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GMC Steinway Society and Allied Art Host Jazz Concert May 29, 2008
The Steinway Concert Series kicked off the 2008 season on May 29 in the Goldstein Center for the Performing Arts.
This concert was a partnership with Allied Arts of Milledgeville, and featured The Emory Chamber Music Society
of Atlanta’s Gary Motley Jazz Quartet. Gary Motley has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts,
the Great American Jazz Piano Competition, and the American Composers Forum.
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He has been featured in “Downbeat Magazine” and on Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland.
Recording credits include Russell Malone’s “Black Butterfly” CD and his own recording “Everything I Love”. Motley
has performed at Carnegie Hall and with artists Dave Brubeck, Jon Faddis and Kenny Barron. He was the recipient of
Creative Loafing Magazine’s Critics Choice Award for “Best Jazz Pianist”. With degrees in music from the University
of Montevallo and Georgia State University, Motley is the Director of Jazz Studies at Emory University in Atlanta.
Jazz vocalist Veronica Motley accompanied the Gary Motley Quartet.
Randy Cannon with Allied Arts stated, “We are excited about our new partnership with Georgia Military College’s Steinway
Society and look forward to bringing other exciting cultural opportunities to our community together.”
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