The Revolution Ensemble

Peter Saltzman may be the creator, artistic movie director, composer, and pianist for the Trend Outfit. Since he started composing at age group ten, Peter Saltzman provides written in nearly every main musical moderate, including song, single piano, chamber, orchestral, choral, opera, jazz combo, big music group, film, and dance. His music continues to be performed through the entire USA, Mexico, and European countries. Peter Saltzman continues to be the recipient of several awards, grants or loans, and commissions, including a Town of Chicago Give, commissions from two dance businesses (Dallas Dark Dance Theater with choreographer Kevin Iega Jeff as well as the Zephyr Dance Outfit of Chicago), a percentage from Oak Park-River Forest Children’s Choir, a percentage through the Western Suburban Symphony Orchestra, and an ASCAP Composers Reward. Peter Saltzman researched jazz and structure at Indiana College or university, Bloomington, and structure and piano at Eastman College of Music. His music is definitely released by Oxford School Press. Katherine Hughes, associate movie director for the Trend Outfit, is an energetic freelance musician in the Chicago region, executing an array of music, from Baroque and traditional trio sonatas to primary contemporary works. She actually is a member from the chamber groupings Parallax Outfit and Quinto di Chicago. A normal person in the Symphony from the Shores, she actually is known also as an advocate of songs, premiering functions for the Goethe Institute, American Females Composers Midwest, SONGS DePaul, as well as the Chicago Composers Consortium. She’s been noticed go on radio broadcasts by WFMT in Chicago and WFUO in St. Louis. She also shows up on recordings by Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues, Poi Pup Pondering, and with her hubby Collins Trier on the CD of primary music, Rain. She’s produced a genuine rock and roll video, “Television Sages,” which includes made an appearance on MTV. Jim Gailloreto, saxophonist for the Trend Outfit, is definitely a indigenous Chicagoan. His musical capabilities span various designs, and he’s equally aware of jazz, blues, fusion, or funk. Furthermore to carrying out his personal music, a lot of his professional existence continues to be occupied by documenting industrial music and albums for nationwide and local performers. Like a soloist, he offers performed using the Chicago String Outfit, Symphony from the Shores, Arts Middle Jazz Outfit, as well as the Chicago Jazz Outfit. He offers appeared on the Montreal Jazz Celebration using the Chicago Jazz Outfit led by William Russo. Jim Gailloreto toured Italy and performed the Sant Ann Arresi Jazz 1998 in Sardegna. He spent some time working with such well-known brands as the Woody Herman Orchestra, the Mills Brothers, the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, associates from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Roy Hargrove, the Artwork Outfit of Chicago, Manhattan Transfer, Mel Torme, Kurt Elling, Diane Shurr, and Michel Petrucciani. Jim Gailloreto was chosen being a finalist in Jazziz Magazine’s Woodwinds burning skill search. He may also be noticed for the CD contained in the August 1996 problem of Jazziz Journal. Also in 1996, the Midwest Arts Council described him as an designer deserving wider reputation. In 2001, Jim Gailloreto was a co-employee teacher at Roosevelt College or university teaching improvisation and jazz saxophone research. Ben Wedge may be the violist and a author of materials for the Trend Outfit. Ben Wedge received his bachelors and experts levels from Northwestern School, where he examined with Peter Slowik. After graduating, he spent 3 years in Lisbon, Portugal, as co-assistant primary viola from the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa and violist from the Fidelio Quartet. While there, he performed several single recitals and trained chamber music in the Conservatory. He offers served as primary violist from the Spoleto and Sarasota Opera celebrations as well as the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra. Ben Wedge, showing versatility, also functions as the guitarist and vocalist/songwriter for the rock and roll rings Biker Swig and Stanley as well as the Gentleman Farmer, aswell as playing banjo and acoustic guitar and writing for any bluegrass music group. Jill Kaeding, cellist for the Trend Outfit, is an energetic musician known on her behalf versatility in every mediums of music. As cellist from the Western world End String Quartet, she’s performed with Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues, an motivating mixture of blues harmonica, piano, string quartet, and percussion. Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues documented its debut Compact disc on Alligator Information and provides performed at Orchestra Hall, the Aspen Celebration, as well as the Montreal Jazz Celebration. Jill Kaeding can be a member from the chamber group Trio Elan which is certainly made up of flute, violin, and cello, and provides released a Compact disc entitled Premiere. She’s also caused the Kithara Trio, offering music for flute, cello, and harp. Furthermore to various single shows, she was an associate from the extremely acclaimed and innovative Metropolis Symphony, that was formerly referred to as the Symphony from the Shores. Tag Agnor, violinist for the Trend Outfit, is definitely a indigenous of Cleveland, OH, where he received his bachelor of music level in violin and euphonium from Baldwin-Wallace University in 1982. He keeps a expert of music level in euphonium from your University or college of Michigan, received in 1985. Agnor was concertmaster from the Sarasota Opera from 1992-1997 and in 2000 was freelancing year-round in the Chicago region. He’s a founding person in Ambrosia Chamber Music and offers spent significant amounts of his energies carrying out chamber music in a number of settings. He offers played frequently with organizations like the Metropolis Symphony, Chicago String Outfit, Lake Forest Symphony, Ars Viva, Quinto di Chicago, as well as others, as well to be a regular soloist for the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra. Having toured thoroughly in america, European countries, and Asia using the Mantovani Orchestra, Tag Agnor offered as its concertmaster in 1988. Rob Kassinger, bassist for the Trend Outfit, is certainly among Chicago’s most in-demand bassists. He was an associate from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, a posture he was appointed to by Maestro Barenboim in 1993. Furthermore to his active schedule using the orchestra, he was a dynamic chamber musician. He performed for Ars Viva, the Artwork Institute of Chicago chamber series, the Symphony Middle chamber series, and broadcasts on WFMT. Rob Kassinger’s knowledge being a jazz performer goes back to his early teenagers, and over time he offers performed with Woody Herman’s music group, Conte Candoli, Charlie Rouse, Charles Dark brown, Artwork Lande, Richard Stoltzman, Gary Burton, Alex Acuna, Laurence Hobgood, and Bobby Lewis. In 1998, Rob Kassinger toured India using the Chicago Jazz Express, and may be noticed on their documenting Voyage to India. He also shows up on Bobby Lewis’ Compact disc Simply Havin’ Some Fun. Furthermore, he was presented on Daniel Barenboim’s documenting of Brazilian music within the Teldec label, released in the springtime of 2000. As an educator, Rob Kassinger was in the music faculty at DePaul School, while preserving his studio room of private learners. He was popular being a trainer and get good at clinician, serving within this convenience of the Chicago Youngsters Symphony Orchestra, the Juilliard College, as well as the Mannes College of Music. In August of 2000, it had been Rob Kassinger’s honor to instruct in Weimar Germany in the West-East Divan, a groundbreaking workshop that brought youthful music artists from Israel and different Arab countries collectively to review orchestral music with Daniel Barenboim, Yo-Yo Ma, and people from the Chicago Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, as well as the Staatskapelle Berlin. Jeff Stitely, drums and percussion for the Trend Outfit, continues to be carrying out in Chicago since 1984 after getting his level in percussion efficiency at the College or university of Illinois in Champaign. He offers performed with significant jazz music artists Eddie Harris, “Groove” Holmes, Chick Corea, Randy Brecker, Slide Hampton, Wynton Marsalis, Lew Tabakin, Oliver Lake, Sheila Jordon, Zoot Sims, Billy Harper, Larry Coryell, Wallace Roney, and Bob Belden. The Jeff Stitely Quartet offers released three CDs, toured European countries, and was among four finalists in the 1995 Hennessy Jazz competition. Jeff Stitely in addition has performed and toured all over the world using the Patricia Barber Trio. He spent some time working extensively on Western world African drumming with Abubakari Luna and Gideon Foli Alorwoyie. An associate professor at North Illinois School, he is over the faculty of Northeastern Illinois School. Gingi Lahera, vocalist for the Trend Outfit, is regarded as a high performer over the Chicago musical picture. She is similarly in the home in both seductive cabaret configurations and enthusiastic jazz/golf swing presentations. Her wide repertoire varies from traditional jazz and golf swing tracks to Brazilian tracks sung both in Portuguese and British. Gingi Lahera was presented as an a cappella vocalist in the Poetry Slam and inaugurated the NIGHT TIME Torch Performing series both at Chicago’s popular Green Mill. Since 1995 she’s been presented on and documented four CDs with Bradley Williams and his First 21st Hundred years Review. Gingi Lahera and Bradley Williams also continue steadily to perform extensively being a duo.