Trumpeter Peter Evans to Perform Feb. 28

On Friday, Feb. 28, Performance Music at The University of Scranton will host trumpeter Peter Evans with Ron Stabinsky (piano) in recital as part Performance Music’s spring 2025 schedule. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Houlihan-McLean Center, Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis.

According to Cheryl Y. Boga, conductor and director of Performance Music at the University, “When my son tells me that Peter is not only a virtuoso but is without question the most creative trumpeter alive, I listen. And, of course, pair him with our Houlihan McLean hero, Ron Stabinsky, and we are all in.”

Evans is a composer, trumpet player, bandleader and educator based in New York City. For 20 years, he has been pushing the boundaries of creative music in formats as divergent as solo trumpet improvisation, symphony orchestras, jazz ensembles, noise/electronic music and through-composed works. He has received awards and commissions worldwide, including the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in 2022. Additionally, he has released 20 albums of original music, including the critically acclaimed Ghosts, Lifeblood and Being and Becoming.

A prolific composer and performer, Evans tours regularly with his groups Being and Becoming, SYMPHONY, and Forever 21, and as a soloist and collaborator with some of the leading lights of modern music. As an educator, Evans has given masterclasses and conducted workshops on improvisation, composition, instrumental practice, and creativity at The Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, New School for Social Research, Cleveland Institute of Music, Oberlin Conservatory and many more.

Stabinsky is probably best known nationally as a member of the band “Mostly Other People Do The Killing,” the reunited rock band “Meat Puppets,” Relache Ensemble and The Peter Evans Ensemble. He has the distinction of performing as a classical solo and orchestral pianist, a straight-ahead jazz musician, occasionally a rock musician, and regularly as an accomplished free improviser. In addition to solo piano improvisation, he enjoys working on music in stylistically diverse situations throughout the United States and Europe with a variety of other musicians and ensembles. His first solo album Free for One received four stars in DownBeat and tied for number one debut of the year in the 2016 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll. His festival appearances include Newport Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival (Netherlands), Moers Festival (Germany), Jazzfestival Saalfelden (Austria), Outreach Festival (Austria) and Jazz and More Festival Sibiu (Romania).

For information on educational offerings related to this event for musicians ranging from students aged 16 and older through to professionals, contact music@scranton.edu or call (570) 941-7624. School groups are welcome.

For further information on the performance, call 570-941-7624, email music@scranton.edu or visit scranton.edu/music. For more on Evans, visit peterevanstrumpet.com.