Event

Jazz it Up! with Peter Martin at New City School

Acclaimed jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator Peter Martin joins New City School student musicians for a night of unforgettable entertainment.

The evening will begin with a casual cocktail reception in the New City School library at 6:30 pm and the show will begin at 7:30 pm. The opening act will be a performance by New City School students and Peter Martin will take the stage soon after. All proceeds from the concert will support the New City School music program.

Peter's touring career has taken him to six continents numerous times. In January 2011 Peter performed with a select group of jazz artists at the White House for a State Dinner hosted by President Obama, and he returned to perform for the Governor's Dinner in February 2012 for the first family and other guests.

Peter performed on and arranged Dianne Reeves' Grammy winning release A Little Moonlight. He also appeared in George Clooney's 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck as well as being the featured pianist and an arranger on the Grammy winning soundtrack. Peter has performed, toured and recorded with Wynton Marsalis, Chris Botti, Betty Carter, Christian McBride and Joshua Redman as well as the Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. In 2014 Peter was selected to tour with Newport Now 60, an all-star ensemble that toured nationwide in celebration of the iconic festival's 60th anniversary.

Peter attended the Juilliard School of Music and is a former member of the faculties of Northwestern University and Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville). He has performed workshops and master classes at institutions worldwide, including Oberlin College, Northwestern University, Duke University, the Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workshops, Steinway Piano Gallery, the Rotterdam Conservatory, and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow.