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Sunday, April 2, 2006 Music Inspires Art: An Interactive Art and Music Experience with Saxophonist Tom Colao The Warwick Art League Visiting Artist Series will present a unique experience in creativity from 2:30PM- 4:30PM in the New Senior Room of Warwick Town Hall (132 Kings Highway). Musician Tom Colao will join us for an experimental workshop that intends to help us be creative and give our color mobility. Bring your own media or join in (some paint, paper and easel will be available). This event is free and open to the public. For further information call 845-987-8507 |
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Color and Music: this is not a new theory. Back in 1895, Alexander Wallace Rimington published a paper about it. Kandinsky took it to another level in his book "Concerning The Spiritual In Art." On Sunday, April 2, The Warwick Art League Visiting Artist Series will present a unique experience in creativity from 2:30PM- 4:30PM in the New Senior Room of Warwick Town Hall (132 Kings Highway). Musician Tom Colao will join us for an experimental workshop that intends to help us be creative and give our color mobility. Bring your own media and join in (some paint, paper and easel will be available).Tom Colao started his music studies at the age of 11 years and has performed professionally from the age of 15. His private studies include time with Piage Brooke formerly with the New York Philharmonic; jazz great Hubert Laws and David Schnitter. Formal studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston are where he studied with the eminent Joe Viola. He moved to the San Fransisco area performing in his own quartet and various Jazz Orchestras and Rhythm and Blues bands. He also performed an extended engagement at the New Varsity Theater with the Foothill Trio a flute, violin and cello classical music group. Tom currently is a freelance musician in the NY Metro area. He leads the Tom Colao Quartet and co - leads The New World Quintet performing at various jazz clubs and festivals throughout the New York area. Tom is an active member in the Erick Storckman Band and the Diane Moser‚s Composers Big Band performing and recording. His playing and recording experience includes performances with jazz greats Micky Tucker , Bill Hardman , Junior Cook ,Chuck Mangione , Slide Hampton, Victor Jones , Calvin Hill , Cecil Brooks III and Yoron Isreal among others. He has performed with the Temptations, Duprees and various show and theater. Tom is a member of the American Federation of Musicians and the International Association of Jazz Educators. He has been teaching privately for the past 15 years as well as participating in clinics and educational programs.
"One of the most moving pieces was the rendition of Dear Lord, By John Coltrane, delivered by pianist Diane Moser and saxophonist Tom Colao."
Mark Porter The Montclair Times 2001
"... and Colao can also make a ballad like We'll be Alone Together sing as lyrically as a vocalist can."
George Kanzler The Star Ledger 1999
"At the Center One Café of One Newark Center, The New World Quintet held forth. Co-led by trombonist Bob Ferrell and alto saxophonist Tom Colao, the quintet is a polished neo - bop ensemble that works enough to have developed a challenging original repertoire ... and the two horn players are both first-rate creative soloists... It's a group well worth seeking out when it plays area gigs."
George Kanzler The Star - Ledger 1995
"Dave Remelis‚ Jobs with Tom Maher, clarinet; Tom Colao , alto saxophone ; Bob Dowling , piano ... ' with excellent playing - clarinet and saxophone !!' ... Sam Spade lives again in sultry sax solo..."
Paul Somers Classical New Jersey 1999