Gracie Terzian recently joined the roster of Washington, DC, based booking agency Theory Booking. Agent Jenna Van Stelton (pictured, with Gracie) will represent her throughout North America.
Yosvany Terry Quintet infuses Latin jazz with history
Yosvany Terry Quintet in Buffalo, NY
Yosvany Terry at Winter Jazzfest
Fernando Otero & Ralph Farris perform at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
As part of the Met Museum's weekly residency series in the Balcony Bar, Fernando Otero and Ralph Farris will play this Friday and Saturday, performing piano - viola repertoire from their own catalogs as well as Einhorn, Wiprud and Woolf.
Yosvany Terry Profiled in Harvard Magazine
I Care If You Listen reviews Andy Clausen's "Endlichheim"
A large and eager crowd attended the Good Shepherd Center’s Wayward Music Series for a concert of premieres organized by flutist Paul Taub on November 20, 2015. The new works, all by local Seattle composers, were written for mixed chamber ensembles with flute included in each. With a low rumble of the piano, a glassy and unsettling cello line emerged from the texture in Andy Clausen’s new work Endlichheim.
Andy Clausen Appointed Director of New York Youth Symphony Jazz Band
The New York Youth Symphony (NYYS) announced on Wednesday that Andy Clausen has been appointed Director of the NYYS Jazz Band for the 2016/17 season.
Clausen is a New York-based composer, trombonist, bandleader, and graduate of The Juilliard School. From Seattle, Clausen relocated to NYC in 2010 where he enjoys a diverse schedule collaborating with filmmakers, folk and blues artists, classical composers, as well as New York's jazz elite. The New York Times has described his work as “sleek, dynamic large-group jazz, a whirl of dark-hued harmony and billowing rhythm. . .The intelligent sheen of Mr. Clausen’s writing was as striking as the composure of his peers. . .It was impressive, and not just by the yardstick of their age.”
Clausen is a founding member of The Westerlies, a new music brass quartet whose 2014 debut Wish The Children Would Come on Home: The Music of Wayne Horvitz was met with critical acclaim from NPR Fresh Air, Jazz Times, and was named the NPR Jazz “Best Debut of 2014.” Clausen’s awards include the Gerald Wilson Prize for Composition from the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Emerging Artist of The Year, and Alternative Jazz Group of the Year Awards from the Earshot Jazz Festival, and the Lotos Foundation Prize. In addition, Clausen has been commissioned by The New York Times, Dell, Bloomberg and Blue Chalk Media to compose music for film and television.
The NYYS is one of the most awarded youth programs of its kind in the nation, recognized for its innovative, tuition-free educational programs for talented young musicians. Founded in 1963 as an orchestra to showcase the metropolitan area’s most gifted musicians ages 12-22, its activities have since grown to encompass programs in chamber music, conducting, composition, and jazz, with performances at world class venues including Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Jazz Right Now Names Kalmanovitch Maneri Duo Performance a "Best Live Concert of 2015"
Photo by Yona Monakhov
Photo by Ted Roeder
The July 26 concert by the Kalmanovitch Maneri Duo at Brooklyn venue Jack made Jazz Right Now's top-ten list of Best Live Concerts of 2015.
The duo recently completed a successful Kickstarter campaign and is finishing their first recording Magic Mountain, based on the Thomas Mann novel, Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain).
The album, a suite of nine pieces for two violas, will be released on CD and double-LP in May 2016.
Kalmanovitch Maneri Duo in Concert at Mannes School of Music
Don't miss a free concert by violists Tanya Kalmanovitch and Mat Maneri tonight at 8PM!
