The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance Space
Tuesday - October 20, 2015 - 7:00 pm
Arnold Hall
55 West 13th Street, 5th Floor, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011
55 West 13th Street, 5th Floor, Manhattan, New York, NY 10011
Host: Greg Thomas
Guest: Mark O’Connor and Dr. Courtney Bryan
Mark O’Connor and Courtney Bryan Mark O’Connor, student of American fiddle pioneer Benny Thomasson and French jazz violin icon Stephane Grappelli, is a premier American master of violin, integrating jazz improvisation with other virtuoso violin styles into a whole new American approach to strings performance. Courtney Bryan, a New Orleans native, is a prolific and eclectic composer, pianist, and arranger with compositions ranging from solo works to large ensembles in jazz and new music idioms, film scores and more. In April 2015, the world premiere of her composition of SANCTUM for orchestra and recorded sound took place at Jazz at Lincoln Center as part of the American Composers Orchestra Blues Symphony & Beyond.
Photo Credit: Jim McGuire
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