MARSHA HEYDT & THE PROJECT OF LOVE Perform at the Garage June 6

Marsha Heydt and the Project of Love perform at The Garage (99 Seventh Ave. South) on Sunday, June 6 from noon to 4pm. Marsha Heydt Alto, Soprano Saxophone and Flute is joined by Norman Pors, Keyboard; John DeCesare, Electric and Acoustic Bass; Rossen Nedelchev, Drums; and Renato Thoms, Percussion.  For information visit http://www.garagerest.com/ 

Marsha Heydt is an accomplished woodwind player whose stylistic expertise spans the gamut of Latin, Funk, Jazz and Rock. In addition to her Bachelor of Music from the University of the Arts, she holds a Masters in Music Education from the Aaron Copland School of Music.

She has studied privately with Ron Kerber, John Blake, Larry McKenna, Jim Pugh, John Stubblefield and Sir Roland Hanna. In June 2002, the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music's Professional development Fund awarded her a grant to study with the renowned Jimmie Amadie. She is mentored on sax and flute by Eric Person and teaches at various prestigious private schools and music conservatories in New York City.

Marsha has shared the stage with Grover Washington, Bill Watrous, Bob Mintzer, Randy Brecker, John Stubblefield, George Gee and his "Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra" and with Paul Schaefer in a guest appearance on The David Letterman Show and has appeared at Gerald Veasley's Jazz Bass in Reading, PA.

Marsha also plays with her own ensemble, in and around New York City performing in both private and public venues, including the Iridium Jazz Club and Swing 46. She also performs each month for recovering patients at NYU Hospital's Rusk Institute.