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Music Area of VaPA's NEW Virtual Concert is up!

NEW VIDEO Concert from the Music Area of VaPA. Use this Link:

 https://ensemble.itec.suny.edu/Playlist/MCC_VAPA_EnsembleConcert_March2021

Click the link or paste it into your browser to view some brand new music videos from one of our MCC ensembles. It features our instrumental & vocal students of Professor Nyerges and Dr. Rollo Fisher performing chamber music like the beautiful latin tune “Bésame Mucho” sung in Spanish by Zazie Weldgen. Zazie will also be featured on another orchestral arrangement singing “Goodbye” which is considered one of the most beautiful yet haunting melodies ever written. It also happened to be Benny Goodman’s sign-off song. There will be a beautiful orchestral rendition of "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life" with acoustic lead guitar by Ivanna Soletska, wonderful snare brush work by Colin D’Annunzio and a sax solo by our guest artist Vince Ercolamento. Joe Percy will sing a modern version of "That's All" and play some solo and rhythm guitar plus another tenor saxophone solo by Vince. Sydney Moore will perform “Killing Me Softly” along with some tasty Pedal Steel Guitar from Terrell King. You will also hear that song that Gene Wilder sang in the original Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory film, “Pure Imagination” sung by Laura Galbraith and Joe Percy along with slides of beautiful wishes accompanied by a violin solo in the middle of the tune. The group also includes Sara Whalen (percussion) Dylan Fenti (piano), and Anisha Stallworth on vocals which will be in the next concert.
The students sent me their smart phone videos and/or CD quality audio files that they played over supplied backing tracks using earbuds or headphones. I arranged and created the orchestrations, edited and produced the music tracks & videos in my NBRJazz home studio adding the students’ performances for the MCC Music Area of the Visual & Performing Arts Department. The Music Area would like to thank the support of the Creative Arts Committee in the Student Center making it possible to bring in guest artists to perform with our students, as they have for many years. Hope you enjoy them!!  -Professor John Nyerges

John Nyerges
Visual and Performing Arts, Creative Arts Committee in the Student Center
03/18/2021