THURSDAY MAY 16TH
11:00am-12:00pm
Registration Opens
Kenny Wheeler Exhibit Opens
12:30–1:50pm
Kenny Wheeler: Evolution of a Distinct Compositional Voice (Nick Smart with the Music City Big Band, led by Casey Brefka)
2:00–2:50pm
Curated Session – Nashville Composers Panel (Ryan Middagh, Jeff Coffin, Edgar Meyer, Béla Fleck, Wu Fei )
Curated Session – Michele Fernández
3:00–3:50pm
First Takes – Sam Blakeslee, Steve Guerra, Sarah Jerrom, and Drew Zaremba
4:00–5:30pm
ISJAC Welcome – Chuck Owen, ISJAC President
Artist Talk – John Beasley
5:30-6:30pm
Welcome Reception
Wheeler Exhibit remains open
8:00-9:30pm
Evening Concert – Danilo Perez Trio
Friday, May 17
9:00–9:50am
Artist Talk – Mike Holober
10:00–10:50am
First Takes – Ross Strauser and Vanessa Perica
Curated Session – Orbert Davis
11:00–11:25am
First Takes – Pascal Le Boeuf and Simon Lasky
11:30am–12:20pm
Artist Talk – Anat Cohen & Oded Lev-Ari
LUNCH BREAK
1:30–2:45pm
New Music Workshops – Ricardo Arana, Erez Aviram, David Bernot, Zachary Bornheimer, Robert Buonaspina, Bilge Günaydin, Joseph Herbst, Masa Ishikawa, Sean Kiefer, Tom Larson, Andy Lutkoff, Fabia Mantwill, Desmond Ng, Dave Rivello, Jordi Roviró, Jonathan Salcedo, Kevin Shinskie, and Stephanie Urquhart
3:00–3:50pm
Artist Talk – Danilo Perez
4:00–6:00pm
Poster Session/Reception – 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 Program with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band, Dan Mar-Molinero, Chelsea McBride, Jonathan McElroy, John C. Paulson, Melissa Pipe, Scott Routenberg, Monica Schriver, James Shaw, David Springfield, John Sturino, Hendrik Viljoen, Tracy Yang, John Yao, and Drew Zaremba
8:00-9:30pm
Evening Concert – John Clayton with Ryan Middagh Jazz Orchestra
Saturday, May 18
8:30–9:45am
Coffee Conversations
8:30 – 8:55am
Research Paper – Ching Nam Hippocrates Cheng
9:00–9:50am
Curated Session – Monika Herzig
Research Papers – Daniel Henderson and Ben Morris
10:00–10:50am
Curated Session – Darcy James Argue
Research Papers – Paul Ferguson and Jonathan Lindhorst
11:00am–12:15pm
New Music Workshops – Philip Ryan Goss, Tom Haines, Yotam Ishay, Andrew Janak, Takumi Kakimoto, Bryan Kennard, Patrick Lui, Eden Mastriani-Levi, Pete McGuiness, Christopher Merz, Micah Miller, Gwen Nagel, Daiki Nakajima, Zengtao Pan, Damiano Pascarelli, Eiko Suzuki, Thomas Wenglinski, and Greg Weis
LUNCH BREAK
1:00–1:50pm
Artist Talk – John Clayton
2:00–2:50pm
First Takes – Rufus Reid/Nick Finzer, Remy Le Boeuf, Jussi Reijonen, and Chris Zuar
3:00–4:15pm
Awards Concert featuring the SONIC Awards, Fundamental Freedoms Commission, Owen Prize in Jazz Composition, Prize for Emerging Black Composers, and Wayne Shorter Jazz Arranging Prize winners.
4:30–5:20pm
Downbeat Live Blindfold Test with Frank Alkyer, John Clayton, and Rufus Reid
8:00-10:00pm
Hall of Fame Inductees
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)