Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Indian Music Ensemble
Date: May 1, 2013 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents the Indian Music Ensemble, directed by Samir Chatterjee...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: M-Base Ensemble
Date: May 1, 2013 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents the M-Base Ensemble, directed by Andy Milne...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Music of Ornette Coleman
Date: May 2, 2013 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents the Music of Ornette Coleman, directed by Jane Ira Bloom...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Brazilian Ensemble
Date: May 2, 2013 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents the Brazilian Ensemble, directed by Richard Boukas...
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Eyes of the Masters featuring Robert Glasper
Date: May 3, 2013 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
The Eyes of the Masters series is a special class where legendary artists share their experiences, knowledge and insights into the world of music both as an art form and as a business.“Real music is crash protected,” state the liner notes of Black Radio, the most current album by the Robert Glasper Experiment and Grammy Award nominee, that boldly stakes out new musical territory and transcends any notion of genre, drawing from jazz, hip-hop, R&B and rock, but refusing to be pinned down by any on...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Jameelah Taylor, voice
Date: May 3, 2013 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Jameelah Taylor (voice) presents her senior recital.Jameelah Taylor is a vocalist, born and raised in the Sunset district of San Francisco, CA. Her musical inspiration and styling are rooted in her love for R&B classics and admiration of Neo-Soul and Jazz. Jameelah’s music embodies her original styling and concentration on composing unique originals and personalizing standards. Jameelah’s senior recital will be a journey through her musical and academic career. Capturing ...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Dominic Mekky, piano
Date: May 4, 2013 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Dominic Mekky (piano) presents his senior recital.The show will ideally straddle the line between installation and performance, and provide a very immersive environment for the audience. There will be three pre-recorded sound compositions totaling 35 minutes in length that will play straight through, without pause, from monitors that will be placed around the room, simulating surround. It is being designed not as a standalone piece, but as something reliant on live instru...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Stephen Nelson, guitar
Date: May 4, 2013 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Stephen Nelson (guitar) presents his senior recital.First GroupSteve Nelson - GuitarDevin Starks - BassBram De Lootz – PianoDrums - TBAPlaying my original music and standards.Second groupJAMSKI TRIOSteve Nelson – GuitarConor Syzmanksi – DrumsLuca Rosenfeld - BassWill play original music from our repertoire.Steve Nelson is a unique Jazz guitarist. Since moving to New York in 2010 he has had the opportunity to play around New York through the gig office and through his own ...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Krystina Nilsson, voice
Date: May 5, 2013 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Krystina Nilsson (voice) presents her senior recital.Krystina Nilsson will be singing a mixture of her original tunes and arrangements of standards. Vocalist Krystina Nilsson is a graduating senior of the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Class of 2013. In addition to singing standards, she also performs in musical theater and is starting to develop a singer-songwriter approach to some of her original music. She recently appeared in the MTO production of "Cabar...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Igor Kogan, bass
Date: May 5, 2013 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Igor Kogan (bass) presents his senior recital.Igor is the first graduate from the collaborative Jazz program of The New School For Jazz and Contemporary Music (New York City) and the Center of Jazz Studies (Shtriker Conservatory, Tel Aviv).Areas of music activity: performing with The Israeli Big Band (Tel Aviv), NYU classical orchestra (NY), working in a wide range of music styles, composing and arranging. In his recital recently composed original music will be performed...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Music of John Coltrane
Date: May 6, 2013 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents the Music of John Coltrane, directed by Reggie Workman...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Electric Miles Ensemble
Date: May 6, 2013 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents the Electric Miles Ensemble, directed by Ingrid Jensen...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Jazz Voices 1
Date: May 7, 2013 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents Jazz Voices, directed by Joan Stiles...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Jazz Voices 2
Date: May 7, 2013 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents Jazz Voices, directed by Janet Lawson...
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Jazz Presents: Beat Masters
Date: May 8, 2013 8:00 p.m.
Three of NYC's most eccentric and influential groove icons come together to demonstrate that 1+1+1 is greater than 3. WAY greater...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Jazz Orchestra
Date: May 9, 2013 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents the Jazz Orchestra, directed by Charles Tolliver...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Music of Art Blakey
Date: May 9, 2013 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents the Music of Art Blakey, directed by Charles Tolliver...
