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Mike Greensill and Wesla Whitfield
Wesla, with her husband/pianist/arranger, Mike Greensill performs annually throughout the country in concert halls and fine show rooms. Together Mike and Wesla have opened at Michigan's Meadowbrook, New Jersey's Garden State Art Center and Flint Center in Cupertino for such notables as George Burns, Michael Feinstein and Frankie Laine. Mike Greensill is a resident piano player on Sedge Thomson's weekly Public Radio show to the world, "West Coast Live." As an arranger Mike, in addition to his work with Wesla, has had the opportunity to write for big bands and symphony orchestras including the Boston Pops and the San Francisco Symphony. Mike has also had the pleasure of accompanying such diverse talents as Rita Moreno,Margaret Whiting, Broadway stars Lillias White and Franc D'Ambrosio and jazz singers Madeline Eastman, Ann Hampton Callaway and Opie Bellas. Wesla Whitfield is a remarkable singer whose recording received rave reviews from Jazz Times and many other national publications. Her solo symphonic appearances include two concerts with the San Francisco Symphony as well as San Jose, Sacramento, Omaha, Stockton, Napa, Auburn, Concord Pavilion, Santa Rosa, Peninsula and California Symphonies. She appeared on many national shows, including Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion" and the highly revered Marian McPartland PBS 'Piano Jazz' series. The October 2005 issue of Oprah Magazine hailed Wesla as "a phenomenal woman" in a detailed three page article. Together Whitfield and Greensill conduct scheduled Master Classes at Notre Dame De Namur in Belmont and Napa Colleges in Napa Valley and throughout the country.
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LocationStudio 55 Marin (View)
1455-A East Francisco Blvd.
San Rafael, CA 94901
United States
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