Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Presents Virtual Salon Series October 4
VIRTUAL SALON SERIES
WHEN: Sunday, October 4, at 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: WhartonArts.tv.
Replacing cabaret-style seating on stage alongside the performers in Wharton’s
black box theatre, the intimate concert series continues via livestream free of
charge. Audience members are invited to watch from the comfort of home and
share on social media the wine and cheese pairings of their choice while
viewing. For full concert details, visit WhartonArts.org.
The Sunday evening series opens with pianist, composer, and arranger Matt King
performing selections from the Great American Songbook, jazz classics, and
original compositions. A former Composition Fellowship recipient from the NJ
State Council on the Arts, King has garnered awards as a semi-finalist at the
Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition and winner of the Great
American Jazz Piano Competition (2000). He toured extensively with the iconic
group Blood, Sweat & Tears and served as music director for jazz guitarist
Chuck Loeb. He has performed with symphony orchestras across the United States
and appeared on The Today Show and Good Morning America. He can be heard at
Holland’s renowned North Sea Jazz Festival, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, and the Cape Town Jazz Festival.
The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts’ mission is to provide the highest quality performing arts education to a wide range of students in a supportive and inclusive environment, where striving for personal excellence inspires and connects those we teach to the communities we serve.
Wharton is New Jersey’s largest independent non-profit community performing
arts education center serving over 1,200 students through a range of classes
and ensembles including the 15 ensembles of the New Jersey Youth Symphony, which
serve 500 students in grades 3 – 12 by audition. Beginning with Out of the Box
Music and Pathways classes for young children, Wharton offers private lessons,
group classes, and ensembles for all ages and all abilities at the Performing
Arts School. With the belief in the positive and unifying influence of
music and the performing arts and that arts education should be accessible to
all people regardless of their ability to pay, Wharton teaches all instruments
and voice and has a robust musical theater program. Based in Paterson, New
Jersey, the Paterson Music Project is an El Sistema-inspired program of
the Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts that uses music as a vehicle for
social change by empowering and inspiring children through the community
experience of ensemble learning and playing.
Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts is located in Berkeley Heights, New
Providence and Paterson, NJ and reaches students from 10 counties. All of
Wharton’s extraordinary faculty members and conductors hold degrees in their
teaching specialty and have been vetted and trained to enable our students to
achieve their personal best.