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SUMMARY:Sun-kissed: A Photography Group Exhibition
DESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow does the summer light feel? Is it golden and nostalgic? Is it blindingly bright? Does it linger on sticky fingers after a melted ice cream? As you soak in the beauty\, energy and memories along the way this season\, let your photographs speak what words cannot. \nARCS is delighted to invite local and national photographers to participate in a group exhibition\, celebrating the joy of capturing sun-kissed moments! This is the first in our new series\, Through your Eyes. \nStart getting inspired\, but let photography be part of the journey\, not the destination. Come back in August and submit up to 5 images you feel are honest representations of the many layers of summer. \nWe will print the selected images for a group show at Gallery 4500 in Seattle and each one will be made available for purchase. 8x10 prints will be $60 and 11x14 prints will be $90. If a print sells\, the photographer will receive 70% of the proceeds. \nAll work must be created by the person submitting. Due to copyright considerations no AI work is permitted. \nDates: \nAugust 1-20: Submissions openSeptember 7: The photography exhibition starts at 4500 GallerySeptember 12: Opening receptionGallery 45004500 9th Ave NE\, Suite 300 Seattle\, WA 98105 \nRegistration:Each participant can submit up to 5 digital photographs to be featured in our group show at Gallery 4500 in Seattle. We will print them on premium photographic paper and each one will be made available for purchase. \nWhen submitting work\, participants will choose whether they want their photograph(s) to be printed as 8x10" or 11x14" images.$10 for an 8x10" print and $20 for an 11x14" print. Registration payment must be made before submitting images. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubscribe\n* indicates required\nEmail Address *\nFirst Name \nLast Name \nLanguage \n\nRomanian\nEnglish\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions\nPlease pay the registration fee below by choosing what size print you want. You can maybe submit  1-5 images total\, in any combination of 8x10 and 11x14 prints.  \nImages:-4200 pixels on the long side at 300 ppi is recommended\, or the largest possible file if it's less-Cell phone photos are allowed-Only .JPG files are accepted \nSend an email to submissions@arcsproject.org \nTitle the email: Sun-kissed 2026 \nAttach up to 5 images and indicate what size print they should be. \nThe files must be saved as FirstName_LastName_Title.jpg \n  \nSign up for the newsletter to receive more announcements regarding the Sun-kissed photography exhibition! \n 
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/sun-kissed-exhibition/
LOCATION:Gallery 4500\, 4500 9th Ave NE\, Ste 300\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219
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SUMMARY:Beginning Romanian 1
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThis class is tailored for students of Romanian origin nationwide who do not understand\, nor speak the language\, but who have been exposed to Romanian culture and are curious to find out more about their heritage. They will learn basic conversational skills in Romanian and will develop their pronunciation\, vocabulary\, writing and reading knowledge.They will gain confidence and will be able to connect with their Romanian family in meaningful ways.  No knowledge of Romanian required. Groups of 4-5 students / 60 min\, weekly. \nScheduling\nTime: To Be Determined – We will work with parents and students to find the best times and days that work for you. Please fill out the registration form to let us know your availability.  \nPayment\nTuition for this course includes 10 classes on Zoom (60 minutes each). \n\nScholarships\nWe offer scholarships to families in need. Please email us at contact@arcsproject.org prior to registration if you would like to be considered.
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/beginning-romanian-1-f26/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Child Courses,Education,Fall Courses,Language Classes
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219
DTSTAMP:20260813T154047Z
CREATED:20260813T153932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T154047Z
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SUMMARY:Beginning Romanian 1 (Adults)
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThis class is designed for students with no prior knowledge about Romanian Language\, but who have been exposed to Romanian culture and are interested to learn its language. It is an introductory Romanian Language course\, where students will learn the simple present tense\, greetings\, numbers\, dates\, time\, and other simple grammar. As a result\, students will be able to participate in a 2-way conversation and will know the basics of writing and delivering speeches. Groups of 4-5 students / 60 min\, weekly. \nScheduling\nTime: To Be Determined – We will work with students to find the best times and days that work for you. Please fill out the registration form to let us know your availability.  \nPayment\nTuition for this course includes 10 classes on Zoom (60 minutes each). \n\nScholarships\nWe offer scholarships to families in need. Please email us at contact@arcsproject.org prior to registration if you would like to be considered.
