ABCD Jam - Music Stephen Katz Class - Brando

ABCD JAM - MUSIC - STEPHEN KATZ, CLASS - BRANDO WHEN: 6:30-8pm - Falling UP - Guest Teacher Brando -Drop-ins welcome 8-10pm - Featured musician : Stephen Katz WHERE: Montague Retreat Center, 177 Ripley Rd, Montague COST (Sliding Scale): JAM ONLY: Regular: $15 -30 (Students & Unemployed $10) CLASS ONLY: $15 (Students & Unemployed $10) CLASS & JAM: $25-40 (Students & Unemployed $20) STEPHEN KATZ is a cellist and award-winning composer. He has premiered his cello compositions at Carnegie Recital Hall and toured internationally with the Paul Winter Consort and the Essex String Quartet. He has also worked extensively with dance and theater artists, including members of Pilobolus, Wire Monkey Dance, Beverly Blossom, and has been a Visiting Artist at Amherst College. One of his film scores won the Jury Prize Gold Medal at the Park City Film Music Festival. Stephen is a frequent guest musician for improvisational movement jams in Western Mass, Boston, and beyond. A native of San Francisco, Stephen holds a Master of Music degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. His recordings and publications are available at www.stephenkatzmusic.com. Aaron (BRANDO) Brandes holds a Masters Degree in Education and loves the art of crafting pedagogy in a non-codified system such as Contact Improvisation. He has trained extensively with: Steve Paxton, Kirstie Simpson, and has performed with mentors such as Nancy Stark Smith and Chris Aiken. He currently tours with Set/GO!, a dance company focusing on spontaneous choreographies within CI. Brando teaches and performs CI internationally and serves on the CI Committee at Earthdance Retreat Center helping to shape the seasonal jams. He has been instrumental in creating the event, CI Ground Research, which encourages the ongoing research of Contact Improvisation by dancers from around the world. Brando’s YouTube page has over a half million views and can be viewed via his website www.AaronBrando.com. A stalwart for specificity, Brando has trained with renowned anatomist Tom Myers at the KMI Institute and is a certified Fascial Bodywork/Structural Integration practitioner. He served a two-year residence at the Kripalu Center for Yoga, is a certified Yoga teacher and has a 20+ year history with Vipassana Meditation. All levels welcome! In Motion, Moti