Guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson has been active in New York since 2002, following jazz studies at Wesleyan University and the New School. In addition to her own bands, The Mary Halvorson Trio and Quintet, she co-leads a chamber music duo with violist Jessica Pavone and the avant-rock band, People, with drummer Kevin Shea.
Photo: Peter Gannushkin (downtownmusic.net.)
In 2008, the success of her trio’s debut, Dragon’s Head (Firehouse 12 Records), led critics to call Ms. Halvorson “probably the most original jazz guitarist to emerge this decade” (Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader) and “the freshest, busiest, most critically acclaimed guitar- slinger out of downtown Manhattan/Brooklyn right now” (Howard Mandel, Jazz Beyond Jazz).
“A singular talent,” adds AllAboutJazz.com’s Troy Collins, “Brooklyn-based guitarist Mary Halvorson has come into her own as a composer and improviser with her trio debut, Dragon’s Head…light years ahead of her peers, she is the most impressive guitarist of her generation. The future of jazz guitar starts here.”
TEACHING
Mary is available to teach guitar and composition lessons for students of all ages and skill levels based in (or willing to travel to) Brooklyn, New York. She has taught students through the New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, workshops at the School for Improvised Music (SIM), and private lessons for both adults and children.
Feel free to email info@maryhalvorson.com for more details.
ARTISTS¹ SALON (6PM) MARY HALVORSON TRIO (8:30PM) Tonight At Cornelia Street Cafe
Thu Aug 05th 8:30PM
MARY HALVORSON TRIO - (Mary Halvorson, guitar; John Hebert, bass; Ches Smith, drums)
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Mary Halvorson Trio at the Vortex, London, 14.12.09. with Ches Smith and John Hebert
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