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/beginning-romanian-1-adults-f26/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Adult Courses,Education,Fall Courses,Language Classes
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219
DTSTAMP:20260813T155229Z
CREATED:20260813T154737Z
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SUMMARY:Romanian History I: Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nRomanian History: Part I\, (3 quarters): This class is designed for students who want to learn about Romanian history\, including major personalities who steered the destiny of Romanians and their neighbors. Continuing the exploration of cultural identity and heritage through history\, students will enlarge their vocabulary and expand their reading\, listening\, and writing skills. Conceived as a three-quarter class\, we will go over crucial events starting with the Roman-Dacian wars\, the formation of the Romanian provinces\, and pursuing iconic leaders from Mircea the Elder\, Vlad the Impaler\, and Stephan to Alexandru Ioan Cuza and Carol I. The students will be engaged in attractive projects that will help them discover who their ancestors were and how they earned their place in European history.\n\nNovice to Intermediate knowledge of Romanian is required. Groups of 4-5 students / 60 min\, weekly sessions\n\nThis is the first of three quarters for Romanian History Part: I.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScheduling\nTime: To Be Determined – We will work with parents and students to find the best times and days that work for you.\nPlease fill out the registration form to let us know your availability.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPayment\nTuition for this course includes 10 classes on Zoom (60 minutes each).\nWe offer scholarships to families in need. Please email us at contact@arcsproject.org if you would like to be considered.
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-history-i-part-1-f26/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Child Courses,Education,Fall Courses,Language Classes
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219
DTSTAMP:20260813T155531Z
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SUMMARY:Romanian Pioneers 1
DESCRIPTION: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOverview\nThis class aims to help students explore and embrace their Romanian identity and heritage. They will discover Romanian illustrous figures and find inspiration in their pioneer spirit\, courage and tenacity.  The students will interact with real Romanian role models while developing a global perspective of their place into the world as bilingual and bicultural citizens.  Basic knowledge of Romanian required. Groups of 4-5 students / 60 min\, weekly sessions \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScheduling\nTime: To Be Determined – We will work with parents and students to find the best times and days that work for you. Please fill out the registration form to let us know your availability.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPayment\n\nTuition for this course includes 10 classes on Zoom (60 minutes each).We offer scholarships to families in need. Please email us at contact@arcsproject.org if you would like to be considered. \nScholarships\nWe offer scholarships to families in need. Please email us at contact@arcsproject.org prior to registration if you would like to be considered. \nNext Course\nRomanian History\, Part I
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-pioneers-1-f26/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Child Courses,Education,Fall Courses,Language Classes
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219
DTSTAMP:20260813T160059Z
CREATED:20260813T160059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T160059Z
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SUMMARY:Romanian Heroes: Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nThis class aims to help students explore and fully embrace their Romanian identity. They will learn about human relations and emotions through the study of Romanian legedary characters\, illustrous historic figures\, as well as contemporary stars. We will use fun engaging methodologies to enrich their daily vocabulary\, strengthen communication skills\, improve pronunciation and reading competence through short texts\, poems\, songs\, proverbs\, riddles\, and games. The students will intearact with real Romanian role models that they will discover throughout the semester. Basic knowledge of Romanian required; groups of 4-5 students / 60 min\, weekly. \nScheduling\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime: To Be Determined – We will work with parents and students to find the best times and days that work for you.  Please fill out the registration form to let us know your availability. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\nPayment\nTuition for this course includes 10 classes on Zoom (60 minutes each). \nScholarships\nWe offer scholarships to families in need. Please email us at contact@arcsproject.org prior to registration if you would like to be considered.
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-heroes-part-1-f26/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Child Courses,Education,Fall Courses,Language Classes,Spring Courses
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219
DTSTAMP:20260815T161428Z
CREATED:20260815T161407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T161428Z
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SUMMARY:Intermediate Romanian (Adults)
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nDuring this class students develop their speaking skills\, increase their vocabulary\, and practice their writing. They will also improve their oral language skills through conversation\, everyday situations\, and how to give presentations\, role play\, and participate in debates. They will learn techniques for writing\, speaking\, and comprehension. Groups of 4-5 students / 60 min\, weekly. \nScheduling\nTime: To Be Determined – We will work with students to find the best times and days that work for you. Please fill out the registration form to let us know your availability.  \nPayment\nTuition for this course includes 10 classes on Zoom (60 minutes each). \n\nScholarships\nWe offer scholarships to families in need. Please email us at contact@arcsproject.org prior to registration if you would like to be considered.
