HearArts Poetry and Music

An evening of poetry and music, with featured performers, below, followed by open mic and reception.

Don Illich (poetry) Donald Illich has published poetry in failbetter.com, Cream City Review, The Iowa Review, LIT, Fourteen Hills, Memoir (and), Cold Mountain Review, and many other journals. He won Honorable Mention in the Washington Prize book contest and was a “Discovery”/Boston Review 2008 Poetry Contest semifinalist.  Additionally, he received a scholarship to the 2006 Nebraska Summer Writers' Conference and was a semifinalist in the Elixir Press Poetry Book Award Contest.  Recently, he has self-published a chapbook, Rocket Children.  He is a writer-editor who lives and works in Rockville, Maryland.  His blog is www.intermediatepoet.blogspot.com.

Gary Gibian (vibraphone) Gary Gibian, vibraphonist, has played piano since age 5, and drums since age 10. He fell in love with the vibraphone the summer after graduating from high school, when he played in the summer band of the State University of New York – Potsdam.   Gary also spent time on the drums in the house bands at Catskill Mountain hotels.  While in graduate school in St. Louis, he played marimba in a trio at a Mexican restaurant, and vibes in a 7-piece jazz fusion band performing in bars and restaurants and at the Laumeier Sculpture Garden.  Gary is currently playing percussion and piano in the Souler Power (https://www.facebook.com/SoulerPower) band led by Dave Panzer as well as vibraphone in smaller ensembles or as a solo instrument at receptions and other parties.

David Panzer (bass) David’s vocal and instrumental (guitar, bass, and keyboard) skills have been honed over many years of performing blues, soul, jazz and rock and roll music.  He spent five years playing guitar and touring the world with soul legend Wilson Pickett.  He has also performed with many other local and national artists such as Skip Mahoney, Memphis Gold, Jacques Johnson, the Orioles, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Bloodstone, the Platters, Moonshine Society, Retro Deluxe, the Drifters, and Gene Chandler.  He led the noted DC soul band “The Mustangs” for many years, and produced WAMMY-award winning guitarist Chick Hall Jr.’s “Nuke the Juke” CD.