Jason Priset, D.M.A.

As of January, 2013 Dr. Jason Priset is offering guitar lessons to most of Westchester County.  He is offering lessons for all levels of players from beginner to advanced.  The focus of lessons, as always, is first and foremost musicianship and technique.  These are two foundations that can be built upon that will give students the ability to play in all styles.  Although Dr. Priset has a busy performance  schedule, he is very committed to all of his students and weekly, if not bi-weekly lessons are essential.  Pricing will be compatible with the market for lessons in Westchester.

It is extremely important to choose the right teacher for each student.  Someone with Dr. Priset’s experience and abilities can create a long-term plan based on the strengths and weaknesses of each student.  Even if a child does not want to pursue music as a career goal, the benefits of learning a musical instrument are important for the development of cognitive skills in children.  Dr. Priset fully understands the importance of this and puts the time and effort into creating a lesson plan that benefits the needs of each student, whether it is reading musical notation, scale reading, learning tab, or fingering chords.

Dr. Priset can be reached at (631)741-9838 & (914)287-6455.  He can also be reached by e-mail: oberon1013@yahoo.com.

I have recently been named as the next Director of the Lute Society of America’s summer festival in Cleveland, OH. I have created a page on this website and will post any and all information in regards to the planning of the next festival in 2014. Also, I have provided links to the LSA website and will post any relevant information regarding plans for the East Coast festival in 2013 as well.

Stay tuned!

Jason

An exciting new project with three concerts coming up this Spring:

Kleine Musik Concert Series

Monday, Feb 27th at 7:30pm
Music Mondays

Broadway United Church of Christ
2504 Broadway (at 93rd St.)
New York, NY 10025
Tel: 212-316-5700
www.broadwayucc.org/

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Saturday, May 5th at 2:30pm
The Warner Library
121 North Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Tel: 914-631-7734
www.warnerlibrary.org/
Admission: Free

Kleine Musik includes:  Johanna Rose, soprano | Karol Steadman, soprano | Jason Priset, theorbo | Tricia van Oers, recorder | Deborah Booth, recorder | Patricia Ann Neely, viol

Kleine Musik is a project interweaving nine pieces from the Kleine Geistliche Konzerte, a vocal and instrumental collection by the 17th-century German master, Heinrich Schütz, with new settings of the same texts by the wonderful British contemporary composer, Ivan Moody. The project was brought to our attention by Ivan himself, who asked if we would like to give the U.S. premiere of the program. With his blessing, we have reworked the material and shaped the program to fit our ensemble of two sopranos, two recorders/baroque flute, viola da gamba, and theorbo.

We have three upcoming performances, on February 27th, May 5th, and May 20th. We are seeking support to pay our ensemble members appropriate artist fees, as well as to pay a professional recording engineer to record all three performances. We will then produce a compilation live CD, which is offered as a reward in our campaign.

Program:
Heinrich Schütz : Kleine geistliche Konzerte

Ivan Moody : Kleine geistliche Konzerte (U. S. Premiere)

If you are interested in funding the project, visit our Kickstarter page:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/918269568/kleine-musik

And to visit our facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/KleineMusik

I’ve just a completed three concerts with the Delaware based Brandywine Baroque.  It was a great experience and I had the opportunity to work with some wonderful musicians for the first time, including;

Cynthia Freivogel and Martin Davids, violins

Laura Heimes, soprano

Stephen Bard, oboe  & recorder

Owen Wilson, recorder

Eileen Grycky, flute

Donna Fournier, viola da gamba

Karen Flint, harpsichord

The program included a wide range of repertoire with the focus on the two violinists, hence the name of the concert “Dueling Violins,” which spanned the 16th and 17th Centuries.  This included works by Dario Castello, Salamone Rossi, Sigismondo d’India, Giovanni Battista Fontana, Petro Antonio Locatelli, Francesco Maria Veracini, and the great George Frederic Handel.

Stay tuned for another upcoming project Kleine Musik with Johanna Maria Rose.

Just a reminder that my Final DMA Guitar Recital is coming up next week at Stony Brook University.  All the information is listed in the Upcoming Performances section of my website.  The program will include over 300 years of guitar and lute music performed on period instruments including; treble lute, six-course guitar, and modern guitar.  There is no charge for the concert, just come to the Wang Center Chapel by 7:30PM on May 13th.  I will be performing with special guests; Ya-Ting Yu (flute), Ye-Jin Han and Emmy Holmes Hicks (violins), Caren Abramoff (viola), Marie-Michel Beauparlant (cello), Josh Schwalbach (bass), and Stephen Gamboa (harpsichord).

Hope to see you there.

Jason

Just a note, my final recital at Stony Brook University is scheduled for Friday May 13th, not May 5th which was posted incorrectly.  The change has been made, and sorry about the confusion.  All the other information is correct.  Stay tuned for the order of the program and a list of other musicians involved.

Jason

Just to let everyone know, there are some new Jazz recordings posted in the Selected Recordings section.  Just click on “Selected Recordings” or click here.  The combo recordings were done in the Staller Center at Stony Brook back in December 2006 as part of a jazz combo concert.  The musicians involved are listed along with the tune names.