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/intermediate-romanian-adults-f26/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Adult Courses,Education,Fall Courses,Language Classes
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219
DTSTAMP:20260815T162528Z
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SUMMARY:ALTA Exam Preparation\, Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nUnique in the US\, the program “ALTA Exam Preparation”\, launched in 2016 with great success. This program is addressed to students from WA State\, and nationwide\, to help them earn high school credits for their heritage language by taking the ALTA Exam\, and possibly the Global Seal of Biliteracy. Course level depends on the student’s proficiency as evaluated by the instructor and their individual effort and progress. \nAfter you take ALTA\, you may also want to take an English proficiency test–STAMP\, which can be taken online\, or if you are a senior in high school and have already taken ACT or SAT–in order to qualify for the Global Seal of Biliteracy. ARCS can help you submit the results of these tests and thus to obtain the Global Seal of Biliteracy. \nThese diplomas will help with their admission process to highly-ranked universities in the US. Our method combines reading comprehension and grammar with interactive communicative methods. Groups of 4-7 students / 60 min\, weekly. This class is Part 1 of 3. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\nScheduling\nTime: To Be Determined – We will work with parents and students to find the best times and days that work for you.\nPlease fill out the registration form to let us know your availability.  \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\nPayment\nTuition for this course includes 10 classes on Zoom (60 minutes each).\nWe offer need-based scholarships. Please email us at contact@arcsproject.org if you would like to be considered. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n 
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/alta-exam-preparation-part-1-f26/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Child Courses,Education,Fall Courses,Language Classes
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261219
DTSTAMP:20260817T233413Z
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SUMMARY:Romanian Culture\, Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nRomanian Culture offers high school students a space to reconnect with language\, memory\, and identity. Through film\, art\, music\, and everyday cultural practices\, students explore the traditions and modern expressions that shape Romanian life. The course encourages students to deepen their linguistic confidence while discovering the artistic trends that anchor Romanian heritage. \nThis class is open to last year’s students who already completed Romanian History\, as well as new students who meet with the instructor for a short evaluation beforehand. Groups of 4-7 students / 60 min\, weekly. This class is Part 1 of 3. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\nScheduling\nTime: To Be Determined – We will work with parents and students to find the best times and days that work for you.\nPlease fill out the registration form to let us know your availability.  \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\nPayment\nTuition for this course includes 10 classes on Zoom (60 minutes each).\nWe offer need-based scholarships. Please email us at contact@arcsproject.org if you would like to be considered. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n 
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/romanian-culture-f26/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Child Courses,Education,Fall Courses,Language Classes
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261009T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261009T210000
DTSTAMP:20260825T234351Z
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SUMMARY:Transylvanian Dance Jazz Concert
DESCRIPTION:Join pianist Lucian Ban and violinist Mat Maneri for a special multimedia jazz concert on October 9 at the Good Shepherd Center. There will be a post-concert talk\, which is always a crowd-favorite\, so stick around until the end! Drawing from their acclaimed new ECM Records release Transylvanian Dance and from NPR Album Of The Year Transylvanian Folk Songs featuring legendary woodwind player John Surman pianist Lucian Ban and violist Mat Maneri reimagine through improvisation the Béla Bartók Field Recordings of folk songs from Transylvania using live performance along with video projections featuring rare archival footage\, audio from Bartók’s original wax cylinder recordings\, handwritten manuscripts and photographs taken by Bartók himself in his field trips. “It is such a joy for us to use varied folkloric approaches from around the world - all filtered through our love of improvisation and the jazz vernacular - to dig deeper into these folk songs and find the notes that bring out the heightened emotions of all folk music. All these are illustrating Bartok’s profound idea of a „connective tissue” that ties all folk musics around the globe\, a connection based on what he calls the „brotherhood of peoples”. Music always represents more than just the song itself. Folk music\, folk