Chamber Music America (CMA), the national network for ensemble music professionals, has announced its new round of commissions for new works by small ensembles. A sum of $483,100 will be distributed to 21 ensembles via two of CMA’s major grant programs: Classical Commissioning, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and New Jazz Works, supported […]
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Now five years into her artistic and entrepreneurial work with her PipJazz organization, vocalist/songwriter/educator Pippi Ardennia launched her new Women of Jazz ensemble at a screening of the film The Girls in the Band last spring at TPT Studios in St. Paul. Two months later she introduced the band to the Twin Cities Jazz Festival […]
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“The Ruckus” (aka Rodney Ruckus) continues through the weekend, young lions continue to prowl… Jazz is alive and well in the Twin Cities, where the only thing fading is — maybe– summer. Also take note of announcements of 2016-2017 concert seasons, including the Walker’s Performance Series, O’Shaughnessy’s season and a new line-up at the […]
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[Originally posted May 4, 2015] Twin Cities native John Raymond seems to be living every young jazz musician’s dream — finding success in New York, on the bandstand and in the studio. With regular club gigs with his own ensembles, participating in the renowned Festival of New Trumpet, and now releasing a recording with the […]
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His resume already reads like a veteran. He’s led his own bands since his early to mid-teens, joined Steve Kenny’s Group 47 for weekly gigs at the Artists Quarter before high school graduation in 2014, and will soon head to McGill University in Montreal to finish his college education. First, pianist Will Kjeer has a […]
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