March 13, 2015
Mike Cirillo
The Mike Cirillo Ensemble
Mike Cirillo is a jazz violinist, fiddle player, and composer. Mike has performed at jazz festivals across America, fiddled at country music festivals throughout Europe, entertained at Planet Hollywood in Paris, gigged on Sunset Strip in Hollywood, and worked as a strolling violinist on a cruise ship to Ensenada.
Mike has recorded with mandolin innovator David Grisman and dobro virtuoso Jerry Douglas. He has twin-fiddled with jazz violin icon Johnny Frigo and worked as a sideman for country music legend Glen Campbell.
Mike taught violin improvisation clinics at Arizona State University and the Rolland Fiddle Camp.
Mike Cirillo was the Arizona State Grand Fiddle Champion in 1990 and has a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Violin, a Bachelor of Music in Theory and Composition, and a Master of Liberal Studies from Arizona State University.
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Stan Sorenson is a sought after jazz guitarist in Arizona. Stan has performed with Nancy Wilson, Rosemary Clooney, Vic Damone, Jeffrey Osborne, The Fifth Dimension, Jimmy Smith, George Benson, and Joey DeFrancesco. He has opened for Ella Fitzgerald, Burt Bacharach, David Benoit, and Ray Charles.
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Byron Lipkins came to Arizona from the mid west. Byron taught elementary and high school band for 30 years and performs frequently with several ensembles throughout Arizona. Byron has a degree in music from Ball State University.
