Sat

10/2/2010

7:30pm

John Hollenbeck leads U-M Big Band

Edgefest
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

• $15 General Admission
• $10 Students (limited availability)

• John Hollenbeck, composer

Event Details

John Hollenbeck leads the U-M School of Music Big Band (Ellen Rowe, director) in his compositions for large ensemble, including works from his latest CD “Eternal Interlude.” This performance is sponsored in part by a grant from Meet the Composer and the MetLife Creative Connections program.

Note: This performance will take place at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (306 N. Division St.)

John Hollenbeck

After receiving degrees in percussion and composition from the Eastman School of Music, John Hollenbeck moved to NYC in the early 1990’s. He has worked with many of the world’s leading musicians in jazz (Bob Brookmeyer, Fred Hersch, Tony Malaby, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, Kenny Wheeler), world music (Pablo Ziegler), and new music (Meredith Monk). He has received numerous awards and commissions, which include an NEA grant to study composition with Bob Brookmeyer in 1994 and Meet the Composer grants in 1995 and 2001. He won the Jazz Composers Alliance Composition Contest in 1995 and 2002 and was awarded the 2002 IAJE Gil Evans Fellowship and 2003 IAJE/ASCAP Commission. Hollenbeck was nominated by the Jazz Journalists Association for the following: Up and Coming Jazz Musician of the Year (2004, 2006); Jazz Composer of the Year (2006, 2007); Drummer of the Year and Large Ensemble of the Year (2007). John Hollenbeck was named as both the Rising Star Composer and the Rising Star Arranger of the Year in the 2008 & 2009 Down Beat Magazine’s Critics Poll. Down Beat magazine has in previous years recognized him as a “Rising Star” in the Composer, Jazz Artist, Arranger, Big Band, and Jazz Group (Claudia Quintet) categories. In 2007, John was awarded the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. Exceptionally creative and versatile, John’s latest CD for his Large Ensemble is “Eternal Interlude” (Sunnyside Records). John has most recently been nominated for two Jazz Journalist Awards, as Arranger of the Year & Composer of the Year, and received the ASCAP Composer Award in June 2010. www.johnhollenbeck.com