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2019
Utopia Soundstage presents Caribbean Music Factory - Hudson Valley 360
Hudson Hall & Catskill Jazz Factory present The Spirit of Harlem - Hudson Valley 360
The pastoral work of making sustainable jazz - Hudson Valley 360 - Almanac Weekly
Spend July with PS21 and the Hottest Music Around - Hudson Valley 360
‘Ladies of the Blues’ in Weekend Events - The Collaborative Magazine
R.I. Recommends Ladies of the Blues - Rural Intelligence
Catskill Jazz Factory’s Ladies of the Blue - Rural Intelligence
Best Bets - Times Herald-Record
Venezuelan Virtuosos at Bard - The Millbrook Independent
Bard Fisher Center and Catskill Jazz Factory present The Vibes of Venezuela - Hudson Valley 360
Bard Summerscape announces 2019 season - Broadway World
Bard’s 2019 Summerscape celebrates composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Daily Freeman
Mozart Masterpiece to Dominate the New Generation Festival’s 2019 Lineup - Opera Wire
Farinacci Trumpet Blast in Millbrook - Millbrook Independent
Bard’s Sound the Trumpet Series Returns February 2019 - Chronogram Magazine
The Fisher Center and Catskill Jazz Factory Present Sound the Trumpet! - Bard News
Richard Strauss at Millbrook Library - Millbrook Independent
2018
Hold the Date - Poughkeepsie Journal
Music & Dance - Times Herald Record
Cecile Salvant enchants at Bard College - Millbrook Independent
Vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant and pianist Dan Tepfer perform at Bard - Hudson Valley One
Cécile McLorin Salvant and pianist Dan Tepfer: Les Belles Chansons Françaises - Hudson Valley 360
Catskills' 23A Arts plans season of ambitious music - Times Union Albany
New York Botanical Garden honors 300th anniversary of New Orleans at this year's Summer Concert Series - NYMetroParents
Ladies of the Blues - Ulster County Press
Catskill Jazz Factory raises the roof - Millbrook Independent
Catskill Jazz Factory presents Ladies of the Blues at Woodstock Playhouse - Hudson Valley One
For one night only, Brahms' 1st Symphony and Radiohead's OK Computer - Bklyner
Full-Tilt Sanctified - Millbrook Independent
When Song Could Really Sing - Millbrook Independent
Jazzing the Parlor - Millbrook Independent
The Big Parlor at Bard - Millbrook Independent
The 3 faces of Damien Sneed at Bard - Hudson Valley One
Catskill Jazz Factory presents concert series Feb 9 - Chronogram
Puccini & Bechet in the Parlor - Millbrook Independent
3 Things to Do Upstate the Weekend of Jan 19-21 - Upstater
Jazz Meets Opera in Tannersville - Chronogram Magazine
2017
13 spooky events for Halloween - Brokelyn
Hersch-Fortner Piano Concert at Bard - The Millbrook Independent
Photos: Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice - Daily Freeman
Dan Tepfer to play in Windham - Hudson Valley One
Smiles of a Summerscape night - Hudson Valley One
Summer fun kicks off this weekend - The Poughkeepsie Journal
The Jazz Disturbance with Piers Playfair - WGXC Hands-On Radio 90.7
2017 Summer Concert Series at New York Botanical Garden: JAZZ & CHIHULY - CitiTourNY
NY Botanical Garden's Summer Concert Series to Begin June 16 - Westchester Magazine
Bard's Celebration of Jazz / Catskill Jazz Factory - The Millbrook Independent
Take Five: Diana Krall, Romero Lubambo, Jimmy Greene, Chris Washburne, Vijay Iyer - WBGO
NYBG Presents Summer Concert Series: Jazz & Chihuly - Jazz News
Live Music Roundup, April 7-9 - Hudson Valley One
Two Entertainers with Two Loves - The Millbrook Independent
French chansons in Tannersville and at Bard - Hudson Valley One
John Waters, Sandra Bernhard, Chopin and jazz set for Bard SummerScape - Poughkeepsie Journal
Special Events - Hudson Valley Magazine
