SUNY Orange offers master class with guitarists John Stowell and James Emery

MIDDLETOWN — Two virtuoso guitarists will give a master class at which each will share his own unique approach to practicing and rehearsing on Friday, Nov. 14, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Room 23 in Orange Hall on the Middletown campus of SUNY Orange.

In addition, John Stowell and James Emery each will explain and demonstrate his original take on improvisation.

The event is free and open to the public.

John Stowell
Stowell is an in-demand clinician as a jazz guitarist. He has taught internationally since the late 1970s.

In addition to being a virtuoso soloist, he has been called an inspiration to students at every level of musical development because of his ability to translate complicated theory into meaningful insights and creative applications.

Stowell, who plays electric and acoustic guitar, was born in New York and raised in Connecticut, but now has his permanent residence in Portland, Oregon.

Besides concert tours in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia, in 1983, he along with Paul and Robin Horn and David Friesen were the first American jazz group to be invited to play public performances in Russia in 40 years.

James Emery
Emery has been active at the forefront of the international jazz and contemporary music scenes since moving to New York City from Cleveland, Ohio in 1975.

He now is a resident of Warwick.

He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for music composition and has performed at many of the world's major international jazz festivals and as a soloist in many of the world’s major concert halls.

In 1977, Emery co-founded the chamber jazz ensemble that has been the source of some of his most popular and acclaimed work and which continues to play together, the String Trio of New York. The ensemble has performed hundreds of concerts worldwide. Emery is known for his distinctive sound and touch as an improviser and composer and as a warm and engaging professor.

Essential information
This program is offered by Cultural Affairs office. For addition information, call: 845-41-4891; email: cultural@sunyorange.edu or visit online at www.sunyorange.edu/culturalaffairs

Orange Hall is located at the corner of Wawayanda and Grandview avenues in Middletown.