Wednesday, October 11, 2006
The Art of the Quintet, Featuring Original Music By Doc Woods

The Hamilton College Department of Music presented “The Art of the Quintet” featuring music by “Doctuh” Michael Woods on Tuesday, September 12 at Wellin Hall in the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts on the Hamilton campus in Clinton, New York.

Bassist “Doctuh” Michael Woods was joined by trumpeter Jeff Stockham, saxophonist Bob Cesari, pianist Tom Witkowski and drummer Rick Compton for a program of his original compositions for jazz quintet, including She Don't Do Right, The Waltz On Inn, Askin' Price, Some Lonely Tuesday, Jumpin' At Woods' Hide and The Circumstances.

Photos from the concert can be seen at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/oct06/DW_101606.htm.

Associate Professor of Music “Doctuh” Michael Woods is the Director of Jazz Studies at Hamilton College. Born in Akron, Ohio in 1952, he grew up listening to Black gospel music and rhythm and blues. Woods studied music formally at Akron University where he finished with a B.M. degree in composition. He went on to obtain two masters degrees from the Indiana University. Woods received his doctorate degree in music composition at University of Oklahoma in 1991. Woods also studied jazz arranging and film scoring at Berklee College of Music in Boston and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Arts Administration. As a composer, Woods was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has written over 500 pieces in all styles. His compositions have been performed by the Albany Symphony, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Little Rock Symphony, the Tulsa Philharmonic, the Lafayette Symphony (Indiana), the Pro Musica Orchestra (Columbus, Indiana), the Central New York Jazz Orchestra, and the Salt City Jazz Collective.

You can read more about Michael Woods and the recent Albany Symphony Orchestra premiere of his Places of Light in Music & Vision Daily’s feature Three Questions Before the First Night by Carson Cooman at http://www.mvdaily.com/.

He is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting, who can be contacted at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.

posted by Michael Woods 11:13 AM



Associate Professor of Music "Doctuh" Michael Woods is the Director of Jazz Studies at Hamilton College.

Born in Akron, Ohio in 1952, he grew up listening to Black gospel music and rhythm and blues. Woods studied music formally at Akron University where he finished with a B.M. degree in composition. He went on to obtain two masters degrees from Indiana University. Woods received his doctorate degree in music composition at University of Oklahoma in 1991.

Woods also studied jazz arranging and film scoring at Berklee College of Music in Boston and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Arts Administration. As a composer, Woods was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has written over 500 pieces in all styles. His compositions have been performed by the Albany Symphony, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Little Rock Symphony, the Tulsa Philharmonic, the Lafayette Symphony (Indiana), the Pro Musica Orchestra (Columbus, Indiana), the Central New York Jazz Orchestra, and the Salt City Jazz Collective.

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