Portland Conservatory Announces Dimensions in Jazz Lineup


  • February 01, 2022

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Portland Conservatory Announces Dimensions in Jazz Lineup

PCM presents the Winter/Spring Dimensions in Jazz concert series featuring South African Music Award Winner for Best Jazz Album McCoy Mrubata 

1/28/2022 - Portland, ME: The Dimensions in Jazz concert series, sponsored by the Portland Conservatory of Music, is bringing significant names in contemporary jazz to Portland this year!  The winter/spring lineup includes seven concerts running from February through April. The performances will be held at the Portland Conservatory’s new building at 28 Neal St. in Portland’s West End, unless otherwise noted.

The series kicks off on February 5th, at Cove Street Arts with “Nihco Gallo and the Bad-Year Society” for an evening of improvised music with influences from around the world. Vibraphonist Nihco Gallo is joined by tap dancer Ayan Imai-Hall, drummer Zak King, and bassist Ross Gallagher.

On April 22nd, 2022 South African jazz musician McCoy Mrubata (Tenor Saxophone) returns to Portland, Maine in his fourth tour of the US and will be performing in quartet alongside his friend Gary Wittner (Guitar), Shakeel Curtis (Bass) and Lumanyano Mzi (Drums).

I never studied music formally as we ( black people ) did not have music schools and music colleges before our independence in South Africa. I learned from family records, getting odd lessons from older musicians. Music always plays a great role in our communities . . . music education is important,” says McCoy Mrubata. Today, he has been featured on NPR Live Sessions and also won the South African Music Award for Best Jazz Album.

Each year, PCM is proud to present the “Steve Grover Memorial Concert” celebrating jazz musician Steve Grover’s compositional brilliance and his many contributions to the cultural landscape of the state he loved. Other exceptional performances include the “Brian Shankar Adler Band” presenting a new program of electro-acoustic music for improvisers, “Travels in the Electronosphere” with R.J. Miller on Drums and Sampler and Jeremy Udden on Lyricon, the “Titus Abbott Collective” featuring PCM Jazz Studies director Titus Abbott performing original jazz compositions alongside percussionist Michael Sarin and bassist Sean Conly.

In addition to the Dimensions in Jazz Concert Series, PCM’s innovative Jazz Studies Division teaches students how to improvise and to understand contemporary and classic jazz. Visiting jazz artists host workshops for students and the public that bring this American musical art form to life.

Doors open at 7:30pm, show starts at 8:00pm. Tickets are $5 for students, $15 for seniors, $20 in advance, and $25 at the door.

Face masks and proof of vaccination, or negative COVID test within the last 48hrs, are required for all PCM concerts and events.

To learn more visit: www.portlandconservatoryofmusic.org/dimensions-in-jazz/

 

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David Cosgrove

28 Neal St
Portland   ME  04102 

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