York Music Teachers Association

FREE! Sunday April 12th at 3 PM at York College - come hear RHAPSODY IN BLUE with our very own colleague, Dr. Hye-Sung Hwang as the piano soloist. See you there! (PLease note that the concert is in the Waldner Performing Arts Center concert hall, not DeMeester...)

As March is Women’s History Month, I wish to honor the extraordinary contributions of women in jazz—artists whose creativity, resilience, and innovation have helped shape the music from its earliest days to the present.

From pioneering figures like Mary Lou Williams, whose compositions and mentorship influenced generations, and Billie Holiday, whose voice redefined how jazz was sung, to bandleaders such as Melba Liston, women have long been central to the evolution of jazz.

Instrumentalists and composers including Carla Bley and Gerri Allen have expanded the music’s boundaries with their artistic vision, while vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan set enduring standards of excellence.

Today, artists such as Esperanza Spalding and Terri Lyne Carrington continue to carry the tradition forward with originality and depth.

Though their contributions have not always received equal recognition, women in jazz have remained vital architects of the art form. This month offers an opportunity not only to celebrate their achievements, but also to listen more closely to the voices that have always been at the heart of jazz.

This 1948 photo (courtesy of FPG Archive and Getty Images) has preserved a meeting of the minds among several of these great pioneers: Mary Lou Williams on piano, Vivien Garry on bass, Bridget O’Flynn on drums, Mary Osborne on guitar, and Margie Hyams on vibraphone. What a band!

Mary Lou Williams Foundation, Inc.

Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven... hear this music as you've never heard it before, on the "CORRECT" instrument! Daniel Adam Maltz, fortepiano virtuoso, returns on SATURDAY, April 26th at 4 PM to the St John Episcopal Concert Series for another bravura performance of Classical-period music... on a Classical reproduction fortepiano! FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - no tickets required.

Fortepiano vs. Modern Piano | Daniel Adam Maltz This fortepiano vs. piano comparison explains the instrument differences through the lens of sound creation, sound qualities, and tuning using musical examples.

Our students made "BIG" Night Music last Saturday by playing "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" - in the middle of the afternoon! Thanks to Apollo Chamber Players and everyone who participated in the masterclass, both performers and audience members. YOU make MUSIC MATTER!

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...there's still time to register and receive DISCOUNTED tuition! Sign up by March 31st and let's MAKE MUSIC this summer!

...and once you've heard them TEACH, you'll want to hear them PERFORM (a full program), so come to St John Episcopal's concert series on SUNDAY, 3/29 at 4 PM fpr a FREE recital featuring these virtuoso musicians!

FREE MASTERCLASS with APOLLO CHAMBER ENSEMBLE!
Saturday, 3/28, 1-3 PM
York College Wolf Hall

Are you a YOUNG MUSICIAN who will be a rising 5th grader, or just completing 9th grade, this summer? Come, PLAY WITH US at the York Summer Music Experience! Early registration is open and scholarship information will be released in late March. Join our York College and York Symphony Orchestra faculty and friends to MAKE MUSIC, MAKE FRIENDS, and MAKE MEMORIES this June!