{"id":1899,"date":"2017-02-16T12:07:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T17:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2017-02-16T12:09:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T17:09:46","slug":"jazz-pianist-aaron-diehl-gives-master-class-at-williston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/2017\/02\/16\/jazz-pianist-aaron-diehl-gives-master-class-at-williston\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Pianist Aaron Diehl Gives Master Class at Williston"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1901\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/02\/20170216-Aaron-Diehl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1901\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/02\/20170216-Aaron-Diehl-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Diehl listens while Derrick Zhao '18 plays.\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/02\/20170216-Aaron-Diehl-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/02\/20170216-Aaron-Diehl-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/02\/20170216-Aaron-Diehl-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/files\/2017\/02\/20170216-Aaron-Diehl-250x179.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Diehl listens while Derrick Zhao &#8217;18 plays.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mario Flores\u2019s instrumental students got a treat yesterday when acclaimed pianist Aaron Diehl stopped by campus and delivered an impromptu master class. \u201cIt was a fantastic opportunity for our students!\u201d said Flores, who leads the Williston&#8217;s\u00a0orchestral and jazz programs and teaches music here.<\/p>\n<p>Diehl is a\u00a0sought-after jazz virtuoso, playing with what the\u00a0<em>New York Times\u00a0<\/em>describes as \u201cmelodic precision, harmonic erudition, and elegant restraint.\u201d He will perform tonight at the UMass Fine Arts Center with Grammy-winning vocalist C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant and fellow pianist Adam Birnbaum, playing songs by Jelly Roll Morton and George Gershwin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had four students play and work with him,\u201d Flores said.\u00a0Students brought a piano piece they were working on, either already learned or just\u00a0beginning to master. Diehl listened and then provided feedback and\u00a0suggestions about everything from expression of emotion to concrete advice about fingerings and hand position. \u201cIt was a casual but professional learning moment for our kids,\u201d Flores said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Flores\u2019s instrumental students got a treat yesterday when acclaimed pianist Aaron Diehl stopped by campus and delivered an impromptu master class. \u201cIt was a fantastic opportunity for our students!\u201d said Flores, who leads the Williston&#8217;s\u00a0orchestral and jazz programs and teaches music here. Diehl is a\u00a0sought-after jazz virtuoso, playing with what the\u00a0New York Times\u00a0describes as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/2017\/02\/16\/jazz-pianist-aaron-diehl-gives-master-class-at-williston\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jazz Pianist Aaron Diehl Gives Master Class at Williston<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1899"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1904,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1899\/revisions\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/artsspotlight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}