Bess Jacques
Fri, Mar 12
|Cadenza's Facebook Page
Jazzrock originals, featuring Andy Argondizza on guitar, Per Hanson on drums, and Scott Morrison on bass. - Show will be Livestreamed from Cadenza's Facebook page. Contributions to the artist are encouraged.


Time & Location
Mar 12, 2021, 7:00 PM
Cadenza's Facebook Page
About The Event
I grew up in Westbrook, starting classical piano lessons at age six with Linda Russell in Portland. I studied with Linda for twelve years and am so grateful to her for the thorough and fantastic background – technical, theoretical, and expressive – that she challenged me to achieve.
From the beginning I loved writing my own songs, and I competed in and won competitions for youth composition. Through high school I auditioned for and won various competitions for performance, including the Bay Chamber Concerts Classical Prize, the Portland Rossini Club Annual Award for Youth in Music, and the Arcady Music Festival. I also enjoyed playing as an accompanist for musicals and choirs, and played alto saxophone in the high school marching and jazz bands.
At Williams College in Massachusetts I branched out from classical piano. I studied jazz piano with Andy Jaffe for four years, performed on piano and saxophone…