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Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Awards
2015 Recipient, Manhattan Community Arts Fund (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council) 2014 Recipient, New Music USA Project Grant (New Music USA) 2013 Recipient, Manhattan Community Arts Fund (Lower Manhattan Cultural Council) 2012 Brand Personality Award (Asia Pacific Brands Foundation) 2008 Recipient, Meet the Composer, Metlife Creative Connections Grant 2007 American Composers Forum, Jerome Composers Commissioning Program 2007 Recipient, Meet the Composer, Metlife Creative Connections Grant 2006 Best Album, Independent Music Awards 2006 Urban Artist Initiative 2006 Recipient, Honorable Mention – 2005 International Songwriting Competition
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Meg Okura's Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble to Peform at St Paul's Chapel
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All About Jazz
The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble Meg Okura, violin and erhu Jun Kubo, flute Jennifer Vincent, cello Mamiko Kituara, piano Rich Stein, percussion Monday April 23, 2007 1 PM $2 Suggested Donation St Paul's Chapel (Broadway at Fulton Street) On Monday April 23rd Trinity Concerts will welcome Meg Okura and the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble into the intimate musical confines of ...
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“chamber jazz has found its queen in Meg Okura.” - Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz
“…a stunning improvisation on top of an impressionistic backdrop.” - Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times
"... mixes a classically trained mastery of strings, piano and drums with quick-witted compositional twist performed with high energy." - Jennifer Odell, The Down Beat Magazine
“Naima is the magnificent new release from violin virtuoso Meg Okura and the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble. Captivating, exciting and refreshing are just one way to describe the track offerings that are featured. Aptly named after one of John Coltrane’s famous compositions, Naima is marvelously diverse mixing the past, present and future.” - Esther Cailens, Birmingham Times