BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130522T232517CEST-4105fw6vdp@www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco DTSTAMP:20130522T210517Z DESCRIPTION:Gerald\, born in Beaumont\, Texas\, started playing alto saxoph one at the age of 11. As a freshman at the University of North Texas in D enton\, Texas he switched to playing the flute. During his years as an u ndergraduate at UNT he played with various local bands. Mindful of how un predictable making a living as a musician could be\, he studied business and received his BBA in Administrative Management.\n\nIt wasn't until movi ng to San Francisco in 1985 that he began immersing himself in the jazz s cene. He started listening to various flutists\, from Eric Dolphy\, Frank Wess\, Herbie Mann\, Hubert Laws\, to Dave Valentin\, Paul Horn\, and ot hers. He spent 8 years studying flute at the San Francisco Conservatory o f Music under Yada Weber\, giving recitals of works by Mozart\, Telemann\ , Gluck\, and Ernest Bloch. He also studied with classical flutist Esther Landau.\n \;\nFor more information\, visit Gerald Beckett's website h ere! DTSTART:20130125T200000 DTEND:20130125T220000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:San Francisco SUMMARY:The Gerald Beckett Quintet END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR