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Nicole Mitchell, Jason Hwang And Kamala Sankaram Premiere New Music With Tri-Centric Orchestra

Source: Nicole Mitchell
April 18, 2013

TRI-CENTRIC ORCHESTRA TO PREMIERE COMMISSIONS BY NICOLE MITCHELL, JASON KAO HWANG, AND KAMALA SANKARAM 8pm, April 21, 2013 at Roulette 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn NY Brooklyn, NY - On April 21st at Roulette, the Tri-Centric Orchestra, the resident ensemble of Anthony Braxton’s Tri-Centric Foundation (TCF), will premiere three compositions for a 16- piece ensemble by composers Nicole Mitchell, Jason Kao Hwang, and Kamala Sankaram. The concert initiates TCF’s commissioning series, designed to offer the next generation of creative ...

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Festival

Women Jazz Composers Festival Premieres October 12th And 13th At 18th Street Arts Center And World Stage, Los Angeles

Source: Nicole Mitchell
September 21, 2012

OFF THE PAGE 2012: Women Jazz Composers Festival premieres October 12th and 13th at 18th Street Arts Center and World Stage, Los Angeles: including concerts by Maia, Tomeka Reid, Manisha Shahane, Dawn Norfleet, Leah Paul and Nicole Mitchell. October 12-13, 2012—Six women composers from diverse musical backgrounds will present original music at the OFF THE PAGE 2012: Women Jazz Composers Festival. Each night will feature three sets of original music encompassing jazz, blues, world, folk and experimental traditions. Chicago-based cellist, ...

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Event

Chicago Flutist and Composer Nicole Mitchell Relocates to Los Angeles With Performances on January 27th and January 28th 2011

Source: Nicole Mitchell
January 21, 2012

Nicole Mitchell, “one of Chicago's more inspiring jazz visionaries," (Chicago Tribune), an award winning jazz flutist, modernist composer and great contributor to Chicago music, has recently relocated to Los Angeles. On January 28th, at 8pm, Mitchell will debut her talents in duet with legendary opera composer and improvising pianist Anthony Davis at Winifred Smith Hall on the campus of University of California Irvine. Mitchell, a recent recipient of the Alpert Award in Music, begins a week-long residency at California Institute ...

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Performance / Tour

Nicole Mitchell premieres New Orchestra Work, Harambee: The Road to Victory January 15th and 16th

Source: Nicole Mitchell
December 22, 2011

The Chicago Sinfonietta, led by conductor/music director Mei-Ann Chen will perform its annual tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., which will feature a world premiere of creative flutist/composer Nicole Mitchell's Harambee: Road to Victory for choir, flute and orchestra on January 15th and 16th, 2012. With her third orchestra piece being performed in the last six months, Nicole Mitchell is thrilled with the opportunity to share her music with the Chicago Sinfonietta and the powerful voices of the Apostolic Choir, ...

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Event

Nicole Mitchell's New Orchestra Premiere: Flight for Freedom on December 7th (Chicago)

Source: Nicole Mitchell
December 5, 2011

Creative flutist/composer Nicole Mitchell will perform her new orchestra work with the Chicago Composers Orchestra on December 7th, 2011, 6:30pm at Garfield Park Conservatory. With Flight for Freedom for Creative Flute and Orchestra, Mitchell straddles contemporary classical music, jazz and creative music in ways she has never done before. The Chicago Composers Orchestra is in its first season, founded by Randall West to feature new music by living composers. The concert will be free to the public and will also ...

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