PAST EVENTS

2023

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

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

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 / 6th 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

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

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

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 Avery

Jason 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

2013

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