University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music (CCM)
Cincinnati, OH
Born in 1983 in Granada, Spain, Pamies has recorded four albums under his name: Entre Amigos (PSM, 2008), Borrachito (Bebyne Records, 2011), What Brought You Here? (Bebyne Records, 2017) and Time to Say (expected April 2023). Critics have acknowledged his talent for composition, the lyrical qualities of his playing, and his natural and spontaneous ability to fuse the traditional jazz language and flamenco music of his childhood.
Pamies has performed at festivals in Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Colombia, Perú, China, Spain and the United States. He has collaborated with outstanding artists such as Dave Liebman, Paquito D'Rivera, John Clayton, Lewis Nash, Derrick Gardner, Christian Scott, Rubem Dantas, Antonio Serrano, Diego Amador, Quamon Fowler, Brad Leali, Quincy Davis, Stockton Helbing, Samuel Torres, and Tatiana Mayfield, among others. Besides leading his own projects, he has produced other artists such as Verso Suelto (Verso Suelto, 2016), Korean singer Roja (My Shining Hour, 2013) and The Zebras (Flamenco Jazz Project, North Texas Jazz, 2011).
Pamies currently teaches jazz piano, jazz styles and analysis, jazz combo, and jazz advanced improvisation at University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), where he was appointed Assistant Professor in 2020. Previously, Pamies taught jazz piano, jazz arranging and composition, in addition to leading the small group program, at University of Texas in Arlington. Pamies has given master classes and presented his research at Universidad de Granada (Spain), University of North Texas, University of Central Oklahoma, University of Louisville, University of Texas at Arlington (USA), East Shanghai Normal University, Contemporary Music Institute of Zhuhai (China), Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Universidad Industrial de Santander and Universidad EAFIT de Medellín (Colombia), among other institutions. Pamies is a frequent collaborator of the European Piano Teachers Association’s Piano Professional journal, and has published scholarly articles in Jazz Education in Research and Practice and Jazz-hitz.
Thursday, January 5, 2023
3:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST
Friday, January 6, 2023
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM US EST