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Dr. CHRISTOPHER G. BAKRIGES
37 Heartwood Lane, Whitingham, VT 05361 Telephone: 802-368-7217 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view itAREAS OF CONCENTRATION
World Music, Ethnomusicology (transcription, analysis, field/lab methods, area studies)
Jazz (musicianship, theory, arranging, history, ensemble, performance), piano, M.I.D.I.
American Music History, Improvisation, Modernism, Transculturation, and Popular- Music
Popular Music, Musical Languages of African American Postmodernism
EDUCATION
Ph.D. | Musicology/Ethnomusicology. York University, Toronto, Ontario- 6/01
Dissertation: African American Musical Avant-Gardism
Advisor: Rob Bowman
M.A. | World Music Program/Ethnomusicology. Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT- | 5/95
Thesis: Event as Culture Capital: The October Revolution in Jazz and the- Formation of the Jazz Composers Guild
Advisor: Anthony Braxton
M.A. | International Politics and Economics. University of Detroit, Detroit,- Michigan | 5/84
Thesis: Aesthetics and the Human Dimension of Japanese Economic- Performance
Advisor: Paul Tai
B.A. | Honors College, University of Detroit | 5/80
ADDITIONAL STUDIES
Institute on Pedagogies of World Music Theories, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO - 17/10 Workshops in musical practices of Greater Mexico & Native North American; the Akan of Ghana, nnwonkoro repertoire; batucada-type samba idioms; rhythmic cycles in Java & India; Middle Eastern modal systems; classical music & dance of North India
Thomas A. Dorsey Gospel Institute, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA- | 8/07
Classes in Conducting Gospel Choirs, Accompanying, Music Theory, & Vocal- Technique
Teacher Training Track, International Association of Jazz Educators, Manhattan, KS- | 1/01
Jazz in America: The National Jazz Curriculum, University of Southern- California
College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York | 8/92-5/93
Courses in orchestration, arranging, improvisation, big band, & studio sound- recording
University of Massachusetts, Jazz in July Program. Amherst, Massachusetts- | 7/90-7/91
Studies with Billy Taylor, Fred Tillis, Max Roach and Victor Gaskin
Manhattan School of Music. New York, New York | 6/89-8/89
Studies with Harold Danko and Jaki Byard
Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont | 8/84-5/87
Coursework with Joel Chadabe in computer music
State University of New York @ Albany, New York | 8/85-5/87
Graduate work in international relations at Rockefeller College of Public- Affairs
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: ACADEMIC/ADMINISTRATIVE
Elms College, Chicopee, Massachusetts- | 1/03-present
Lecturer in Music/Artist-in-Residence, Division of Arts and Humanities
Teaching Music Appreciation, Fundamentals/Theory, Ensembles, World Music, Jazz History: America's Music in Global Context, Applied and Group Piano, Great Composers: Approaches to Creativity; Assist with advisement and development of academic minor-curriculum
The Putney School, Putney, Vermont| 6/09-present Jazz Instructor Teaching music appreciation, jazz basics, beginning jazz combo and advanced ensemble in an independent, co-educational, college-prepatory high school
Concord Conservatory of Music, Concord,- Massachusetts| 6/09-6/10 Faculty, Jazz Piano, Theory, and Musicianship Initiate jazz curriculum and conservatory theory program; Assist with keyboard core content standards
Hilltown Cooperative Charter School, Haydenville, Mass.- | 10/05-6/07
Music Consultant, 7-8th grade classes integrative arts curriculum.
Topics include: Music of Worship, Music of Belief; Art and Culture in Ancient- Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome; African American Freedom Songs; Native American Music- and Dance; Life Force Music: Reggae, Tropicalia, Rai, Morna, Qawalli, Blues; Early-America's Hit Parade; also direct student cross-cultural- ensemble
National Guitar Workshop, Litchfield, Connecticut- | 7/04-7/06
Summer Program Faculty, Keyboard Division.