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Eyes of the Masters featuring James Carter
Date: May 10, 2013 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
After Wynton Marsalis, no one caused more of an uproar than James Carter did when he appeared on the New York jazz scene from his native Detroit. Carter's debut recording, JC on the Set, issued in Japan when he was only 23, and in the States a year later in 1993, was universally acclaimed as the finest debut by a saxophonist in decades. Critics lauded his ability to play in virtually any jazz style without appearing to ape anyone...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Music of Wayne Shorter
Date: May 10, 2013 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents the Music of Wayne Shorter, directed by Doug Weiss...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Vocal Blues
Date: May 10, 2013 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents Vocal Blues, directed by Danny Mixon...
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Alumni Day @ The New School 2013
Date: May 11, 2013 11:00 a.m.
All New School alumni are invited back to campus for a day of programs and events highlighting the best of the university. Alumni should visit the website for full information and to register online...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Darren Ziller, flute
Date: May 11, 2013 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Darren Ziller (flute) presents his senior recital...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Nash Guillermo, trumpet
Date: May 11, 2013 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Nash Guillermo (trumpet) presents his senior recital.Trumpeter Nash Guillermo has been performing all his life, growing up playing with his family's band in churches all over NJ and NY. Since attending The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music he has studied under Jimmy Owens, Claudio Roditi and Diego Urcola. Nash is a member of several groups, most notably William B. Johnson's Drumadics. He's performed in venues including B.B. Kings, The Highline Ballroom, The Jazz...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Jacob Amber, drums
Date: May 12, 2013 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Jacob Amber (drums) presents his senior recital.22 year old drummer/composer born and raised in Michigan. Over the past four years, Jake had the opportunity to study under many prolific drummer/percussionists such as: Billy Martin, Mark Guiliana, Adam Deitch, Jamire Williams, Amir Ziv, and James Baker. His recital will showcase original compositions inspired by the great works of Philip Glass, Morton Feldman, Frederic Chopin, J.S. Bach, Gustov Mahler, Franz Liszt, Cole ...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: James Travers, drums
Date: May 12, 2013 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
James Travers senior recital program will consist of 3 songs from the Afro-Cuban genre. An older tune called “Tabu” which is a standard bolero or ballad featuring New School student Luz Pinos on vocals. A Latin Jazz song called “Wonderbread” which will showcase a full latin horn and rhythm section and from the modern Cuban songbook “Recapacita” made famous by the Cuban group Bamboleo. Each of these cuban songs was picked to take the listener on a short journey through the rich history of Afro-Cu...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Lesedi Ntsane, trumpet
Date: May 13, 2013 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Lesedi Ntsane (trumpet) presents his senior recital.Lesedi is a South African born Trumpet player who was introduced to the cornet at the age of 4yrs whilst at the Salvation Army Church, where he later learned to play. In High School he played for the SBHS Marching Band winning the national marching band competition for five consecutive years.After two years as an accounting major, he decided to enroll at the music department at TUT, under the mentorship of Bernt Baumann,...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Danielle Pelled, guitar and voice
Date: May 13, 2013 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
"For my recital I'm planning to combine some of my favorite jazz standards with original songs and arrangements for pop/folk tunes that I've created over the years. I’ll be playing with my favorite musicians and friends that I’ve been playing with for a while and have written and performed this music with."Dida is a rising star of the New York music scene. In the short time she's been living in New York, the talented vocalist/guitarist has garnered the interest and fascination of some of the ind...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Linear Composition Ensemble
Date: May 14, 2013 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
New School Jazz presents the Linear Composition Ensemble, directed by Jane Ira Bloom...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Linton Smith, trumpet
Date: May 14, 2013 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Linton Smith (trumpet) presents his senior recital.Linton's recital will be a display of the work he has done in his four years at the New School while also paying tribute to those who have influenced him before those four years.Linton Smith II is a trumpet player from New Orleans, LA. He has been playing music for about 10 years now. His musical influences range from people like Louis Armstrong, to Donny Hathaway, to Jimi Hendrix, to the likes of Miguel. Linton tries to ...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Daniel Dor, drums
