Sunday, December 23, 2012
Tosa saxophonist Lenard Simpson is among 30 students from across the nation selected for prestigious Grammy Camp, a week leading up to the red-carpet night, Feb. 7 in Los Angeles.
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
By Grace Teofilo – Reprinted with permission from the East High Cardinal News It’s not every day that a high school student from Wauwatosa East gets the opportunity to walk the red carpet. Senior Lenard Simpson will not only do that but he will be one of 30 talented high school jazz musicians from across the country who will receive a once in a lifetime opportunity come together to create the Grammy Camp–Jazz Session, a jazz band that gets to perform at Grammy events. “It’s a good feeling,” Simpson said, on making the band. “It’s kind of that feeling where you can’t describe it, because it’s so big. You can’t even fathom it. [I] get the opportunity to play with the best kids in the country.” Simpson will fly out to Los Angeles for a …
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Six-time Grammy-winner will join top college jazz band and East High's Jazz I Ensemble.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Six-time winner of the Jazz Journalists Association Trombonist of the Year Award Wycliffe Gordon will be the guest artist with the Northern Illinois (NIU) Jazz Ensemble at the 12th Annual Great Night of Jazz concert at the Dale K. Hidde Theater at East High School at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Born in Waynesboro, GA, in 1967, Gordon discovered the trombone at the age of 12 when his older brother began to play in junior high school. He has since performed with the Wynton Marsalis Septet, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Billy Taylor, Dizzy Gillespie, Tommy Flanagan, Shirley Horn and many other jazz greats. Gordon is currently a faculty member of the Jazz Arts Program at the Manhattan School of Music. He received the ASCAP Foundation Vanguard …
Monday, February 6, 2012
Greg Koch, world-renowned guitarist from Tosa, will lead talented trio helping out Friends of Theatre Arts.
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Monday, February 6, 2012
The Tosa East Friends of Theatre Arts will present a fundraising concert at 8 p.m. Saturday in the school's Dale K. Hidde Auditorium being billed as "An Evening of Musical Mayhem." Leading the onstage carnage will be internationally renowned guitarist and local resident Greg Koch. Koch is one of the most sought after guitar clinicians in the world for both Fender Musical Instruments and the Hal Leonard Corp., the world's leading publisher of sheet music and music books, headquartered at 7777 Blue Mound Road. Koch is also a frequent guest on WKLH's "Dave and Carole Show," where he is known as "The Gristleman." Koch is appearing for the first time in years with a rhythm section featuring bass guitarist Roscoe Beck (who has played and …
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Theatre fundraiser concert Saturday night
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
New twists include a different take on fish fry and a spin on vinyl records.
Instead of looking at snow, picture yourself sitting out on an expansive, shaded deck on a warm summer evening, eating fish fry and sipping your favorite beverage with Van Morrison playing softly in the background. Sound good? Mark Zierath hopes so. He's putting his money on a restaurant with good food, a friendly, relaxed atmosphere and lots and lots of outdoor seating. In fact, during the summer months, Zierath wants to practically bring the outdoors in during the warm months at his proposed Jackson's Blue Ribbon Pub, at the current location of Jo Jo's Pizza & Pub, 11302 W. Blue Mound Rd. "There are two very large picture windows facing Blue Mound Road on the south and 113th Street on the east," he said. "Those will come out and be …
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sashha
10:46 am on Monday, December 31, 2012
Congratulations to Lenard and kudos to all practicing and up-and-coming young musicians! Stay with it - music will be with you for a lifetime! more ›