Teaching Keyboard Intensive Seminar blues/jazz/classical piano, theory,- improvisation, arranging and synthesis
Castleton State College, Castleton, Vermont |- 9/03-5/04
Adjunct Faculty, Division of Fine Arts
Teaching Jazz Big Band, Music Appreciation, Improvisation, and Jazz- Vocal
Community College of Vermont, Bennington, Vermont- | 9/03-12/03
Adjunct Faculty, Division of Performing Arts
Teaching course in Music Cultures of the World
Halifax School, Halifax, Vermont | 5/03-6/03
Tutor with Special Needs Student
Southwest Supervisory Union, Wilmington, Vermont- | 1/03-6/03
Substitute Teacher, Whitingham School, Whitingham, Vermont
Teaching in all subject areas including SPED and Reach Programs
Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire | 9/98-1/03
Operations Coordinator, Office of Student Affairs
Coordinate daily operations of the student center, including programming events,- event management, facilities scheduling, staff training, and provide technical- support services (sound, lighting, video/overhead/LCD projection, set-up and strike,- etc.)
International Association of Jazz Educators, Conference Liaison, New York, N.Y.- | 1/98
Facilitate Women in Jazz, Young Talent, and Community College- ensembles
York University | 6/97-5/98
Teaching Assistant in Music / African American Popular Music
Grader/Marker in Social Sciences / Music and Society
Research Assistant in Music / Early Jazz History and Repertory Studies
9/96-5/97
Teaching Assistant in Fine Arts / Arts and Ideas
Grader / Marker in Social Sciences / Music and Society
Graduate Assistant in Music / Popular Music Post World War II
Reference Clerk / Sound and Moving Image Library
Clinician-Lecturer / Jazz Ensemble and Jazz History. Arts Education- Center.
North York Board of Education (Music Education, Special- Services)
5/96-11/96
Local Arrangements and Planning Committee Assistant
Society for Ethnomusicology
Annual meeting hosted jointly by York University and University of- Toronto
9/95-8/96
Research Assistant in Music / creating an American popular music- database
Teaching Assistant in Music / Jazz History and Repertory Studies
Grader/Marker in Music / Musical Perception
Graduate Assistant in Music / The World of Music
Wesleyan University | 9/93-5/95
Instructor in Music / Jazz Ensemble
Teaching Assistant / Worlds of Music
Research Assistant / World Music Instrument Collection.
Oversee aspects of collection of historical instruments; participate in research,- education, outreach, and external relations programs
Northfield Mount Herman School, Northfield, Massachusetts- | 1991-1993
Periodic Clinician-Special Lecturer / Methods and Materials in Jazz- Improvisation
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York- | 7/92-7/93
Coordinator of International Programs, Office of Academic Affairs
Act as chief international education officer, reporting directly to the Academic- Vice President. Coordinate programs for international students, scholars and faculty- including orientation, processing of visas and immigration documentation; advise- students on international education options; administer study abroad programs; advise- deans and vice president on all matters relating to internationalization of the- curriculum; supervise international student associations; provide cultural- programming for the campus; write/edit publications; coach NCAA Division II tennis- team
National Jazz Service Organization, Committee Member
New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts
Ad-hoc committee spearheading community-based initiatives in jazz programming in New- England schools, local artist funding and professional development strategies
Simon's Rock of Bard College, Great Barrington,- Massachusetts | 1992
Director of Programs and Activities, Dormitory Residence Director
Live-in, full-time professional staff with the Office of Student Services,- reporting directly to the Dean of Students. Formulate and administer extra-curricular- programs and activities for campus and Berkshire community; manage co-ed dormitories,- including an international population; coordinate emergency services; write/edit- publications; coach New England Athletic Association tennis team
