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| | Bending genres and uplifting spirits, The Moanin’ Frogs offer an electrifying approach to chamber music. Conservatory trained and entertainment minded, their dynamic and technically precise performances of classical, ragtime, jazz, and pop delight fans across the world.
Featuring all six saxophones from soprano to bass, The Moanin’ Frogs are unique on today’s chamber music landscape. Comfortable in a wide array of venues, they perform for concert series, as concerto soloists, and for educational programs throughout the US and abroad.
First prize winners of the 2018 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition, their passion, quality, variety, instrumentation, and focus on the audience experience set them apart. They have appeared at The Kennedy Center, American Band College, World Saxophone Congress, and as concerto soloists with the United States Air Force Band of the West. | Buy Tickets |
| | Jane Monheit is a jazz and adult contemporary vocalist with a deep passion for the Great American Songbook. With many highly acclaimed solo albums, countless awards and accolades, and over two decades of international touring experience, including right here at Corning Civic Music in 2009 when she was just getting started.
At the age of 20, during her senior year at the prestigious Manhattan School Of Music, Jane placed second in the Thelonious Monk Competition, now known as the Hancock Competition. She has collaborated with jazz luminaries such as Terence Blanchard, John Pizzarelli, and appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, Good Morning America, The Tonight Show, and The View.
Jane has continued to tour the world nearly nonstop, including playing iconic venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, and headlining at nearly every legendary jazz club on the planet, most notably the Village Vanguard and Birdland. | Buy Tickets |
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