Erika Paul

Erika’s May Concert schedule: Sat. April 30th, 2 p.m. at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City featuring Erika’s jazz trio. Community Educational Program. $10.00 general admission, $7.00 students/seniors and $5.00 for BAC members. Location: 449 W. King Street, Carson City, NV 89703. tel. 775-883-1976 www.breweryarts.org. Sun. May 1st and May 22nd, 2 p.m. at the River Room in the Wild River Grille located at 17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 180 in downtown Reno on the Truckee River. No cover. Great food. Great Service. Great staff. Great local live music. Great atmosphere. Great outdoor dining weather-permitting. Tel. 775.284.7455. www.wildrivergrille.com. Fri. May 6th, 1 p.m at the Sierra View Library in Reno, Erika’s Jazz Trio. Community Educational Program through the Pioneer Center Youth Program, Tel. 775.686.6142. No cover. Tues. May 10th, 2:30 p.m. at the Arbors, 2121 E. Prater Way in Sparks. Erika is a touring artist for the Sierra Arts Eldercare Facility concert series program to bring the arts and music to our community’s elderly and alzheimers residents. No cover. Sun. May 15th, 3 p.m. 17 piece Sierra Swing Band ballroom dance at the Reno Elks Lodge located at 597 Kumle Lane by the Reno Convention Center. $5 dance lessons at 2 p.m. $10 for live music from 3 to 6 p.m. Thurs. May 26th, 6 p.m. at the South Valleys Library in Reno, Erika’s Jazz Trio. Community Educational Program through the Pioneer Center Youth Program. Tel. 775.686.6142. No cover. Sat. May 28th, 6 p.m. Erika’s Jazz Duo at the River Room in the Wild River Grille located at 17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 180 in downtown Reno on the Truckee River. No cover. Great food. Great Service. Great staff. Great local live music. Great atmosphere. Great outdoor dining weather-permitting. Tel. 775.284.7455. www.wildrivergrille.com. Thank you for supporting live jazz, live music and music education! www.erikapaul.com.

On Saturday, April 2nd, Erika’s private music studio will have a spring jazz recital in celebration of National Jazz Month at Steinway Gallery, 500 E. Moana Lane in Reno, 2 p.m. On Sunday, April 3rd, 2 p.m. Erika’s School of Song performance at the Reno River Room-Wild River Grille will take place at 17 S. Virginia St., Ste. 180 in downtown Reno on the Truckee River, tel. 775.284.7455. On Wednesday, April 6th, 8 a.m., Erika is a music and arts presenter at Yvonne Shaw Middle School Career Day in Sparks. On Thursday, April 7th, 3 p.m., Erika plays on the piano and sings for the elder care concert series through Sierra Arts at Alterra Wynwood, 200 E. Prater Way in Sparks. On Friday, April 8th, 2:30 p.m. Erika and her husband Dwight perform on piano, guitar and vocals for the alzheimers residents at The Arbors, 2121 E. Prater Way in Sparks. And on Sunday, April 17th, 3 p.m. Erika plays piano for the Sierra Swing Big Band, Elks Lodge in Reno 597 Kumle Lane, by the Reno Convention Center, 3 to 6 p.m. Enjoy classic big band music and fun dance arrangements performed by a real, LIVE 16 piece big band. $10.00 a person. First come, first serve. Plan to arrive early. Dance lessons start at 2 p.m. It’s spring, so come on out and get your ballroom groove on! Also catch Erika’s trio with Erika on piano and vocals, Gary Douglas on upright bass and Andy Heglund on drums on Saturday, April 30th at 2 p.m. performing an educational jazz concert at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City, NV. Check it all out at www.erikapaul.com. And check out Erika’s interview by one of her students at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaZxuAitCWo.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Marvin Picollo Elementary School Assembly, 10 a.m. Reno Nevada. Erika Paul Carlson Jazz Trio. Pioneer Center Youth Program event featuring a “100 years of jazz“ interactive concert“ with Erika on piano and vocals, Gary Douglas on bass and Chuck Hughes on drums. Friday, March 11, 2011. Reno Concerts “Joe Dolister & Friends” music clinic at the Neil Road Community Center in Reno at 3:30 p.m. Featuring Joe Dolister on bass and Erika Paul Carlson on piano and vocals, performing music styles including funk, reggae, blues, latin jazz and jazz standards arranged in a whole new and unique way for a “hands on” FREE music clinic. BECOME A RENO CONCERTS 2010-2011 SEASON MEMBER! Family/Group (up to 4 people): $253. Adult: $76. Senior (65+): $67. Student (under 17): $42. For more information, visit www.renoconcerts.com and email Lucy or Kendee. The 2010-2011 season showcases five unique concerts of different music genres between September 17th and April 2011. Sunday, March 13, 2011. Starlite Dance Studio, 3945 So. McCarran off Longley Lane in Reno from 3 to 6 p.m. Sierra Swing Band Ballroom Dance. This 17 piece big band, led by Russ and Judy Lindquist, features music director Dr. Don Simpson, vocalists Ronda and Max Shen and 15 of the area’s finest musicians and music teachers. Tangos, mambos, cha chas, foxtrots, jump swing and contemporary music will keep you on your dancing toes. Dance lessons are also available at 2 p.m. for $5 per person. To attend just the dance at 3 p.m., tickets are $10 per person and will be sold at the door. Call Judy at 775.813.5186 for more information. Come on out and BRING A FRIEND! Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Monaco Ridge in Southwest Reno, 2 p.m. Pianist/vocalist Erika Paul Carlson is the featured Sierra Arts Elder Care Concert Series artist reaching out to our elderly community to share their talents. This inspiring program was created by Sierra Arts, Dallas Smith and Susan Mazer. Erika has been involved as a participating artist with the program since it’s preliminary planning meetings 8 years ago. Concerts are always FREE. For more info, and to bring an artist to your elder care facility, contact Program Director Stacey Spain at 775.329.ARTS.

