ART HIRAHARA/VICTOR NORIEGA DUO

OCTOBER 30, 2011 :: THE AMADEUS PROJECT

I met Art Hirahara at the 2005 Banff International Jazz & Improvised Music Workshop. Six years later, the duo project we started in the practice rooms at the Banff Centre will finally debut THIS SUNDAY in Bellingham as part of The Jazz Project Music Series. Two grand pianos, two pianists, familiar songs and original material - don't miss this one!

NORIEGAMUSIC.COM TO UNDERGO RECONSTRUCTION

Hello - thanks for visiting my website! "NORIEGAMUSIC.COM" went online in 2004... and has looked exactly the same since! Well, it's about time to shake things up; big things in the works - you'll see. Feel free to browse around my site as it currently is; the calendar is up to date, and all of the audio and pics SHOULD open. Join the MAILING LIST (below) - you'll be notified when this site gets a facelift :)

See you all soon!

- VJN

FACEBOOK MUSIC PAGE

"NORIEGAMUSIC.COM" is about to undergo some renovation... in the meantime you can refer to my FACEBOOK PAGE for the latest on upcoming shows, new projects, pictures.. the works. Click on the "like" box to auto-like my page!

TWITTER FEED

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PRIVATE INSTRUCTION AT JEAN LYONS SCHOOL OF MUSIC

Are you or someone you know interested in taking jazz piano lessons? I'm pleased to announce that I am now a faculty member at Vancouver's oldest and most prestigious private music school! Instruction is open to all ages and levels. To check availability and rates contact the school at 604-734-4019

Click here to download a nifty promotional poster - you will want to take jazz piano lessons with me :)

Click here to visit the Jean Lyons School of Music website

VICTOR NORIEGA TRIO+2 AT THE 2011 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

JUNE 27, 2011 :: CBC STUDIO ONE

Big thank yous to everyone who made this great: Sean Cronin, Joe Poole, Evan Arntzen, James Danderfer, Grant Rowledge at CBC Radio, everyone at Coastal Jazz, and everyone who came out!

HERE'S A LINK TO SOME PHOTOS (via Roderick Michael Matte - thanks!)

LISTEN TO HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS PERFORMANCE ON SOUNDCLOUD. CHECK IT OUT!

-VJN





FILIPINO JAZZ ARTISTS FEATURE | ROGUE MAGAZINE (MANILA, PHILIPPINES)

MAY 2009

I've been featured as one of fifteen Filipino jazz artists in a pictorial in ROGUE MAGAZINE, a publication from the Philippines.

This link takes you to the start of the feature:
http://rogue.ph/features/entry/rebirth_of_the_cool/

This link takes you to my specific page within the feature:
http://rogue.ph/features/entry/rebirth_of_the_cool/p5/

This link will take you to the website of Collis Davis, a Philippine-based filmmaker/historian and major contributor to this feature:
http://okara.com

Enjoy!

VICTOR NORIEGA TRIO+2 | FENCELESS

EARSHOT JAZZ REVIEW

The anticipated third album is out now! Check out the review from Earshot Jazz below!

Victor Noriega - piano, compositions
Jay Thomas - trumpet, flugelhorn, soprano sax
Mark Taylor - alto sax
Willie Blair - bass
Eric Eagle - drums

Available now at Ponyboy Records

"The latest from pianist Victor Noriega features his "Trio + 2." On FENCELESS (Ponyboy Records), Noriega demonstrates his growing fleetness at the keyboard as well as his expanding compositional and improvisational imagination and skill. A rising presence on the local scene - late last year he impressed greatly at the Earshot festival with the radiant Paul Rucker Quartet - Noriega is both a masterful leader and sympathetic sideman. On Fenceless, the seven tunes are all by him. In moods ranging through effusive, quizzical, and thoughtful, he and his trio mates - bassist Willie Blair and drummer Eric Eagle - join with the "+2" of Jay Thomas on trumpet, flugelhorn, and soprano sax and Mark Taylor on alto sax, to great effect. An earmark of all five performers is their equal attention to soloing and comping. The rhythm section is solid in support, and the soloists are assured."

- Peter Monoghan, Earshot Jazz

AN EVENING WITH JOAN RIVERS

FEBRUARY 13 :: THE TRIPLE DOOR - 7:00 & 9:30pm

This is not a misprint; yours truly will be accompanying television/movie personality Joan Rivers at The Triple Door! This will be a show to remember... a unique event to say the least. Click here for info!

Check out these links for past Victor Noriega news:

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