art is a container of a communal culture. And even a hundred years later\, long after the peasants sang into an Edison phonograph we partake in this culture\, in its beauty and mystery. Improvising in the moment also includes our personal history and experiences and through the audiences we play in front of\, it includes our collective history too.” - Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri\, 2025 TicketsTransylvanian Dance @ ECM Records On their second ECM duo album Romanian pianist Lucian Ban and US violist Mat Maneri find fresh inspiration as they follow the trail of Béla Bartók\, revisiting the folk music that spurred the imagination of the great Hungarian composer who\, in the early 20th century\, collected and transcribed numerous pieces from Transylvania. For the duo these songs have become “springboards and sources of melodic material” for arrangements “that capture the spirit of the original yet allow us to improvise and bring our own world to them. If you go deeper into the source material\, new vistas open up. These folk songs teach us many things.” (Steve Lake\, album liner notes). Developing the music from the Transylvanian folk transcriptions has become a priority in recent years\, with both players finding new freedoms in the material. On the present album\, Mat Maneri\, taking heed of Bartók’s observations about the “connective tissue” linking the musics of the world\, subtly draws influence from Arabian\, West African and Korean music as well as from the richly divergent folk sources of Transylvania in his uniquely liquid viola playing. Recorded live in October 2022 in the context of the Retracing Bartók project in Timișoara\, these performances also bear testimony to the finely attuned understanding that Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri have achieved in their long-running musical partnership. About Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri More than a decade since they started working together as a duo\, Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri are renowned for their amalgamations of Transylvanian folk with improvisation\, their mining of 20th Century European classical music with jazz\, and for their pursuit of a modern chamber jazz ideal. The two musicians first worked together in 2009 in the Enesco Re-Imagined octet that was conceived as a celebration and a contemporary jazz re-imagination of the works of the great Romanian composer George Enescu. Featuring an A list of jazz musicians – Ralph Alessi\, Tony Malaby\, John Hebert\, Gerald Cleaver\, Mat Maneri\, Albrecht Maurer and Indian tabla legend Badal Roy – the album was recorded live at the 2009 Enescu International Festival in Bucharest and won multiple BEST ALBUM of the YEAR Awards from Jazz Journalists Association and worldwide press coverage\, followed by concerts in major venues and festivals. JAZZ TIMES said “Enesco Re-Imagined is visionary third-stream music . . . this recording places Ban and Hébert among the great 21st-century interpreters.” The Guardian hails the album’s “rare combination of uninhibited but coherent solo and collective improv\, shrewd arrangement and dazzling thematic writing”. In 2013 ECM Records releases Maneri & Ban duo album Transylvanian Concert that was widely acclaimed for “its original voice and unorthodox beauty “(The Guardian) and spanned worldwide touring. It was followed by a trio with European avant-garde icon Evan Parker (Sounding Tears\, 2018)\, by Mr. Maneri’s own microtonal quartet Dust (2019\, a ROLLINGSTONE Best of the Year) and ASH (Wall Street Journal feature) and in 2020 by their radical recasting of the Transylvanian folk songs from the Bela Bartok Field Recordings with legendary reed player John Surman. By year’s end Transylvanian Folk Songs ends up on NPR 2020 Jazz Critics Poll \, on Balkan World Music Charts\, New York City Jazz Record BEST OF 2020 and more. In 2023 Ban and Maneri released on Sunnyside Records Oedipe Redux their radical take on George Enescu’s Oedipe opera featuring a cast of international celebrated contemporary jazz & improvisers – Jen Shyu\, Theo Bleckmann\, Tom Rainey and renowned French bass clarinet player Louis Sclavis. In 2024 Sunnyside Records released Blutopia\, a co-lead quintet by baritone saxophonist Alex Harding and Lucian Ban and featuring Mat Maneri\, Brandon Lewis and tuba master Bob Stewart. The duo first appearance on ECM was in 2013 when Lucian Ban and Mat Maneri joined up for a concert in an opera house in Târgu Mureș in the middle of Romania’s Transylvania region\, and recorded Transylvanian Concert\, an album featuring a program of self-penned ballads\, blues\, hymns and abstract improvisations\, the whole informed by the twin traditions of jazz and European chamber music. The music was\, as Jazz Times puts it\, “as close as it gets to Goth jazz” and won critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic\, including several Best Album of the Year awards\, and spawning continuous touring ever since. Transylvanian Concert @ ECM Records Their previous investigation of the Béla Bartók field recordings with legendary British reedman JOHN SURMAN produced the acclaimed Transylvanian Folk Songs album and was\, as JAZZ TIMES put it “as much an act of tribute as it is a transformation”. The album quickly to