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Pianist Myra Melford and drummer Allison Miller draw on their shared passion for nature and the life-giving power of light in their Lux Quartet. Saxophonist Dayna Stephens and bassist Scott Colley amplify the two bandleader’s innovative compositions to craft an intense, glowing sonic experience. The combination of artists is, according to Melford, “like throwing a spark at tinder—everything immediately bursts into flames.”

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Allison Miller and Myra Melford’s Lux Quartet

Kennedy Center

Retracing Paths explores themes of reflection, contemplation, and the transformative power of retracing our paths. Featuring dancers Allison Miller, Oliver Halkowich, Laura Hilley, and Dylan Allen, and set to the mesmerizing accompaniment by pianist Kana Mimaki and her students. Our community partner, University of St. Thomas Dance Majors will perform a world premiere choreographed by its Director of Dance, Maria McCain.

Retracing Paths

Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston

Dancers of Bayou City Ballet Youth Company perform new and classic works by Alex Pandiscio, Dylan Allen, Nao Kusuzaki, and Samuel Kirkjian. The matinee show also includes performances by Ad Deum Dance Company and Creative Minds Collaborative, featuring former Houston Ballet soloist Allison Miller.

Fall Showcase 2023

Named among Downbeat Magazine’s “Top 20 Jazz Drummers,” Allison Miller engages her deep roots in improvisation as a vehicle to explore all music. Her band, Boom Tic Boom, “recalls classic drummer-led ensembles of 50 years ago … [yet] works from a diverse sonic palette that is unmistakably contemporary” (The Wall Street Journal). This all-star ensemble breaks down musical barriers in fearless explorations of folk, funk, Latin, and klezmer music. A musician with enormous spirit and influence, “Miller’s craftiness as a percussionist is met by her ingenuity as a composer and group conceptualist” (The New Yorker).

Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom

Williams Center for the Arts

Jazz at Princeton presents the 2023 Princeton University Jazz Festival in a one-day event Saturday, April 15. Featured performances include Small Group X, Small Group A, Bird Calls, and many special guests, leading up to the headlining event with the Creative Large Ensemble.

Jazz Festival 2023

Princeton University

Richardson Auditorium

The brainchild of pianist and composer Renee Rosnes, Artemis is an international ensemble of modern jazz masters. Named for the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt, the multinational and multigenerational group was founded in 2017 under the banner of International Women’s Day. Soon afterward, it made a memorable splash at the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival and followed that triumph with its debut recording on Blue Note in 2020. Each member of the ensemble is a composer and bandleader in her own right, so the collective’s repertoire draws on each player’s distinctive personality, from new compositions written expressly for the band to classics by Lee Morgan, Thelonious Monk, and Wayne Shorter. “A killer line-up of players…they all converge on this extremely cosmopolitan, sleek, rhythm-forward, modern sound” (NPR).

Jazz: Artemis

University of California, Berkeley

Master class with jazz drummer Allison Miller (right, above), and jazz pianist Carmen Staaf

Jazz Master Class: Allison Miller & Carmen Staaf

Manhattan School of Music

Described as a modern jazz icon-in-the-making, drummer Allison Miller has won critics polls in DownBeat and JazzTimes magazines. Miller is a proud member of the supergroup ARTEMIS, and her composition “Speak Eddie” is featured in New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers.

The Gathering is an ongoing series presented by the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice. Events are open to the greater Berklee community and public, and feature performances, guest lectures, workshops, and discussions—all with gender equity as a guiding principle.

The Gathering with Special Guest Allison Miller

Oliver Colvin Recital Hall

Jazz supergroup Artemis makes its Celebrity Series debut with an unforgettable, unique performance. Hailing from the US, Canada, and Japan, six of the top-charting female jazz musicians come together as one, giving audiences high-wire interplay infused with pure joy.

Artemis

Berklee College of Music

Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely return for Toshi's 39th annual birthday celebration. Reagon's annual birthday shows have become staples of the New York performance ecosystem, and these 5 performances will mark an incredible artist's journey.

Toshi Reagon’s Annual Birthday Concerts

Joe's Pub

A multi-generational and globe-spanning supergroup of six female jazz greats, Artemis conjures a powerful collective voice from this sextet of visionary bandleaders and composers.

Allison Miller

Drummer

Events

Feb 22, 2024

Allison Miller and Myra Melford’s Lux Quartet · Kennedy Center

Oct 26, 2023

Retracing Paths · Match

Oct 22, 2023

Fall Showcase 2023 · Match

Sep 8, 2023

Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom · Williams Center for the Arts

Apr 15, 2023

Jazz Festival 2023 · Princeton University Music Department

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