For
Immediate Release
Contact:
City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong@yahoo.com
City Art
Presents Harold Carr and Geoffrey Miller
Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City UT 84111
Wednesday May 11th 7:00—9:00 P.M.
Poet and bass player Harold
Carr will perform along with guitarist Geoffrey Miller at the Salt Lake Public
Library Main Branch on Wednesday May 11th at 7:00 as part of the City Art
Reading Series.
Poet/bassist Harold Carr has performed and recorded with numerous
artists such as Bobby
McFerrin, Crystal Gayle, Lightnin' Hopkins, John
McCuen, Steve Lacy, Catie
Curtis and Matt Flinner. He has published
three books of poetry:
_Wekwomteks_, _Being Time_ and _Where You
Were_. Harold has been a
musician/poet-in-residence at the Banff
Centre for the Arts in
Canada, guest soloist at the Frutillar Music
Festival in Chile,
composer/soloist with the Guangdong Modern Dance
Company in Guang Zhou,
China, invited poet for the Utah State Governor
and commissioned
composer/performer at New Music America. He has
worked with the Windolls
Theatre of Images in Colombia, Hong Kong, San
Francisco and Seattle. He
has been a member of a number of popular
Utah-based bands such as
The Cowdaddies, The Jarman/Kingston Quartet,
Amnesia and Wood. He
currently works with the Mark Chaney Trio, Red
Rock Rondo, The Emily
Merrell Group and Good Grass.
Geoffrey Miller has played with
such Jazz luminaries as Steve Lacy, Mulgrew Miller, Bob Brookmeyer, Brian
Bromberg, and Gregory Hutchinson, among many others.
Geoffrey
currently performs with groups such as the Daniel Day Trio, Greg Floor Quartet,
Slajo, The John Flanders Trio, The Chisolm Bros., Utah Symphony, and the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir. Also a composer, Professor Miller has written pieces for Big
Band, Woodwind Trio, and Guitar Ensemble. He has also composed over fifty
Jazz pieces. As an undergraduate at the University of Utah, Geoffrey
Miller won the prestigious Lionel Hampton award for Outstanding Jazz
Soloist. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree ('96) from the University
of Utah. After his graduation from the University, he was honored to join
the faculty. In 2001, Geoffrey moved to Boston to study at the New
England Conservatory of Music, where he earned his Masters in Jazz
Studies. At the Conservatory, Geoff was mentored by great Jazz artists
such as Steve Lacy, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Bob Brookmeyer, Cecil
McBee, and Alan Chase.
Most featured
readings are followed by an open reading. City Art is sponsored by the Utah
Arts Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Catalyst, the Salt Lake City Public Library, Xmission, and the Zoo,
Arts, and Park Fund.
The event is free and open to the public. City Art is sponsored by the Utah Arts
Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Zoo, Arts, and Parks, X-mission, and
audience donations.
Joel Long