Music At Noon greets the New Year with The Mark Wade Jazz Trio, Jan. 7 in Morristown

The Mark Wade Trio
The Mark Wade Trio
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The Mark Wade Trio
The Mark Wade Trio

MUSIC AT NOON: Mark Wade Trio

Mark Wade, Bass; Tim Harrison, Piano; Scott Neumann, Drums

Music At Noon, the concert series sponsored by Music At Morristown United Methodist Church, continues its 36th season with a concert on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, featuring The Mark Wade Trio, comprised of Mark Wade, bass; Tim Harrison, piano; and Scott Neumann, drums.

The concert will be held in the church sanctuary at 50 Park Place (on the Green), in Morristown.  The January concerts have a suggested donation of $7 adults/$6 seniors.  Students are admitted to all concerts free.  Free childcare is available during the concert.

A light luncheon is available for purchase before or after the concert (11:30 am to 1:30 pm). The cost of the luncheon is $8 for adults and $7 for seniors and students.   The sanctuary is handicapped accessible.  For further information: www.morristownumc.com or 973-538-2132.

As a performer for over 20 years, Mark Wade has been an active bassist in the NYC area. In February 2015, Wade released his debut album Event Horizon to international acclaim. The album received great critical reviews from a host of domestic and international publications such as Downbeat Magazine, Hot House Jazz Magazine, The New York City Jazz Record, All About Jazz, Jazz Life (Japan), and several others. Event Horizon was programmed on over 50 stations in the United States and received airplay in the UK, Austria, and Canada. In June of 2015, Wade was signed to the artist roster of Patricia Alberti Performing Arts Management.

From May 2013 to May 2014, Wade served as an Artist In Residence at Flushing Town Hall where his ensemble, the Mark Wade Trio, was presented in concert on a number of occasions. In 2012, Wade performed with jazz great Jimmy Heath as part of his “Four Black Immortals” East Coast tour. He has played with other notable jazz artists such as James Spaulding, Harry Whitaker, Peter Eldridge, and Don Byron, and he appeared on The Today Show with Stacey Kent. He also performs regularly with the New York Jazz Repertory Orchestra led by trumpeter Bill Warfield.

As an orchestral player, Wade performed with the Key West Symphony for the 2000-2001 season that included concerts with Grammy Award winners Sharon Isbin and Robert McDuffie. In 2012, Wade played in the “Beyond Cage” festival with the Orchestra of the S.E.M. and the Janacek Philharmonic (Czech Republic) at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Other classical credits include the Orchestra of the Bronx, Bronx Opera, DiCapo Opera, the Antara Ensemble, Light Opera of New York, and several others. He is also a New York Pops Teaching Artist.

Mark Wade is the founder and director of New Music Horizons, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the work of emerging jazz and classical composers. For more information, please visit www.newmusichorizons.org.

Funding has been made possible in part by funds from Morris Arts through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.    For further information: 973-538-2132 or www.morristownumc.com.

 

 

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