Courtney Bryan (DMA Composition 2014) Performances, Spring 2016

March 22, 2016

Courtney Bryan (DMA Composition 2014) will be participating in a number of performances this spring. More detailed information below -- if you're in the area, check these concerts out!

Friday, March 25, 10:30am/11:45am 
Relation: A Performance Residency by Vijay Iyer
I. "Songs of Laughing, Smiling, and Crying" for solo piano and recorded sound 
II. Courtney Bryan and Brandee Younger, originals and music of Alice Coltrane 
The MET Breuer Lobby Gallery of The Metropolitan Museum of New York
 http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/met-live-arts/vijay-iyer-met-breuer
 

Friday, March 25, 7:30pm 
Counterpoint: Classical Music and Nina Simone
Courtney Bryan and Eun Lee
Online concert and discussion
Fundraiser for #SingHerName concert, see link:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/singhername#/ 
https://www.facebook.com/events/1564305780564073/  

Thursday, March 31, 8:00pm event (with 7:00pm reception) 
HER (in honor of): a performance and discussion 
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts 
102 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ  08542
HER (in honor of): a performance and discussion, co-sponsored by the Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton University Department of African American Studies and Princeton University Department of Music, will include a live performance byHER (in honor of) -- vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles, harpist Brandee Younger, pianist Courtney Bryan, bassist Mimi Jones, and drummer Kimberly Thompson -- and a discussion with the musicians on the history of women in jazz and related contemporary issues, to be moderated by journalist, Rajul Punjabi
http://artscouncilofprinceton.org/

Thursday, April 7 and Friday, April 8 at 7:30pm/9:00pm
(Courtney will perform April 8 at 9:00pm, "A Presence" for solo piano and recorded sound) 
Fromm Players at Harvard University 
Creative Music Convergences, curated by Vijay Iyer
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Department of Music
Harvard University, Cambridge MA 
FREE and OPEN TO ALL! No tickets required. First come, first seated.  
http://frommfoundation.fas.harvard.edu/fromm-players-at-harvard