Deanna Witkowski News Today

The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center this year is a participating venue in the annual Fredonia Jazz Festival, which is produced by the Fredonia

The University of New Orleans’ fall 2023 Jazz at the Sandbar concert series kicks off on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. with the Derek Douget Quintet.

The Fredonia Jazz Society has been presenting jazz concerts in the Fredonia-Dunkirk area for the past five years, including the wildly successful Jazz at Domu

Night Train | May 8-11, 2023

As part of her residency at SU, Deanna Witkowski shared her ‘sacred jazz’ and performed with the Morton Schiff Jazz Ensemble, the Orange Juice Quintet and the Hendricks Chapel Choir this past weekend.

Night Train | March 28-31, 2022

Two new books talk about the divergent paths that Blessed Carlos Acutis and Venerable Aloysius Schwartz took toward sainthood.

Night Train | March 7-10, 2022

      Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify  Pianist and composer Deanna Witkowski honors the First Lady of Jazz, Mary Lou Williams, on her lovingly conceived and radiantly realized seventh album, “Force of Nature.” Released along with Witkowski’s first book—a detailed and engaging biography of Williams—the disc caps off 20 years of immersive research into … Continue reading

Pianist and composer Deanna Witkowski pays tribute to the legendary Mary Lou Williams with her latest album Force of Nature.