JANIS BASS CONCERT SALON
Temporary Mailing Address (For the duration of the Public Health Emergency):
6839 Crestway Dr, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48301
Phone: (248) 626-6363
Biography: See Marquis Who's Who in America
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EDUCATION

First full length recital as a part of Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, B.A.
Jazz foundation for future application with standard jazz tunes Lennie Tristano, NY, New York
The classical foundation for future application with two more concert hall recitals
as part of Yale University Graduate School of Music Degree Program, New Haven, Connecticut
Private MusicInstruction; and once a week repertoire classes with Nadia Boulanger, Paris, France
and American Academy of Music, Fontainebleau, France
Master Classes with Artur Rubenstein and Clifford Curzon

Through the innovation of the “dropover”, the JBCS creates a place where people can informally drop over with as little as a few hours’ notice to listen to, play, and compose music in the classical tradition.

On the job training as an evolving literate music making Concert Salon Performer

 

EXPERIENCE

Dinner-pianist, Wright-Patterson Air Force Bass Officer’s Club, Dayton, Ohio
USO performer, Louisville, Kentucky
Professional touring as a pianist in cocktail lounges under management of the Associated Booking Corporation, Chicago, Illinois
Conductor for the University of California at Berkeley, Summer Reading Orchestra
Concert Salon Performing in newly created Concert Salons the world over

Founder, Composer, Conductor, and Pianist at the Concert Salon, Salon de Concert, Salón de Conciertos
Recordings available in relationship to the “live” JBCS/JBSC Dropovers and the performances as they have evolved from one to 200+ repertoire choices

 

AWARDS

Full scholarship for the prestigious three-year Masters of Music degree, Yale University, 1962
Patron-loan for the Boulanger Paris studies, chosen in place of the third-year studies
Nadia Boulanger Scholarship to the American Academy of Music at Fontainebleau ends formal studies

 

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