Contemporary Improvisation and Jazz at NEC: Jerry Leake and Jorrit Dijkstra Jazz Composers' Ensembles
Performances by small jazz and contemporary improvisation ensembles coached by NEC's exceptional faculty. This evening's concerts are performed live and streamed in real time from the Eben Jordan Ensemble Room.
TWO sets: 8:15 & 9:30 PM
This performance is open to in-person audiences, and can also be viewed below via livestream.
VIEW LIVESTREAM FROM EBEN JORDAN ENSEMBLE ROOM:
- Jerry Leake, ensemble coach
- Jorrit Dijkstra, ensemble director
8:15 PM | Jerry Leake Ensemble: World Rhythm Studies
This ensemble aims to develop a student’s own inner sense of rhythm and give them a chance to learn the elegant art of frame drumming. The ensemble materials are derived from a variety of world music, North African, Middle Eastern, South Indian and Brazilian. The students learn many forms of rhythmic puzzles and grooves that were to be sung in time and performed on the drum.
Itay Goldstein
Kai Burns
Evan Haskin
Alexander D'Astolfo
Will Sheline
Jake Walters
Emma Blanc
Aiden Coleman
Weza Jamison-Neto
Cooper Malanowski
Helen Bultman
Tianyi Hu
Liliann Shires
9:30 PM | Jorrit Dijkstra Jazz Composers' Ensemble
The Dijkstra Jazz Composers’ Ensemble mainly focuses on student composers. Students bring in their compositions for small jazz ensembles to be workshopped with the ensemble.
Joey Dies, trombone
Simone Trovato, trumpet
Lyra Montoya, saxophone
Nikita Manin, clarinet
Shane Dylan, piano
William Mabuza, double bass
Caleb Montague, drums