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SUMMARY:Interwoven - Guest Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required) \nMead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series \nInterwoven\nYoko Reikano Kimura\, koto/shamisen/voice\nKeiko Tokunaga\, violin\nHikaru Tamaki\, cello\nAndy Lin\, erhu/viola \n…… \nProgram \n \n…… \nPioneers of intercultural music that interlaces historic sonorities of Eastern Asia and Western Europe\, INTERWOVEN is currently in its fourth season as a chamber ensemble. Taking inspiration from its birthplace\, New York City\, where countless cultures coexist and thrive\, INTERWOVEN celebrates and integrates traditions\, aesthetics and communities from various heritages through performing\, commissioning\, and recording contemporary music. \nThe ensemble made its debut in October 2021 at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York City\, with the funding from the City Artist Corps Grant. The group has since appeared in venues such as Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art\, Metropolitan Museum in New York City\, Wing Luke Museum in Seattle\, Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn and Vancouver Civic Centre Annex\, among others. \nINTERWOVEN’s artistic goal is to see evidence of traditional Asian instruments or their sonority included in classical contemporary compositions and an increase in commissioning and performance of multicultural works written by diverse composers. The ensemble promotes the creation of new intercultural music by educating the young composers in universities and by commissioning from established composers who resonate with our beliefs. INTERWOVEN served as a guest artist-in-residence at the University of California Los Angeles\, Toronto University\, Longy School of Music in Massachusetts\, University of Kansas and Colby College in Maine\, working closely with composition and instrumental departments of the school. \nThe group is committed to introducing the sonority of traditional Asian music\, instruments\, history and culture to various American communities of non-Asian heritages. The ensemble received two major fundings for its original community project\, FantAsia!\, from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in New York City and Canada Council for the Arts in 2023; FantAsia! is a musical event of an Asian folklore-inspired program that takes place in neighborhoods with the smallest Asian population in all boroughs of New York City and Vancouver\, BC. \nFounder and GRAMMY Award winning violinist\, Keiko Tokunaga\, brings together seasoned musicians who have been heard in major halls\, such as Carnegie Hall\, the Kennedy Center\, Radio City Music Hall\, and their equivalents in Europe\, Asia\, South America\, and Australia. Members of INTERWOVEN are passionate advocates for the importance of music in social\, personal\, and political developments\, and devote much of their time to teaching and educational outreach. The ensemble collaborates with educational institutions to promote the creations of multicultural musical compositions\, and to encourage active dialogues between students\, faculty and the community on socially crucial topics such as Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion in the music field and beyond.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/interwoven-ensemble/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Artist Series
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SUMMARY:Jazz Badgers & Jazz Faculty Group with Dennis Mackrel - Guest Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required)\nAlso streaming live \nMead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series \nDennis Mackrel\, drums \nWith Jazz Badgers & \nJazz Faculty Group\nDennis Mackrel\, drum set\nArun Lūthrā\, tenor & soprano saxophone\nDan VanZeeland\, piano\nPeter Dominguez\, contrabass \n…… \nProgram \n\n…… \nJazz drummer Dennis Mackrel is the Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Chair of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in Flushing\, NY. He is a former member of the Count Basie Orchestra from 1983-1987\, as the last drummer to be hired by Count Basie himself\, and later as the orchestra’s leader from 2010-2013\, and of leading big bands such as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra\, the American Jazz Orchestra\, the Carla Bley Big Band\, Buck Clayton’s Swing Band\, and the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band\, as well as small groups\, including the George Shearing Quintet and the Hank Jones Trio. He has also recorded with Maria Schneider\, Thad Jones\, Mel Lewis\, Scott Robinson\, Frank Wess\, Bill Charlap\, Bucky Pizzarelli\, Joe Williams\, and many others. \nMackrel has also served as conductor and/or arranger for the McCoy Tyner Big Band (including two GRAMMY-winning album releases\, The Turning Point and Journey)\, the Danish Radio Big Band (Copenhagen\, DK)\, the WDR Big Band (Cologne\, DE)\, and the Kluvers Big Band (Aarhus\, DK). He served as chief conductor of the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam\, NL)\, which in 2019 was awarded the