PAST EVENTS
2024
10th Annual
Dorothy Carlos (Solo)
Doyeon Kim w/ Tomas Fujiwara
Yacouba Sissoko w/ Moussa Diabate
Joanna Mattrey (Solo)
Janel Leppin w/ Chad Taylor & Brian Settles,
Regina Carter w/ Leslie DeShazor, Tomeka Reid & Junius Paul
Honoree
Regina Carter
2023
9th Annual
Ishmael Ali Akjai w/ Brianna Tong, Johanna Brock & Andrew Scott Young
Trina Basu & Arun Ramamurthy
Erik Friedlander’s Floating City
Mark Helias & Sara Serpa
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Rufus Cappadocia
Leslie DeShazor Quartet:
Nate Winn, Robert Skinner, Demetrius Nabors
Honoree
India Cooke
2022
8th Annual
Leonor Falcon & Juanma Trujillo
Curtis Stewart
Jake Charkey w/ Mir Naqibul Islam, Veronica Simas de Souza
Zara Zaharieva Quartet:
Joshua Ramos, Edinho Gerber, Kyle Swan
Edmar Castaneda
Kash Killion & Avreeayl Ra
Workshops
Sam Bardfeld, Kaethe Hostetter & Artyom Manukyan
Honoree
Naomi Millender & Tracy Andreotti
2021
7th Annual
Leyla McCalla
Biliana Voutchkova
Brandee Younger
Judith Insell & Joe Fonda
Endris Hassen & Misale Legasse & Anteneh “Bubu” Teklemariam Barago
Artyom Manukyan & Arman Jalalyan
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson & Greg Spero
Sam Bardfeld & Ches Smith
Workshops
Gwen Laster, Kaethe Hostetter & Akua Dixon
Honoree
Diedre Murray
2020
6th Annual
Marika Hughes
Jesse Zubot
Christopher Hoffman
Jacqui Kerrod
Kaethe Hostetter
Tatsu Aoki & Jamie Kempers
Sarah Bernstein & Stuart Popejoy
Melanie Dyer w/ Gwen Laster & Ken Filiano
Honoree
Henry Grimes
2019
5th Annual
Akua Dixon
Sara Caswell Quartet w/ Jesse Lewis, Ike Sturm & Jared Schonig
Tristan Honsinger’s In The Sea w/ Nicolas Caloia & Joshua Zubot
Gordon Grdina’s Marrow w/ Hank Roberts, Mat Maneri & Hamin Honari
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Fred Lonberg-Holm’s Stirrup
w/ Nick Macri & Charles Rumback
Honoree
Akua Dixon
2018
4th Annual
Ben Davis Trio w/ Sam Mosching & Steve Hunt
Jonathan Chen
Marlene Rice Trio w/ Nioka Workman, Mala Waldron
Shanta Nurullah's Sitarsys w/ Alex Wing, Angel Bat Dawid, Harrison Bankhead, JoVia Armstrong & Zahra Baker
Daniel Levin
Shana Tucker Quartet
w/ Emma Dayhuff, Amy K Bormet & Chuck Lacy
Honoree
Didier Lockwood
2017
3rd Annual
Hank Roberts & Jacob Sacks
Mary Oliver
Mark Feldman & Tim Daisy
Eyvind Kang & Joshua Abrams
Helen Gillet
Hear In Noww/ Tomeka Reid, Mazz Swift & Silvia Bolognesi
Honoree
Michael White
2016
2nd Annual
Okkyung Lee
Peggy Lee’s Handmade Blade w/ JP Carter & Aram Bajakian
The Tomeka Reid Stringtet
w/ Mazz Swift, Jason Hwang, Peter Maunu, Silvia Bolognesi, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Mikel Patrick AveryJason Hwang’s Amygdala Trio w/ Rami Seo & Michael Wimberly
James Sanders’ Proyecto Libre
w/ Avreeyal Ra, Joshua Abrams & Jean Christoph LeRoy
Zach Brock’s Triptych
w/ Matt Ulery & Jon Deitemeyer
Macie Stewart & Steve Marquette
Charles Burnham
Honoree
Abdul Wadud
2012
Musique Noire
w/ Michelle May, Leslie DeShazor, Leah Lucas Celebi & JoVia Armstrong
Jessica Pavone & Mary Halvorson
Tomeka Reid Quartet
w/ Charles Rumback, Jason Roebke & Jeff Parker
James Sanders’ Blue Violin Quartet
w/ George Fludas, Kevin O’Connell & Stuart Miller
Mazz Swift / MazzMuse
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings
w/ Tomeka Reid, Renee Baker & Joshua Abrams
Honoree
Billy Bang