Tutorial Instructor in Music / Jazz Piano and Electronic Music
State University of New York @ Albany | 8/85-5/87
Teaching Assistant / Comparative Political Systems and Public Policy
Teaching Associate / Introduction to Political Science
Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont | 9/84-8/87
Assistant Dean and Associate Director of Student Affairs
Provide supervision and direction for the departments of Residential Life and Student- Activities, reporting directly to the Dean of Students. Direct all aspects of student- life (e.g. residential living, athletics, intramural programs, intercollegiate- activities including social clubs and special events); write/edit calendar of events- and student handbook; coordinate emergency services; advise international students;- assist student adjudication processes; scheduling facilities; coach Independent- Division tennis team)
GRANTS/HONORS/AWARDS (1991-present):
| 2010 |
Arts & Humanities Professional Development Award & Academic Affairs Bursary to Boulder, CO; Elms College |
| 2008 | ARSC Book Award, Sound Research |
| 2008 | Faculty Bursary to Denver, CO; Elms College |
| 2007 | Worldfest Houston Film Festival Platinum Remi Award |
| 2006 | Faculty Bursary to New York; Elms College |
| 2004 | Faculty Bursary to Gloucester, U.K.; Elms College |
| 2003 | Faculty Prof. Dev. Bursary to New York; Castleton State- College |
| 2000 | Prof. Dev. Bursary to The Czech Republic; York University |
| 1997 | Faculty of Graduate Studies Fieldwork Grant; York- University |
| 1997 (also 1995, 1996) |
International Student Merit Scholarship; York University |
| 1996 | Graduate Studies Development Grant Paris, France; York- University |
| 1992 | Artist Award, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Delhi,- India Recipient, Meet the Composer Grant. Composer's Performance- Fund. N.Y. |
| 1991 | Recipient, Philip Morris International Performance Arts Grant. Istanbul,- Turkey Recipient, New York State Decentralization Arts Grant. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
| 2010 | Arts/Humanities Professional Development Award & Academic Affairs Bursary to Boulder, CO; Elms College |
| 2010 | Faculty and Humanities Bursary to Boulder, CO; Elms College |
PUBLICATIONS
CULTURAL DISPERION, CULTURAL CREATION: AFRICAN AMERICAN JAZZ MUSICIANS IN EUROPE FROM BECHET TO BRAXTON
"Cross the Water Blues": African American Music in Europe. ed. Neil Wynn.
University Press of Mississippi (2007) ISBN: 1578069602
NOT THINKING IN JAZZ: MUSICAL & EXTRAMUSICAL METHODS & MATERIALS IN THE WORK OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS
Reassessing the Modern, Modernity and Modernism.' PDF format (2006)
http://media.schoolofvisualarts.edu/sva/media/1403/large/Proceedings2006.pdf
THIS MUSIC IS CLIMATE CONTROLLED: CRITICAL REACTION TO POST WAR JAZZ
The Source: Challenging Jazz Criticism. United Kingdom: Leeds College of Music. Journal Issue #2. (2005) ISSN: 17405777
AFRICAN AMERICAN AVANT-GARDISM AND NEW JAZZ CRITICISM
International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, New York, New York. Vol. 24, Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook, International Association of Jazz Educators, Manhattan, KS (2004)
MUSICAL TRANSCULTURATION: FROM AFRICAN AMERICAN AVANT-GARDE JAZZ TO EUROPEAN CREATIVE IMPROVISATION, 1962-1981
Jazz Planet: Transnational Studies of the '˜Sound of Surprise,' ed. E. Taylor Atkins. University Press of Mississippi (2003) ISBN: 1578066093
AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICAL AVANT-GARDISM
York University Libraries, Toronto, ON M3J-1P3. ISBN 0612679047. OCLC 52685618 (2001)
PRESENTATIONS/ PAPERS/WORKSHOPS (SINCE 1993)
' CROSS SECTIONS: IMPROVISATION AND GLOBAL THEMES IN JAZZ Institute on the Pedagogies of World Music Theories, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
' REASSESSING THE CULTURAL AND MUSICAL LEGACY OF HENRY PURCELL'S DIDO AND AENEAS Co-sponsored by Arts/Humanities Division & Intercultural Affairs, Elms College, Chicopee, MA.
