Monika Herzig Quartet at The Thompson House

The Monika Herzig Quartet will be live at The Thompson House Friday October 12, 2012 at 800pm. Ticket price $10

In 1987, the Pedagogical Institute in Weingarten, Germany awarded a scholarship for a one-year exchange program at the University of Alabama to one of

Monika Herzig
their students, jazz pianist Monika Herzig. Together with her partner and guitarist Peter Kienle, she arrived in the States on a one-way ticket, with one suitcase of belongings and one guitar in August 1988.

Since then she has completed her Doctorate in Music Education and Jazz Studies at Indiana University, where she is now a faculty member...

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The Monika Herzig Quartet will be live at The Thompson House Friday October 12, 2012 at 800pm. Ticket price $10

In 1987, the Pedagogical Institute in Weingarten, Germany awarded a scholarship for a one-year exchange program at the University of Alabama to one of

Monika Herzig
their students, jazz pianist Monika Herzig. Together with her partner and guitarist Peter Kienle, she arrived in the States on a one-way ticket, with one suitcase of belongings and one guitar in August 1988.

Since then she has completed her Doctorate in Music Education and Jazz Studies at Indiana University, where she is now a faculty member. As a touring jazz artist, she has performed at many prestigious jazz clubs and festivals, such as the Indy Jazz Fest, Cleveland’s Nighttown, Louisville’s Jazz Factory, the W.C.Handy Festival, Jazz in July in Bloomington and Cincinnati, Columbus’ Jazz & Rib Fest, to name just a few. Groups under her leadership have toured Germany, opened for acts such as Tower of Power, Sting, the Dixie Dregs, Yes, and more.

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