A Partnership of Professional & Student Musicians
The Conservatory, a music & community arts school, based in Doylestown, Bucks County, presents a concert featuring the many and varied styles of Jazz. A band comprised of both professional jazz performers and student musicians takes the stage at The Underground, on Sunday afternoon, March 15, 2020.
The students involved in the show are members of The Conservatory’s Jazz Performance Program, directed by keyboard player Bill Gottshall. Both the Advanced and the Intermediate Jazz Ensembles will be featured. Sax player Shane Arnold, who directs The Conservatory’s Contemporary Ensemble and teaches individual lessons at The Conservatory, will be joined by fellow faculty members Nicholas Hill, trumpet, and Alyssa Almeida, electric bass. Almeida is also a board-certified music therapist, working out of The Conservatory. Hill fills several roles for a local school district, as an elementary school music teacher and as an instructor in both marching band and an indoor percussion group. They will all join Gottshall in fronting the student-teacher band at The Underground.
The Conservatory’s Jazz Showcase format provides a unique type of mentoring for student musicians. Instructor and student stand shoulder-to-shoulder, performing Jazz in an actual nightclub environment. This cooperative approach
provides support for the young musician while letting him/her experience the interplay of improvisation that takes place in a jazz band.
The Conservatory Jazz Showcase begins at 3:00 PM and will run about one hour. Tickets are $8.00 per person and are available both online and at the door. The Underground is an all-ages club. Children are welcome and encouraged to attend, as long as they are accompanied and supervised by an adult. The Conservatory is a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides free and subsidized programs to disadvantaged youth, persons with disabilities, and senior citizens. It depends upon generous donations and grants from individuals, corporations, and foundations to make certain that the arts are accessible to everyone. Doors will open at 2:30 pm
Social media links:
The Conservatory
http://www.myconservatory.org/
https://www.facebook.com/The-Conservatory-102422363165711/
Bill Gottshall, keyboard
https://www.facebook.com/billgottshallmusic/
https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/billgottshall