' TEACHING THE EYE TO HEAR: MUSICAL REFLECTIONS ON MATISSE'S JAZZ
Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, VT
Duffy Dance Ensemble. Ohio Theatre-Playhouse Square, Cleveland, OH
Motown Review. Cleveland Skating Club. Cleveland, OH
Concord Conservatory of Music Faculty Recital Series, Concord Library, Concord, MA
' DESCRIBING MUSIC: CREATING SONIC ENVIRONMENTS AND RITUAL SPACES
' ORDER AND BALANCE IN MUSIC OF THE ANTIQUITY
' HE WHO CONTROLS THE PAST CONTROLS THE FUTURE': HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO MUSICAL STYLE AND BIOGRAPHY
' ALTERITY: CASE STUDIES IN MUSICAL 'OTHERNESS'
' COMMUNAL CREATION: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COGNITION AND PEDAGOGY
' SAYING SOMETHING: HOW ROCK N' ROLL SHAPED A NEW KIND OF CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Great Composers Colloquia, Elms College, Arts and Humanities Division, Chicopee, Massachusetts
' IMPROVISATION & IDENTITY: DISCOVERING SELF AND COMMUNITY IN A TRANS-CULTURAL AGE
International Society of Improvised Music Conference, Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, CO
^' HOW A DRUM CIRCLE WORKS AT POWWOWS
The Hundredth Monkey Spiritual Center, Wilmington, VT
^' THE WORLD OF MUSIC: HOW CULTURES IMPROVISE
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Graduate Course: Spirituality & the Arts, New Brighton, MN
' THE SPIRITUAL AND THE MUSIC OF MOTOWN: UNIVERSAL MESSAGES
Sponsored by The United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland and American Legacy Magazine. Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square. The DuffyLit Ensemble, Rollo Dilworth Conductor. Cleveland, OH
' RESEARCH CONTRIBUTOR, Four Parts, No Waiting: A Social History of American Barbershop Harmony, Gage Averill. American Musicspheres Series. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003 ISBN 0195116720
^' MUSIC AND MEMORY
Southeast Association Colorado Conference, UCC, Colorado Springs, CO
' PIANO JAZZ: IN CONVERSATION AND PERFORMANCE WITH BILL CARTER
Filmed by UCC Ministry of Imagination, Creativity & the Arts, Amistad Chapel, Cleveland, OH
^' DANCING IN THE STREETS: DETROIT AND MY LIFE IN IMPROVISATION
Southeast Association Wisconsin UCC, South Milwaukee, WI
^' DOOR TO THE DIVINE: SOUNDSCAPES IN WORLD RELIGIONS
Conference on Imagination, Creativity and the Arts, UCC New Jersey Association, Central Atlantic Conference, Summit, NJ
^' IMPROVISATION IN THE COMPOSING OF MUSIC
Conference on Imagination, Creativity and the Arts, UCC New Jersey Association, Central Atlantic Conference, Summit, NJ
' NOT THINKING IN JAZZ: MUSICAL & EXTRAMUSICAL METHODS & MATERIALS IN THE WORK OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS
[Primary Subjects: Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Yusef Lateef, and Wadada Leo Smith] Reassessing the Modern, Modernity and Modernism' Twentieth Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists. School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
' BLUES SPIRIT: J.C. HANDY'S VIEWS ON ORIGINS OF A MUSIC AS EMOTION, SCALE, AND FORM
Workshop for West Coast Seminarians Forum, National UCC Headquarters, Cleveland, OH
' DANCING WITH THE SPIRITS
Improv Workshop for Central Pacific Conference Spring Assembly of the UCC, Vancouver, WA
+ THELONIOUS MONK IN EUROPE
Colloquium. Department of Music, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NB
' OLD AND NEW DREAMS: JAZZ STYLES AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICE IN THE POST BOP ERA
UNL student chapter of the International Association of Jazz Educators, Lincoln, NB
^' SWING, SWING, SWING: JAZZ MUSIC, DANCE, AND POETRY (1-6 GRADE)
Black History Month Lecture/Demonstration, St. Thomas Day School, New Haven, CT
' SCHOOL DAZE: WHAT TO LISTEN FOR IN JAZZ (1-6 GRADE), ROMARE BEARDEN DEDICATION
Black History Month Lecture/Demonstration, St. Thomas Day School, New Haven, CT
' THE HILLS ARE ALIVE W/ THE SOUND OF MUSIC: ORGANOLOGY IN THE SPHERE OF FIELDWORK
Introduction to the Arts, Elms College, Arts and Humanities Division, Chicopee, Massachusetts
' THE NATURE OF MUSICAL CHANGE IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGICAL SCHOLARSHIP
Colloquium, presented jointly to the departments of musicology, American studies, and African and Afro-American studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
' UNIVERSAL BLUES: SEVDAH, SAUDADE, FLAMENCO, BOSSA NOVA, FADO
' FOLK USAGE AND POPULAR MUSIC: CONSIDERING GAETANO VELOSO AND PAUL McCARTNEY
' VERNACULAR USAGE AND POPULAR MUSIC: THE WORK OF THE BROTHERS SABRI AND BALFA
' BETWEEN THE SACRED AND THE SECULAR: HILDEGARD OF BINGEN AND SUSANNA BACA
' COMMERCIAL USAGE AND POPULAR MUSIC: ALICIA KEYS, USHER AND 3 MILLION WEB HITS
Great Composers Colloquia, Elms College, Arts and Humanities Division, Chicopee, Massachusetts
EXPATRIATION, CHOSEN EXILE, AND MUSICAL TRANSCULTURATION: AFRICAN AMERICAN JAZZ AMERICAN MUSICIANS IN EUROPE FROM BECHET TO BRAXTON
Conference sponsored by University of Gloucestershire, in conjunction with the European Blues Association, 2004
AFRICAN AMERICAN AVANT-GARDISM AND NEW JAZZ CRITICISM
International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, New York, New York, 2004
' MODERATOR, America Wins Again: Ken Burns and the Institutionalization of Jazz History.
