THURSDAY MAY 16TH

11:00am – 12:00pm 
Registration Opens (Blair School of Music Entrance)
Kenny Wheeler Exhibit Opens (Library)

11:30am – 12:15pm
Book Talk: Nick Smart “Song for Someone – The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler” (Library)

12:30 – 1:50pm
Kenny Wheeler: Evolution of a Distinct Compositional Voice (Turner Hall)
Nick Smart with the Music City Big Band, led by Casey Brefka  

2:00 – 2:50pm
Nashville Composers Panel (Turner)
     with Ryan Middagh, Jeff Coffin, Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, and Wu Fei

3:00 –3:50pm
First Takes – Sam Blakeslee & Drew Zaremba (2192)
First Takes – Sarah Jerrom & Steve Guerra (2190)

4:00 – 5:30pm
ISJAC Welcome – Chuck Owen, ISJAC President (Turner Hall)
Artist Talk – John Beasley “From Solo Piano to Orchestra Form”

6:00 – 7:30pm
Welcome Reception (Ingram Hall)
Wheeler Exhibit Remains Open (Library)

8:00 – 9:30pm
Evening Concert – Danilo Pérez Trio (Ingram Hall)
     with Ian Ashby, bass & Adam Cruz, drums

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FRIDAY, MAY 17

9:00 –9:50am
Artist Talk – Mike Holober (Turner)

10:00 –10:50am
First Takes – Ross Strauser & Vanessa Perica (2190)
Orbert Davis “A Third Stream (R)Evolution” (Choral Rehearsal Hall)

11:00 –11:25am
First Takes – Pascal Le Boeuf (2192)
First Takes – Simon Lasky (2190)

11:30am –12:20pm
Artist Talk – Anat Cohen & Oded Lev-Ari (Turner Hall)

LUNCH BREAK

1:30– 2:45pm
New Music Workshops
Student – Led by Ayn Inserto & Ryan Middagh (2192)
Small Group – Led by Danilo Pérez, Anat Cohen, & Oded Lev-Ari (2190)
Large Ensemble – Led by John Clayton & Mike Holober (Choral Rehearsal Hall)

3:00 – 3:50pm
Artist Talk – Danilo Pérez (Turner Hall)

4:00 – 6:00pm
Poster Session/Reception (Instrumental Rehearsal Hall)
     Fabio Augustinis, Andrew Binder, David Binkley, Casey Brefka, Tom Call, Carolina Calvache, Constantine Campbell, Derick Cordoba, Rayne Vitorino Dias, DownBeat Magazine, Michael Echaniz, Matt Erion, Sofia Goodman, Sam Griffith, Anders Helmerson, Clarence Hines, Tom Johnson, Jamal Jones, MA Big Band, Dan Mar-Malinero, Chelsea McBride, Jonathan McElroy, Damiano Pascarelli, John C. Paulson, Melissa Pipe, Scott Routenberg, Monica Schriver, James Shaw, David Springfield, John Sturino, Hendrik Viljoen, Tracy Yang, John Yao, Drew Zaremba

8:00 – 9:30pm
Evening Concert – John Clayton with Ryan Middagh Jazz Orchestra (Ingram Hall)

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SATURDAY, MAY 18

8:30 – 9:45am
Coffee Conversations (Turner Hall Lobby)

9:00 – 9:50am
Monika Herzig “Artistic Research in Jazz – Share Your Artistic Voice” (2190)
Research Papers – Daniel Henderson & Ben Morris (2175)

10:00 – 10:50am
Darcy James Argue “Decoding ‘Codebreaker’: Deep Structure and Storytelling” (Turner Hall)
Research Papers – Paul Ferguson & Jonathan Lindhorst (2175)

11:00am – 12:15pm
New Music Workshops
Student – Led by Ellen Rowe & Omar Thomas (2190)
Arranging – Led by John Clayton, Anat Cohen, & Oded Lev-Ari (2192)
Large Ensemble – Led by Mike Holober & Remy Le Boeuf (Choral Rehearsal Hall)

Student
Gwen Nagel
Daiki Nakajima
Eden Mastriani-Levi
Micah Miller
Zhengtao Pan
Thomas Wenglinski

Arrangement
Yotam Ishay
Andrew Janak
Patrick Lui
Pete McGuinness
Christopher Merz
Damiano Pascarelli

Large Ensemble
Philip Ryan Goss
Tom Haines
Takumi Kakimoto
Brayn Kennard
Eiko Suzuki
Greg Weis        

LUNCH BREAK

1:00 – 1:50pm
Artist Talk – John Clayton (Turner Hall)

2:00 – 2:50pm
First Takes – Rufus Reid/Nick Finzer & Remy Le Boeuf (Choral Rehearsal Hall)
First Takes – Jussi Reijonen & Chris Zuar (2192)

3:00 – 4:15pm
Awards Concert (Ingram Hall)
     featuring the Ryan Middagh Jazz Orchestra

SONIC Awards
Large Ensemble – Zach Rich “Broken Mirrors”
Small Group – Neil Carson “Halloween (I + II)”
Arrangement – Damiano Pascarelli “Ornette’s Clockwork”

Fundamental Freedoms Commission
Meg Okura “Silent Screams: An Anthem for the Unheard”

ISJAC/USF Owen Prize in Jazz Composition
Sam Parnin “Auburn”

ISJAC/USF Prize for Emerging Black Composers
Michael R. Dudley Jr. “Overture to The Before and After Times”

ISJAC/iJazz Music Wayne Shorter Jazz Arranging Prize
Danny Jonokuchi “Ping Pong”

4:30 – 5:30pm
Downbeat Live Blindfold Test with Frank Alkyer, John Clayton, & Rufus Reid (Turner Hall)

8:00 – 10:00pm
Hall of Fame Inductees (Ingram Hall)
Evening Concert – Anat Cohen Tentet with Musical Director, Oded Lev-Ari

10:00–Midnight
Symposium After Party at Tailgate Brewery (1538 Demonbreun St, Nashville, TN, 37203)

 

Program 2024