WHAT:

West Music is proud to announce they will be hosting Grammy nominated jazz pianist Judy Carmichael at a free concert for the community on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at the City High School Opstead Auditorium. Come and enjoy an evening of sultry vocals, sassy humor and swingin' music and listen to the songs of Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Arlen, Peggy Lee and others! After the concert, CDs and music books will be available for purchase. The following day, October 28, 2011 at 10 a.m., Ms. Carmichael will be hosting a workshop for 750 students from Iowa City area schools called Jazz: Listening for Life, emphasizing the value of music education and appreciation. The piano that Ms. Carmichael will perform on is a Steinway Model D Concert Grand provided by West Music Company.

About Judy Carmichael
Grammy nominated pianist Judy Carmichael is one of the world's leading interpreters of stride piano and swing. Count Basie nicknamed her "Stride", acknowledging the command with which she plays this technically and physically demanding jazz piano style. Judy's newly released CD "Come and Get It" also features her singing debut.

Carmichael was born in California and moved to New York in the early 1980s. She has toured with various jazz ensembles throughout India, Portugal, Brazil and Singapore. In 1992 Carmichael became the first jazz musician sponsored by the United States to tour China. She has played in a variety of venues from Carnegie Hall, to the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice.  Her programs have included such musicians as Joel Grey, Michael Feinstein, Steve Ross and the Smothers Brothers. She has performed on television and radio and has performed private recitals for Rod Stewart, Robert Redford and former President Bill Clinton. She has appeared frequently on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion and has also been featured on National Public Radio's Morning Edition. In addition to touring with her jazz ensemble, she has written two books on stride piano and numerous published articles on jazz music.   

Ms. Carmichael has served on a variety of music panels at the National Endowment for the Arts and is one of the few jazz pianists honored as a Steinway Artist. She has been included in a number of jazz anthologies. Her honors consist of being included in "Who's Who in the East", "Who's Who in Finance and Industry of America", "Who's Who in American Woman", "American Women in Jazz", "Who's Who in the World" as well as the "Encyclopedia of Jazz".
She is celebrating her 20th year producing and hosting her Public Radio Show Judy Carmichael's Jazz Inspired, which is broadcast on over 170 stations throughout North America and abroad and on NPR NOW Channel 134 on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio.  For her recordings and music books, visit www.judycarmichael.com, iTunes, or by mail order through C&D Productions, P.O. Box 360 Sag Harbor, New York 11963. For more information on Ms. Carmichael visit www.judycarmichael.com

WHEN:

Thursday, October 27th (7:30 pm) - Concert
Friday, October 28th (10:00 am) - Workshop

WHERE:

Iver A. Opstad Auditorium
1900 Morningside Drive
Iowa City, IA 52245

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