BRATTLEBORO — On Thursday, June 26, The Open Music Collective celebrates its fifth year with a reception and summer jazz concert featuring faculty and three student groups.
In its five years, OMC has put on many concerts and workshops, including 10 semesters of ensemble classes including vocal, jazz, classical guitar, kids' composition, rock camps, and bluegrass.
This also marks the offering of a fifth weeklong jazz intensive, taught this year by Harvey Diamond on piano, Claire Arenius on drums, Carl Clements on sax/flute, and Jamie MacDonald on bass.
This group separately have played with many jazz greats such as Art Farmer, Melba Listin, Sheila Jordon, Karrin Alyson, Charles Neville, Dave Liebman, and Charlie Haden. They'll be playing original music as well as favorite jazz standards.
The student groups include Anne Thomas, Scott Sizer, and Karen Powers on vocals; Gabby Fluke Mogul on violin; Gabbi Walton and Jonah Ullman on guitar; Claire Thomas, Ethan Manning, and Michael Forward on sax; John Sawyer and Giannina Gaspero on trumpet; Jay Cook, Rob Athens, and Thomas Durnford on bass; and Fabian Gasbero Beckstrom, Josh Francis, and Lowell Laporte on drums.