BOP STOP Director, Bryan Kennard, teams up with a collective of composers and performers from across Northeast Ohio to present the first concert in a new series to promote and elevate new musical works. The Third Law Collective is co-led by a core group of writers including Dan Bruce, Chris Coles, Bryan Kennard, Aidan Plank, Howie Smith, and Brad Wagner.

Tickets to attend this concert are $20 each. Student tickets will be available at the door for $10 by showing a valid student ID. This event will also be livestreamed on BOP STOP's Facebook page at showtime. Accessing the stream is free but donations are encouraged and directly support the band.

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According to the NASA Glenn Research Center, Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that “Whenever one object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts an equal and opposite on the first.” Similarly, musical forces exert their influences on composers. Whether it’s a new groove, a new harmony, or a new timbre, composers have always been inspired by the music we hear, and these musical forces push us in new compositional directions.

The goal of the Third Law Collective is to create a space where area writers can present original works for a unique ensemble. In doing so, the collective will serve as a testing ground for new ideas, engaging collaboration, and improvisational explorations.

Featuring:

• Bryan Kennard, flutes

• Chris Coles, saxophone

• Howie Smith, saxophone

• Brad Wagner, saxophone

• Jack Schantz, trumpet and flugelhorn

• Mark Mauldin, trombone

• Dan Bruce, guitar

• Anthony Fuoco, piano

• Aidan Plank, bass

• Dustin May, drums

The Bryan Kennard Quintet makes its debut at Blue Jazz+ in Akron, OH.

Bryan Kennard, flutes and compositions
Chris Coles, saxophones
Dan Bruce, guitar
Ian Kinnaman, bass
Dustin May, drums

Come hear exciting, new music by Nathaniel Berle,  Sebastian Birch, Daniel Knaggs, Matthew Saunders, and Stefan Swanson.

This annual event showcases works of Northeast Ohio composers and their compositions featuring the flute, either solo or in chamber ensembles. Bryan will perform two works by Stefan Swanson.

 ~free and open to the public~

Jeremey Poparad and Janus Ensemble perform at BOP STOP! Tickets to attend this show are $15 each for the general public. CSU students can attend for free with student ID. This event will not be livestreamed.

In Roman mythology, Janus was the god of doors, gates, and transitions and was typically depicted as having two faces pointing in opposite directions. Taking inspiration from this imagery of connecting together contrasting things, The Janus Ensemble is a unique group that blends the sounds of a jazz combo with a classical chamber music ensemble. At the core is a guitar, bass, and drums trio with composer Jeremey Poparad playing an 8-string electric guitar. This trio is expanded with a string quartet and a woodwind quartet. In addition to the band, this concert at BOP STOP will feature a slate of guest soloists on a variety of instruments, some more associated with classical music and some more with jazz.

The Janus Ensemble:

• Jose Ramirez, violin

• David Camilo Mendieta Velasquez, violin

• Valentina Pulido Pardo, viola

• Alexander Numpaque Vargas, cello

• Laura Lazarites, oboe

• Summer Canter, bassoon

• Bettyjeane Quimby, alto sax, clarinet

• Chris Coles, tenor sax, clarinet

• Jeremey Poparad, guitars

• Amanda Tavani, double bass

• Anthony Taddeo, drums

Featured Guests:

• Bryan Kennard, flute

• Antara Bhattacharya, sitar

• Dan Bruce, guitar

• Tommy Lehman, trumpet

• Greg Smith, violin

Bobby Selvaggio leads a big band reading original compositions by some of Northeast Ohio’s top jazz composers and arrangers. Bryan will direct the band through several of his works for jazz orchestra throughout the evening.

This event takes place every “first Thursday” of the month at Blu Jazz in Akron.

Please join us as Bobby Selvaggio performs with his group "11". Bobby will be debuting new material for this project as well as revisiting some tunes from his previous records. Bobby Selvaggio 11 features:

• Bobby Selvaggio, sax

• Chris Coles, sax

• Tony Spicer, sax

• Dave Kasper, sax, flute

• Bryan Kennard, flute

• Tommy Lehman, trumpet

• Mark Russo, trumpet

• Chris Anderson, trombone

• Zach Warren, trombone

• Joey Skoch, piano

• TBD, bass

• TBD, drums

This event will be livestreamed on Facebook and tickets are being sold to attend in person. To watch the livestream, visit the BOP STOP's Facebook page at showtime. Watching the stream is free but donations are greatly encouraged and appreciated and can be made here: https://givebutter.com/Eleven

Bryan joins Brazilian guitarist/composer and former UT classmate Marco Antonio Santos for a performance of original music for jazz octet. This performance at Monk’s Jazz Club will be streamed at 7:30pm Central.

