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Ken Schaphorst is a composer, performer, and educator currently chairing the Jazz Studies and Improvisation Department at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Before moving to Boston in 2001, Schaphorst served as Director of Jazz Studies at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin for ten years. Schaphorst is also a founding member of the Jazz Composers Alliance, a Boston-based non-profit corporation promoting new music in the jazz idiom since 1985. Born in Abington, Pennsylvania on May 24, 1960, Schaphorst has studied at Swarthmore College, New England Conservatory, and Boston University, where he received the Doctor of Musical Arts in 1990
New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra, Ken Schaphorst Big Band At Regattabar In Cambridge on November 6, 2024
The 17-member NEC Jazz Orchestra makes an off-campus appearance on Wednesday, November 6 at the Charles Hotel’s Regattabar (1 Bennett St., Cambridge). The orchestra is the opening act for the Ken Schaphorst Big Band, the 17-piece ensemble of acclaimed composer, performer and Jazz Studies Co-Chair Schaphorst. The performance starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20-$30. For information ...
April 18: New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra Presents 'High Life: The Music Of Wayne Shorter'
Legendary jazz composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, who passed away on March 2, 2023, left a monumental artistic legacy. The NEC Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to Shorter with High Life: The Music of Wayne Shorter, the orchestra’s final concert of the season, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 18 in NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, ...
Gabriela Martina Interview
by Doug Hall
A multi-genre vocalist, composer and educator, Gabriela Martina holds a bachelor's degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. In addition, Gabriela has a master's degree from New England Conservatory, where she studied under Jason Moran, Miguel Zenon and Ken Schaphorst. Her current release in 2023 is Homage to Gramlis. Gabriela has received ...
Best of Tobin Mueller, Volume 1: JAZZ Originals (remastered)
Label: ArtsForge
Released: 2023
Track listing: Saddle Shoe Sally; Forrest’s Fire; Cliff’s Edge; Struttin’ Up Bourbon; Seafood Gumbo;
Frankenfanny; Prestidigitation; Secret Of Life; Oasis On The Rocks; Finding No Path; The
Long Sleep; Müller’s Wheel; Must Go Back; Lost in the West Village; Windowshade;
Caught In The Current; Hitchhiker Tales; Grandfather Clock; Fusion of Minds; Acid Hopping;
I Wanna Fly
Fusion of Minds
Album: Best of Tobin Mueller, Volume 1: JAZZ Originals (remastered)
By Tobin Mueller
Label: ArtsForge
Released: 2023
Duration: 8:10
I Wanna Fly
Album: Best of Tobin Mueller, Volume 1: JAZZ Originals (remastered)
By Tobin Mueller
Label: ArtsForge
Released: 2023
Duration: 2:26
Ken Schaphorst Conducts New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra on October 20
New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Jazz Studies Department showcases its accomplished jazz vocal students in If You Could See Me Now: Music for Voice and Jazz Orchestra. Ken Schaphorst conducts the NEC Jazz Orchestra in music composed and arranged for voice and jazz orchestra, from traditional jazz to more contemporary styles. The 7:30 p.m. concert takes ...
Take Five with Tobin Mueller
by AAJ Staff
Meet Tobin Mueller Connecticut-based composer, arranger, playwright and pianist Tobin Mueller has just released his 35th album: Prestidigitation, drawing on a long career of innovation and artistry. Mueller's compositions range from Jazz Fusion to Progressive Rock, Broadway musicals to Old-School Funk, Classical ballet to video games. His jazz ensemble recordings have featured legendary bassist Ron Carter, ...
New England Conservatory Celebrates Centennial Of Charles Mingus
New England Conservatory celebrates the centennial of seminal American composer / bassist / bandleader / record label founder / activist / poet Charles Mingus with two concerts featuring NEC’s renowned faculty members and jazz students and a panel discussion. The events are free and open to the public. They take place: Tuesday, April 19Charles Mingus Centennial ...