French Salon at Bard - The Millbrook Independent
2016
10 Questions with musician John Lumpkin II - Jacksonville Cultural Council
Ragtime, Joplin, the Birth of Jazz and Sounds of Brazil at 23Arts Summer Music & Jazz Festival - Watershed Post
THE JOY OF SAX celebrated in fifth weekend of 23Arts Summer Music & Jazz Festival - Watershed Post
'The Joy of Sax' at Villa Vosilla in Tannersville on July 29 - Daily Freeman
Music Mountain anniversary season continues with Harlem String Quartet - Litchfield County Times
Music Mountain Summer Festival continues July 30-31 - The Register Citizen
Jazz, Blues and German Lieder showcased in fourth weekend of 23Arts Summer Music & Jazz Festival - Watershed Post
Music Mountain's festival continues with Avalon String Quartet, Catskill Jazz Factory - The Register Citizen
The First of Five Catskill Jazz Concerts this Saturday - Music Mountain Summer Chamber Music Festival
23Arts Summer Music & Jazz Festival host to five weeks of Catskill Jazz Factory residencies - Watershed Post
23Arts Summer Music & Jazz Festival host to five weeks of Catskill Jazz Factory residencies - Windham Journal
Dutchess Tourism - Catskill Jazz Factory presents Jazz at the Spiegeltent 2016 Bard ~ SummerScape Series
Broadway World - Music Mountain to Present Avalon String Quartet with Soyeon Kate Lee & More, 7/23-24
Almanac Weekly - Catskill Jazz Factory to present Jazzmeia Horn at Bard's Spiegeltent
Daily Freeman - Jazz Horn performs July 7 at Bard Spiegeltent
Daily Freeman - Bard SummerScape 2016 opens July 1
Jazz Festivals Worldwide - 23Arts Initiative Announces 2016 Summer Music & Jazz Festival
Republican American - Jazz comes to the Mountain
Almanac Weekly - Greenville Drive-in Reopens with Breakfast at Tiffany's screening, oysters & jazz
Jazz Festivals Worldwide - Music Mountain Announces New Collaboration with Catskill Jazz Factory
Broadway World - Music Mountain to Launch New Collaboration with the Catskill Jazz Factory
Times Union Albany - Scene & Heard: Shucks, drive-in's gettin' fancy!
The Rogovoy Report - South African Jazz All-Stars to Perform at Bard
Almanac Weekly - Uhadi & all-star guests perform Salute to Africa at Bard
Windham Journal - Fisher Center and Catskill Jazz Factory Present South African jazz masters Uhadi
Bard College Fisher Center - Fisher Center and Catskill Jazz Factory Present South African jazz masters Uhadi
The Millbrook Independent - Three on a piano
Almanac Weekly - Improv Cubed at Bard's Fisher Center
Daily Freeman - 'Improv Cubed' jazz program premieres at Bard on Saturday
Daily Freeman - 'IMPROV CUBED: From Bach to the Great American Songbook' at Bard College on March 19
Upstater - This Weekend in the Catskills
The Millbrook Independent - Millbrook Library Paris Cabaret
Windham Journal - Free lecture: Piano and vocal performance
The Rogovoy Report - Dan Tepfer and ICE kick off Catskill Jazz series at Bard
Windham Journal - New project 'Acoustic Informatics' hold local concerts
Almanac Weekly - Dan Tepfer to perform with ICE at Bard
Daily Freeman - Bard College center hosts 'Acoustic Informatics' on Jan. 29
Times Union Albany - Arts news in brief
91.3 WIOX Roxbury - Dan Tepfer talks Acoustic Informatics
Berkshire on Stage and Screen - 2016 schedule for multi-faceted Music Mountain Chamber Music Festival announced
The Millbrook Independent - Millbrook Library Swings
Poughkeepsie Journal - Enjoy Top Picks
Broadway World - Richard Goode, Emerson, Borromeo, and more lead MUSIC MOUNTAIN'S 2016 season
2015
Daily Freeman - Jazz concert series opens Jan. 29 at Bard College
Almanac Weekly - Double Trouble: Dan Tepfer and Aaron Diehl join forces at Bard
Evensi - Catskill Jazz Factory presents DOUBLE TROUBLE: Jazz Meets Classical
