Bonita Lestina Performance Series: Dave Anderson, Mike Wingo, Sarah Jebian

Program

Selections for this evening’s concert are drawn from the works of the great jazz composers of the 20th century and original compositions by Dave Anderson.   Specific pieces will be announced during the performance.

This is a free performance presented by the City of Fairfax Commission on the Arts.

THE MUSICIANS

Dave Anderson - Piano

Dave Anderson has been playing the piano professionally since his teenage years.  After 15 years of classical and jazz piano studies, Dave played full-time in Philadelphia area jazz clubs from 1974 to 1981. After moving to the DC area in 1981, Dave played in a variety of performance settings, from solo piano to jazz big band.  In the late 90’s, he formed a new trio and began performing regularly in area clubs, including a five year engagement at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Arlington, VA.  In 2000, he released his first trio CD, “Out of Nowhere” and also began a long term collaboration with vocalist, Barry Neal.  In 2006, interested in exploring the piano-percussion duo format, Dave started performing with Mike Wingo and evolving the duo's repertoire.  Dave has graduate degrees from the University of Maryland and George Mason University.  He also has an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University, where he was pianist for the Syracuse University Jazz Ensemble.   Please visit DaveAndersonMusic.Com for more information. 

Mike Wingo – Percussion

Mike Wingo grew up in a musical family and began performing professionally and teaching at the age of 14.  His musical travels have crossed several genres including orchestral, jazz, ethnic, and free-improvisation.  Mike has degrees in percussion from the University of California at Santa Barbara and SUNY Stony Brook and studied with the legendary Murray Spivack in Los Angeles.  In addition to extensive experience as a jazz drummer, he was a founding member of Gamelan Mitra Kusuma, One Earth Percussion Theatre (a trio of composer/percussionists), and Slurrr, an electo-acoustic improvisational ensemble.  Besides his current work with Dave Anderson, Mike teaches percussion privately out of his home in Vienna, VA.

Sarah Jebian – Guest Vocalist

In a career that spans over 20 years, this award winning entertainer has been seen by audiences from coast to coast.   Sarah's New York credits include: The Sound of Music (Paper Mill Playhouse), A Night on the Town (Don't Tell Mama ), Avalon (FHB Productions- world premiere), Mother Wove the Morning (Shetler 54 – New York premiere, self-produced) and her own cabaret act Goin’ Back (The Duplex).  National tours include Anne of Green Gables, Salem Justice, Charlotte's Web and Sleeping Beauty.  For nearly ten years Sarah was a resident artist at The Western Stage in California. Among her many credits on that stage are Man of La Mancha (Aldonza), On the Town (Claire), Phantom! (Belladova),  Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Narrator) and Annie (Grace Farrell).  Sarah is currently working on her much anticipated debut CD entitled “Love Songs & Lullabies” due out in the spring of 2012 as well as the third incarnation of her hit cabaret act, “Goin’ Back”.  For more information, please visit www.jebian.com/sarah.