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Domas Žeromskas: Dynamic Trailblazer - 3pmThe music of Domas Žeromskas is fresh, creative, full of spirit & wonderful musical ideas and his playing shines thru all.– Bob James
Domas Žeromskas’ playing showcases beauty, inventiveness, maturity, and excitement. All of this, along with his considerable writing chops, make him a player to watch out for.
– Greg Tardy
All the younger artists that have headlined the Summit have displayed prodigious abilities that signal long careers ahead. The 24-year-old Lithuanian jazz pianist and composer has spent his early formative years on stage alongside prominent jazz veterans. By the time he graduated high school, Domas was already a sought-after player, known for his technical versatility and soulful, eclectic taste.
He resides in Boston while pursuing his master’s at the New England Conservatory. Domas’ original music combines Post-Bop and metrically-nuanced modern jazz with Gospel/sacred music traditions and Afro-Caribbean styles. The repertoire is also enriched by modern adaptations of his native Lithuanian composers’ songbook and Baltic folklore.
Upon graduating from Berklee, Domas recorded “Meditations on Providence and Perseverance, Vol.1”. A MUST-HAVE in your collection.
Dennis Montgomery III : Gospel Giant - 4pm
He brought down the house last season so we had to have him back this year! Montgomery grew up singing and playing in Baptist churches around the upper Louisiana area under the tutelage of his father and mother, By the time he was nine years old he was proficient enough on the Hammond B3 Organ to get hired to work alongside his father.
Montgomery came to Berklee College of Music in 1983. Shortly after he arrived at Berklee, he headed for the gospel choir which had only recently come into existence. While Berklee’s education is focused on jazz, “We know that jazz has its roots in the negro spiritual, which is gospel music. Gospel is also the mother of a lot of other secular music that America has produced.”
This program is supported in part by grants from the Village Bank which has a long tradition of commitment to the Garden City, Advance Auto in Nonantum – providing quality service for everything automotive, Honda Village, and the Newton Cultural Council, a local agency that is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, Newton Community Pride, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Charles River Foundation and private donors.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Second Church in Newton UCC, 61 Chestnut St, West Newton, MA 02465-2550, United States,Newton, Massachusetts
