{"id":839,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/scofieldtosharehistalenttechniques\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:54","slug":"scofieldtosharehistalenttechniques","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/scofieldtosharehistalenttechniques\/","title":{"rendered":"Guitarist-composer Scofield to share his talent, techniques at WestConn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"sharingTools\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/sharingtools.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"breadcrumb\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/breadcrumb.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n    &#013;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014  On Friday, Dec. 4, legendary guitarist and composer John Scofield will visit Western Connecticut State University for a series of master classes and an evening concert featuring students from WestConn\u2019s Jazz Studies Program.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>At 1 p.m. in Room 127 of White Hall on the university\u2019s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury, Scofield will work with student combos in a master class setting. The master class will be open to public with the purchase of a ticket to a jazz combos concert with Scofield at 8 p.m. on Friday night. At 4:30 p.m., also in Room 127 of White Hall, Scofield will give a one-hour lecture about his career as an internationally acclaimed jazz musician, which also will be open to concert ticket-holders.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Scofield will perform with WestConn student combos at 8 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall. General admission tickets will be $15; senior citizens and students will be admitted for $10. Tickets are available at www.wcsu.edu\/tickets or by calling (203) 837-8499.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Begian, coordinator of WCSU\u2019s Jazz Studies program, said it promises to be a \u201cgreat day\u201d with Scofield on campus.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so excited to have John Scofield as our guest artist this fall,\u201d Begian said. \u201cJohn is someone who broadened the sound of the guitar in jazz music and, through his compositions and recordings, reshaped the sound and feel of jazz in general. John has played with such jazz legends as Miles Davis and Charles Mingus, so he\u2019s got a great historic story to tell as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call the music department at (203) 837-8350.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York.  Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England\u2019s best small private universities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p \/>&#013;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\">\u00a0  <\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebookShare\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/facebookshare.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;\n        <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; &#013; &#013; &#013; DANBURY, CONN. \u2014 On Friday, Dec. 4, legendary guitarist and composer John Scofield will visit Western Connecticut State University for a series of master classes and an evening concert featuring students from WestConn\u2019s Jazz Studies Program. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-839","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}