Back to All Events

LECTURE/CONCERT: Quentin Walston, "Keys to the Past: Exploring the History of Jazz Piano - A Concert and Seminar"

  • Centrai Presbyterian Church & Zoom 7308 York Road Towson, MD, 21204 United States (map)

HYBRID IN-PERSON AND ONLINE PROGRAM

Keys to the Past: Exploring the History of Jazz Piano - A Concert and Seminar

Quentin Walston, pianist, composer, educator

(Reception 1- 1:30 pm)


Pianist and music educator Quentin Walston takes listeners through a musical history of Jazz Piano. Walston lectures and performs the nuances of the genre's development, from the 1900s ragtime style to the contemporary modal approaches of the 1960s and 1970s. Walston will cover pianists such as Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Bud Powell, Bill Evans, and more, giving participants an understanding of the historical and musical aspects of each creative giant of jazz. Q & A will follow the lecture.

 

$15 fee for guests and subscribers (no fee for members)

Earlier Event: May 16
MEMBERS' DAY TRIP: "Whitney Biennial: Even Better Than the Real Thing with a visit to Dia Chelsea, Chelsea art galleries, and public art on the High Line"
Later Event: May 28
CANCELLED - LECTURE: Judah Adashi, "Tabula Rasa: the Music of Arvo Pärt"