The Andrew Rathbun Quintet - Cd Release Event at Dalton Center Recital Hall

The Bullock Performance Institute welcomes back the ambitious composer, Andrew Rathbun, to showcase his latest CD release, Character Study. Today integrity, decorum, fact-based argument - the stuff of character - seem to have been abandoned, not just in the Oval Office but by many leaders who willingly turn a blind eye if they can further their agenda. With this album, questions of character were the impulse.

Please join Dr. Robert White for a pre-concert talk about the artist's recent project at 7:00 pm; concert to follow at 7:30 pm.

TICKETS
$12 General Admission, $10 Seniors, $5 Students...

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The Bullock Performance Institute welcomes back the ambitious composer, Andrew Rathbun, to showcase his latest CD release, Character Study. Today integrity, decorum, fact-based argument - the stuff of character - seem to have been abandoned, not just in the Oval Office but by many leaders who willingly turn a blind eye if they can further their agenda. With this album, questions of character were the impulse.

Please join Dr. Robert White for a pre-concert talk about the artist's recent project at 7:00 pm; concert to follow at 7:30 pm.

TICKETS
$12 General Admission, $10 Seniors, $5 Students

PERFORMERS
Andrew Rathbun, Tenor Saxophone
Scott Cowan, Trumpet
Gary Versace, Piano
Jay Anderson, Bass
Keith Hall, Drums

PRESS
"Andrew Rathbun, a crafty saxophonist, and composer whose ambitious work over the past decade has eluded the wiser recognition it deserves..."
- The New Yorker

"There’s a strong collective spirit on Character Study. Although there are plenty of solos, Rathbun and Hagans seem much more focused on creating harmonies, exchanging ideas and conducting a musical conversation. Similarly, most of the compositions sound deeply indebted to the introspective and autumnal mood of Miles Davis’ Nefertiti. Even the ones that start out high-energy, like the opening “The Golden Fool” or the closing “Turmoil”, eventually settle down into a kind of gentle rustling, like a breeze blowing through a pile of leaves, shifting some but leaving most to fall back into place."
- Phil Freeman, New York City Jazz Record

www.andrewrathbun.com
www.wmich.edu/music/events/bullock

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