St. Francis by the Sea welcomes back renowned pianist and academician, Bill Stevens.
Bill Stevens is the author/composer of the Melody and Rhythm textbook series, a two-year curriculum in undergraduate Sight-Singing and Musicianship currently in use at University of Miami, San Francisco Conservatory Prep, Regis University, Santa Clara University, Cal State Monterey Bay, and Nyack College.
“Professor Stevens has created a wonderful four-semester sequenced approach to pitch and rhythmic sight singing, as well as harmonic hearing that works in lockstep with our musicianship program. For many years, the Frost School of Music has been seeking a sight singing textbook that enhances the technical abilities of our students and deepens their inner ear through melody, harmony, and rhythm. We have found it in Professor Stevens’s Melody and Rhythm.”
Dr. Shawn Crouch, Frost School of Music
Bill is a member of the music faculty at Santa Clara University, where he directs the Musicianship and Sight-singing program and teaches Jazz Piano. He is a teaching artist with Avivo, a collective of master educators dedicated to cultivating creativity through music and music education.
Mixing elements of hard bop, the blues, and funk in his two-fisted, hard swinging style, Bill is an active jazz pianist. He has performed as a guest soloist with the Silkroad Ensemble, at New York’s Birdland with singer Hilary Kole, and with dancer Kristin Kusanovich. He hosts a summer jazz series in Emerald Isle, North Carolina.
There is no admission fee, but donations for the musicians
Gratefully accepted – you don’t want to miss this evening!
This will be a special evening of jazz featuring a Quintet of musicians that you won’t want to miss!
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