June 20th 8PM @ Christ & St. Stephen's Church
$15 at the door
The Manhattan New Music Project (aka MNMP) presents an evening of experimental chamber music pieces to honor the adventurous spirit of a broad variety of composers of chamber music, jazz and classical works. The pieces presented will include early works by MNMP's late founder Paul Nash, as well as compositions by Thelonius Monk, Johann Sebastian Bach, Lisa Karrer to name a few.
The music will be performed by such luminary proponents of musical creativity as Dave Taylor (trombone), Bruce Williamson (saxes and clarinets), Ben Kono (oboe, saxes, clarinets), Thomas Ulrich (cello), Bill Ruyle (vibes and percussion) and Lisa Karrer (vocals, spoken word).
The Christ & St. Stephen's Church is located on 122 West 69th Street between Broadway and Columbus Avenue. Tickets will be available at the door for $15. For questions / special needs reservations etc call 212-977-1070 for details.
Now in its 18th season, MNMP is a performing arts organization that is recognized worldwide for artistic excellence in jazz and contemporary music. Begun in 1990 by a group of like-minded composers with the aim of fostering the creation and presentation of new musical works, MNMP has sought to cross traditional musical boundaries and catalyze imaginative projects and collaborations involving the creation of new work through performances, recordings, educational and collaborative activities. With a talented core of highly respected musician composers, MNMP has presented music by dozens of composers from around the U.S. and abroad through its New York City-based concert series. This has included venues such as Carnegie Hall, Knitting Factory, Sweet Basil, The Fez, and the Anne Goodman Recital Hall. MNMP has todate released two critically acclaimed CDs of works written by it's artistic associates, Mood Swing and The Soul of Grace (both released on Soul Note Records) and is currently preparing the release for two more CDs of works that our late founder, Paul Nash completed and recorded in the last year of his life (Avant Noir and Jazz Cycles). MNMP has since 1993 also pursued an educational mission by creating hands-on arts education programs in New York City's public schools with the objective to incorporate musical composition and artistic creativity, improvisation, and performance as an everyday aspect of classroom learning to empower children to become artistic creators. Programs focus on student-created work across all arts disciplines, including music, drama, dance, visual art, and creative writing. In addition to in-class residencies, after school programs and summer camp workshops, MNMP provides professional development opportunities for arts and classroom-subject teachers. MNMP has also worked extensively with special-needs students and their teachers. Through this dual mission, MNMP engages both young and adult audiences in music programs throughout New York City.
More on some of our featured artists:
David Taylor has played a pioneering role in the development of the bass trombone, commissioning many works for the instrument. Taylor first played with the American Symphony under Leopold Stokowski in 1967 and, at the same time, began playing in jazz and big bands in New York. Following the American Symphony came concerts with the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Boulez and membership in the bands of Gil Evans, Chuck Israels, George Gruntz, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Bob Mintzer. His bass trombone began to be heard on dozens of recordings with major jazz and popular artists including Duke Ellington, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones and Quincy Jones. In 1979, David Taylor embarked on a period of commissioning music for the bass trombone and in the years following gave premieres of significant works including compositions by Charles Wourinen, Alan Hovhaness, Frederic Rzewski, David Liebman and George Perle. In 1982, he was awarded the Most Valuable Player Award on bass trombone given by the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS)--the first award given to a bass trombonist by the New York Chapter. He was to win that award for five consecutive years, the maximum allowed time. In 1987, he was awarded the New York NARAS' Most Valuable Player Virtuoso Award, an honor no other bass trombonist has received before or since. His first full solo recital was given, at the age of 40, at Carnegie Hall in 1984. Two more New York recitals followed, each with significant new premieres, as well as his first solo album, David Taylor-Bass Trombone. His best selling recording, the Pugh-Taylor Project, produced in conjunction with tenor trombonist Jim Pugh, continues to garner recognition for its originality, sound, and recording technique.
Multi-instrumentalist Bruce Williamson was active in the San Francisco jazz scene until moving to New York City in the mid-1980s. In California he performed with Mark Levine, Pete & Sheila Escovedo, Bobby McFerrin, Benny Green and was a member of the experimental jazz group Rubisa Patrol with pianist Art Lande and trumpeter Mark Isham. Shortly after moving to New York he joined organist Jack McDuff's band, giving him the opportunity to meet and play with Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine and George Benson. More recently, he has performed with his own groups in various New York City clubs and has been a featured soloist in Japan and Europe. Over the years, Bruce has also performed with Gary Peacock, Fred Hersch, Dave Douglas, Tom Harrell, Jim Pepper, Paul McCandless, Toshiko Akiyoshi Orchestra and many other jazz notables. His most recent CD “Big City Magic" on Timeless Records features trumpeter Randy Brecker and Bruce's compositions for jazz septet. In New York's theater world, he has performed in many of Julie Taymor's productions; “Juan Darien" at Lincoln Center (1996), “Lion King" at the New Amsterdam Theater (1998) and “The Green Bird" at the Cort Theater (2000). He also performs regularly with the Broadway production of “Chicago". In film, Bruce has been a featured soloist in many of Elliot Goldenthal's filmscores; “Butcher Boy", “In Dreams" and “Titus". He was also featured with the American Ballet Theatre Orchestra in Goldenthal's 1997 ballet “Othello" (choreographed by Lar Lubovitch). In 1991 and 1995 Bruce was awarded Jazz Composition grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. He can be heard as a sideman on more than two-dozen recordings playing saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, piccolo, piano and synthesizer. Bruce teaches at Bennington College, Vermont and Williams College, Massachussetts and has been a jazz clinician in both the U.S. and Europe.
