W&M Featured Events
[PAST EVENT] Howard Levy with Harris Simon and Christine Niehaus
Location
Williamsburg Regional LibraryAccess & Features
- Open to the public
- Paid event
- Ticketed event
Howard Levy is a musician without limits. His musical adventures include journeys into jazz, pop, rock, world music, Latin, classical, folk, blues, country, theater, and film. Mr. Levy is a multiple Grammy Award winner and has appeared on hundreds of CD’s. He has performed many times on American and European television and radio including frequent appearances on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion. Universally acknowledged as the world’s most advanced diatonic harmonica player, Levy developed a fully chromatic style on the standard 10 - hole diatonic harmonica, revolutionizing harmonica playing and taking the instrument into totally new territory. Harris Simon, jazz pianist, hails from New York City. He has performed with many well-known jazz musicians and vocalists including Sonny Fortune, Clifford Jordan, Michael Brecker, Dexter Gordon, Art Farmer, George Duvivier, Red Mitchell, Earl Coleman, Jay Clayton, and Stephanie Nakasian. Christine Niehaus has performed concerts in Russia, Sweden, France, Japan, Slovenia, Hong Kong, and Italy. In the U.S., she has performed at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Smithsonian Institution, the White House, and the Kennedy Center. $5 general admission (cash or check only); free with W&M ID.
Contact
Richard Marcus, Director of Bands, [[rcmarcus]]