Arts-In-Education Exploratory Enrichment

Classical Meets Jazz

Presented by Long Island Orchestra, Inc.

Meet Orchestra Long Island's dynamic Music Director, David Stewart Wiley. An accomplished Jazz and Classical pianist as well as conductor and composer, Maestro Wiley(piano) and Orchestra members(flute, percussion and bass) perform works by Jazz legend Claude Bolling, Ragtime composer Scott Joplin and one of America's best-known composers, George Gershwin. Maestro Wiley will talk about the Blues, Ragtime, Jazz improvisation, and Claude Bolling's use of Classical forms and Jazz elements in his music.