SPRECKELS ORGAN SOCIETY PRESENTS “JAZZ NIGHT”
WITH CAROL WILLIAMS, DAVE SCOTT AND FRIENDS,
FREE AT THE SPRECKELS ORGAN PAVILION ON MONDAY AUGUST 30

“JAZZ NIGHT” IS THE FINAL CONCERT IN THE
2010 SUMMER INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL IN BALBOA PARK
AND WILL INCLUDE PIECES ON A VINTAGE HAMMOND ORGAN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 15, 2010

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Lizbeth Persons Price
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Spreckels Organ Society
Web Site: SOSOrgan.org
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SAN DIEGO, CA – The Spreckels Organ Society is pleased to present Jazz Night at the 2010 Summer International Organ Festival in Balboa Park on Monday, August 30, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Jazz Night will feature San Diego Civic Organist Carol Williams with special guest trombonist Dave Scott along with Bill Shreeve on Saxophone, Mark Hunter on Electric Bass and Kevin Koch on drum. In addition, hear the great Spreckels organ alongside a vintage Hammond organ - a first for the Festival!

The Jazz Night program will include Moonlight Serenade, Riff Raff by Giles Swayne, Brazil, Take the A Train, Unforgettable and Misty, as well as original pieces Out on the Street and Amor, Amor by Dave Scott and Hot Shot by Carol Williams.

Dave Scott is known in San Diego as the weekend meteorologist for KUSI-TV. He is also a well respected jazz musician, songwriter and performer. An accomplished jazz trombonist and composer, Dave has been playing and studying the trombone since he was a boy. He bought his first trombone from Legendary Armstrong Sideman, Trummy Young and went on to win a scholarship with the Honolulu Symphony, later studying with Bebop and Ballad Master Bill Watrous. Scott has been the featured soloist at concerts with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and the San Diego Youth Symphony. He composed and recorded the theme music to KUSI’s “Good Morning San Diego” and “San Diego Backroads,” and his music has been featured on numerous radio stations and will be heard in two soon to be released movies. Scotts’ vocal style is compared to Frank Sinatra and Mel Torme and he has recorded a CD titled “In a Fog” with his Jazz Ensemble. Dave can be found performing Monday nights at Croce’s downtown.

British born international concert artist, Carol Williams has lived in San Diego since 2001 as Civic Organist of San Diego and Artistic Director of the Spreckels Organ Society. She began private lessons at age five reading music before she could read English. Williams’ formal training started with five years at the Royal Academy of Music specializing in organ performance as a student of David Sanger, and obtaining the Academy’s prestigious Recital Diploma together with the LRAM and the LRAM piano. Awarded all major prizes for organ performance, she became a member of the Royal College of Organists, a Fellow of Trinity College London, and an Associate of the Royal College of Music. Carol also studied with Daniel Roth of the Church of St. Sulpice, Paris. After moving to the United States in 1995, Williams undertook postgraduate study at Yale University with Professor Thomas Murray, was appointed University Chapel Organist and awarded an Artist Diploma and the Charles Ives prize for outstanding achievement. Later she moved to New York City where she became the Associate Organist at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Long Island’s Garden City and undertook Doctoral studies under Professor McNeil Robinson at the Manhattan School of Music where she received the Helen Cohn award for her Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Williams’ performances continually have her circling the globe but she can be found on Sundays at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion giving a free concert at 2:00 p.m.

All 2010 Spreckels Organ Society Summer International Organ Festival concerts start at 7:30 p.m. Admission and parking are free, music-loving children and pets are welcome and many concertgoers enjoy picnics in Balboa Park before the concerts. Light snacks, beverages and gifts are available at the pavilion grounds with proceeds benefiting the non-profit Spreckels Organ Society.

In addition to the Summer Festival evening concerts, every Sunday at 2 p.m., Dr. Carol Williams, San Diego Civic Organist, gives a concert on the Spreckels Organ. For information on these concerts visit SOSOrgan.org or join the Spreckels Organ Society Facebook fan page.

The Spreckels Organ and Pavilion were a gift from John D. and Adolf Spreckels, of the Spreckels sugar family, and were dedicated and first played on New Year’s Eve, 1914. The Spreckels Organ is the largest outdoor organ in the United States and is sponsored by the City of San Diego, The Department of Parks and Recreation and the non-profit Spreckels Organ Society.

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