DATE: Friday July 24th, 2015
STAGE: Casa Mia Ristorante
ADDRESS: 3518 Portage Rd, Niagara Falls, ON L2J 2K4
TIME: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
TICKET PRICE: Free
DATE: Sunday July 26th, 2015
STAGE: Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Course
ADDRESS: 143 Front St, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1T0
TIME: 8AM – 11:30AM
TICKET PRICE: Free
DATE: Sunday July 26th, 2015
STAGE: Two Sisters Vineyards
ADDRESS: 240 John St E, Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON L0S1J0
TIME: 1:00PM – 5:00PM
TICKET PRICE: Free
BAND MEMBERS:
Robert Fekete- Pianist
Clark Johnston- Acoustic Bass
BAND BIO:
Robert C. Fekete is a Canadian Jazz pianist and composer who shares his musical philosophy with others through performance and audio recording. His roots are planted firmly in classical and jazz traditions; however he aspires to build a bridge between modern popular music and older musical art forms without losing his focus on the relevance and necessity of art in the world. Robert recognizes the importance of recruiting young people to the jazz art form. He conveys this message through his musical compositions and when he performs live.
HISTORY:
Associate composer and arranger for “ Jazz Fusion” band, Rapid Transit, 2 CD’s, copyright, 1993 and 1995. Two successful European Tours. Musician for MCA recording artist John Cody, performing with Tom Cochrane and Jeff Healy,!993-95.
Performed for U.N. Peacekeepers in Haiti and Elsmere Island with a musical production Touring group under the leadership of Karris Nagy, 1996.
Performed and leadership for Robert Fekete Quintet throughout southern Ontario from 2005-present promoting two jazz CD recordings,
“Ternary” (recorded 2005) and “Transition” (recorded 2009).
Freelance performer Throughout Ontario and Buffalo, 1986-present.
Composition:
Theme and incidental music for ONTV’s Comedy at Club 54, Friday nights at 11:30pm.
Composed, Produced and Arranged music for Royal Banks’ Global Private Banking wing through McLellan Group in Toronto. 2000.
Co wrote music score for musical episode of Fox Family Networks’ Sixth Grade Alien. 2001.
Wrote children’s music for Swordfish Studios in Hamilton. 2002.
Composed for TV show “THE WRONG COAST” for AMC network in USA.
WEBLINK: Rob Fekete Duo
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCB6bPqiE8