Buffalo Rising Online

Co-ed elementary grades 1-8.

Join us to see…
-Students excited about learning
-Teachers passionate about their craft
-A tradition of high student Achievements
...all in a nurturing environment

Gray Hair Series poetry reading sponsored by Earth's Daughters and Just Buffalo, featuring Grace Ritz and Loren Keller tonight in Hallwalls Cinema.

A New York City native, Béla Fleck picked up the banjo at age 15 after being awed by the bluegrass playing of Flatt & Scruggs. He began experimenting with playing bebop on the banjo in high school. In 1982, he joined the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival, where he made a name for himself in the country-bluegrass world, at the same time beginning a series of groundbreaking solo albums. Often considered the premiere banjo player in the world, Fleck has virtually reinvented the image and the sound of the banjo in a remarkable performing and recording career that has taken him all over the musical map, both with the Flecktones and on a range of solo projects and collaborations.

Since the group's formation in 1989, the Flecktones' relentless touring has garnered major attention, highlighting the interplay of true virtuoso musicians: Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, percussionist Future Man, and saxophonist Jeff Coffin. Famed for routinely playing over 200 concert dates a year, the Flecktones reach more than 500,000 audience members each year.