Tuesday, February 9 - 12 noon to 2 p.m.
Free
Seating is limited, and on a first come first serve basis.
The National Arts Centre's Manhattan on the Rideau masterclasses link leading jazz faculty members of Manhattan School of Music (MSM) with accomplished music students at the NAC. The sessions use the very latest in broadband videoconference technology to connect teachers and students in real time with high fidelity audio and video. The series is produced by NAC New Media as part of the Hexagon Project in association with MSM.
A masterclass is a one-on-one lesson in which a master musician teaches a selected student or ensemble under the watchful eyes of fellow students and members of the public. The audience can learn from the master along with the talented student in the spotlight. Each masterclass involves 2 to 3 students in succession followed by questions-and-answers.
Genre -bending, -skipping and -skirting vocalist and composer, Theo Bleckmann has been a steady force in the music scene in New York for over 15 years, forging his own sound in jazz and contemporary music today, incorporating jazz, ambient and electronic music as well as performance art.
He has performed worldwide on some of the great stages including Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, the Sydney Opera House, L.A.’s Disney Hall, The Whitney Museum and the new Library in Alexandria, Egypt with artists like Laurie Anderson, Anthony Braxton, Steve Coleman, Dave Douglas, John Hollenbeck, Sheila Jordan, Ben Monder, Meredith Monk, Michael Tilson Thomas, Bang On A Can All-stars and John Zorn.
The New Yorker called him a “local cult favorite”, Downbeat a " 'mad' genius”, The New York Times “excellent” and according to OUT Magazine, Bleckmann is “a singer who has only recently fallen to earth.“
A Winter and Winter recording artist, Bleckmann's releases include Las Vegas Rhapsody, "Berlin", "Twelve Songs by Charles Ives" (with Kneebody) as well as refuge trio's first self-titled recording. “Origami” (on Songlines), his first recording as a leader, received 4 +1/2 stars (out of 5) from Downbeat Magazine. His voice can be heard on over 40 recordings found on ECM, CRI, Label Bleu, Polygram, Songlines, Traumton and Winter&Winter.
Manhattan on the Rideau continues with:
- April 6: vocalist/composer Peter Eldridge
Series info: nac-cna.ca/en/news/viewnews.cfm?ID=1957&cat=catNACO
Event info: nac-cna.ca/en/whatson/results.cfm?EventID=6082
Artist info: www.theobleckmann.com
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