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Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, New York City Chapter, Inc. Concert Series 2014
AACM New York City Chapter, Inc.
Presents
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS QUINTET
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS - PIANO
BRYAN CARROTT - VIBES
DAYNA STEPHENS - TENOR SAXOPHONE
LINDSEY HORNER - BASS
REGGIE NICHOLSON - DRUMS
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014 AT 8:00 PM
* * * THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF NEW YORK * * *
40 EAST 35TH STREET, NYC
(BETWEEN MADISON AVENUE AND PARK AVENUE)
GENERAL ADMISSION - $30.00
SENIOR CITIZENS/STUDENTS - $15.00 WITH VALID I.D.
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AACM NEW YORK CONCERT - Performer's Bio:
Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams
World renowned pianist and composer Dr. Muhal Richard Abrams has been in the forefront of the contemporary music scene for well over forty years. Muhal is a co-founder of The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), founder of The AACM School of Music and Executive Director of The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, New York City Chapter. Muhal was the first recipient of the grand international jazz award, "The JazzPar Prize", which was awarded to him in 1990 by the Danish Jazz Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1999 Muhal was presented a proclamation by Richard M. Daley, Mayor of the City of Chicago, declaring April 11, 1999 as Muhal Richard Abrams Day in Chicago. In 2009 Muhal was selected to be a USA Prudential Fellow by United States Artist. In 2010 Mr. Abrams was chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts to be a NEA Jazz Master, and Mr. Abrams was also inducted into the Downbeat Magazine "Jazz Hall of Fame". On May 16, 2012, Muhal received the degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa, from Columbia University, New York City, New York. On October 19, 2012, the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation presented Dr. Abrams with The BNY Mellon Jazz Living Legacy Award at The Kennedy Center, Washington, D. C. In 2014 Dr. Abrams received a Doris Duke Impact Award. Dr. Abrams was also the recipient of the 2014 Walter Dyett Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jazz Institute of Chicago, an organization in which Dr. Abrams was one of the co-founders.
Except for a brief period of study at Chicago Musical College and Governors State University in Chicago, Illinois where he studied electronic music, Dr. Abrams is predominately a self-taught musician who as a result of many years of observation, analysis, and practice as a performing musician, has developed a highly respected command of a variety of musical styles both as a pianist and composer. The versatile Dr. Abrams and members of The AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) are responsible for some of the most original new music approaches of the last four decades.
Dr. Abrams' compositions include: "String Quartet #2" performed by The Kronos String Quartet on November 22, 1985 at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City; "Piano Duet #1" performed by Ursula Oppens and Frederic Rzewski for Music at the Crossroads on February 11, 1986, "Saturation Blue" performed on March 14, 1986, by The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Ensemble, "Folk Tales 88'" performed by The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra on July 9, 1988, "Transversion I OP. 6" performed February 22 & 23, 1991 by The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, "What A Man" (dedicated to the Late Mayor of Chicago Harold Washington), performed by the Black Repertory Ensemble, "Impressions 1" Performed by the SEM Ensemble, 1997, "2000 Plus The Twelfth Step" performed by the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, 1999. "Tomorrow's Song, As Yesterday Sings Today" performed by the American Composers Orchestra, 2000. "Mergertone" performed by the Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, in Ostrava, Czech Republic 2009.
In addition to teaching privately, Dr. Abrams has taught composition and improvisation classes at the Banff Center in Canada, Columbia University in New York City, Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, the New England Conservatory in Boston, Mass, the BMI composers workshop in New York City, and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland.
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THESE EVENTS ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY THE NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS WITH THE SUPPORT OF GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO AND THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE, AND GRANTS FROM THE PHAEDRUS FOUNDATION.
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LocationTHE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF NEW YORK (View)
40 EAST 35TH STREET (BETWEEN MADISON AVENUE AND PARK AVENUE)
New York, NY 10016
United States
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