Pro Musica Musical Evenings Presents Julián Quall Trio

Musical Evenings welcomes Julián Quall Trio!!
Ken Christianson, Pro Musica, Chicago

Doors Open at 7pm
Concert at 8pm

Julián Pujols Quall - Piano
Aaron Kaufman-Levine - Alto Sax
Dear Daniel - Electronics

A Dominican-American improviser, pianist, composer and educator from Chicago, Julián´s journey started with the Caribbean rhythms of their childhood. A classically trained artist and recent Jazz Performance graduate of the Peabody Conservatory, their work found a home in performance, improvisation and collaboration as a founding member of the Peabody Improvisers Collective, creator of improvisational music for dance, director of the Julián and Friends monthly composer series at the Jazz Showcase, and founder of Mamey, a project honoring Dominico-Haitian music. Julián is a New York´s Carrier Records artist, and is preparing their first album and South Arts Jazz Tour with Mamey.

Aaron Kaufman-Levine has performed with the CYSO Jazz Orchestra and the nationally acclaimed 2018 Jazz Band of America and has won multiple awards for his playing including the Woody Herman Jazz Award, Outstanding Wind runner-up at Birch Creek, Outstanding Soloist honors at the Purdue Jazz Competition, 2nd prize in the Luminarts cultural foundation improvisation competition and the Kiewit Wang Mentorship Award from the Jazz Institute of Chicago. Aaron has performed at the 2020 Chicago Jazz Fest, Constellation, Andy’s Jazz Club, Chicago Jazz Showcase, Distler Hall (Tufts), Killian Hall (MIT), Jordan Hall(NEC) and more. He graduated Spring 2023 as a presidential scholar at New England Conservatory. He is a part of the 2023 NEC Honors Ensemble “Blind Glass”, Improvisational saxophone duo “Bearduo” and co-runs his own interdisciplinary concert series “Music in the Garden