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Event Program
Multi-instrumentalists and vocalists Jerron Paxton and Dennis Lichtman, two
extraordinary artists looking to the past for creative inspiration, curate and
perform three joyful evenings of incredible music as our Symphony Space 24/25
Artists in Residence.
NYC Folk: October 30 | 7:30PM
1920s Pop: December 05 | 7:30PM
Ragtime: January 30 | 7:30PM
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Jerron Paxton sings and plays banjo, guitar, piano, fiddle, harmonica, Cajun accordion, and the bones (percussion) with an eerie ability to transform traditional jazz, blues, folk, and country into the here and now, and make it real. In addition, he mesmerizes audiences with his humor and storytelling. He's a world-class talent and a uniquely colorful character that has been on the cover of Living Blues Magazine and the Village Voice. His sound is influenced by the likes of Fats Waller and "Blind" Lemon Jefferson. He has opened for Buddy Guy and Robert Cray, and has performed at countless festivals, including the Reading PA Blues Festival, Woodford Folk Festival & Byron Bay Blues Festival in Australia; Calgary Folk Festival in Canada; Jewel City Jam in Huntington WV; Freihofers Jazz Festival in Saratoga Springs FL; Clearwater Festival in Croton-on-The Hudson NY; Fayetteville Roots Festival in Fayetteville AR; Cambridge Folk Festival in the UK; Harvest Time Rhythm & Blues Festival in Ireland; and the Brooklyn Folk Festival among others.
Jerron Paxton sings and plays banjo, guitar, piano, fiddle, harmonica, Cajun accordion, and the bones (percussion) with an eerie ability to transform traditional jazz, blues, folk, and country into the here and now, and make it real. In addition, he mesmerizes audiences with his humor and storytelling. He's a world-class talent and a uniquely colorful character that has been on the cover of Living Blues Magazine and the Village Voice. His sound is influenced by the likes of Fats Waller and "Blind" Lemon Jefferson. He has opened for Buddy Guy and Robert Cray, and has performed at countless festivals, including the Reading PA Blues Festival, Woodford Folk Festival & Byron Bay Blues Festival in Australia; Calgary Folk Festival in Canada; Jewel City Jam in Huntington WV; Freihofers Jazz Festival in Saratoga Springs FL; Clearwater Festival in Croton-on-The Hudson NY; Fayetteville Roots Festival in Fayetteville AR; Cambridge Folk Festival in the UK; Harvest Time Rhythm & Blues Festival in Ireland; and the Brooklyn Folk Festival among others.
Dennis Lichtman is a multi-instrumentalist (clarinet, mandolin, fiddle, and more) who has been living, performing, composing, and teaching in New York City since 2002. His music was recently used in director David Simon’s The Plot Against America (HBO) and he has appeared this year as a clarinetist on Succession (HBO) and The Blacklist (NBC). Lichtman is also a member of ragtime quintet The Lovestruck Balladeers and Ghost Train Orchestra, whose 2023 album of Moondog’s music is a collaboration with Kronos Quartet. Since 2007, Lichtman has been the clarinetist and bandleader of the famed Tuesday night traditional-jazz jam session at Mona's in downtown New York, which was profiled in The New York Times, and has been described by The Wall Street Journal as "ground zero for an emerging late-night scene of young swing and traditional jazz players.” Lichtman has performed at Carnegie Hall, major festivals throughout the United States, and on stages in Europe, Brazil, and China.
Dennis Lichtman is a multi-instrumentalist (clarinet, mandolin, fiddle, and more) who has been living, performing, composing, and teaching in New York City since 2002. His music was recently used in director David Simon’s The Plot Against America (HBO) and he has appeared this year as a clarinetist on Succession (HBO) and The Blacklist (NBC). Lichtman is also a member of ragtime quintet The Lovestruck Balladeers and Ghost Train Orchestra, whose 2023 album of Moondog’s music is a collaboration with Kronos Quartet. Since 2007, Lichtman has been the clarinetist and bandleader of the famed Tuesday night traditional-jazz jam session at Mona's in downtown New York, which was profiled in The New York Times, and has been described by The Wall Street Journal as "ground zero for an emerging late-night scene of young swing and traditional jazz players.” Lichtman has performed at Carnegie Hall, major festivals throughout the United States, and on stages in Europe, Brazil, and China.
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Seedlings Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, Susan Bay Nimoy, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Michael Tuch Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, and The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America.
This program is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Music programming also receives support from an endowment established by The Bydale Foundation, Mary Flager Cary Charitable Trust, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Christopher and Barbara Dixon, the Herman Goldman Foundation, William and Angela Haines, Walter and Marge Scheuer, and Zabar’s.
Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.
Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer*
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)
Artistic Director (1990-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)
Darren Critz Director of Performing Arts Programs
*in memoriam