Thursday, February 3, 2011. Senior Center on 9th & Sutro in Reno, 10:30 a.m. Erika Paul Carlson Jazz Trio. This free event features Erika’s “100 years of jazz“ interactive concert“ with Erika on piano and vocals, Gary Douglas on bass and Andy Heglund on drums in collaboration with the Washoe County Library System and the Pioneer Center Youth Program. Sunday, February 13, 2011. SIERRA SWING BAND WINTER DANCE. This LIVE 17 piece big band features tangos, mambos, cha chas, foxtrots, waltzes, jump swing and contemporary music to keep you on your dancing toes. Group dance lessons are also available with Dancin’ Partners LLC at 2 p.m. for $5 per person. To attend only the dance at 3 p.m., tickets are $10 per person and will be sold at the door. Call Judy at 775.813.5186 or email at judybluenote@gmail.com for more information. Come on out and bring a friend! Tuesday, February 15, 2011. The River Room, 17 S. Virginia St. at Mill in front of the Truckee River in Reno, 6 to 9 p.m. Erika Paul Carlson-Joe Dolister Jazz Duo. Acoustic bassist Joe Dolister joins Erika on keyboards and vocals for a cool evening of hot jazz. You’ll always find GREAT food, GREAT service, a GREAT staff, a RELAXED atmosphere, GREAT local live music and NEVER A COVER. Call early for reservations and plan to bring friends! Tel. 775.284.7455To follow Erika’s performances, ask to be a FACEBOOK friend under name Erika Paul and request to follow Erika’s tweets on TWITTER name ErikaVPC88s.