Lisa Karrer is a teaching artist, composer, director and performance artist who uses Homemade Instruments, Indonesian Gamelan, voice and extended vocal techniques to create opera, new music theater, multi- arts performance, soundtracks for dance, installations, and new arrangements of world music pieces. She has received numerous grants, commissions and travel awards to perform her works in New York City, Indonesia, Israel, the Baltics, and throughout Eastern and Western Europe. As an educator, Lisa has been teaching Homemade Instrument, Music and Performance Technique Workshops in the New York City schools, including regular curriculum and Special Education; and in residencies at venues such as the Avampato Discovery Museum in Charleston West Virginia, the Sternberg Museum in Hays Kansas, Delaware County's CROP program, elementary schools and summer programs in Hawaii, and Polli Talu Arts Center in Estonia. She is also a Board member of Manhattan New Music Project in New York City.
Julia C. Reinhart - MNMP Director. Born into a family of ardent arts supporters and shrewd business men, Julia Reinhart, M.A, M.S.E.E, has been educated at New York University in Music and Arts management and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering, majoring in Acoustics, Radio and Recording Technology and Business Administration. She is a trained multi-instrumentalist and jazz vocalist and has extensive experience in live performances as a soprano in the choir of the Vienna Konzerthaus and as songwriter, producer and arranger for various bands. Drawing on her background as a musician and her work experience as a business manager for consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble she runs MNMP and her own artist management company Leo Music Ltd. This concert is made possible in part by public funding received from NYCulture, NYC's Department for Cultural Affairs.
$15 at the door
The Manhattan New Music Project (aka MNMP) presents an evening of experimental chamber music pieces to honor the adventurous spirit of a broad variety of composers of chamber music, jazz and classical works. The pieces presented will include early works by MNMP's late founder Paul Nash, as well as compositions by Thelonius Monk, Johann Sebastian Bach, Lisa Karrer to name a few.
The music will be performed by such luminary proponents of musical creativity as Dave Taylor (trombone), Bruce Williamson (saxes and clarinets), Ben Kono (oboe, saxes, clarinets), Thomas Ulrich (cello), Bill Ruyle (vibes and percussion) and Lisa Karrer (vocals, spoken word).
The Christ & St. Stephen's Church is located on 122 West 69th Street between Broadway and Columbus Avenue. Tickets will be available at the door for $15. For questions / special needs reservations etc call 212-977-1070 for details.
Now in its 18th season, MNMP is a performing arts organization that is recognized worldwide for artistic excellence in jazz and contemporary music. Begun in 1990 by a group of like-minded composers with the aim of fostering the creation and presentation of new musical works, MNMP has sought to cross traditional musical boundaries and catalyze imaginative projects and collaborations involving the creation of new work through performances, recordings, educational and collaborative activities. With a talented core of highly respected musician composers, MNMP has presented music by dozens of composers from around the U.S. and abroad through its New York City-based concert series. This has included venues such as Carnegie Hall, Knitting Factory, Sweet Basil, The Fez, and the Anne Goodman Recital Hall. MNMP has todate released two critically acclaimed CDs of works written by it's artistic associates, Mood Swing and The Soul of Grace (both released on Soul Note Records) and is currently preparing the release for two more CDs of works that our late founder, Paul Nash completed and recorded in the last year of his life (Avant Noir and Jazz Cycles). MNMP has since 1993 also pursued an educational mission by creating hands-on arts education programs in New York City's public schools with the objective to incorporate musical composition and artistic creativity, improvisation, and performance as an everyday aspect of classroom learning to empower children to become artistic creators. Programs focus on student-created work across all arts disciplines, including music, drama, dance, visual art, and creative writing. In addition to in-class residencies, after school programs and summer camp workshops, MNMP provides professional development opportunities for arts and classroom-subject teachers. MNMP has also worked extensively with special-needs students and their teachers. Through this dual mission, MNMP engages both young and adult audiences in music programs throughout New York City.
