Performance Calendar
Friday, July 29
Two Sets at 7 and 9 PM
Eric Olsen Trio
Shanghai Jazz Restaurant
24 Main Street in Madison, NJ
Sunday, September 4
The Eric Olsen Jazz Group
Scanfest
Vasa Park at Budd Lake, NJ
Please see www.scanfest.org for details.
Sunday, September 11, 2 PM
with Kevin Maynor, bass
Freeport Library, NY
Mussorgsky, Brahms, Mahler songs
Earlier in 2011:
Friday, February 11, 7:00pm
American Sacred Sounds
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
70 Maple Avenue
Morristown, NJ 07960-5293
(973) 538-0555
Mark Fitzgerald Wilson, baritone, accompanied by Eric Olsen, piano, sings an impressive program of American music for Black History month, including the rarely heard works
Pilgrimage (solo cantata on Biblical texts) by Carlisle Floyd and I have a Dream, Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech set to music by Lee Hoiby. Tickets: $15 suggested
donation for adults; $10 suggested donation for students.
Sunday, February 13, 3 PM
“Two Guys, No Dolls”
Richard Gillyard, tenor
Walter Ulrich, tenor
Eric Olsen, piano
Union Congregational Church
176 Cooper Avenue in Montclair, NJ www.unioncong.org
The program features Union’s very own “Two Tenors” singing selections from three centuries, including works by Handel, Mozart, Strauss, Leoncavallo, Tosti, and Sondheim.
Saturday, March 12, 8 PM
"Classics Re-Imagined"
Eric Olsen, classical and jazz piano
Union Congregational Church
176 Cooper Avenue in Montclair, NJ www.unioncong.org
Come hear the works of immortal classical composers as interpreted by an extraordinary classical and jazz artist.
Friday, April 1, 12:15 PM
"Piano and Organ Duet"
Holst: The Planets
Ravel: Ma Mere L'oye
Sandor Szabo, organ and piano
Eric Olsen, piano and organ
Central Presbyterian Church
70 Maple Street, Summit, NJ 07901
Two accomplished keyboardists sharing the stage in their own arrangements of famous orchestral works.
Saturday, April 2, 8 PM
"Piano and Organ Duet"
Holst: The Planets
Ravel: Ma Mere L'oye
Sandor Szabo, organ and piano
Eric Olsen, piano and organ
Union Congregational Church
176 Cooper Avenue in Montclair, NJ www.unioncong.org
Two accomplished keyboardists sharing the stage in their own arrangements of famous orchestral works.
Saturday, April 9
Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Eric Olsen appears with the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra playing an American Classic!
Tuesday, May 3, 8 PM
Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ
Eric Olsen and Rob Middleton.
Classic clarinet duos by Brahms and scintillating jazz by two accomplished jazz and classical artists!
Sunday, June 19, 10 AM
Selections from Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar
Eric Olsen, Conductor
Union Congregational Church
176 Cooper Avenue in Montclair, NJ www.unioncong.org
Closing the UCC Concert Season in a blaze of contemporary rhythmic and melodic fireworks.
From 2010:
Sunday, January 24, 2010
3 PM
The Eric Olsen Trio
Bernardsville Library
1 Anderson Hill Road
Bernardsville, NJ
Eric Olsen, piano
Don Miller, bass
Tim Horner, drums
Friday, February 5
7 PM
Highlights from Tosca
Rutherford Congregational Church
251 Union Avenue
Rutherford, NJ
Pamela Olsen, Tosca
Richard Gillyard, Cavaradossi
Mark Wilson, Scarpia
Eric Olsen, Conductor
Tuesday, February 23
4:30 PM
Paul Robeson Remembered
Kevin Maynor, bass
Eric Olsen, piano
Mary Burch Theater Essex County College, Newark, NJ
Saturday, February 27
8 PM
NJ Oratorio Society Concert
Eric Olsen, harpsichord and organ
Union Congregational Church
Wednesday, March 3
2 to 3 PM
Chopin Festival NYC
Chopin Ballade in g minor
Scherzo in b flat minor
Plus preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, and mazurkas, in Chopin's own versions, and special jazz arrangements of some of Chopin's works by Eric Olsen.
