Icelandic Music at the Everett Cafe: Monday, 11/23, 5:45-7:15pm
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.
November Dates:
- Thursday, November 5, 5-6pm
West Side 5 (Vocal Jazz Quintet)
- Wednesday, November, 11 5-6pm
Aria (Eclectic, Guitar with Vocals)
- Wednesday, November 18, 5-6pm
David Chidsey (Classical Guitar)
- Monday, November 23, 5:45-7:15pm
Wadsworth Strings (Classical Trio)
Musician Bios:
West Side 5
Vocal jazz quintet West Side 5 is new to the New York scene, but not to each other and certainly not to jazz ensemble performance. Will, Lara, Eric, John and Sara first came to know each other through the Harvard college singing group, VoxJazz, all being members of various generations of the group. Since graduating, they have found each other again here in New York, and began rehearsing in Eric's 'West Side' apartment. Influenced by vocal jazz ensemble greats like the Real Group, Manhattan Transfer and the New York Voices, West Side 5 performs original interpretations of jazz, pop, and bossa nova standards at various venues in the New York/New Jersey area.
Both in college and in the years following, the members of West Side 5 have proved themselves to be musicians of professional quality - traveling the world with various ensembles, recording a dozen or so CD's amongst them, and performing on some of the world's most recognizable cities and stages - Carnegie Hall, L'Opera Garnier, Notre Dame, etc. Each member brings something unique and exciting to the group's sound - the whole is truly the sum of its parts.
Will Fithian - Bass
Lara Hirner - Soprano
Eric Hughes - Baritone
John Shumway - Tenor
Sara Wajnberg - Alto
Aria
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.
David Chidsey
David Chidsey is a guitarist /educator with a broad vision of musical concepts, ideas, and teaching philosophies. Born in the Chequamegon Peninsula of northern Wisconsin, David developed an early passion for music while attending music and dance performances at Northland College, one block from his home. At the age of 18 David was involved in a traumatic car accident that crushed his left hand and nearly ended his instrumental ambitions.
Determined to succeed, David rehabilitated his hand and entered a college music program at the Lawrence University Conservatory in Appleton WI where he studied classical guitar performance. After graduating from the conservatory, David earned an MM in guitar performance from the UW-Madison where he taught guitar as an assistant to Javier Calderon. David is now studying music pedagogy at Columbia University in New York City. In New York, David has worked with renowned guitarist Dominic Frasca to develop an innovative approach to guitar concert programming involving repertoire, pedagogy and multi-media presentations. He has been an instructor of Applied Guitar at Teachers College and the UW-Madison, and an adjunct instructor of Jazz Studies at the Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
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.
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.