Symposium on the Music of Makanda Ken McIntyre. New England Conservatory, 2002
' EXODUS TO EUROPE: OVERVIEW OF AFRICAN AMERICAN DISCOGRAPHICAL MOVEMENT OUTSIDE THE U.S.
International Jazz Education Conference,' Re-defining Music: Jazz in Europe,' Leeds College of Music, Leeds, United Kingdom
'^ THEMATIC DEVELOPMENT IN LESTER YOUNG'S SOLO ON "OH, LADY BE GOOD"
Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro, Vermont
' THELONIOUS MONK'S COMPOSITIONAL MANIPULATION OF POPULAR SONG FORM
Brattleboro Music School, Brattleboro, Vermont
' THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICAN POPULAR SONG
Memorial Hall Center for the Arts, Wilmington, Vermont
+ AFRICAN AMERICAN INNOVATION AND NEW JAZZ CRITICISM
Leeds International Jazz Conference, Leeds College of Music, Leeds, United Kingdom
' 'The Devil's Music:' THE RECEPTION OF JAZZ IN AMERICA
Fine Arts Division, Highline Community College, Seattle, Washington
+ "...we had ideas about Africanizing the 12-tone row":
THE IDIOMATIC TRANSFORMATION OF THELONIOUS MONK'S 'œEPISTROPHY' IN EUROPE
The College Music Society, Northeast Chapter Meeting, Crane School of Music, S.U.N.Y. Potsdam
+ CONCEPTUALIZING THE AVANT-GARDE IN AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPRESSIVE CULTURE
Colloquium, 'œJazz in Europe,' Charles University, Prague, The Czech Republic
' READER/EDITOR, Dixonia: The Bio-Discography of Bill Dixon, Benjamin Young.
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1998
+ THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO CREATIVE IMPROVISATIONAL MUSIC IN EUROPE: AN ESSAY IN HONOR OF THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF HOLLAND'S INSTANT COMPOSERS POOL
Colloquium, 5th Guelph Jazz Festival, School of Literatures and Performance Studies in English.
' JAZZ AND THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH: A CENTURY OF CHANGE
Glendon College, Living and Learning in Retirement/'Performing Arts in Toronto'
+ 'œCULTURE JAZZ:' THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
AVANT-GARDE MUSIC IN EUROPE
Indiana University of Pennsylvania/Sydney Bechet World Music Symposium
+ NOTIONS OF THE NEW: THE INCURSION OF NEW BLACK MUSIC IN EUROPE
University of Michigan/Music and Dance of Africa and the Diaspora
' THE MUSIC OF BILL DIXON AND ANTHONY BRAXTON
York University/Dacary Hall Lecture Series
+ INVENTING THE HERITAGE OF HARMONY: CONSTRUCTIONS OF RACE, ETHNICITY AND NATION IN THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF BARBERSHOP QUARTET SINGING IN AMERICA (S.P.E.B.Q.S.A.)