More on some of our featured artists:
David Taylor has played a pioneering role in the development of the bass trombone, commissioning many works for the instrument. Taylor first played with the American Symphony under Leopold Stokowski in 1967 and, at the same time, began playing in jazz and big bands in New York. Following the American Symphony came concerts with the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Boulez and membership in the bands of Gil Evans, Chuck Israels, George Gruntz, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Bob Mintzer. His bass trombone began to be heard on dozens of recordings with major jazz and popular artists including Duke Ellington, Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones and Quincy Jones. In 1979, David Taylor embarked on a period of commissioning music for the bass trombone and in the years following gave premieres of significant works including compositions by Charles Wourinen, Alan Hovhaness, Frederic Rzewski, David Liebman and George Perle. In 1982, he was awarded the Most Valuable Player Award on bass trombone given by the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS)--the first award given to a bass trombonist by the New York Chapter. He was to win that award for five consecutive years, the maximum allowed time. In 1987, he was awarded the New York NARAS' Most Valuable Player Virtuoso Award, an honor no other bass trombonist has received before or since. His first full solo recital was given, at the age of 40, at Carnegie Hall in 1984. Two more New York recitals followed, each with significant new premieres, as well as his first solo album, David Taylor-Bass Trombone. His best selling recording, the Pugh-Taylor Project, produced in conjunction with tenor trombonist Jim Pugh, continues to garner recognition for its originality, sound, and recording technique.
Multi-instrumentalist Bruce Williamson was active in the San Francisco jazz scene until moving to New York City in the mid-1980s. In California he performed with Mark Levine, Pete & Sheila Escovedo, Bobby McFerrin, Benny Green and was a member of the experimental jazz group Rubisa Patrol with pianist Art Lande and trumpeter Mark Isham. Shortly after moving to New York he joined organist Jack McDuff's band, giving him the opportunity to meet and play with Jimmy Smith, Stanley Turrentine and George Benson. More recently, he has performed with his own groups in various New York City clubs and has been a featured soloist in Japan and Europe. Over the years, Bruce has also performed with Gary Peacock, Fred Hersch, Dave Douglas, Tom Harrell, Jim Pepper, Paul McCandless, Toshiko Akiyoshi Orchestra and many other jazz notables. His most recent CD “Big City Magic" on Timeless Records features trumpeter Randy Brecker and Bruce's compositions for jazz septet. In New York's theater world, he has performed in many of Julie Taymor's productions; “Juan Darien" at Lincoln Center (1996), “Lion King" at the New Amsterdam Theater (1998) and “The Green Bird" at the Cort Theater (2000). He also performs regularly with the Broadway production of “Chicago". In film, Bruce has been a featured soloist in many of Elliot Goldenthal's filmscores; “Butcher Boy", “In Dreams" and “Titus". He was also featured with the American Ballet Theatre Orchestra in Goldenthal's 1997 ballet “Othello" (choreographed by Lar Lubovitch). In 1991 and 1995 Bruce was awarded Jazz Composition grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. He can be heard as a sideman on more than two-dozen recordings playing saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, piccolo, piano and synthesizer. Bruce teaches at Bennington College, Vermont and Williams College, Massachussetts and has been a jazz clinician in both the U.S. and Europe.
Lisa Karrer is a teaching artist, composer, director and performance artist who uses Homemade Instruments, Indonesian Gamelan, voice and extended vocal techniques to create opera, new music theater, multi- arts performance, soundtracks for dance, installations, and new arrangements of world music pieces. She has received numerous grants, commissions and travel awards to perform her works in New York City, Indonesia, Israel, the Baltics, and throughout Eastern and Western Europe. As an educator, Lisa has been teaching Homemade Instrument, Music and Performance Technique Workshops in the New York City schools, including regular curriculum and Special Education; and in residencies at venues such as the Avampato Discovery Museum in Charleston West Virginia, the Sternberg Museum in Hays Kansas, Delaware County's CROP program, elementary schools and summer programs in Hawaii, and Polli Talu Arts Center in Estonia. She is also a Board member of Manhattan New Music Project in New York City.
Julia C. Reinhart - MNMP Director. Born into a family of ardent arts supporters and shrewd business men, Julia Reinhart, M.A, M.S.E.E, has been educated at New York University in Music and Arts management and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering, majoring in Acoustics, Radio and Recording Technology and Business Administration. She is a trained multi-instrumentalist and jazz vocalist and has extensive experience in live performances as a soprano in the choir of the Vienna Konzerthaus and as songwriter, producer and arranger for various bands. Drawing on her background as a musician and her work experience as a business manager for consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble she runs MNMP and her own artist management company Leo Music Ltd. This concert is made possible in part by public funding received from NYCulture, NYC's Department for Cultural Affairs.
For more information contact Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services.
