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L to R: Reporter Jean-Paul Germonville w/PKQ | Patrick filming a drum clinic at MAI for Batteur Magazine | Patrick Kunka Quartet signing Posters & CDs

Reporting the conclusion of a successful week: I leave you to enjoy a few pics, stories, and even a video from French television, RIV 54. Some stories are currently only available in print, and numerous other unknown stories and pictures from reporters who snuck in and out of performances throughout the week will remain in cyberspace.

Many thanks to Pépin – our road manager for the week, to Keddy – our NJP representative and artist manager, and to Jason Camelio – Director of International Programs @ Berklee and Hans Kullock (of MAI) – the quiet forces behind the scenes who orchestrated the original elements and allowed the chemistry to evolve.

Click the links below for news stories.
(If you don’t read French, copy and throw the URLs into google search for access to automated translation).
http://www.estrepublicain.fr/dossiers/nancy-jazz-pulsations/art_1198735.php
http://www.estrepublicain.fr/dossiers/nancy-jazz-pulsations/art_1192053.php

VIDEO FROM RIV 54

The video below is 30 minutes in length, and includes interviews and performances of the Quartet. If you are unable to access the video by clicking, please copy and paste the following URL into your browser:
http://riv54.com/riv_54_la_television/visio.php?id_emission=5

PATRICK KUNKA QUARTET
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Patrick Kunka | Leah Gough-Cooper | Dylan Coleman-Tunstall | Alan Benzie

… and finally, below is the Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2009 schedule for the Patrick Kunka Quartet.
Believe it or not, except for the last minute additions noted by an asterisk, this was actually all scheduled in, in a printed and bound document. This is only a SUMMARY of what was in that 21-page document.

Cheers. See you on another international program, soon.
– sSkau

THE SCHEDULE
Monday, October 05 14:10 – 16:00 = Arrive Luxembourg/Drive to Nancy/Hotel Check In
* 19:00 – 21:00 = Meet MAI director, Hans & Monique Kullock – dinner
Tuesday, October 06 * 11:00 – 12:30 = Visit School, meet Staff & Faculty at MAI, Lunch
14:30 – 15:45 = Transportation to Saint Mihiel
16:30 – 17:30 = Sound Check
19:00 – 19:45 = Dinner
20:00 – 21:15 = Concert (Musée d’Art Sacré de Saint-Mihiel)
* 22:30 – 00:00 = Reception at Mayor Phillipe Martin’s home
00:30 – 02:15 = Transportation to Nancy/Hotel
Wednesday, October 07 10:30 – 11:00 = Transportation to Center Hospitalier Saint Charles in Toul
11:30 – 12:30 = Lunch
12:40 – 13:30 = Sound Check
14:00 – 15:00 = Concert
15:45 – 16:30 = Transportation to Le Blitz in Nancy
17:00 – 18:00 = Sound Check
18:00 – 20:00 = Concert (at Le Blitz)
21:30 – 00:00 = Dinner
00:30 – 01:00 = Transportation to hotel
Thursday, October 08 * 10:00 – 12:00 = PKQ Clinic at MAI
12:15 – 13:15 = Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 = Transportation to Villerupt
16:00 – 17:00 = Sound Check
* 17:00 – 18:00 = Film (pre concert performance & interviews for RIV 54 (TV)
19:00 – 20:15 = Dinner
22:15 – 23:30 = Concert at Salles des Fêtes de Villerupt
00:00 – 01:30 = Transportation to Nancy/hotel
Friday, October 09 *11:00 – 14:00 = Visit MAI, Lunch w/ Berklee alum Cedric Hanriot, visit town ctr.
15:15 – 15:30 = Transportation to Seichamps
16:00 – 17:00 = Sound check
19:00 – 20:30 = Dinner
21:50 – 23:00 = Concert at Espace Socio-Culturel (Seichamps)
00:00 – 00:30 = Transportation to Nancy/hotel
Saturday, October 10 14:00 – 15:00 = Transportation to Neuf Château
16:00 – 17:00 = Sound check
19:00 – 20:30 = Dinner
22:30 – 23:45 = Concert at Salle de spectacle du Trait d’union
00:45 – 02:00 = Transportation to Nancy/hotel
Sunday, October 11 —– Day Off. Visit festival/other —–
Monday, October 12 * 11:00 – 12:30 = Patrick Kunka filming drum clinic for Batteur Magazine.
* 19:00 – 20:00 = Lunch w/ Hans&Monique Kullock, faculty/staff from MAI (BIN)
18:15 – 18:30 = Transportation to concert venue in Nancy
19:00 – 20:00 = Sound check
20:30 – 22:00 = Concert at Ecole Nationale Supérieur d’ Architecture (ENSA)
23:00 – 00:00 = Dinner
00:15 – 00:30 = Return to hotel
Tuesday, October 13 11:30 – 13:15 = Return travel day. Transportation to Luxembourg.
Samuel Skau
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