Billy Childs, one of America’s great jazz pianists and composers, collaborates with Eastman School of Music resident ensemble the Ying Quartet and vocalist Sara Gazarek in this multi-genre concert.
Interlochen's Instructor of Flute Nancy Stagnitta will also make an appearance. Click here for more information.
Billy Childs co-hosted Classical IPR's Music at Midday, sharing some of his recordings and discussing composition and his collaborations.
"I don't consciously put on a hat of a particular genre," Childs explained. "I'll use whatever pool of knowledge that I have to serve what I have as a vision for the composition."
To hear the entire conversation, click above the photograph.