Date: May 14, 2013 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Daniel Dor (drums) presents his senior recital...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Jazz Voices 3
Date: May 15, 2013 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents Jazz Voices, directed by Amy London...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Vocal Jazz Choir
Date: May 15, 2013 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents the Vocal Jazz Choir, directed by Amy London...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Jeong Park, bass
Date: May 16, 2013 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Jeong Park (bass) presents his senior recital...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: John Swank, drums
Date: May 16, 2013 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Combining motion-picture and live music, this performance is like silent film in format, but not in the style of silent film. A collage of film excerpts are taken from Planet Earth (Doc. 2006), Victory at Sea (Doc. 1952), and The Abyss (1989). Score by John Swank. Why reference this “archaic” style of cinema? Pictures are worth a thousand words, and music expresses what language cannot. The medium maintains a certain level of abstraction by excluding dialogue, narration, and lyrics. John Swank ...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Arthur Hnatek, drums
Date: May 17, 2013 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Arthur Hnatek (drums) presents his senior recital, featuring a brand new suite composed for a 10-piece band. Confirmed musicians feature Camila Meza, Sam Minaie, Martha Kato and Michael Valeanu.Arthur Hnatek, drummer/composer, is a Swiss born, award winning, multi-instrumentalist musician, now living in New York City. His work led him to create music in the jazz world as well as in classical and electronic music settings.He has travelled all around the world performing in...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Georgos Progulakis, piano
Date: May 17, 2013 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Georgos Progulakis (piano) presents his senior recital."We’ll be performing mostly original compositions of mine and standards." Georgos Progulakis (Geo) was born in Arica, Chile.He was exposed to music since the age of four, as soon as he could climb up onto the piano chair in his house. Only until later, when he moved to Italy, did Geo start studying classical piano at the "Conservatorio Orazio Vecchi" in Modena at the age of 11. He was introduced to jazz at the age of ...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Yurie Fukagawa, voice
Date: May 18, 2013 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Yurie Fukagawa (voice) presents her senior recital.“This repertoire encompasses my past, present and future,” says Yurie of the music that has influenced her style and grounded her as an artist. Her reimagined interpretation of various jazz classics with original compositions will be a testament of how she has evolved musically throughout the years.Vocalist Yurie Fukagawa sings the universal language of music. A multi-lingual voice that is unique among an onslaught of tal...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Jay Hyung Sang Cho, piano
Date: May 18, 2013 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Jay Hyung Sang Cho (piano) presents his senior recital.Jay Cho, a late bloomer born in Seoul, Korea, who turned 40 in 2013, started his jazz studies in his mid 30s. He started his music career in his mid 20s and was involved in recording productions with a few million sells. After then, he was able to associate with topnotch people in the Korean music field. In the end, his ceaseless craving for studying music brought him to the Jazz program at The New School in New York...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Maasa Kato, piano
Date: May 19, 2013 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Maasa Kato (piano) presents her senior recital.Maasa is going to play 6 original compositions. Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1989, Martha Kato is a pianist and composer. She began classical piano and composition when she was very young. In her senior year at the Music Institute of Nagoya City Kikuzato Senior High School, she decided to shift to jazz from classical music. After graduating high school in 2008, she started performing in Nagoya. In 2009, she moved to New York wher...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Joel Kruzic, double bass
Date: May 19, 2013 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Joel Kruzic (double bass) presents his senior recital.Joel Kruzic, 21, hails from Kenwood, a small wine town roughly 45 miles north of San Francisco. He moved to New York City to attend the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Growing up in a musical household, he was encouraged at a young age to pursue music by both his parents; his father, Paul, is a self-employed woodworker and a bluegrass and folk guitarist who taught Joel to play guitar, and his mother, Lind...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Vocal Improvisation
Date: May 20, 2013 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
New School Jazz presents Vocal Improvisation, directed by Richard Harper...
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Spring 2013 Ensemble and Recital Series: Jazzmeia Horn, voice
Date: May 20, 2013 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
New School Jazz student Jazzmeia Horn (voice) presents her senior recital...
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