A weekend of vibes workshops and performances at U Malého Glena restaurant in Prague, Czech Republic. If the atendance grows too large then we will move the location. So keep an eye out here! The workshop will feature Prague vibist Radek Krampl and U.S. vibists Steve Shapiro and Tony Miceli.
Workshops will take place at the club or at a nearby music school. Saturday we will most likely do morning classes at a nearby University and come back to the club for afternoon class.
Friday, April 23, will start the weekend off workshops during the day and a concert in evening at U Malého Glena restaurant featuring Radek, Steve and Tony.
Saturday the 24th, will be workshops during the day and another concert in the evening featuring Radek, Steve and Tony.
Sunday the 25th, Go visit Prague and then come back to the club in the evening for a jam session! You can also set up a private lesson with Steve Shapiro on Sunday. You would talk to him about pricing and details.
Tony Miceli
Internationally renowned jazz vibraphonist Tony Miceli has established himself as one of the primary voices on the mallet instrument, winning hearts and minds wherever he plays. His achievements, however, go much further beyond. A sought-after recording artist, Miceli is an inspired educator who delivers vibraphone master classes the world over, enriching the students of Ireland, Germany, South Korea, Italy, for example, with an accompanying concert finale. Miceli promotes the instrument through his brainchild, vibesworkshop.com, a virtual meeting place and teaching tool for some 4000 student and professional members. He is also the co-creator of the World Vibes Congress, a formal gathering of players who share the desire to bring public awareness to the vibraphone. It is worth noting that Miceli is part of Team Omega, an elite group of vibes players that includes only three others, headliners David Friedman, Joe Locke, and Stefon Harris. At All About Jazz, Victor Schermer describes him as
“... a vibraphonist of astonishing virtuosity, musical resilience,
and inventiveness. His vibes playing is nothing short of
phenomenal.”
Steve Shapiro
Steve has recorded with artists such as Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, Ornette Coleman, Pat Martino, Regina Belle, They Might Be Giants, Roberta Flack, and SpyroGyra. He appeared on Steely Dan's Two Against Nature, which received 4 Grammy Awards including Album-of-the-Year. He also composes music for many television series, films, TV commercials and trailers, and is a long-time producer/arranger for the Walt Disney Company, with credits on an array of projects related to over forty feature film releases.
Radek Krampl
Radek Krampl was born 10.2.1961 in Písek. He is a student of the leading European vibraphonist Karel Velebný and a graduate of the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory in Prague and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague at the Department of Percussion Instruments. Currently Professor of the Prague Conservatory in the percussion department.
Radek Krampl's art is remarkably wide. From swing through mainstream, blues and latin to funky and last but not least contemporary classical music. His imaginative and distinctive solos can be found on recordings by Jana Koubková and Swing Quintet Prague, blues ASPM by Jan Spálený, Milan Svoboda's big band but also on the debut album of the funky band Monkey Bussines, the last CD of Miro Žbirka or vice versa. Mark Kopelent. Svatopluk Havelka dedicated his track 312 Azusa Street LA for marimba and vibraphone.