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12/09 Tuesday
5:40 PM Kripalu Yoga
Kripalu Yoga uses classic asanas (poses), pranayama (breathwork), development of a quiet mind, and the practice of relaxation. What defines Kripalu Yoga is its emphasis: following the flow of prana (life-force energy), practicing compassionate self-acceptance, developing witness consciousness (observing the activity of the mind without judgment), and taking what is learned "off the mat" and into daily life.
7:00 PM Andrei Matorin
The Boston Globe calls Brazilian-born Andrei Matorin an ''emerging jazz violinist'' and recently featured the Andrei Matorin Quartet in their Picks-of-the-Week column next to the likes of jazz greats such as Bill Charlap, Jim Hobbs, and John Patitucci. While studying at Berklee College of Music, he was honored with Berklee's Achievement Award on two separate occasions. He is an alumnus of Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead 2008 Program at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, an exclusive program that ''identifies outstanding, emerging jazz artists in their mid-teens and twenties'' from an international pool of applicants.
After picking up the violin in Boston at the age of 6, Andrei pursued his musical studies in Italy and at the age of 10 enrolled in the prestigious Conservatoire de Geneve in Switzerland. Fate, it seems, would have him eventually return to Boston to study at New England Conservatory's Prep School, where he was the first violinist ever to graduate from its jazz certificate program, then enroll at Berklee College of Music on a scholarship from the World Scholarship Tour to study Jazz Composition and Performance.
Andrei has had the privilege of studying with some of the best jazz musicians and educators in the World like George Garzone, Tiger Okoshi, Tony Malaby, Dave Santoro, and Hal Crook. Andrei has shared a stage with many legendary and up-and-coming jazz greats including Bob Moses, Tiger Okoshi, Rosa Passos, Christian Scott, Oscar Stagnaro, Luques Curtis and Zaccai Curtis, Jason Palmer, Richie Barshay, James Williams just to name a few.
Performing regularly between Boston and New York since the age of 15, Andrei has also been teaching privately as of his first year at Berklee. In addition he is now a Junior Faculty member at the Litchfield Jazz Camp in Connecticut.
"[Andrei] has shown remarkable talent and great potential in classical music and jazz.[...] He has been a passionate improviser who can add beautiful color and energy to my compositions"
~ Tiger Okosh