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SUMMARY:Masterclass: Myra Melford\, Jazz Piano / FREE
DESCRIPTION:The masterclass will be held in Room 204.\n\nThe pianist\, comp
 oser\, bandleader and educator Myra Melford—whom the New Yorker called 
 “a stalwart of the new-jazz movement”—has spent the last three decad
 es making brilliant original music that is equally challenging and engagin
 g. Culling inspiration from a wide range of sources including Cecil Taylor
 \, the blues and boogie-woogie of her native Chicago\, the poetry of Rumi\
 , the AACM and yoga\, she’s explored an array of formats\, among them ru
 minative solo-piano recitals\, deeply interactive combos and ambitious mul
 tidisciplinary programs. Melford’s most recent release\, The Other Side 
 of Air (Firehouse 12)\, by her quintet Snowy Egret\, is an extraordinary 
 document of her unique creative language—a seamless\, shifting blend of 
 composition and improvisation\, and a probing of the space shared between 
 dynamic small-group jazz and contemporary chamber music. Since debuting on
  record as a bandleader in 1990\, she’s built a discography of more than
  20 albums as a leader or co-leader\, and has collaborated with such lumin
 aries as Dave Douglas\, Marty Ehrlich\, Liberty Ellman\, Erik Friedlander\
 , Ben Goldberg\, Joseph Jarman\, Leroy Jenkins\, Ron Miles\, Nicole Mitche
 ll\, Tyshawn Sorey\, Chris Speed\, Stomu Takeishi\, Cuong Vu and the Jazz 
 at Lincoln Center Orchestra.\n\nMelford’s teachers and mentors include B
 utch Morris\, Henry Threadgill\, Jaki Byard\, Don Pullen and other icons o
 f jazz postmodernism\, and she has received some of the most prestigious h
 onors available to an improvising musician: numerous DownBeat poll placing
 s\, a 2000 Fulbright scholarship\, a 2012 Alpert Award in the Arts for Mus
 ic and\, in 2013\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, the Doris Duke Performing Art
 ist Award and the Doris Duke Residency to Build Demand for the Arts.\n\nAf
 ter having been an influential presence in New York since the mid-’80s\,
  Melford relocated to the Bay Area in 2004\, to join the music department 
 at the University of California\, Berkeley\, as a Professor of Composition
  and Improvisational Practices. She continues to bring cutting-edge jazz a
 nd new music to the campus community via her teaching and as a guest curat
 or for the Cal Performances organization.
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LOCATION:University Center for the Arts\, 1400 Remington St.\, Fort Collins
 \, CO\, 80524\, United States
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