DANCE SERIES
Currently producing a dance-night series in collaboration with the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, New York; and at The Colony Cafe in Woodstock, NY. The aim is to provide venues where people can come together to enjoy great music and dancing. We feature a wide variety of styles: Soul, R&B, all types of Latin rhythms, Funk, Rock, Disco, Jazz, Blues, Electro, International and timeless Classics.
Review: Cultural Center continues dance series →
See: Dance
OIL PAINTING
Selected Exhibits
Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY — Original Oils
The Happy Dog Gallery, Piermont, NY — Original Oils
Borders Gallery, Coral Gables, FL — Original Oils
Too the Nines, Beacon, NY— Original Oils and Giclée Prints
Beacon Fine Jewelers, Beacon, NY — Giclée Prints
Jazzberry Patch, Teaneck, NJ — Giclée Prints
Piermont Summer Art Fest, Piermont, NY
Piermont Outdoor Arts & Crafts Exhibit, Piermont, NY
Album Cover: Liverpool Quartet, Red Toucan Records, Montreal, Quebec
See: Oil Paintings
MUSIC COMPOSITION
Recordings
Souls & Masters: Eight compositions by Averbach, performed by David Liebman and Michael Gerber; Cactus Records, Montreal
Amalgam: Composition, The Empress, Red Toucan Records, Montreal
This is Michael Gerber: Composition, Irregardless of You, Big World Music, Inc., NY
See: Souls & Masters
Selected Concerts
New School University Jazz & Contemporary Music Program, NYC; Manhattan School of Music, NYC; New Music Cafe, NYC; Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, PA; Cardillo’s Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA; Center for the Fine Arts, Coral Gables, FL; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach; Art & Culture Center, Hollywood, FL; Lowe Art Museum, Miami; Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; Gussman Concert Hall, University of Miami Faculty Artist Series; University of Miami Masters Recital
Publications
Thoughts and Notes by the Artists — Accompanies the Souls & Masters recording
Souls & Masters: The Sheet Music Book — In collections of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the American Music Center, and various public and university libraries in the US and Canada
Wake Up, Man — Designed and published this 80-page book of poetry by Robert Darrell Morris
Selected Reviews
Coda Magazine, Jazz Educators Journal, Saxophone Journal, Cadence Magazine, Improjazz (France), Jazz Live Magazine (Austria), JazzoSphere (France), New York Nightlife Magazine, New Times (Miami), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Hollywood Sun-Sentinel, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald
See: Reviews
Honors
Sponsorships: New York Foundation for the Arts for two music projects
Grants: Mary Duke Biddle Foundation; Edith C. Blum Foundation; Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation; Heathcote Art Foundation; Krumholz Foundation; Laura Jane Musser Fund
Competition/Awards: A winner in the 1998 Julius Hemphill International Jazz Composers Competition; Award from American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Featured: National Public Radio, American Composers Week; TV program, Something on 17
EDUCATION
M.A., Microbiology, Univeristy of Miami
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