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MIDDLETOWN — The Bob Ahern Trio will perform Dec. 4 from 8 to 10 p.m. at The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center at 605 Main St.
Ahern, a drum corps arranger and percussion composer, will be joined by Ken Fischer, a jazz music teacher, and Chapman Stick player Brett Bottomley, according to buttonwood.org.
Inspired by his father Bob Sr., a drummer with Woody Herman and Charlie Spivak, the younger Ahern began playing drums at 3, according to the website. After many years of performing with jazz and big bands, he settled in Connecticut, where he gained national prominence as a composer, the site says.
Fischer, who teaches jazz at Simsbury High School, Loomis Chaffee and Central Connecticut State University, graduated from Hartt School of Music cum laude with a degree in music education, the announcement said. After that, he played professionally doing a wide range of gigs ranging from musical theater, society bands, as well as jazz and pop groups, the site said.
Bottomley began his musical journey as a teenager on the electric bass. After several years playing in rock bands in the New Haven area, he discovered jazz and enrolled at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
He has “dedicated himself to the mastery of the Chapman Stick and its incorporation into the jazz world,” according to the site. “Brett has become one of the most sought-after performers and teachers of this specialized instrument, playing in regular showcases from Los Angeles to New York, Boston, and the United Kingdom.”
Seats are $15 in advance and $18 day of show. For tickets, visit buttonwood.org. For information, email TheButtonwoodTree@gmail.com or call 860-347-4957.
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