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Lunch Hour Series Features Jazz, Blues Artist Monk Rowe
Multitalented Rowe to entertain UC Community
Written By Avion Ashton ‘12, PR Intern
Contact - cleogrande@utica.edu
Utica, NY (10/25/2010) - The Professor Harry F. and Mary Ruth Jackson Lunch Hour Series at Utica College will feature jazz and blues performer Monk Rowe on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 12:30 p.m. in the Library Concourse.Rowe is a pianist and saxophonist, who often performs with a variety of ensembles such as The Roots of Rock & Roll. He is a writer and arranger, and has produced various projects in the Central New York area such as music for a children's play, The Unicorn's Magic, theatrical rock work, arrangements for the Utica Symphony, the Syracuse University Jazz Ensemble, The Lavender Trio, and Oswego College Solid State Jazz Ensemble.
He is an adjunct saxophone professor at Hamilton College as well as the director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive (HCJA). Rowe composed and recorded a series of tunes written for and dedicated to renowned jazz personalities interviewed during the HCJA project. He also released a CD in 1989 entitled Out Standing in his Field consisting of original contemporary jazz compositions.
Rowe is the former Artistic Director of the Stanley Center for the Arts' AIE Institute and is involved in aesthetic education. A teaching artist, he works with students and teachers in Utica and the surrounding school districts, preparing them to take part in performances by a variety of musical ensembles. He is frequently a guest-teaching artist at similar institutes around the country, including Binghamton, NY; Albany, NY and Nashville, TN.
The Jackson Lunch Hour Series, instituted in 1979, presents a series of musical and literary programs each semester. All performances are free of charge and are open to students, faculty, staff, and the public. Sponsored by the Utica College Social Cultural Committee, programs begin at 12:30 p.m. and are held in the Library Concourse (musical performances) or in Macfarlane Auditorium, Deperno Hall (literary readings).
Literary programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
For more information about the Professor Harry F. and Mary Ruth Jackson Lunch Hour Series, visit www.utica.edu/jackson or call (315) 792-3028.