prestigious Edison Award for their double- CD Crossroads\, and toured extensively in Europe\, China\, Russia\, Indonesia\, and the United States until the global pandemic of 2020. His compositions and arrangements have also been recorded by the United States Military Academy at West Point’s Jazz Knights Big Band\, the Temple University Jazz Ensemble\, the RIAS Big Band (Berlin\, DE)\, the University of North Texas “One O’clock” Big Band\, and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. \nMackrel is an experienced jazz educator who conducts master classes\, seminars\, and workshops internationally. He has taught as guest professor at the Royal Conservatory in Aarhus (DK)\, as Visiting Artist in Jazz Studies at the Eastman School of Music and serves on the jazz faculties at the Birch Creek Summer Music Academy in Egg Harbor\, WI and the Skidmore Jazz Institute in Saratoga Springs\, NY. He has performed with the jazz ensembles of numerous colleges and high schools including the Eastman School of Music\, Slippery Rock University\, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh\, Northern Illinois University\, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music\, the University of Minnesota-Morris\, New Trier High School\, Sun Prairie High School\, Western Illinois University\, Southern Utah University\, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Aarhus (DK)\, the University of Florida\, Miami\, the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas\, Elmhurst College\, Michigan State University and many others.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/jazz-badgers-faculty-group-mackrel/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Artist Series
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SUMMARY:Jazz Standards Ensemble & UW Jazz Orchestra with Dennis Mackrel - Guest Artist Series
DESCRIPTION:Purchase tickets\n$20 general admission\nStudents free (ticket required)\nAlso streaming live \nMead Witter School of Music Guest Artist Series \nDennis Mackrel\, drums \nWith Jazz Standards Ensemble & UW Jazz Orchestra \nAruṇ Lūthrā and Mitchell Shiner\, directors \n…… \nProgram \n\n…… \nJazz drummer Dennis Mackrel is the Director of Jazz Studies and Associate Chair of the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in Flushing\, NY. He is a former member of the Count Basie Orchestra from 1983-1987\, as the last drummer to be hired by Count Basie himself\, and later as the orchestra’s leader from 2010-2013\, and of leading big bands such as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra\, the American Jazz Orchestra\, the Carla Bley Big Band\, Buck Clayton’s Swing Band\, and the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band\, as well as small groups\, including the George Shearing Quintet and the Hank Jones Trio. He has also recorded with Maria Schneider\, Thad Jones\, Mel Lewis\, Scott Robinson\, Frank Wess\, Bill Charlap\, Bucky Pizzarelli\, Joe Williams\, and many others. \nMackrel has also served as conductor and/or arranger for the McCoy Tyner Big Band (including two GRAMMY-winning album releases\, The Turning Point and Journey)\, the Danish Radio Big Band (Copenhagen\, DK)\, the WDR Big Band (Cologne\, DE)\, and the Kluvers Big Band (Aarhus\, DK). He served as chief conductor of the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam\, NL)\, which in 2019 was awarded the prestigious Edison Award for their double- CD Crossroads\, and toured extensively in Europe\, China\, Russia\, Indonesia\, and the United States until the global pandemic of 2020. His compositions and arrangements have also been recorded by the United States Military Academy at West Point’s Jazz Knights Big Band\, the Temple University Jazz Ensemble\, the RIAS Big Band (Berlin\, DE)\, the University of North Texas “One O’clock” Big Band\, and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. \nMackrel is an experienced jazz educator who conducts master classes\, seminars\, and workshops internationally. He has taught as guest professor at the Royal Conservatory in Aarhus (DK)\, as Visiting Artist in Jazz Studies at the Eastman School of Music and serves on the jazz faculties at the Birch Creek Summer Music Academy in Egg Harbor\, WI and the Skidmore Jazz Institute in Saratoga Springs\, NY. He has performed with the jazz ensembles of numerous colleges and high schools including the Eastman School of Music\, Slippery Rock University\, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh\, Northern Illinois University\, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music\, the University of Minnesota-Morris\, New Trier High School\, Sun Prairie High School\, Western Illinois University\, Southern Utah University\, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Aarhus (DK)\, the University of Florida\, Miami\, the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas\, Elmhurst College\, Michigan State University and many others.
URL:https://music.wisc.edu/event/jazz-standards-jazz-orchestra-mackrel/
LOCATION:Collins Recital Hall\, Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guest Artist Series
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