Project Art Meets Jazz

Peter Evans Solo

Peter Evans has been a member of the New York musical community since 2003, when he moved to the city after graduating Oberlin Conservatory with B.A. in classical trumpet. Peter currently works in a wide variety of areas, including solo performance, chamber ensembles, free improvised settings, electro-acoustic music, jazz and composition. As a performer, Evans has been working to broaden the expressive range of his instrument and enjoys playing with steady configurations of players and composers. Current ensembles include the Peter Evans Quintet, the Zebulon trio, the collaborative trio Pulverize the Sound with Tim Dahl and Mike Pride, and Rocket Science, with Sam Pluta, Craig Taborn and Evan Parker. Evans has been performing and recording solo trumpet music since 2003 and is widely recognized as a leading voice in that field. As a composer Evans has been commissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble, Yarn/Wire, the Donaueschingen Musiktage Festival, and the Jerome Foundation's Emerging Artist Program, and the Doris Duke Foundation for the Newport Jazz Festival. He has presented and/or performed his works at major festivals worldwide and tours his own groups extensively.  He maintains an interest in collaborative performing and has worked with some of the leading figures in new music:  Tyshawn Sorey, Jim Black, John Zorn,  Dave Taylor, Kassa Overall, Jim Black, Weasel Walter, Nate Wooley, Mary Halvorson, Joe McPhee.  Evans performs with both the International Contemporary Ensemble and the Wet Ink Ensemble. He has been releasing his recordings on his own label, More is More, since 2011.

After the show there will be a guided tour by Letizia Ragaglia to the exhibition of Korakrit Arunanondchai, with musical interventions by Peter Evans.

 

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