Columbia Jazz News and Events
Steve Lehman Octet Performs at Le Poisson Rouge
Submitted by gkumar on May 27, 2009 - 4:45pm.Jun 8 2009 - 7:00pm
Jun 8 2009 - 10:00pm
Location:
Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, NYRepresenting an all-star assemblage of the most technically advanced players in contemporary jazz, the Steve Lehman Octet will present a set of cutting-edge music in celebration of their recent release Travail, Transformation & Flow, on the Pi Recordings label. Widely regarded as one of the most advanced musical minds of his generation, Lehman integrates delicate and highly nuanced spectral harmonies into meticulously crafted rhythmic settings. The result is an all-encompassing musical universe that advances a singular conception of rhythm, harmony, and improvisational form.
Travail, Transformation, and Flow is created with support from Chamber Music America's New Works: Creation and Presentation Program, funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Foundation.
**RESERVATIONS**
www.lepoissonrouge.com
Time Out New York: read more »
2009 Commencement Party at the Music Department
Submitted by gkumar on May 26, 2009 - 2:15pm.
Prof. Elaine Sisman and Prof. Brad Garton
Financial Asst. Johanna Martinez and Graduate Coordinator Gabriela Kumar
Prof. Giuseppe Gerbino and Graduate Student Alexander Rothe
Prof. Susan Boynton with her daughter Inge and Ph.D. Student Karen Hiles
Morgan Luker
Asst. Prof. Marlon Feld with Ph.D. Students Maja Cerar and Karen Hiles
Burnt Sugar, The Arkestra Chamber: A Workshop in Conducted Improvisation
Submitted by MPPUser on April 13, 2009 - 1:39pm.Apr 22 2009 - 7:00pm
Apr 22 2009 - 9:30pm
Location:
301 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University Morningside CampusIn this unprecedented performance workshop, open to any student performers from any and all traditions--musicians, poets, actors, dancers, musicians, writers--Greg Tate, Louis Armstrong Visiting Professor at the Center for Jazz Studies for Fall 2009, will demonstrate how new musical material may be generated and existing musical material may be restructured and renewed in real-time performance, using Conduction, the versatile lexicon of hand and baton gestures developed over the past twenty years by improvisor and conductor Lawrence "Butch" Morris.
As leader of the innovative musical ensemble Burnt Sugar, The Arkestra Chamber, Tate uses Conduction in live performance and in the studio to compose and select material from a wide range of composers and genres--Thelonious Monk, Chaka Khan, Jimi Hendrix, Charles Mingus, Iggy Pop, and others. In this workshop, joined by members of the Arkestra and the workshop participants, Tate will demonstrate these techniques and create new music.
read more »
Jazz Vocal and Latin Jazz Ensembles Spring Concert
Submitted by MPPUser on March 16, 2009 - 5:38pm.May 4 2009 - 7:00pm
May 4 2009 - 10:00pm
Location:
Casa Italiana, Columbia UniversityThe Columbia Jazz Vocal Ensemble
Christine Correa, director
7:00 PM
The CU Latin Jazz Ensemble
10:00 PM
Casa Italiana is located at 1161 Amsterdam Avenue between 116th & 118th streets
Free and open to the public.
Columbia University Jazz Ensembles directed by Don Sickler
Submitted by MPPUser on March 16, 2009 - 5:31pm.Apr 29 2009 - 8:00pm
Apr 29 2009 - 10:00pm
Location:
Dodge Hall 112, Columbia UniversityColumbia University Jazz Ensembles Directed by Ben Waltzer
Submitted by MPPUser on March 16, 2009 - 5:28pm.May 1 2009 - 8:00pm
May 1 2009 - 10:00pm
Location:
Dodge Hall 112, Columbia UniversityCU Jazz Ensembles Directed by Ole Mathisen
Submitted by MPPUser on March 16, 2009 - 2:50pm.Apr 27 2009 - 8:00pm
Apr 27 2009 - 10:00pm
Location:
Dodge 112, Columbia UniversityColumbia Jazz Ensembles in Concert
Submitted by MPPUser on March 16, 2009 - 2:12pm.Apr 19 2009 - 8:00pm
Apr 19 2009 - 10:00pm
Location:
Miller Theatre, Columbia UniversityFeaturing
The CU Big Band
Jazz Ensembles directed by
Ole Mathisen, Don Sickler, and Ben Waltzer
With special guest Paul Bollenback, guitar
The CU Big Band
Jazz Ensembles directed by
Ole Mathisen, Don Sickler, and Ben Waltzer
With special guest Paul Bollenback, guitar
Free and open to the public.
This concert is part of Miller Theatre's Columbia Performers Partnership.
This concert is part of Miller Theatre's Columbia Performers Partnership.
MPP: Taking a Break and Looking Ahead
Submitted by MPPUser on March 11, 2009 - 5:09pm.MPP SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
1) Calling all Chamber Ensembles! MPP Auditions 3/27/09.
CU student chamber groups are welcome to compete for a chance to perform at our annual spring semester Gala Chamber Concert, which will take place in Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall on April 20th. Auditions will be held on Friday, March 27, 2009 from 9-11AM in 405 Dodge Hall. You must sign up ahead of time at 618 Dodge Hall (MPP Office).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2) Rapaport Prize for Summer Study. Applications available now on the door of 618 Dodge.
Deadline Friday, March 27th before 12 noon. Open to Columbia College students only, the Richard Rapaport Prize awards funds for summer study at a music festival of your choice. Funds are available for composers and conductors as well. Applications will be collected by the MPP on March 27, but you must have already applied and/or been accepted to a summer program by that time. For further information, email mpp@columbia.edu.
*********************************************************************** read more »
CU student chamber groups are welcome to compete for a chance to perform at our annual spring semester Gala Chamber Concert, which will take place in Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall on April 20th. Auditions will be held on Friday, March 27, 2009 from 9-11AM in 405 Dodge Hall. You must sign up ahead of time at 618 Dodge Hall (MPP Office).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2) Rapaport Prize for Summer Study. Applications available now on the door of 618 Dodge.
Deadline Friday, March 27th before 12 noon. Open to Columbia College students only, the Richard Rapaport Prize awards funds for summer study at a music festival of your choice. Funds are available for composers and conductors as well. Applications will be collected by the MPP on March 27, but you must have already applied and/or been accepted to a summer program by that time. For further information, email mpp@columbia.edu.
*********************************************************************** read more »
Columbia University Jazz Composers Collective to Premiere New Works
Submitted by MPPUser on February 23, 2009 - 4:49pm.The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program at Columbia University and the Music
Department is pleased to announce the debut concert of the CU Jazz Composers Collective
on Friday February 27 at 8:00pm in Miller Theatre. Conducted by Professor Chris
Washburne, the Collective is composed of current graduate and undergraduate Columbia
University students as well as alumni and faculty and the concert will premiere new jazz
works. Washburne envisions the event as a platform for emerging student composers, as
well as a unique reunion opportunity for renowned jazz musicians who have passed through
Columbia's gates over the years integrating the past, present, and future of jazz at
Columbia in one big evening.
The concert will mark the launching of the Collective as they unveil a set of new and
innovative works for jazz combo and big band. Featured will be some of the most talented
student performers from across the University's campus, as well as promising students of
the Columbia Music Department's Composition Program, including Patrick Zimmerli, Steve read more »