Poughkeepsie Journal - Bard's big band jazz, by way of Europe and the Jersey shore
Almanac Weekly - The Catskill jazz revival: Bringing America's original art form to a new generation
Watershed Post - Chamber music kicks off summer of concerts in Tannersville
Huffington Post - A Dozen Cool and Classic Ways to Best Experience the Northern Catskills NY
Nippertown Magazine - LIVE: Cécile McLorin Salvant & Aaron Diehl Trio @ Bard College’s Fisher Center
Poughkeepsie Journal - Billie Holiday: A life, a legacy, a concert at Bard
Almanac Weekly - Aaron Diehl Trio and Cécile McLorin Salvant play Billie Holiday Centenary at Bard
Chronogram Magazine - Lady Day's Night
Bard College - The Fisher Center and Catskill Jazz Factory present Billie Holiday Centenary Tribute featuring the Aaron Diehl Trio and Cécile McLorin Salvant
The Poughkeepsie Journal - Enjoy Top Picks
The Windham Journal - Catskill Jazz Factory announces 2015 program
The Daily Freeman - Catskill Jazz Factory comes to Millbrook High School for April 10 Concert
The Daily Freeman - Catskill Jazz Factory presents Walking Distance at Millbrook Free Library
The Daily Freeman - Jazz and dinner at Deer Mountain Inn in Tannersville on Jan. 10
2014
Catskill Daily Mail - Getting jazzed up on the mountaintop
Catskill Daily Mail - HTC hits the sweetest notes
Register-Star - LIVING TODAY: Revitalizing the mountaintop through jazz
Almanac Weekly - Dan Tepfer to perform Bach's Goldberg Variations in Hunter
Catskill Mountain Foundation - Interview with Aaron Diehl: The Musical Weaver, the Jazz Composer, the Real Deal
Catskill Mountain Foundation - The Process, the Questions and the Variations: An Interview with Dan Tepfer
WBGO 88.3-FM - Chris Washburne and Piers Playfair: Listen Now
Watershed Post - Tannersville bets big on arts; launches third season of Jazz Factory
Almanac Weekly - Marcus Roberts & the Catskill Jazz Factory Joy of Jazz festival
WGXC 90.7-FM - Interview with Marcus Roberts, Artist in residence at the Catskill Jazz Factory
Chronogram Magazine - Joy of Jazz Week
The Daily Mail - Sweet and super: Jazz greats to assemble in Tannersville
Metroland - Rough Mix: Valley Jazz
Jazz Spotlight - The Ultimate Summer Jazz Festivals Guide: August 2014
Hudson Valley Magazine - 15 of the Best Festivals, Performances and Events in the Catskills
Times Union Albany - Sounds of Harlem drift north
Green Door Magazine - A weekend with the Catskill Jazz Factory
The Millbrook Independent - MHS Jazz Band Jam with South African Ensemble
Almanac Weekly - South African jazz supergroup Uhadi & Etienne Charles to play Bearsville
Robin Hood Radio WHDD - Interview w/ Piers Playfair
Poughkeepsie Journal - The sounds of South Africa sweep in
Almanac Weekly - Piers & Lucy Playfair jazz up the Catskills
Chronogram Magazine - Uhadi Plays Bearsville Theater
2013
Guide Magazine - October 2013
The Daily Mail - Two shots of jazz, straight up
Hudson Valley Almanac - Jazz in Tannersville - August 5
Chronogram - Jazz Weekend Heats up Tannersville - August
Guide Magazine - July
Irockjazz reviews Aaron's album
Piers Interviewed by Philip Grant
WBGO - Aaron Diehl on WBGO.org - April
NY Times - Review of Aaron Diehl's new album "The Bespoke Man's Narrative"
2012
NY Times - Adding Pages to a Songbook, Cecile McLorin Salvant
NY Daily News - Young jazz piano star Aaron Diehl is happiest in a group setting
NY Times - Cecile McLorin Salvant, Jazz Vocalist, Tweaks Expectations
Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz - Congratulations to Jamison Ross (2012 participant) for winning 1st prize at the 2012 Thelonious Monk Drums Competition
WGXC Hudson Radio 90.7FM Interview with Piers & Aaron