Jack Straw Productions
4261 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
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Jack Straw Productions and Washington Composers Forum present Composer Spotlight, a series of talks and performances by composers, musicians, and scholars of new and innovative music every second Wednesday of each month. |
Jack Straw Productions and Washington Composer Forum present
Composer Spotlight:
GREGORY YASINITSKY
Jazz Meets Classical Music: Third Stream in the 21st Century
Wed, June 12,
7:30pm
Greg Yasinitsky will discuss how his work is informed by his studies in classical music and jazz and how these genres have intersected in recent pieces including Nighthawk in Flight (2012), composed for the Washington State University faculty jazz ensemble to perform as soloists with the WSU Wind Ensemble, and his jazz ballad Missing You, which has been scored for a variety of combinations including traditional jazz combo, solo saxophone with string quartet, and big band.
Gregory W. Yasinitsky, Regents Professor of Music and Director of the School of Music at Washington State University, has an international reputation as a composer, arranger and saxophonist. A recipient of grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer West, The Commission Project, Artist Trust, Washington State Music Teachers Association (WSMTA) and ASCAP, Yasinitsky has performed with Randy Brecker, Sean Jones, Ed Calle, Alex Acuna, Kirk Whalum, Claudio Roditi, Conrad Herwig, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Louis Bellson, Stan Getz, Lionel Hampton, Manhattan Transfer, and many others. He also has written music especially for Clark Terry, Dave Liebman and the USAF "Airmen of Note" big band, with over 175 musical works published by Kendor Music, Belwin Jazz, Advance Music (Germany), Hal Leonard, Dorn, Walrus, UNC Jazz Press, Daniel Barry Publications and Sound Music Publications which are performed in over thirty countries world-wide. His compositions and saxophone playing can be heard on recordings released by Soul Note, Palo Alto Records, the Musical Heritage Society, Vienna Modern Masters, Arizona University Recordings, Open Loop Recordings and his own label, Yazz Recordings. Yasinitsky is a Jody Jazz Artist, Yamaha performing artist and endorses Rico Reeds. Under Yasinitsky's leadership, the Washington State University Jazz Studies Program has received widespread recognition including awards from Down Beat magazine, invitations to perform at prestigious conferences and top awards at major jazz festivals.
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