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JOE DENINZON SUMMER/FALL 2014 UPCOMING EVENTS
www.joedeninzon.com
@joedeninzon
Dear friends,
Hello there! I hope you’ve been enjoying your summer so far. My apologies for not keeping you abreast of my goings on for so long. I’ve been in a transitional period with my newsletter person and needed to revamp and restructure a few things. SO….. here’s what I’ve been up to and all the amazing things that lie ahead.
June
I recently had the privilege of playing at Katie Couric’s wedding at her posh Hamptons estate with my musical partner-in-crime, Steve Benson and an incredible young cellist named Greg Byers (www.gregbyersmusic.com). It was a fun mix of Beatles, Bach, Beach Boys, and plenty of standards. A real blast and her and her husband John were very particular with their musical requests and a really fun couple to play for. Congratulations to the newlyweds and wishing them best of luck!
July
From July 14th-19th, I taught for my 4th year at the Mark Wood Rock Orchestra Camp. (www.mwroc.com) In Olathe, KS.
This is the only camp in the world dedicated to electric /rock string playing! I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again and again and again: This is an INCREDIBLE 5 days of music, camaraderie, and inspiration! I cannot recommend this camp enough for (especially) string players, guitarists, drummers, singers, musical educators, and musicians in general. Other faculty all-stars included the incredible
Rachel Barton Pine,
Daniel Bernard Roumaine,
Tracy Silverman, Doctor David Wallace and many more! Here are a few highlights from this year.
From MWROC, it was on to Wichita on July 20th, where I gave an improv workshop and solo electric/acoustic violin/vocal performance for Vance Music. It was a blast to come back and play for the nice folks in Wichita. Thank you to everyone at Vance Music for having me back.
August
Grand Canyon Music Festival/School of Rock
For the 14th year, I will be returning to the Grand Canyon Music Festival August 25-29, with an August 28th performance at the Shrine of the Ages (South Rim) With harmonica virtuoso Robert Bonfiglio
(www.robertbonfiglio.com)and guitar guru Steve Benson. Also involved with the festival will be the Catalyst String Quartet (
http://www.catalystquartet.com) and legendary modern string band, ETHEL (
www.ethelcentral.org)
Check out the website for more info and tickets:
This also marks the 8th annual School of Rock, a one-week workshop I co-founded where Steve and I teach local canyon kids how to form a band and rock out. We put together a full concert in merely 4 days and it is truly exhilarating!
Upcoming Stratospheerius Shows
Thursday, September 18th
Performing with Stratospheerius
The Shrine
2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.
New York, NY 10030
212-690-7807
Pontus Gunve (Swedish guitarist/composer) 8 PM
Jeremy Beck Band (10 PM) (singer/songwriter/organist)
Stratospheerius is:
Joe Deninzon-electric violin/lead vocals
Lucianna Padmore-drums
Aurelien Budynek-guitar
Jamie Bishop-bass
Sweet Plantain Sweden tour and more!
Ladies and gentlemen, Sweet Plantain welcomes our new cellist, Wayne Smith, and will be embarking on a 20-town tour of Sweden, followed by some dates in the Midwest in early November. Stay tuned and visit our website for updated information. here is everything we can tell you so far:
Upcoming shows:
Date Time Venue City
9-27 16.00 Pingstkyrkan Uddevalla
9-28 18.00 Biblioteket Båstad
9-29 19.00 Dunkers Kulturhus Helsingborg
9-30 19.00 Artisten Göteborg
10-2 19.00 Wallenbergssalen Linköping
10-4 16.00 Söderportkyrkan Tingsryd
10-5 16.00 Utvandrarnas hus Växjö
10-6 t.b.c. Hall to be confirmed Vänersborg
10-7 19.30 Festsalen, Folkets hus Vänersborg
10-8 17.30-18.15 Musikskolan, Workshop Arboga
10-8 19.00 Musikskolan, Concert Arboga
10-12 16.00 Nyköpings teater Nyköping
10-15 19.00 Svegs kyrka Sveg
10-16 t.b.c. Hall t.b.c., School concert Östersund
10-16 19.00 Gamla Teatern Östersund
10-18 16.00 Baptistkyrkan Hudviksvall
10-19 t.b.c. Hall t.b.c. School concert Sandviken
10-21 19.00 Musikverket, Kulturcentrum, Concert Sandviken
10-22 19.00 Västerås Konserthus, lilla salen Västerås
Sweet PLantain is:
Joe Deninzon-violin/vocals/mandolin
Eddie Venegas-violin/trombone
Orlando Wells-viola
Wayne Smith-cello
Russian Band “Plan B” covers JD song “What’s That Thang?”
I Found this awesome Russian jazz group covering my song “What’s That Thang.” What a sweet surprise, and they kill it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-Z4KLgg7fE
Enjoy the rest of your summer and I hope to see you all at a show in the near future.
Love and blessings,
-JD
