STUDIO STAGE | Jazz and Contemporary Music | Ensemble Soiree | New Standards & Harmolodic
Salon Z (Library Performance Space), Longy School of Music, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
Pianist Matt Savage directs the New Standards: Music of Women Composers ensemble at their semester-end recital. The ensemble will focus on three influential composers from three different eras of jazz – pianist Mary Lou Williams, vocalist Abbey Lincoln, and pianist Geri Allen. There will also be a tribute to the recently departed vocalist Cassandra Wilson. This ensemble was formed in honor of drummer and Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice founder Terri Lyne Carrington. Carrington is the author of an influential jazz fake book called New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers, which includes some of the pieces on this program. Studio Stage Series Studio Stage is your chance to experience the thrill of discovery. Here, emerging artists take the stage to share their ideas, test their creativity, and invite you into their artistic journey. Each performance features Longy students presenting works in progress, a core part of their training and an expression of Longy’s academic and performance mission. These performances are alive with the energy and excitement of music in the making, and you get to be there as the next generation of musicians finds its voice. Longy’s…