Reprinted from The Athens News July 24, 2008
Teacher offers youth offenders a 6-string rehab program
Karen Zolka
July 24, 2008
Editor’s note: The full names of the young offenders in this article are not being used out of regard for their privacy.
You walk through a set of double glass doors adorned with announcements printed on yellow cardboard. You continue past a poster with an assortment of pictures, and past a ceramic mural that stretches from the ceiling to the floor. While walking around a circular hallway, you hear snippets of conversation, doors closing and the sound of music.
“I think some of the other staff must be like, ‘Oh God,’ because it gets kind of noisy up there,” Darrell Gladish said with a smile. “They’re all into it.”
This isn’t a floor in Glidden Hall, the music building at Ohio University. Nor is this a private music conservatory. It’s actually the Hocking Valley Community Residential Center, a juvenile correctional facility in Nelsonville.
Continue reading 'John’s residency at HVCRC in The Athens News'
July is just around the corner and you are invited to join The Jazztet for two lunchtime concerts at Ohio University. If the weather is nice we’ll be playing on the green at the West Portico of Memorial Auditorium. Bring a friend, a couple of chairs, and something to munch on. In case of rain, we’ll see you in the Front Room inside Baker Center.
The details:
Tuesday July 8 2008 12:00pm
Noon Jazz Series
West Portico of Memorial Auditorium or The Front Room in case of rain.
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
Tuesday July 29 2008 12:00pm
Noon Jazz Series
West Portico of Memorial Auditorium or The Front Room in case of rain.
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
The following stories from the Uniontown Herald Standard recount the life and work of Jazztet drummer Guy Remonko.
Remonko still playing drums after 50 years
By Ron Paglia, For the Herald-Standard
April 28, 2008
It’s been more than 50 years since Guy Remonko played his first professional gig as a drummer.
And his passion for music shows no signs of waning.
“I love (music), it’s that plain and simple,” said Remonko, a 1959 graduate of South Union High School who now lives in Athens, Ohio. “Music has been my life; I doubt that will ever change. As long as I can hold the sticks and keep groovin’, I’ll be playing.”
On Tuesday April 8th The Jazztet will be returning once again to The Front Room in Baker Center. For this performance we’ll be welcoming percussionist Roger Braun on vibes. Roger is Director of Percussion Studies at Ohio University and has performed with many well-known and diverse artists including Keiko Abe, Lyle Mays, Kathleen Battle, Billy Taylor, Bob Mintzer, and Ghanaian master xylophonist Bernard Woma. Probably best known locally with his work with Los Viejos Blanquitos, Roger is also a founding member of Biakuye, an African music and dance ensemble and a member of the New World Percussion Duo.
