the scene sessions at the clover room
Emma Atkinson, Mike Abbo, Max Pastore
DOORS: 7:30pm
SHOW: 8pm
TICKETS: $15
Emma Atkinson and Mike Abbo Duo
Emma Atkinson is a flexible and multi-faceted jazz vocalist and educator in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She is a rising senior, getting her Bachelor of Music at the Irving S. Gilmore School of Music, studying jazz voice. In her community, she performs as a soloist or sideman regularly and manages a voice and piano studio through multiple private music schools in the Kalamazoo area. Emma has participated in the highly regarded Gold Company program, the treble chorus
Anima, the WMU Afro Latin Jazz ensemble, and has been featured in the University Jazz Orchestra, where she was a soloist in Kenny Wheeler’s Music for Large and Small Ensembles in 2023. In June 2025, Atkinson made her debut at Carnegie Hall as a soprano in the Octavo Series Chorus. Atkinson has shared the stage with the New York Voices, Peter Eldridge, trumpet player Russ Johnson, and Michael Mayo, to name a few. Currently, she studies under vocalist and pianist, Greg Jasperse, and has studied with pianist, Matthew Fries and vocalist, Liz Townsend.
Michael Abbo is a bassist and multi-instrumentalist primarily based in the Detroit area. He regularly performs in prominent clubs in the area such as Cliff Bells, The Blue Llama, The Dirty Dog, and The London Chop House.
9:00 pm
While pursuing a master’s degree in jazz studies at Western Michigan University, saxophonist and band leader Max Pastore regularly performs songs from the jazz tradition, as well as his own compositions. His approach to composition and improvisation is influenced by many different styles, and his latest quartet explores the music of the bebop and hard bop era.
Piano - Grant Rupp
Bass - Donovan Meussen
Drums - Kaden Anderson
The Clover Room is an intimate listening room and rental venue dedicated to creatives of all kinds. Located in suite #6 in the south Jerico building. Find out more.
JERICO
THE CLOVER ROOM
1501 FULFORD ST, SUITE 6 KALAMAZOO, MI 49001