[copied from www.lvc.edu]
Two members of Lebanon Valley College's Music
Department will be inducted into the Central PA Friends of Jazz (CPFJ )
Hall of Fame on Sunday, May 31 at the Harrisburg Hilton as part of the
organization's annual Jazz Festival. Associate Professor of Music Tom
Strohman and Adjunct Professor of Music Jim Miller, along with local
pianist Katie Rudolph, will be honored. Strohman and Miller are also
founding members of Third Stream, one of the mid-Atlantic region's
finest music ensembles.
The Hall of Fame Awards were established
in 1992 to honor those who support the efforts to present live jazz.
Nominees are selected for outstanding service in one of three ways: by
providing volunteer support to the organization, by providing service
to the CPFJ as a musician, or by presenting and preserving jazz in the
region. Strohman and Miller were recognized in all three categories.
The
annual Central Pennsylvania Jazz Festival, held every June since 1981,
takes place in downtown Harrisburg, and includes over 20 bands that
perform a variety of Jazz styles in many different venues in the Hilton
Harrisburg and surrounding area. The three day event includes concerts,
instrument clinics, youth concerts, historic films, a Riverboat Jazz
Cruise, a JazzWalk (typically held nightly in various downtown
restaurants), Jazz in the Sanctuary, a Jazzy Sunday Brunch and much
more.
Strohman has performed for entertainers Patti Page, Al
Martino, Sonny and Cher, Eddie Fisher, The Four Aces, Della Reese,
Frankie Avalon and Bobby Vinton. As a solo performer, he has had the
pleasure of working with the following musicians: Bobby Rosengarten,
Ira Sullivan, Buddy DeFranco, Al Grey, Steve Gilmore, Bill Goodwin
David Schnitter, John Blake, Jonny Coles, Steve Rudolph, John Von
Ohlem, and Vasser Clemens.
Miller has toured the United States
with various bands and has performed with Jimmy Heath, Art Taylor, Herb
Ellis, Barry Harris, Buddy DeFranco, and many other top artists. He was
voted “Bassist of the Year” for three consecutive years by TV Host
Magazine. In addition to performing, Miller has produced and taught
clinics on “Jazz History,” “Emotions in Music,” “Jazz Improvisation,”
“Math and Music,” and Bass Master Classes.”
Third Stream has
released five recordings and has performed in concert with Herbie
Hancock, Stanley Turrentine, Livingston Taylor, Jeff Beck, Deodato,
Spyro Gyra and Phil Wilson.
For more info about Third Stream, go to http://www.thirdstream.com/