York University, Division of Social Anthropology/'Ethnicity and Nationalism'
+ BLACK MUSIC AS DOUBLE DIASPORA: PRECURSORS TO THE 'œNEW THING'S DISPERSION ABROAD
Sorbonne, University of Paris/Conference on the Legacy of African American Music in Europe
(co-sponsored by The University of Paris and Harvard University)
+ 'œI want them to be clear shapes with a life of their own:'
ON JUDITH DUNN AND THE BLACK CONTRIBUTION TO MODERN AMERICAN DANCE
Pomona College/Black Music and Dance Conference: An Integrated Approach
+ JAZZ IN SOUTH AFRICA: MARABI STYLE AND ITS JAZZ ANTECEDENTS
York University Graduate Music Program/'African Music'
+ THE SEMIOTICS OF ALBUM COVER ART: ESPERANTO RECORDS AND THE NEW JAZZ
York University Graduate Music Program/'Problems and Methods'
+ THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION IN JAZZ: CRITICAL REACTION TO THE 'œNEW THING'
Wesleyan University World Music Colloquium
+ THEORIES OF ETHNICITY AND ETHNIC CONTENT IN BARBERSHOP SINGING
Wesleyan University Ethnomusicology Colloquium
+ MUSIC AS NIHILISM/MUSIC AS SECESSIONISM/MUSIC AS
BLACK REVOLUTIONARY NATIONALISM
Wesleyan University Graduate Studies Program/'Sixties Movements'
+ SHIFTING MODERNIST IMPULSES IN JAZZ
Wesleyan University Program in Intercultural Studies
+ THEORIES OF AKAN IN AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPRESSIVE CULTURE
Wesleyan University Program in Intercultural Studies
' SURVEY OF DEVELOPMENTS IN MODERN JAZZ
Bennington College Music Division/'The Music of Bill Dixon'
' READER/EDITOR, The Musical World of Anthony Braxton, Michael Heffley.
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996
' TRANSCRIBER, Saxophone Styles, David Bond. Masters Thesis, Tufts University, 1995
Musical transcription of solos by Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Ornette Coleman
' FRAMING THE REVOLUTION: THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION IN JAZZ
Produced for WESU Radio, Middletown, Connecticut/'Crosscurrents'
' AESTHETIC CONVERGENCE: BLACK MUSICAL VANGUARDISM AND THE GENESIS OF CREATIVE IMPROVISATIONAL MUSIC IN EUROPE
Produced for WCRT Radio, Toronto, Ontario/'Global Music Perspectives
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| 1995 | Accompanist, Mickey Davidson Jazz Dance Workshop. Middletown,- Connecticut |
| 1992 | Musical Director, 'œJazz Alive.' Live- performance broadcast, Northeast Public Radio, Albany, NY |
| 1993 | Leader, 8th International Jazz Yatra Festival, India; touring Bombay, Delhi,- Goa and Bangalore |
| 1991 | Leader, International Arts Festival. Istanbul, Turkey |
| Music Ministry, Arts Residency. United Church of Christ. Monterey, MA | |
| 1990 | Project Coordinator, Simon's Rock of Bard College Jazz- Ensemble. Great Barrington, MA Performance Tours in Asia and Mediterranean |
MEMBERSHIPS
The College Music Society (CMS)Jazz Education Network (JEN)
Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM)
European Jazz Research Network, Prague Conservatory of Music, Czech Republic
Arabic Music Network
International Society of Improvised Music (ISIM)
International Jazz Federation (IJF)
LANGUAGES
' Modern Greek
' Chinese (Mandarin)
' Spanish (Caribbean)
MENTORS
Piano:
Clela Pryor, DeWard Johnson Jr., Earl Van Dyke, Nadi Qamar (aka Spaulding Givins), Harold Danko, Jaki Byard, Billy Taylor, Frederick Simmons, Oscar Peterson
Composition:
