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Keith Ganz/Gabe Evens Duo

Guitarist, Keith Ganz performs w/ pianist Gabe Evans.

Keith Ganz is a guitarist, composer, arranger, and producer. He has performed with such jazz notables as Harry Connick Jr., Kurt Elling, Luciana Souza, Kate McGarry, Fred Hersch, Christian McBride, Chris Potter, Russell Malone, Bruce Barth, Donny McCaslin, Gary Versace, Victor Lewis, Clarence Penn, Greg Hutchinson, Kenny Wollesen, Billy Drummond, Jay Anderson, Reuben Rogers, Sean Smith, John Ellis, Steve Cardenas, Ben Monder, Theo Bleckmann, Peter Eldridge and Gretchen Parlato, to name a few! He has appeared on Oprah, Letterman, The View, Ellen, Australian Idol and toured the globe from Mongolia to Melbourne.

Pianist, composer, and arranger Gabe Evens has performed throughout the United States and in Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, and France. He has shared the stage with artists such as Kate McGarry, Ed Soph, Lynn Seaton, Janis Siegel, John Faddis, Bernie Dresel, Tim Warfield, Delfeayo Marsalis, Lou Donaldson, Herlin Riley, Jason Marsalis, Adonis Rose, Ray Codrington, and Nneena Freelon. He has also played with large ensembles Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Miami City Ballet Orchestra, the University of North Texas Symphony and Concert Orchestras, the UNT One O'Clock Lab Band, and the University of Miami Concert Jazz Band. As an arranger, he has written commissions for Sheena Easton and Kate McGarry with the Cape Symphony Orchestra and for Nneena Freelon with the John Brown Big Band, and has had numerous compositions performed by chamber and large ensembles including the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Evens' teaching experience includes Duke University, University of Miami, the International College of Music (Kuala Lumpur), the University of Malaya, and UNT, and he is a faculty member of the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra jazz program. Evens is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, holds an MA in Jazz Piano Performance from UM, and will soon complete a DMA in Performance, major in Jazz studies (composition emphasis) from UNT.