Dave Pietro will be headlining a Jazz Residency Initiative Capstone Concert at the Crooker Theater on Friday, May 12th at 7:00 p.m. The concert will feature Dave Pietro performing with the Brunswick student big bands. The concert will also include a professional set during which Mr. Pietro will be joined on stage by Brad Ciechomski, John Hunter, and Ryan Parker. Leading up to the concert, Mr. Pietro will be spending three days working with Brunswick area student musicians as part of an artist-in-residency coordinated by Jazz Residency Initiative, a Maine based non-profit.

Dave Pietro is an accomplished saxophonist, composer and educator.  He is currently a member of the Grammy Award-winning Maria Schneider Orchestra and the Grammy nominated groups the Gil Evans Project and Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society. He has recorded six albums as the headliner and over 60 as a sideman. Mr. Pietro has a music education degree from University of North Texas and a Master of Arts degree in jazz composition from New York University where he is currently a professor of Jazz Studies.  He has played with many well-known musicians including David Bowie, Paul Anka, Louis Bellson, Blood, Sweat &Tears, Dave Matthews Band, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Harry Connick Jr., Michael Feinstein, Chaka Khan, Liza Minelli, Sandip Burman and John Pizzarelli.