KPLU School of Jazz
Weekend at Cornish College of the Arts
Saturday, May 3rd, 1 – 4:30pm
Schedule of Events

Location: Kerry Hall, 710 E. Roy St. on Capitol Hill (one block west of Broadway)
Underground parking located on E. Boylston St. directly behind Kerry Hall. 

Also, make sure they don't mapquest Cornish, as they'll go to the downtown campus.
We're on Capitol Hill at 710 E. Roy st. 1 block west of Broadway on E. Roy and Harvard. There will be signs for parking, and they can use our amps and drums (even upright bass if need be).

1:00 to 2:30 pm - Workshops

Playing on Changes/Theory Concepts with Randy Halberstadt
Room 218

Rhythm Section Workshop with Chuck Deardorf and Mark Ivester
Room 114

2:30 – 3:00 pm - Food Break!
Room 114

3:00 – 4:00 pm – Jazz Band Workshop
Room 114

4:00 - 4:30 pm – Cornish Faculty Perform with Student Soloists
Room 114

Cornish Faculty Bios:

Chuck Deardorf has recorded and performed with Kenny Barron, Larry Coryell, Bud Shank, and George Cables. He has performed at jazz festivals and clubs throughout the Northwest and in Los Angeles, New York City, Australia, and Canada. As a first-call bassist in the Northwest for 15 years, Chuck has backed up such jazz luminaries as Chet Baker, Joe Williams, Zoot Sims, Mel Lewis, Kenny Burrell, Abbey Lincoln, and Howard Roberts. He is on the faculty of the Jazz Workshop at Centrum and studied music at Evergreen State College.

Randy Halberstadt is a pianist, arranger, composer, and author, and performs throughout the Northwest and beyond. He has recorded several CDs of his own and also with Jay Clayton, Clarence Acox, and Janis Mann, among others. Randy has performed with national artists including Terry Gibbs, Buddy DeFranco, Herb Ellis, Mel Brown, Sheila Jordan, Bobby Shew, Marlena Shaw and John Stowell. In 2001, Randy authored an instructional text, Metaphors For The Musician: Perspectives From A Jazz Pianist. He graduated in 1976 with a BA in Music from the University of Washington.

Mark Ivester is a versatile freelance drummer/percussionist with extensive experience in many different idioms including pop-rock, big band, jazz, and orchestral settings. He has performed with many national jazz artists including Larry Coryell, Freddie Hubbard, Diane Schuur, Mose Allison, Charlie Byrd and Eartha Kitt, as well as with the Honolulu, Spokane and Walla Walla Symphony Orchestras. He is currently performing and recording with the Jovino Santos Neto Quartet, Sonando, and The Nick Manson trio.