Friday, March 5
7 PM
Concert with Phil Reynolds, clarinet
Rutherford Congregational Church
251 Union Avenue
Rutherford, NJ
Thursday March 18 through Saturday, March 20
Jazz Clinic and Concert in Upstate NY
Friday, March 26
12:15 PM
Chopin ReImagined Piano Recital
Central Presbyterian Church
70 Maple Street, Summit, NJ 07901
Sunday, March 28
7 PM
Urban Survival Jazz Group
Drew University
Wharton Music Center Fundraising Concert
Sunday, April 18
7:30 PM
Kevin Maynor, bass, with Eric Olsen, piano
Joint Concert with Joshua Bell, World-renowned violinist
South Orange Performing Arts Center
Sunday, April 25
Eric Olsen and Urban Survival Jazz Group
Trumpets Jazz Club
6 Depot Square
Saturday, May 1
8:00 PM
Union Congregational Church
“Classics and Jazz”
Rob Middleton, saxophone and woodwinds
Eric Olsen, piano
Saturday, May 29
Eric Olsen and Urban Survival
Jack & Luna’s Café • 3928 Main Street •
Stone Ridge, New York
Saturday, June 12
The Eric Olsen Trio
Eric Olsen, piano
Don Miller, bass
Eliot Zigmund, drums
Shanghai Jazz Restaurant
24 Main Street, Madison, NJ
Sunday, June 20
10 AM
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
UCC Church
Montclair, NJ 07043
Eric Olsen, Conductor
Sunday, September 6
1:30 and 4:30 PM
The Eric Olsen Jazz Group
Featuring Eric Person on saxes, Don Miller on bass, and Tim Horner on drums.
Scanfest
Vasa Park at Budd Lake, NJ
Please see www.scanfest.org for details.
Sunday, September 12, 3 PM
Schubert's Schwanengesang
Freeport Library, Long Island
Kevin Maynor, bass
Eric Olsen, piano
Saturday, October 23, 8 PM
"Pagliacci"
Richard Gillyard, Canio
Pamela Olsen, Nedda
Mark Wilson, Tonio
Walter Ulrich, Beppe
William Amory, Silvio
Eric Olsen, piano and organ
Union Congregational Church
176 Cooper Avenue in Montclair, NJ www.unioncong.org
Sunday, December 19, 10 AM
Benjamin Briten: Ceremony of Carols
Eric Olsen, Conductor
Union Congregational Church
176 Cooper Avenue in Montclair, NJ www.unioncong.org
From 2009:
Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19
Cecil's Jazz Club
West Orange, NJ
Featuring Gail Allen, a sultry vocalist, and a wonderful backing quartet!
Sunday, September 27
Freeport Library, Long Island, NY4 PM
Schubert's incomparable song cycle Die Winterreise
with Kevin Maynor, bass
Eric Olsen, piano
Saturday, October 10
7 PM
Jack & Luna’s Café • 3928 Main Street •
Stone Ridge, New York
Urban Survival Jazz Group
Thursday, October 15
Essex County College, Newark, NJ
Darfur, a Dramatic Cantata
Kevin Maynor, bass
Eric Olsen, piano
Saturday, November 7
Union Congregational Church Concert Series
8 PM
W.A. Mozart
Highlights from Don Giovanni
Freewill Donation
Mark Wilson, Don Giovanni
Nathan Resika, Leporello and Commendatore
Pamela Olsen, Donna Anna
TRichard Gillyard, Don Ottavio
Jane Seaman, Donna Elvira
Kristine Hart, Zerlina
Eric Olsen, Conductor and Pianist/Organist
Friday, November 13
10 PM
Villa Roma Resort
Calicoon, NY
Eric Olsen Jazz Quartet featuring Billy Hart on drums.
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