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New England Conservatory Jazz Studies Department Presents The Music Of Ken Schaphorst Performed By The NEC Jazz Orchestra With Special Guests Nedelka Prescod And Donny McCaslin -- Thursday, December 12 In NEC’s Jordan Hall
“Schaphorst's writing and arranging, like that of Duke Ellington, is for individual musicians." —Mark Corroto, All About Jazz Ken Schaphorst, New England Conservatory's chair of jazz studies, leads the NEC Jazz Orchestra in The Music of Ken Schaphorst, a program of his original music and arrangements. The free concert takes place at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, ...
New England Conservatory Prep Presents The NEC Youth Jazz Orchestra Conducted By Ken Schaphorst
Wednesday, December 11 in NEC’s Brown Hall New England Conservatory Prep presents the NEC Youth Jazz Orchestra conducted by Ken Schaphorst in a concert featuring the music of Duke Ellington, Gerald Wilson, Sun Ra, Imogen Heap, John Klenner, Joe Henderson, Harold Arlen, and Thad Jones all performed by middle and high school students in the NEC Youth ...
Wayne Shorter To Be Honored By Berklee Global Jazz Institute
The Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) will honor legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter with the Berklee Global Jazz Institute Jazz Master Award in recognition of his exceptional contributions as a saxophonist, educator and composer. The award ceremony will take place following the Wayne Shorter 80th Birthday Celebration concert at Symphony Hall on Sunday, November ...
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department Presents The Music Of Luciana Souza On Wednesday, December 4
Grammy Winner Souza Will Perform with Each of Three Student Groups Public Residency Events Include Introduction to Brazilian Music on December 2 and Expanding the Singer's Vocabulary on December 3 “Her music soulfully reflects, wistfully regrets, romantically woos, joyfully celebrates." —Billboard New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department presents The Music of Luciana Souza, a free concert ...
Jay Messer Quintet Returns To Pittsfield For Dec. 6 Appearance
Berkshires Jazz, Inc. resumes its First Friday programming on December 6 with a rare local appearance by the Jay Messer Quintet . The performance at Baba Louie’s Backroom wraps up the year’s final “First Fridays Artswalk” activities in downtown Pittsfield. Studying with guitar masters like Barry Galbraith, Herb Ellis, Attila Zoller and Tal Farlow, Messer developed ...
New England Conservatory’s Hankus Netsky Chosen As One Of The Forward 50
50 American Jews who had the greatest impact in 2013 Netsky, Chair of NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation Department, cited for being a “mentor (to) generations of Jewish musicians” and “a quiet but powerful force affecting nearly every corner of contemporary Jewish music." Hankus Netsky, chair of New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation program, has been selected for The ...
Joel A. Martin: Jazzical Menken
by Nicholas F. Mondello
On any given Sunday especially if the weather is good, if one travels to Long Island's North Shore “Gold Coast" you will occasionally see beautiful, hand-detailed Rolls-Royces, Ferraris, Bentleys or other luxury-end autos tooling about. In more than one conceptual way, Jazzical Menken is tantamount to experiencing this metallic magnificence. The primary difference, thankfully, is that ...
"A Year Of Jubilee" : 36th Annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert With The New England Spiritual Ensemble And The John Coltrane Memorial Concert Ensemble -- Nov. 23, 2013
Friends of John Coltrane Memorial Concert presents “A Year of Jubilee: the 36th annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert," with the New England Spiritual Ensemble and the John Coltrane Memorial Concert Ensemble; hosted by Eric Jackson. Saturday, November 23, 2013, 7:30 pm. $32, $27 students/seniors, $40 VIP. Northeastern University, Blackman Theatre, Ell Hall, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, ...
New England Conservatory’s Annual Multi-media Film Noir Extravaganza Features Otto Preminger’s Whirlpool & Laura
Tuesday, November 5 at NEC’s Jordan Hall Curated by Ran Blake and Aaron Hartley Part of NEC’s Music: Truth to Power series of over 30 concerts Pianist/composer/improviser Ran Blake and co-producer/trombonist Aaron Hartley bring an extra dimension to Hallowe'en with specimens of that most haunting genre, film noir. Now an annual tradition in its 9th year, ...
Washington, DC Premiere Of Pulitzer Finalist Trumpeter/Composer Wadada Leo Smith’s Civil Rights Masterpiece Ten Freedom Summers
Full Multi-Media Presentation of Three-Performance Work Friday and Saturday, October 25 & 26 at Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, D.C. Smith is 2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Music for Ten Freedom Summers In honor of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Atlas Performing Arts Center presents the Washington, DC premiere of Ten Freedom Summers, ...
