Latin American Music with the Gerard-Hill Duo

Latin American Music with the Gerard-Hill Duo
September 25th at 1:00 p.m. at the Sherman Library
 
Join the Sherman Library as we host Latin American Music with the Gerard-Hill Duo on Friday, September 25th at 1:00 p.m. at the Library. The concert will feature pieces arranged and composed by Charley Gerard (alto sax), author of Salsa: The Rhythm of Latin Music. Performing with Charley will be Jenny Hill (saxophone), a frequent visitor to Brazil, where she has performed with several acclaimed Brazilian musicians.

Charley Gerard is a 2019 recipient of the prestigious New Jazz Works grant from Chamber Music America with the generous support of the Doris Duke Foundation. Gerard founded The Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet in 2002. He is a prolific composer and arranger, he holds a graduate degree in ethnomusicology from Columbia University.

Jenny Hill is a composer, arranger, performer and leads her own band Liquid Horn, a jazz sextet featuring her own compositions. She has released five CDs of original music.
Jenny has been the recipient of many honors including the 2023 Chamber Music America Performance Plus grant, the 2023 Arts Alive grant from Westchester Arts Council, a National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Studies grant with Joe Lovano, winner in the JAZZIZ Woodwinds on Fire competition, and the Lennie Johnson Outstanding Musician scholarship from Berklee College.

This in-person program at the Sherman Library is free to attend. Register online at shermanlibrary.org/registration-dropdown or contact slprograms@biblio.org.