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Gottschalk 
“REDISCOVERING
LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK” ENIGMATIC AND BRILLIANT 19th-CENTURY MUSICAL SUPERSTAR 7:30 pm April 15, 2023
at Mills Chapel, Sweet Briar College “Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s Caribbean and South American Adventures and Influences” Chris Magee and Los Gatos, David Sandoval, Naomi Amos. Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) was the first American virtuoso pianist to receive international recognition and enthusiastic acclaim. This is the last of three concerts.
Previous concerts include:
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MARCH J&J CONCERT 
Joseph Henson Jazz Saturday, March 25, 2023 6-8 pm Live at Second Stage | Amherst 194 2nd Street, Amherst, VA 24521 Joseph Henson, saxophone
Isaac Williams, piano Jonah Horton, bass Nate Gilmore, drums The band is back with a concert of new and original music. We'll also feature some music from the great jazz saxophonist and composer, Wayne Shorter, who passed away on March 2. "If we had a Mount Rushmore of jazz legends, Wayne Shorter would most certainly be there. His timeless compositions, deeply emotional solo style, and keen musical leadership have always been highly revered in the jazz world. He left behind an indelible mark on the greatness of the music he loved — jazz."
Joseph Henson, saxophone, formerly a member of the US Army Blues Jazz Ensemble from Washington, D.C., retired in December 2018 to become Associate Professor of Commercial Music and Jazz Studies at the Liberty University School of Music. He has played saxophone and written music for the Blues for 21 years and has also been the band’s Musical Director for the past few years. Henson hold degrees in music from the University of South Carolina and the University of North Texas, and performs regularly in the D.C. area with a wide variety of groups, including his own quintet. He and his wife Mary live in Forest, VA with four of their five kids. "During the pandemic, Joseph Henson has supported Amherst Java and Jazz by continuing to write and perform a series of new works, aimed at cheering and supporting the audience," said Lynn Kable, Director of Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. last week in Amherst. "Now he has put his latest jazz works together in a new CD. He has chosen our concert on October 29, 2022 for his release party. Come and bring friends!" 
Isaac Williams, piano, a native of Lynchburg, VA, got his start in music at the age of 8 when his parents purchased him a toy keyboard. By 11, Isaac was playing for his church and at local venues. In 2019 Isaac debuted his Trinity Jazz Trio to a packed house at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Lynchburg. Since then, Isaac’s trio has played at venues such as The Flat 9 Club, Stonebridge Fall Festival, and District Winery in Washington D.C. Last season his instrumental trio, along with featured vocalist Senobia Smith, played for Amherst Java and Jazz.
Jonah Horton, bass, Jonah Horton is a 20 year-old mandolinist and bassist from Wilkesboro, North Carolina. He began playing the mandolin at the age of seven, and spent his teenage years traveling across the eastern United States with his progressive bluegrass band The Trailblazers. During his time with The Trailblazers, they were presented with the International Bluegrass Music Association‘s (IBMA) Momentum Award for band of the year in 2018 and also released two albums. The most recent of those projects, “Space and Time”, was produced and arranged by Jonah in late 2020. Most recently, he joined a star studded lineup of Grammy Award winning Bluegrass musicians to be the featured mandolinist on Scott Vestal‘s “Bluegrass 2022” album that will be released in the Spring. In addition to The Trailblazers, he also plays electric mandolin with the soul/RnB group “The Eli Yacinthe Band” based out of Charlotte, NC. Jonah graduated from Appalachian State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing/Sales in the Spring of 2021 and currently attends Liberty University where he plans to pursue a master’s degree in the Fall. He began playing electric bass when he arrived at Liberty in the Fall of 2021, and since then has been studying jazz bass and mandolin under professor Joseph Henson.
Presented by AGAR in collaboration with Second Stage | Amherst and Baine’s Books & Coffee Series Curated by Ernest Deane |
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EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) arts and Humanities Projects in 2022-2023 are funded as follows:
AGAR’s concerts are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, with marketing assistance from SHARE Greater Lynchburg. The Louis Moreau Gottschalk project is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. AGAR’s arts programs for individuals receiving meals delivered at home are also funded in part by Amherst Woman’s Club.
The performances of Grant Gordy Duo and Cecilia Smith Ensemble, presented in collaboration with Gifts of Art, Michigan Medicine and VCU Health/Arts in Healthcare are supported by Chamber Music America’s Presenter Consortium for Jazz (PCJ) program, funded through the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. AGAR’s concerts through PCJ are delivered online as a “thank you” during the COVID-19 times to medical and non-medical staff and to patients at Centra Health, Central Virginia Alliance for Community Living, area nursing facilities, and UVA Health.
AGAR’s Virginia History Programs are supported in part by the National Endowment
for the Humanities (NEH) and Virginia Humanities (VH).
Funding for a VH/SHARP grant to AGAR has been provided by Virginia Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative.
AGAR’s concerts are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, with marketing assistance from SHARE Greater Lynchburg. The Louis Moreau Gottschalk project is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. AGAR’s arts programs for individuals receiving meals delivered at home are also funded in part by Amherst Woman’s Club.
The performances of Grant Gordy Duo and Cecilia Smith Ensemble, presented in collaboration with Gifts of Art, Michigan Medicine and VCU Health/Arts in Healthcare are supported by Chamber Music America’s Presenter Consortium for Jazz (PCJ) program, funded through the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. AGAR’s concerts through PCJ are delivered online as a “thank you” during the COVID-19 times to medical and non-medical staff and to patients at Centra Health, Central Virginia Alliance for Community Living, area nursing facilities, and UVA Health.
AGAR’s Virginia History Programs are supported in part by the National Endowment
for the Humanities (NEH) and Virginia Humanities (VH).
Funding for a VH/SHARP grant to AGAR has been provided by Virginia Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative.
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) | 156 Patrick Henry Highway, Amherst, VA 24521
US Mail: PO Box 117, Clifford, VA 24533 | (434) 989-3215
Email: AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com | Facebook: AmherstGlebeArtsResponse
US Mail: PO Box 117, Clifford, VA 24533 | (434) 989-3215
Email: AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com | Facebook: AmherstGlebeArtsResponse
