Arts & Entertainment

The Olson Pingrey Quartet (OPQ), featuring Kathy Olson on baritone sax and Randy Pingrey on trombone, is in the tradition of chordless jazz quartets like the groups led by Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan, and Steve Lacy. The OPQ plays originals by Olson and Pingrey, and is excited to present new material written over the past year.

Selected groups of Aspire Students perform.

Indonesian bass player Aubrey Situmorang presents her originals in instrumental fusion, R&B, jazz styles.

Bassist Kseniia Vasileva pays tribute to some bass payers that influenced her the most, such Meshell Ndegeocello, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten and Gary Willis. Mix of funk, jazz, hip-hop blended with electronics, African rhythms and microtones. The group includes Arina Bagaryakova on vocals, Cristian Tamblay on drums, Hidemi Akaiwa on keyboards, Sheila Del Bosque Fuentes on flute. Featuring professors Neil Leonard on saxophone and David Fiuczynski on guitar."