December 31, 2010 NEW YEARS EVE DINNER & DANCE PARTY! St. Gall Catholic Church located at 1343 Centerville Lane in Gardnerville, Nevada. 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. featuring the Sierra Swing Band. Tickets are available at the door or prior to event until sold out. Includes dinner and dancing to the live 17 piece Sierra Swing Big Band led by Russ and Judy Lindquist and features vocalists Ronda and Max Shen. Erika and her husband Dwight are in the rhythm section of this amazing band, playing keyboards and guitar with drummer Dave Riegert and music director/bassist Dr. Don Simpson along with 11 of the area’s top music teachers/musicians on horns. Contact Rocky Barth for tickets and information at tel. 775.782.2852. Sunday, January 9, 2011. Starlite Dance Studio, 3945 So. McCarran off Longley Lane in Reno from 3 to 6 p.m. featuring the Sierra Swing Band. This 17 piece big band, led by Russ and Judy Lindquist, features music director Dr. Don Simpson, vocalists Ronda and Max Shen and 15 of the area’s finest musicians and music teachers. Tangos, mambos, cha chas, foxtrots, jump swing and contemporary music will keep you on your dancing toes. Dance lessons with Dancin’ Partners LLC are also available at 2 p.m. for $5 per person. To attend just the dance at 3 p.m., tickets are $10 per person and will be sold at the door. January special only: Bring a dance flyer to the dance and receive a $5 discount for one couple. Call Judy at 775.813.5186 or email at judybluenote@gmail.com for more information. Come on out and BRING A FRIEND! Sunday, January 16, 23 & 30, 2011. The River Room, at the Wild River Grille, 17 S. Virginia St. at Mill in front of the Truckee River in downtown Reno from 2 to 5 p.m. Erika Paul Carlson’s School of Song. In celebration of the new year, once, again it is an HONOR to be asked by owners Chuck and Jan Shapiro to have a regular event to play, sing and show off some of my terrific students. Come out and cheer us on! AND you’ll always find GREAT food, GREAT service, a GREAT staff, a RELAXED atmosphere, GREAT local live music and NEVER A COVER! Call early for information and reservations and plan to bring family and friends at tel. 775.284.7455. Visit Erika’s website for more information at www.erikapaul.com and HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! To follow Erika’s performances, ask to be a FACEBOOK friend under name Erika Paul and request to follow Erika’s tweets on TWITTER name ErikaVPC88s

Deck the halls with boughs of jolly holly and pass the eggnog! Erika will play holiday music for the Fountains elder care facility on Harvard in Reno on Tuesday, Dec. 7th at 2 p.m. and then join acoustic bassist Joe Dolister for a little holiday-inspired jazz at the River Room, 17 S. Virginia St. in downtown Reno from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tues. Dec. 7th as well. On Sunday, Dec. 12th, the “Erika Paul Carlson’s School of Song” event will take place again, by popular request, At the River Room, 17 S. Virginia St. in downtown Reno from 2 to 5 p.m. Erika works again with the Sierra Swing Big Band on New Years Eve, location and time TBA. Visit the Sierra Swing blog for more information at http://sierraswing.blogspot.com/ and to contact Erika, visit http://www.erikapaul.com/.

You’re invited! And it’s FREE! The Nevada Arts Council, The National Endowment for the Arts and the Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs have graced me with a BETA (Better Teaching Through The Arts) Grant to make this unique event and labor of love possible for all of you to enjoy. And it’s free. The event: Exotic, Elegant & Earthy concert & clinic is Saturday, Nov. 6th, 4 to 7 p.m. at the Steinway Gallery in Reno, 500 E. Moana Lane. It’s free but  seating is limited so you must reserve your seats at tickets@jazzqmusic.com asap, so we know you’re planning to attend. Choose to attend any one or all of the activities: 4 p.m. is the clinic, which promises to be informative and entertaining, 5 p.m. is the reception with goodies and drinks, 5:30 p.m. is the concert, featuring consummate artists and experts, Susan Mazer on electro-acoustic harp, Dallas Smith on east indian bamboo flute, flute, saxes and clarinet, and yours truly, Erika Paul Carlson on acoustic piano and voice. This concert/clinic event will showcase original music, improvisation and uniquely arranged jazz standards that  compliment other art forms (visual arts, sculpture, film, photography, poetry, drama) with the goal to inspire you to follow your own artistic muse. Seating is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. So don’t miss it! www.JazzQMusic.com.

In November, Erika’s BETA grant from the NAC (Nevada Arts Council) generated the support for her concert/clinic event on Sat. Nov, 6 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Steinway Gallery in Reno, Nevada featuring Erika on piano and vocals and music friends and colleagues Dallas Smith on east indian bansuri flute and Susan Mazer on electro-acoustic harp. The event is free. On Saturday, Erika performs with the Sierra Swing Big Band for trumpeter Leo Molino’s daughter Apple and future son-in-law Kristian “King” Ramiro’s private wedding reception at 5 p.m. featuring bandleaders Russ & Judy Lindquist, music director Dr. Don Simpson and vocalist Ronda Shen among some of most talented local teachers and musicians to round out the band.

