Juilliard Jazz Presents “New Music From the Millennials” on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at 7:30pm in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Thursday, Feb 14, 2019
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Featuring the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra and Guest Conductor Andy Farber
NEW YORK –– Juilliard Jazz presents the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra and guest conductor Andy Farber, a member of the Juilliard Jazz faculty, in “New Music From the Millennials” on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at 7:30pm in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater. The program showcases new compositions by a diverse group of young jazz composers, including Juilliard alumni and current students, performed by the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra. Also represented are alumni from Manhattan School of Music, NYU, and Berklee College of Music.
The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra will perform Golden Fields (by MSM alumnus Matt Wong); Never Alone (by Matt Wong); Harbor (by Michael Thomas; Artist Diploma, ’13, jazz); Blossoming From Darkness (by Michael Thomas); The Eternal Triangle (by Sonny Stint; arr. Joseph Block); Deep Blue Sea (by MS and Berklee alumnus Jihye Lee); The Unveiling of a Mirror (by NYU and MSM alumnus Steven Feifke); Meditation (by Antonio Carlos Jobim; arr. Joseph Block); and Wolves of Mibu (by Kyle Athayde; BM, ’11, jazz).
Members of the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra are JarienJames Jamanila and Kevin Oliver (alto saxophones), alumnus Julian Lee and Ruben Fox (tenor saxophones), and Gideon Tazelaar (baritone saxophone); Noah Halpern, Anthony Hervey, Jonah Moss, and alumnus David Adewumi (trumpets); Jacob Melsha, Jasim Perales, Brendan Lanighan, and Rashaan Salaam (trombones); guitarist Juan Vidaurre; pianist Micah Thomas; bassist Gabriel Rupe; and drummer Taurien Reddick.
Tickets at $20 ($10 for full-time students) are available at juilliard.edu/calendar.
About Andy Farber
Award-winning jazz composer, arranger, and saxophonist Andy Farber has worked extensively with legendary jazz singer Jon Hendricks and with Juilliard Jazz director Wynton Marsalis. He met Hendricks in 1993 and collaborated on his recording Boppin’ at the Blue Note, writing arrangements featuring Hendricks and guests Al Grey, Marsalis, Benny Golson, Red Holloway, and Clark Terry. He has written arrangements for numerous artists and ensembles including Shirley Horn, Bobby Short, Joe Lovano, Joe Temperley, Regina Carter, Lee Konitz, Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Frankie Laine, Billy Stritch, Robert Downey Jr., Fantasia Barrino, Vanessa Williams, the Boston Pops, Philly Pops Orchestra, and several European symphony orchestras. Farber has toured with Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for which he has also served as guest conductor. He has been a guest conductor with the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, Bronx Arts Ensemble, and numerous university and high school ensembles. In 2013 Farber assembled the Jazz at Lincoln Center All-Stars, featured in the Broadway musical After Midnight, which earned seven Tony nominations. He leads the Andy Farber Orchestra, which backed Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga for their PBS special Cheek to Cheek Live. Farber has been on the faculty at Juilliard since 2010 teaching jazz composition and arranging. In 2015 he was named music director of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop.
About Juilliard Jazz
Juilliard Jazz offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees and the Artist Diploma. The curriculum combines classroom, private studio, and performance ensemble courses with substantial interactions with jazz masters and multiple performance opportunities in diverse venues around the city and the world. The repertoire studied covers the entire jazz continuum, highlights its American vernacular roots, and emphasizes the social and cultural vitality of the music. The program engages students in the global jazz scene, and they have recently performed at festivals in Amsterdam, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, and the Cayman Islands, and in clubs in China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and Switzerland.
Recent alumni of the program include saxophonists: Sharel Cassity, Jon Irabagon, Paul Nedzela, Peter Reardon-Anderson, and Erica von Kleist; trumpeters Etienne Charles, Dominick Farinacci, Brandon Lee, and Jumaane Smith; trombonists Chris Crenshaw, Michael Dease, Marshall Gilkes, and Ryan Keberle; pianists Jon Batiste, Adam Birnbaum, Kris Bowers, and Aaron Diehl; bassists Joshua Crumbly, Yasushi Nakamura, Luke Sellick, and Ben Williams; and drummers McClenty Hunter, Jerome Jennings, Ulysses Owens Jr., and Joe Saylor.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at 7:30pm in Peter Jay Sharp Theater
“New Music From the Millennials”
Juilliard Jazz Orchestra
Andy Farber, Guest Conductor
The program showcases new compositions by a diverse group of young jazz composers, including Juilliard alumni and current students, performed by the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra. Also represented are alumni from Manhattan School of Music, NYU, and Berklee College of Music.
Tickets at $20 ($10 for full-time students) are available at juilliard.edu/calendar.
Juilliard Jazz Presents “New Music From the Millennials” Featuring the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra and Guest Conductor Andy Farber Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at 7:30pm in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater (photo by Hiroyuki Ito)