Dr. Bill Bares

Check out the review of our milestone concert at UNC Asheville on Feb 4th... it was one of the most amazing concerts I've been a part...

We were so excited to bring in Grammy-nominated pianist Martin Bejerano and his amazing trio for a mini-residency as part of our UNCA...

After months of meetings, reading proposals, and organizing behind the scenes... we rolled out our pre-conference in New Orleans and it...

Jazz-Gospel piano guru Eric 'Poppa' Reed joins us in Asheville this week for an action-packed run of performances, lectures and...

The Wednesday Showcase with Dr. Bill Bares& Friends is now up and running at Gigi's. Tons of things in store for this night, including...

The Eagle has landed! The Asheville Jazz Workshop's Archetype jam has moved to Gigi's Underground, a speakeasy on College Street, on the...

Was honored to speak to the Asheville Symphony Guild about William Grant Still, Harry Burleigh, Antonin Dvorák, George Gershwin and Will...

Beginning in 2022, a dedicated jazz jam dedicated to the workshop concept... with clinics and other events planned. Archetype is close to...

Started an Isis tradition this December: Vince Guaraldi's A Charlie Brown Christmas, first set; my rearrangements of Vince Guaraldi's...

Gave a guided listening tour through the strange and haunting Sing Me a Song of Songmy, by the great Freddie Hubbard with Ilhan...

Got to play really beautiful concert grands at Freeburg Pianos and at the First Presbyterian Church for well-recorded Asheville Area...

Dr. Brian Felix and I traveled the Steinway factory in Astoria, Queens for an experience we will never forget. Thanks to a generous...

The Core's song "Lee-Roy," from our album, Turning Point is now the official theme song of the Waters and Harvey Show! We're thrilled to...

Responding to the pandemic season, we released our Faculty Showcase and Lecture series this year as a video production called "UNCA LOVES...

Was lucky to interview and play with our resident artists Endless Field (Jesse Lewis and Ike Sturm), who gave a great concert with our...

The Core's newest CD, Turning Point, is available for digital download! Contact us if you're interested in a download code before the...

Had a great time playing the Johnson City Jazz Festival this weekend with my longstanding trio with Zack Page and Michael W. Davis. This...

Excited to be delivering tomorrow's public lecture as part of the third annual Music Department Lecture Series. This talk is part of my...

Great time at the American Musicological Society annual meeting in San Antonio. Heard some moving papers and got to catch up with some...

Glad to have my review of the new film, Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read, published in the inaugural issue of Jazz and Culture,...

Playing a crafty suite of pieces by Hindemith for three Trautoniums (1930) tomorrow at the Asheville Electro-Acoustic Festival. Lots of...

After a semester of deconstructing and then reconstructing preconceived ideas of music, students in our Experimental Music at UNC...

The album has finally dropped, and is available on all the major services. This is our first album, and there are more in the works. The...

Really excited to kick of this new series at UNC Asheville every Friday: "Jazz Forum," featuring performances by our students and...