Maine's Capital Area

Kennebec Valley Community College's Moody Memorial Chapel will play host to the second annual Music at Moody concert series starting February 20 at 7 p.m. at the Chapel on KVCC's Alfond Campus on Route 201 in Hinckley.

Following a successful inaugural season, the concert series kicks off with a
faculty classical music concert featuring Joshua DeScherer on bass and Jesse
Feinberg on piano.

DeScherer, originally from Tenafly, New Jersey, began playing music at a young age, playing bass as an eight year old. He holds degrees in music from Colby College, Tufts University, and the University at Buffalo, here he earned a Ph.D. in Music Composition. Active in a wide variety of
musical areas, DeScherer can often be seen performing with local jazz bands,
orchestras, and chamber ensembles, and appearing as a solo performer. Working
as a freelancer, he has appeared with a long list of area musicians, and
performs regularly with the Colby College Symphony Orchestra. Joshua lives in
Brunswick, Maine, and works as an adjunct professor and double bass
instructor for a number of area colleges and universities.

Jesse Feinberg is an experienced performance pianist and teacher, and has studied many forms of music for the last 34 years. He attended Holyoke Community College and received an associate degree in Fine Arts, with a concentration in Jazz/Classical Piano Performance. After
graduating, he attended the New School University's Mannes School of Jazz and
Contemporary Music Program in New York City as a Jazz Piano Performance
Major. He also attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He
graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maine at Augusta's Jazz and
Contemporary Music program with a bachelor's degree in Jazz Piano Performance.
Jesse also teaches piano and coaches ensembles at The Portland Conservatory
of Music.

Dr. DeScherer and Feinberg will present a varied recital program, featuring music from the
Baroque era to the present day. Selections will include:"Prelude" from Suite No. 1 for solo cello Johann Sebastian Bach, Exercise on a Breeze (2009) Joshua DeScherer, "Prayer" from Jewish Live, vol. 1 Ernest Bloch,B. B. Wolf Jon Deak, Dee Song Enrico Pieranunzi, Vocalaise Sergei Rachmaninoff , andFailing, Tom Johnson.

The performance will also feature a number of DeScherer's own compositions for the double
bass, including the quiet, meditative Three Episodes in Frozen Time (2014)
and the soothing Lullaby for double bass and piano.

For more information about KVCC's Music at Moody concert series, please contact Mark Kavanaugh at or go to http://www.kvcc.me.edu/pages/moody-chapel/music

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About Music at Moody

Music at Moody is a KVCC Foundation supported program to promote the expressive arts in the
region. Music at Moody features musical performances, art shows, photography,
plays and other expressive arts and seeks to offer these events free of
charge to the community. Artists interested in performing or having their
work displayed in the Moody Memorial Chapel should contact Dr. Mark Kavanaugh
at :

Admission to the Music at Moody concert series is free. Music at Moody appreciates donations to continue providing excellent art and music to the region. If you are interested in supporting Music at Moody, please visit the website and click on the "DONATE" button. http://www.kvcc.me.edu/pages/moody-chapel/music

About Kennebec Valley Community College

Ranked among the best two-year colleges in America, Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) offers more than 35 programs in trades and technology, healthcare, liberal studies, sustainable agriculture, business, education, culinary arts, renewable energy, and computer science. More than
95 percent of recent graduates were employed or continuing their education
within 6 months of graduation and over 90% of KVCC's graduates stay in Maine,
most of them in mid-Maine.

KVCC's Fairfield campus is located three miles north of Waterville, just off Interstate 95. It features five classroom and laboratory buildings, a library, gymnasium, student lounge, and café. KVCC is
constructing a new student food service that will be ready by September 2016.
Fifty percent of the food served will be produced by the Farm at KVCC. The
600-acre Harold Alfond Campus on Route 201 in Hinckley, features a 120-acre
organic farm, two classroom and laboratory buildings, recreational facilities, and historic Moody Chapel and is the ideal environment for KVCC's innovative farm-to-table education hub focused on sustainable agriculture, food processing and technology, culinary arts, renewable energy, and
entrepreneurship. The Nutter Field House is now being converted to house the
Electrical Lineworker program and a new program in Sustainable Building and
Design (Timber Frame Carpentry).

KVCC's small class sizes, low cost, excellent support services, and flexible scheduling appeal to students seeking a better future in comfortable surroundings. With generous financial aid and scholarship resources, the cost of tuition and fees is covered for the majority of
full-time students.

KVCC provides an affordable and practical path to success. Learn more at www.kvcc.me.edu