Jimmy Guiffre, Alvin Lucier, Anthony Braxton, James Tenney World Music: Scholarship: David McAllester, Mark Slobin, Su Zheng, Gage Averill, Robert Witmer, Brenda Romero, Beverly Diamond; African: Atta Anan Mensah; North Indian: Pandit Sushil Mukherjee, T. Ranganathan, Tanjore Vishwanathan; Indonesia: I.M. Harjito, Sumarsam, Paul Humphreys, Victoria Levine; Arabic: Munir Beken, Frederick Elias, Costas Maniatakos, Michael Gregiann
MUSICAL EXPERIENCE Highlight performances with:
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Bassists |
Drummers |
Guitarists |
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Cliff Aerie Keith Prey Kurtis Rivers Allen Won
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Michael Bates (CAN) Christopher Dean Sullivan |
Pheeroan AkLaf Aaron Scott Dean Sharp Michael T.A. Thompson |
Bob Arpin Kenny Burrell Chaim Burstein Carey DeNigris Jack Fragomeni Tim Jenkins Jonny Johansson (SED) Ryo Kawasaki (J) Rikki Reyes (G) Peter Trias Baron T. Tymas Anthony Wilson Dan Wilson |
Trumpeters |
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| Arthur Brooks Dave Ellis Mark Harvey Raphe Malik Gabriel Mervine Waldron Ricks Cicci Santucci (IT) John Schantz |
RECORDINGS
Transculturation. Private, 2010Teaching the Eye to Hear: Reflections on Henri Matisse's Jazz, Northern Track, 2009
Dreams and Visions: Oikos Ensemble. The Abode, 2009
All That Jazz 2007, Live At Browne's Estate. Marble City Jazz Octet. Palms Records, 2007
Live At The Paramount Theatre. Marble City Jazz Sextet. Palms Records, 2007
Open Universe: Bakriges/Pelletier/Daggs. Northern Track, 2006
Wellspring: Oikos Ensemble. The Abode, 2006
Disciples of Cool Quartet. SimmerMusic, 2006
Live at Mo' Jazz Cafe/Trios and Quartets. Crawdaddy, 2006
Vicodin Dreams. The Reese Project. 95 North, 2005
Surface to Air: Trio with Denny Pelletier and Kazu Sato. Northern Track, 2004
The Vineyard Trio: Live at the 1794 Meeting House, Private, 2004
Quartet '˜Til the End of Time: Grassi/Wertman/Bakriges/Johannson. Northern Track, 2003
L'histoire de ma vie. Solo Piano. Northern Track Disklavier Project, 2002
Grassi/Wertman/Bakriges/Kohlhase. Private, 2002
The American Songbook, Interactions Ensemble.; Sound Design, 2001
Born Under the Sign of Cancer, United Nations Quartet. Vermont Jazz Center, 2001
The Magic Flowers, Critical Theory Trio. Toronto: Theatre Passe Muraille, 2001
'˜Round Midnight, Interactions Ensemble. Northern Track, 2001
Comin' Home, Robin Lloyd Quartet. Peru Records, 2000
Live at Weston Church, The Mark Harding Trio. Long Trail, 2000
Live at the Cybernet Cafe, Vols. 1-2, Chris Bakriges and Mauro Battisti. Private, 2000
Blessed Prince, Critical Theory Trio. Toronto: Music Gallery, 1998
Spiritual Unity, with Raphe Malik. Amherst: Eremite Records (compilation), 1998
Windows, Bakriges-Lulham Duo. Canadian Independent, 1998
Death By Jazz Trio: Live at Club Berlin. Canadian Independent, 1997
Anthony Braxton Double Orchestra. Milan: Soul Note, 1995
Anthony Braxton. Composition No. 17. Munich: Sound Aspects, 1994
Critical Theory Ensemble, Concert at Cubbon Park. Bangalore: CBS India, 1992
Critical Theory Ensemble, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi Vakfi. Kultur Ve Sanat Etkinlikleri, 1990
Jazz at the Rock, Vols. 1 & 2, Simon's Rock of Bard College Jazz Ensemble. 1990
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Upcoming Events
- Saturday, Sep. 11 | 04:00 PM Majors Inn Foundation Inc. Gala
- Saturday, Sep. 11 - Saturday, Sep. 11 | 05:30 PM Music at the Major's
- Sunday, Sep. 12 - Sunday, Sep. 12 | 10:30 AM 9-11 Jazz Remembrance
- Friday, Sep. 24 - Sunday, Sep. 26 | 07:00 PM Music and a Light Show at the Detroit Superior Bridge
- Thursday, Nov. 11 - Friday, Nov. 12 | 04:00 PM Jazz and Race, Past and Present