Bryan and Marco will be joined by other Austin area musicians and UT comrades.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MonksJazzClub/videos

Flutist, composer, and Cleveland native Bryan Kennard leads a quintet featuring some of Northeast Ohio’s best. The band will perform several of Bryan’s original compositions and arrangements. Tickets to attend this concert are $15 each. This performance will also be livestreamed on the BOP STOP's Facebook page at showtime. Accessing the stream is free but donations are encouraged and appreciated and can be made at www.givebutter.com/BryanKennard

Featuring:

• Bryan Kennard, flute and compositions

• Chris Coles, saxophone

• Dan Bruce, guitar

• Ian Kinnaman, bass

• Anthony Taddeo, drums

After a decade performing and teaching around Texas and Florida, Bryan has returned to Cleveland to reconnect with his roots. He recently graduated from the University of Miami’s renowned Frost School of Music with a doctorate in Jazz Composition. Before that, he studied Jazz Composition at the University of Texas at Austin and flute at Youngstown State University.

Bryan has written for and performed in a variety of traditional and genre-blending ensembles including studio orchestras, chamber groups, large and small jazz ensembles, bluegrass bands, and Brazilian ensembles. With the University of Texas Jazz Orchestra, Bryan performed his original compositions for large and small jazz ensembles at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands. As a Composition Fellow with the Henry Mancini Institute at the Frost School, he worked with composer Maria Schneider arranging her music for the HMI Orchestra featuring saxophonist Donny McCaslin.

Bryan is on faculty at Youngstown State University, teaches a growing private studio, and continues to compose for commissions and his upcoming large and small ensemble projects.

Bryan Kennard guest conducts the YSU Jazz Ensemble through one of his compositions for big band.

Flutist, composer, and Cleveland native Bryan Kennard leads a quintet featuring some of Northeast Ohio’s best. The band will perform Bryan’s original compositions and arrangements.

Bryan Kennard, flutes and composition
Chris Coles, saxophone
Dan Bruce, guitar
Aidan Plank, bass
Anthony Taddeo, drums

I am excited to guest conduct the YSU Jazz Ensemble through a performance of one of my pieces for big band.

Providing music for a private event.

I will make a guest appearance to perform with W&J College music faculty on their faculty recital. The concert will feature music by faculty member Clint Bleil, one of my fellow Frost School of Music Studio Jazz Writing graduates.

Tonight is a celebration of music created by Northeast, Ohio based composers. Bassist, Aidan Plank, has formed a large ensemble of musicians to perform his original compositions as well as those of Howie Smith, Brad Wagner, Chris Coles, Dan Bruce, and Bryan Kennard. Attend this concert in person or tune in to BOP STOP's Facebook page at showtime to catch the live stream. Accessing the stream is free but donations are encouraged and can be made at www.givebutter.com/CollectedWorks

$20 admission.

Private event in Windsor, OH.

Commissioned by oboist Season Summers, Scenes for Charlie is jazz-inspired work for oboe, vibraphone, and assorted percussion. It will be premiered as part of the Sam Houston State University Percussion Studio’s celebration of the vibraphone’s invention 100 years ago. Season will perform the work with percussionist Brian Graiser. See their concert blurb below:

The University Percussion Ensemble at Sam Houston State University is excited to present its Spring 2021 concert “CENTURY: The Vibraphone at 100” on Thursday, April 15 at 7:30pm Central Time (U.S.). The concert will be livestreamed on the SHSU Percussion Studio’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SHSUPercussion.

The concert is one of several events around the world celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the invention of the vibraphone (1921-2021), and will feature performances representative of the instrument’s genre-crossing history. The UPE will be joined by several guest performers, including Season Summers (SHSU Adjunct Professor of Oboe), Trey Clark (SHSU Percussion Graduate Assistant), and members of the SHSU Jazz Program, in presenting the vibraphone-centric program which includes world premieres by UPE Director Brian Graiser and Bryan Kennard, as well as works by Sarah Hennies, Milt Jackson, Alexis Lamb, and Cecilia Livingston. Hope to “see” you there!

I have been selected to present some of my doctoral research in a virtual poster session at the Un[chart]ed Territory, an online symposium presented by the International Society for Jazz Arrangers and Composers. I will be discussing some of the compositional techniques used in two works by chamber jazz composers Billy Childs and Miho Hazama.

Registration for the event is free for ISJAC members. For more details, visit https://isjac.org/uncharted-territory