Performances + Events
NEC Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra: Music of Anthony Braxton
Jordan Hall
JCWO features students enrolled in the NEC Jazz Composition program, providing a chance to workshop original music, learn rehearsal techniques, conduct an orchestra.
All are also welcome to a master class with Anthony Braxton on February 11 at 2 p.m. in the Eben Jordan Ensemble Room.
The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “Streaming Access” button at the top of the page and enter the NEC Community streaming password on the video window labeled “NEC-Produced Stream” when prompted.
Artist(s)
Anthony Braxton is an American composer, saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, and educator whose work bridges jazz, contemporary classical, and experimental music. Emerging in the late 1960s as a member of the Association of Creative Musicians (AACM), Braxton quickly gained attention for his adventurous improvisations, complex compositional systems, and use of multiple reed instruments. His 1969 solo album For Alto was a groundbreaking statement for unaccompanied saxophone, influencing generations of improvisors. Over his prolific career, Braxton has recorded hundreds of works ranging from jazz standards to large-scale operas. A MacArthur Fellow and former professor at Wesleyan University, he is celebrated for expanding the possibilities of improvised and composed music alike.
