Live Music at the Everett Café: Monday, 3/23, 6-7pm

The Everett Cafe proudly sponsors 1-hour musical performances by musicians, solo through to quintets, from the Teachers College community. Whether eclectic blues, Latin jazz, traditional folk, or classical with a gypsy twist, there is variety and talent to be enjoyed as you sip your Starbucks; mingle with friends and colleagues; peruse bestsellers and news; or simply study.

Anyone interested in participating in the Everett Cafe music program is welcome to contact library@tc.edu for further details.

March dates:

• Wednesday, March 4, 5-6pm
  Wadsworth Strings (Classical Trio)



• Tuesday, March 10, 5-6pm
  Anthony Maceli (Jazz Trio)



• Monday, March 23, 6-7 pm
  Virginia Pourakis and Jessica Slotwinski (Flute duet)

Musician Bios


Wadsworth Strings

The Wadsworth Strings Ensemble features music for classical strings, from the symphonies of Mozart and Haydn, to well known arias from the operas of Puccini and Bizet, adding in a selection of continental Viennese waltzes and French cabaret. Musicians of The Claremont Strings Ensemble have performed collectively at Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and throughout the Northeast, playing a diverse range of symphonic and chamber music, eclectic jazz, and gypsy swing. Wadsworth Strings, emanating from the Washington Heights area, is a division of Claremont Strings, founded by Vivian Penham, a graduate of the Juilliard School and Columbia University.

Anthony Maceli

Anthony Maceli has been playing bass on the NYC scene since 1999 and has made a name for himself as a solid sideman on the electric and upright bass. He has performed with the likes of Billy Taylor, David Baker, Jerry Bergonzi, The Bloomington Pops, The Jimmy Dorsey Big Band, and Doug Wamble to name a few. Currently, he is finishing a doctorate in music education at Columbia University.

Virginia Pourakas

Virginia Pourakis is a full time TC student working toward her MA in Gifted Education. She has been playing the flute since fourth grade, eventually studying flute and piccolo with Jeredyth Muller Arellano. Her recent musical life also includes giving beginner piano lessons,directing the Junior Choir at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Paul in Hempstead, learning to chant and read Byzantine notation, and performing in musicals at the Broadhollow Theatre in Elmont. She has greatly enjoyed collaborating with and learning from her fellow artists-in-residence through her elective coursework.

Jessica Slotwinski

Jessica Slotwinski has been playing flute and piccolo since 1991. She has a special fondness for jazz and musical theater. She has appeared in countless musical pit bands over the years, the Loyola College jazz band, and was the first director of the Loyola College Pep band, all the while teaching the next generation of musicians through her middle school music teaching positions and private students. Jessica teaches a graduate class in interdisciplinary music at Teachers College, and she holds a BA in Music and Education from Loyola College in Maryland, an MA in Music Education from Hofstra University, and is currently finishing her Ed.D. in music education at Teachers College.