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SOUNDS OF BRAZIL PDX: SPRING INTO BRAZIL
SOUNDS OF BRAZIL PDX: SPRING INTO BRAZIL
(OCTOBER IS SPRINGTIME in BRAZIL!)
Come Celebrate Brazilian Culture through MUSIC!
TWO ACTS:
HADAR NOIBERG and KERRY POLITZER Duo (Instrumental - Flute / Piano. Modern jazz pieces form Brazil)
CHORO DA ALEGRIA (ensemble with special guests Alexandra Santos and Anderson Reis)
This act will have two parts, one instrumental and one including vocals, representing pieces from Marisa Monte, Dominguinhos, Clara Nunes, and more!
Experience the intricate melodies of modern Brazilian jazz, rhythms and verse of Samba, and other genres. This is a rare opportunity to hear a wide range of Brazilian composers, performed by two diverse acts:
More about the artists:
HADAR NOIBERG and KERRY POLITZER Duo (Flute / Piano)
Hadar Noiberg is an ASCAP award winning flutist and composer pushing the boundaries of what is means to be a gay female musician and bandleader in todays ever-changing world.
From Classical music to jazz to Brazilian choro and Middle Eastern Music, Hadars eclectic musical background and experience has led her to create her own style where she fuses all those influences seamlessly. Hadar has traveled to Brazil several times and performed in Rio, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia with acclaimed Brazilian artists such as Yamandu Costa, Ricardo Herz, Ze Barbeiro Silva and Pedro Franco. She has performed in venues and festivals including Blue Note, WOMEX, Discover Jazz Festival, Dizzys Club Coca-Cola, Babel Med Music, Roskilde Festival, A Trane, Central Park SummerStage, to name a few,
Kerry Politzer is a Portland-based jazz pianist, composer, and educator. She is on the music faculty of Portland State University, and she has also taught at Jazz at Lincoln Centers Swing University, the University of Portland, and the University of Manitoba.
Kerry received a Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied improvisation and composition with the late jazz guru Charlie Banacos, and a Master of Music from Rowan University.
Prior to her upcoming album Ruminations (PJCE Records), Kerry released seven jazz CDs as a leader, including Blue in Blue, which featured saxophonist Donny McCaslin and was termed a first-rate jazz outing by AllAboutJazz.com. She has also been a featured sideman on albums of George Colligan, Laura Dreyer, and the Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble (PJCE). Her commissions include works for the PJCE as well as for the pianist Andree-Ann Deschenes.
CHORO DA ALEGRIA
A Portland-based ensemble dedicated to playing wonderful melodies of various Brazilian composers. The group draws much inspiration from the genre Choro (think vintage jazz from Brazil). Beyond Choro music the groups repertoire includes classic tunes of Bossa Nova and Musica Popular Brasileira (MPB). Choro da Alegria is a play on words: it can mean Cry of happiness or Choro music gives happiness.
Gabriela Gimenes- Flute
Esteban Diaz - Pandeiro, percussion
Peter Fung - Cavaquinho, percussion
Ben Graves- 7-string guitar
Gabriela Gimenes (flute) holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from University of North Texas, Master of Music from University of Central Arkansas, and Bachelor of Music from Sao Paulo State University. She has played with Sao Paulo Youth Wind Symphony, Conway Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Academica do Estado de São Paulo, Fiddler on the Roof Production in São Paulo Brazil, USP Symphony Orquestra, and Theatro São Pedro Symphony Orchestra. At UNT, she was also a member of UNT woodwind quintet and teaching assistant for 4 years. She is a winner of Arkansas 2004-05 MTNA Competition state division and honorable mention at region division. She also won the 2005 Concerto competition at University of Central Arkansas. In 2016, she was featured as a soloist with Cubatão Symphonic Band and São Paulo State Wind Symphony. She has also worked as woodwind teacher at Bravo Youth Orchestras in Portland, OR.
She is an artist for Sopro Novo Project at Yamaha Musical do Brasil. Gabriela has published a Flute notebook through Ricordi for Yamaha Musical do Brasil in 2013. Currently she is performing with Choro da Alegria and Peter Ziza flute guitar duo in Portland, OR. Gabriela helps Global Missions Project, an non-profit that takes Christian musicians all over the world. She is also current Chair of Youth Engagement for the National Flute Association.
Ben Graves
Guitarist & Composer - Portland, Oregon
Ben was born and raised in Tennessee, close to the musical cities of Nashville and Memphis, where he discovered his love of blues, rock, and jazz. Influenced by Wes Montgomery, Grant Green and John Coltrane at an early age; Ben has developed a style blended with not only jazz elements, but Latin, classical and world music as well.
Ben has studied, shared the stage, and toured with national and internationally known artists including Rick Zunigar (Stevie Wonder), Tony Dumas, Leon Russell, Dick Berk and Charles McPherson. While living in Los Angeles, he studied classical guitar with Scott Tennant (of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet), Evan Hirschelman, and Robert Mayeur. Ben has performed in music festivals all over the U.S., including the Reno Jazz Festival and Portland Jazz Festival. He has performed with local jazz greats including Ron Steen, Andre St. James, Bobby Torres, Dave Captein and Darrell Grant. Ben holds his Bachelors of Music in Jazz Studies degree from Portland State University where he focused on orchestration, composition, jazz arranging and jazz piano. Ben currently resides in Portland, OR where he performs regularly in jazz, chamber music and Latin ensemble.
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LocationLincoln Recital Hall 75, Portland State University (View)
1620 SW Park Avenue, LH 75
Portland, OR 97201
United States
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| Minimum Age: 12 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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