Dominick Farinacci: “Short Stories” Direct from New York City after an engagement at the renowned Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, the international recording artist & trumpet sensation brings all-star band with special guests from around the world for a swingin' return to the Rubber City! Featuring Sullivan Fortner, Jonathan Michel, Quincy Phillips, Jamey Haddad, Michael Ward Bergeman.

Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci has been recently credited the title Global Ambassador to Jazz at Lincoln Center by Wynton Marsalis, working to further integrate jazz into communities around the world. He graduated from The Juilliard School in 2005 launching his career in Japan with a prolific run of eight albums, later releasing two more globally, touring with his band around the world. Music icon Quincy Jones says of Dominick’s accomplishments “This kid is 360 degrees!” and he is a recipient of the International New Star Award.
 
Dominick has been successful in his personal endeavors on bringing the art of jazz into the community. He is a featured performer for the Cleveland Clinic in both Ohio and Abu Dhabi, taking part in the first jazz performance for patients in Abu Dhabi in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic and the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation. For Dominick, music and health go hand in hand, most recently organizing panel discussions around patient-doctor communication through music with Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. He has also been invited by TED MED to do a TED talk September 2014 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
 

“This kid is 360 degrees!”
Quincy Jones

 
Dominick has been a leading advocate in music education development, most recently featured at the 2014 Community College Association of America in D.C. He served as Music Consultant to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, and initially launched a music education program at the Tommy LiPuma Center for the Arts in Cleveland, Ohio, which brought together 30+ international artists involving over 3,000 students. This successful initiative has since expanded to the GCC, in schools such as Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar Music Academy, the American School of Doha among others.
 

 
Whether through touring concerts, recording, music education development or in music and healthcare projects, Dominick gives back the gift of music to the community. He created a campaign which collected over 3,000 toys for areas affected by Hurricane Sandy called “a Trumpet, a Truck and our Toys for Tots,” partnering with the US Marines and Archdiocese of New York. He has been a featured musician working alongside supermodel Petra Nemcova for the Happy Hearts Foundation; a non-profit foundation dedicated to rebuilding schools and restoring hope and opportunity in the lives of children after natural disasters.
 
Dominick is a unique artist who aspires to bring jazz to diverse corners of the world.
 
Direct from New York City after an engagement at the renowned Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, join us as Dominick brings an all-star band with special guests from around the world right here to Akron in a swingin’ return to the Rubber City – tickets will sell quickly so get yours today!
 

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