Our annual free holiday noon concert series returns to historic Adler Hall! Stop by for beautiful music in December.

This week features jazz bassist Marco Panascia with pianist Jon Weber.

About Marco Panascia and Jon Weber

Marco Panascia (pronounced: pana-SEE-ah) is an Italian-born bassist, composer and educator living in New York City since 2002, and a recently minted U.S. citizen. His proficiency in many different musical settings, and his strong doubling skills on the acoustic and the electric basses have earned him wholehearted praise worldwide. Panascia has made a name for himself by being featured in the groups of several jazz luminaries, such as Kenny Barron, Andy Bey, Kevin Mahogany, Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Eric Reed, Dado Moroni, Alvin Queen, Bobby Watson, Peter Bernstein, Tamir Hendelman, Claudio Roditi, and David Kikoski, and by regularly appearing in some of the world’s top music festivals and venues, such as the Montreux Jazz Festival, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Panascia is also known for his tenure with young jazz piano sensation Eldar Djangirov, which delivered sold-out performances in three continents, and culminated in two celebrated CD releases on the Sony BMG Masterworks label: “Live at the Blue Note”, and “re-imagination”, which received a 2008 Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Visit his website here.

Jazz pianist Jon Weber has recorded and toured all over the world, winning numerous honors for performance and composition – scoring extensively for television since 1987. Gary Burton, Roy Hargrove, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Avishai Cohen have all recorded Jon’s music, and his critically-acclaimed release, SIMPLE COMPLEX, rose to #1. Jon lives in New York City and hosts NPR’s “Piano Jazz with Jon Weber” after frequently serving as guest host for Marian McPartland. Visit his website here.

Music at Noon Series Schedule

December 2 – Indian Classical music with Ravi Rao (sitar) and Maitreya Padukone (tablas)
December 9 – Jazz with Marco Panascia (bass) and Jon Weber (piano)
December 16 – New York City Guitar Orchestra
December 23 – Nutcracker Suite on Four-Hand Piano with Nelson Ojeda Valdés and Christopher Bradshaw