Billboard charts\, European Jazz Media Charts\, Balkan World Music Charts\, New York City Jazz Record BEST of 2020 and was named an NPR 2020 Jazz Critics Poll album. Rave reviews followed - the WIRE describes it as “Lush and romantic\, with each note placed as carefully as a stone”\, Deutchlandfunk Radio called the album “A magical event”\, and the Financial Times talks how “Village dances with a fresh spin -jazz\, folk and classical influences merge into a singular jazz voice”\, and NPR describes the “mystery in that bare-bones music and in much else on the album”. Discussing with Berlin Jazz Festival their investigation of folk music of Romanian people Mat Maneri talks about the “spirituality of these peasants that speak through music and how he loves this the most” while Lucian Ban underlines how “observing the traditions of folk music can teach us so much about improvisation and ultimately about music and life”. Lucian Ban (piano) Mat Maneri (viola) Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri performance and presentation are part of Retracing Bartók – Reimagining the Béla Bartók Field Recordings project supported by The Tulipán Foundation. Lucian BanLucian Ban (1969) – Romanian-American jazz pianist and composer\, grew up in a small village in Transylvania\, the region where Bartók did his most extensive research and collected folk songs. He studied composition at the Bucharest Academy of Music (1992-1995)\, then founded his band Jazz Unit in 1995\, which released two albums on the Romanian label Green Records. His improvisational style was influenced by Romanian modern classical composers such as Aurel Stroe\, Anatol Vieru\, and George Enescu.\n\nLucian Ban represents the stylistic ideal of modern chamber jazz. From the beginning\, he has been fond of using Transylvanian folk music in his works that cross classical music and jazz\, in which improvisation is also a key player. The influence of jazz brought him to the United States\, where he moved to New York in 1999. Many excellent New York musicians have played in his orchestras. His album Enescu Re-Imagined \, which celebrates the music of the great Romanian composer\, has won the Best Album of the Year award several times. He has been working with American violinist Mat Maneri since 2009. In 2020\, they made the album Transylvanian Folk Songs – The Bartók Béla Field Recordings \, a reimagining of Béla Bartók’s Transylvanian recordings\, with John Surman\, one of the key figures in European jazz. This album received significant international attention and numerous awards. In 2023\, Ban and Maneri released thealbum Oedipe Redux on Sunnyside Records\, a radical reworking of George Enescu's opera Oedipe \, featuring a collaboration with internationally renowned contemporary jazz and improvisational musicians. In 2024\, Sunnyside Records released the albumBlutopia \, a collaboration between baritone saxophonist Alex Harding and Lucian Ban's quintet\, Mat Maneri\, Brandon Lewis\, and tuba master Bob Stewart.\n\nLucian Ban's first solo piano album\, "Ways of Disappearing\," was released in 2022\, a collection of original compositions and hypnotic improvisations that received rave reviews from The Wall Street Journal\, Downbeat\, and the New York City Jazz Record. As a bandleader\, he has recorded twenty albums for major labels such as Sunnyside\, ECM\, and Jazzaway.\n\nwww.lucianban.com Mat ManeriMat Maneri (born 1969) is an American composer\, violinist\, and violist; he is the son of saxophonist and clarinetist Joe Maneri\, born in Brooklyn. He began playing the violin at the age of five\, but after borrowing a viola for a jam session at the ECM Festival in Badenweiler in 1998\, it became his instrument of choice. As a young musician\, Maneri was influenced by the sounds of his childhood. His father\, Joe Maneri\, was a professor at the New England Conservatory\, and his colleagues Ran Blake and Gunther Schuller often visited them. Maneri's work was significantly influenced by Baroque music\, the Second Viennese School (Schoenberg\, Berg\, and Webern)\, and the American modernist composer Elliott Carter.\n\nMat Maneri is the leading improvisational performer of his generation\, the most unique and compelling musician\, with an instantly recognizable sound and approach that merges the diverse worlds of jazz and microtonal music in a fluid\, expressive way. According to All About Jazz\, “Mat Maneri has changed the way the jazz world views the violin and viola.”\n\nIn 1990\, he co-founded the legendary Joe Maneri Quartet\, featuring his father\, drummer Randy Peterson\, and bassists Ed Schuller and John Lockwood. The band has been widely acclaimed by critics and fellow musicians alike\, and is considered one of the most important developments in 20th-century improvisational music. Since then\, his long list of musicians has included icons such as Cecil Taylor\, Paul Bley\, Paul Motian and William Parker\, Joe Morris\, Vijay Iyer\, Matthew Shipp\, Marilyn Crispell\, Joelle Leandre\, Kris Davis\, Tim Berne\, and Craig Taborn.\n\nMat Maneri @ ECM
URL:https://arcsproject.org/event/transylvanian-dance-jazz-concert/
LOCATION:Good Shepherd Center\, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N\, Seattle\, WA\, 98103
CATEGORIES:Stage
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