Trumpeter Nicholas Recktenwald And Jazz Quintet Spur Of The Moment to Perform Around Louisville

Prominent Louisville trumpeter Nicholas Recktenwald and his jazz quintet, Spur of the Moment, have several residencies and performances slated around Louisville in early 2018. Recktenwald and Spur of the Moment will participate in residencies at the Lincoln Performing Arts School and Western Middle School for the Arts and perform for WUOLive. These appearances will culminate in the Gheens Foundation Great Expectations concert, where Recktenwald and the quintet will perform with the Louisville Orchestra at The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts.

Recktenwald, a student at duPont Manual High School's Youth Performing Arts School, will perform alongside his father, James Recktenwald, the Assistant Principal Trumpet with the Louisville Orchestra, during the Gheens Foundation Great Expectations Concert. Nicholas Recktenwald is available for media interviews.

The mission of The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts is to lead and enrich the artistic, educational and economic vitality of the region by providing unparalleled programming and cultural events. As an integral member of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts, and Heritage cabinet, The Center, along with the other agencies, seek to preserve and promote the history, heritage and arts of the Commonwealth.

The vision of the Gheens Foundation, Inc. is to represent Edwin and Mary Jo Gheens in a manner that brings credit to their legacy. We will be mindful of the responsibilities to our communities as the area's second largest independent foundation. We will be distinguished by addressing the ongoing needs of the Metropolitan Louisville, Kentucky area and Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes in Louisiana while pro-actively seeking new and creative ways to have profound, long-term impact on a few selected projects in chosen fields of focus. This will be done while managing the foundation's assets in a manner to assure long term viability.