Solo Jazz Piano Festival 2025

Solo Jazz Piano Festival 2025

The Vermont Jazz Center celebrates the vital impact that the piano has played in the history of jazz by hosting its 9th Annual Solo Jazz Piano Festival on April 18th and 19th 2025.

The artists headlining this year’s festival are Luther Allison Sean Mason Johnny O’Neal and Carmen Staaf; emerging artists are Michael Carabello and Estefanía Núñez Villamandos.

At 7:30 each night headliners will present their solo sets. On April 18th at 7:30 pm we will hear Carmen Staaf and

Johnny O’Neal; on Saturday April 19th at 7:30 we will hear Sean Mason and Luther Allison.

Along with the evening concerts Saturday’s daytime educational and concert programming will begin at 10:00 AM on

April 19. Each of the four headlining musicians will offer masterclasses designed for the general public that bring topics to life that are vital to their creative identity.

Saturday will also include short sets from the two emerging artists as well as a round-table discussion with all six artists moderated by VJC Director Eugene Uman.

https://vtjazz.org/calendar/2025-solo-jazz-piano-festival/

Sponsored by Katy Oz Ellen Smith and Bill Pastuszek and two anonymous members of the VJC Summer Jazz

Workshop community.

The VJC’s Solo Jazz Piano Festival is a tribute to Mike McKenzie a generous philanthropist who for the last 28 years has provided artists performing at the VJC with the finest pianos possible.

Tickets: www.vtjazz.org

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Vermont Jazz Center

72 Cotton Mill Hill #222

Brattleboro VT 05301

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