she had a chance to play with Wally Gator Watson and Christian Fabian. Last
year Ariel and her jazz band from Newport High School traveled to Lincoln
Center in New York City for the Essentially Ellington Festival and Competition,
where Ariel won both outstanding pianist award as well as the Ella Fitzgerald
Foundation Outstanding Vocalist Award, which was last presented ten years ago
to Sara Gazarek. Ariel studies with Michael Stegner, plays with the jazz bands
of both Newport High School and Bellevue College, and has also had a chance to
work with jazz greats such as Benny Green, George Cables, Gary Versace, Martin
Wind, Wycliffe Gordon, Lew Soloff, Greta Matassa and others
Hope to see you all there, its going to be a superb concert.
Mark your Calendars for our
upcoming concert on March 9th 2010 where we are very excited to be presenting
for the first time the fabulous Magnolia Big Band - more details later.
Venue for all these concerts (unless otherwise stated) as
always:
