The public is invited as Washington College and The Mainstay present a series of workshops and a concert sponsored by the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust at the Mainstay in Rock Hall, MD on Monday April 13.
The workshops are for Washington College students and are open to the public as audience. They begin at 4:00 p.m. After a dinner break there will be a concert featuring the students and the instructors at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
The Mainstay and the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust have sponsored jazz workshops for Washington College and Kent County High School students for several years. Under the leadership of Joe McCarthy, the Grammy winning drummer (with Afro Bob Alliance), lecturer and instructor in jazz at Washington College, this year’s Washington College jazz workshops will take place on the Mainstay stage.
The workshops will start at 4:00 in the afternoon and feature jazz luminaries such as Sue Matthews, vocals, Joe Holt, piano, Joe McCarthy, drums, Pete BarenBregge, reeds, Max Murray, bass and Donato Soviero, guitar working with the Washington College students. The public is invited to come to the Mainstay and be the audience for these jazz performance workshops.
Following a full afternoon of workshops the instructors and students will reconvene for a concert at 7:30 Monday evening. The concert will feature the Washington College Jazz Ensemble, an ensemble of the professionals who were the workshop instructors and a combined group. Admission for the entire day and evening is free. Attend both or just the afternoon or evening sessions. Dinner will be on your own.
The Mainstay (Home of Musical Magic) is the friendly informal storefront performing arts center on Rock Hall’s old time Main Street.
For information and reservations call the Mainstay at 410-639-9133. More information is also available at the Mainstay’s website https://www.mainstayrockhall.org.
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