On Sunday, Nov. 14th and Sunday, Nov. 28th, Erika’s husband Dwight Carlson will sit in with her for the “Erika Paul Carlson School of Song” bi-monthly event at the River Room, 17 S. Virginia St. on the Truckee River in downtown Reno from 2 to 5 p.m., featuring experience-hungry and delightful students of music. Contact http://www.wildrivergrille.com/ for more location information and reservations. On Tuesday, Nov. 23rd, Erika will feature her unique style of jazz on keyboards and vocals with Joe Dolister on acoustic bass at the River Room, 17 S. Virginia St. at Mill St. in front of the Truckee River on Tuesday, from 6 to 9 p.m. On Wed., Nov. 17th at 2 p.m. Erika will be the featured Sierra Arts elder care facility touring music artist at Monaco Ridge in Southwest Reno. And on Sunday, Nov. 21st from 3 to 6 p.m., Erika & Dwight work with the Sierra Swing Big Band, featuring bandleaders Russ & Judy Lindquist, music director Dr. Don. Simpson and vocalist Ronda Shen for the monthly ballroom lessons and dance at Starlite Dance Studio, 3945 So. McCarran in Reno at Longley Lane, $10 per person. The Sierra Swing Band Blog is http://sierraswing.blogspot.com/. For more information and to contact Erika, visit http://www.JazzQMusic.com/.

In October, Erika received a 20 years service award on the state level from the National Music Teachers Association (NMTA) and a 15 years service award on the local level from the Northern Nevada Music Teachers Association (NNMTA) to go with her permanent national certification in excellence for private piano and theory teaching on the national level for the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA).

The Nevada Arts Council awarded Erika with a BETA (Better Teaching Through the Arts) grant to fund a clinic and workshop she is preparing on piano and vocals including music artists Dallas Smith on east indian bamboo flute, reeds and saxes and Susan Mazer on electro-acoustic harp for the event scheduled in November.

Erika will visit New Jersey and New York with husband Dwight Carlson to perform for her sister-in-law, choreographer and dancer Carolyn Carlson’s dance workshop and attend her Double Vision show in the theatre at Montclair State University.

Erika was asked for an interview for FRANCE-AMERIQUE, America’s largest French-language publication by reporter Anais Digonnet and here’s the link to see the final article: http://www.france-amerique.com/articles/2010/10/28/erica_paul.html.

Back in Reno, Erika will perform her style of jazz music at the Wild River Grille, 17 S. Virginia St. on the Truckee River in Reno, Nevada on Friday, Oct. 1st from 6 to 9 p.m., on Sunday Oct. 24th from 6 to 9 p.m. and on Halloween, Sunday Oct. 31st from 2 to 5 p.m. featuring costumes and music played by dedicated students from her private music studio in Sparks. On Friday, Oct. 1, Erika will play at the Fountains elder care facility on Harvard Way in Reno at 3 p.m. and again on Thursday at 1 p.m. for Oktoberfest, leading a sing-a-long and celebration of german polkas and waltzes. For more information, contact: http://www.JazzQMusic.com/.

Be sure to come out and enjoy the music lined up for September!

On Thursday 9/9 from 6 to 9 p.m., Sunday 9/12 from 2 to 5 p.m., Thursday 9/16 from 7 to 10 p.m., Friday 9/24 from 6 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday 9/28 from 6 to 9 p.m. you can hear Erika play her favorite jazz standards on keyboard and vocals at the Wild River Grille, 17 S. Virginia St. at Mill in front of the Truckee River in downtown Reno, NV where you’ll always find great food, great service, a great staff, great atmosphere, great local live music, premiere outdoor dining and stylish indoor dining, all at the same time and never a cover!

On Friday, 9/17, Erika joins the Joe Dolister and Friends group for a clinic/concert event at the Steinway Gallery in Reno, 500 E. Moana Lane, sponsored by Reno Concerts, the area’s longest running public concerts organization in Northern Nevada run by Lucy Walker, Kendee Franklin and their board of directors. Joe Dolister is featured on upright bass, Andy Heglund on drums, Tom Delaney on reeds/saxes, and Erika Paul Carlson on acoustic piano and vocals. The night will dance through music styles like funk, jazz, standards, pop, latin and some surprises as well. Special guest Ian Ethan Case will also join in on kalimba and double-neck guitar. For more information, visit www.renoconcerts.com and become a member! On Tuesday, 9/21 Erika will perform for the Arbors alzheimer unit in Sparks at 2:30 p.m. as a Sierra Arts Elder Care Facility Program Touring Artist, so be sure to show your support! For more information, visit the calendar at http://www.erikapaul.com/ and contact with questions or to hire the band.