Jonathan Wentworth Associates, LTD | Gary Schocker & Jason Vieaux

	News Items Press Kit Tour Programs Media "...they exhibited strong individual personalities and a controlled looseness together that gave the music a spontaneity absent from so many recitals." The Washington Post "Gary Schocker and Jason Vieaux showed a sell-out crowd that not only do the instruments work, they are almost perfect compadres...a unique experience." St. Petersburg Times "...one of America's premier guitarists...Vieaux's performance spun magic." Fort-Worth Star-Telegram "Schocker is one of the best -- period." Washington Post Press Kit Flyer Critical Acclaim Tour Programs Gary Schocker website Jason Vieaux website Media Bartok return to top			Gary Schocker & Jason Vieaux flute & guitar Exciting and beautiful music in a mixed duo setting is the treat for audiences who hear Gary Schocker & Jason Vieaux, flute & guitar. Classical, Latin and Romantic repertoire paired with new and old works for the combination are highlighted against virtuoso solo shots in their programs. "It wasn't necessary to read the artist bios to figure out that Schocker and Vieaux also have active solo careers. Unlike the garden-variety brand of wind-up performers who dutifully recycle the same sturdy pieces, they exhibited strong individual personalities and a controlled looseness together that gave the music a spontaneity absent from so many recitals." The Washington Post Both award-winning soloists, they concertize widely as a duo, performing from St. Pete to Maui and recording for Azica Records. Dream Travels, the newest CD from the pair includes works of Ravel, Bartok, Ibert, Villa-Lobos, Merlin and Gary Schocker. Jason performs internationally in recital and as soloist with such major symphonies as The Cleveland Orchestra and the Fort Worth Symphony. At only 19, he became the youngest winner of the Guitar Foundation of America International Competition. Vieaux is head of the guitar department at the Cleveland Institute of Music and is the co-director of the new guitar department at the Curtis Institute of Music. Gary's concerto performances have included appearances with the New York Philharmonic, the Dallas Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra, among many others. He has toured widely in Europe, South America and Asia, and he is Winner of the Young Concert Artists auditions, among numerous other competitions. A prolific and award-winning composer for individual instruments as well as the musical theatre, his flute concerto Green Places was premiered in Ireland and America by Sir James Galway. In addition to offering educational workshops and master-classes while on tour, the pair offer an in-depth, week-long masterclass in New York State during the summer. [More]