Live Music at the Everett Cafe: Wednesday, 4/29, 5-6pm

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.

April Dates:

• Wednesday, April 1, 5-6pm
  Wadsworth Strings (Classical Trio)



• Tuesday, April 7, 5-6pm
  Anthony Maceli (Jazz Trio)



• Monday, April 13, 5-6pm
  Virginia Pourakis and Jessica Slotwinski (Flute duet)



• Monday, April 20, 5-6pm
  Jim Corter, T Fleisher, Angelo Miranda (Jazz Trio)



• Wednesday, April 29, 5-6pm
  Augustine Sasso and Daniel Licardo (Eclectic guitar and vocals)



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.

Jim Corter

Jim Corter has been playing bass professionally since high school. He studied string bass with a number of teachers including the principal bassists of the Toronto Symphony, the National Symphony, and the North Carolina Symphony, and jazz improvisation with Jerry Coker. He has played with bands and some noted jazz artists on both coasts.

Angelo Miranda

One of TC's own, Dr. Miranda is an adjunct assistant professor in the music department where he teaches percussion. As a latin-jazz "vibes" (vibraphone) player, Angelo has a strong affinity for the music of Cal Tjader, but he is also a diverse drumset player and he is regarded as one of the most versatile and tasteful drummers on the American-Hungarian music scene. Angelo is the Video Services Coordinator at TC and gives workshops on sound and video production for the CIS department.

T Fleisher

Guitarist T Fleisher is a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has done extensive studio and performance work in the Northeast. Mr. Fleisher released a well-received CD, "Mirage," with multi-instrumentalist Paul Briggs and is the singer/song writer/guitarist for the progressive rock group cyber garden who are now completing their second CD. He has worked with a wide variety of artists, including Mark Whitecage, Perry Robinson, Rick Derringer, Jimmy Cliff and David Darling.

Augustine Sasso and Daniel Licardo

Aria is Augustine Sasso, tenor, and Dan Licardo, guitar. They have been performing together in New York on and off for the past 15 years. They have known each other since they were ten years old and began playing music together in high school.

They have played at the Postcrypt at Columbia University and the Piper's Kilt in Inwood. Augustine has been in many opera productions in New York, including Carnegie Hall and SummerStage in Central Park. Dan has been playing guitar for 30 years and taught music to preschoolers at the YM&YWHA of Inwood in 2007.