Cellist

Described as a “New Jazz Power Source” by the New York Times, cellist extraordinaire Tomeka Reid presents her groundbreaking new work inspired by Duke Ellington. Be among the first to witness this Kennedy Center co-commission as Reid seamlessly captures the essence of Ellington, all while propelling jazz into bold new territories.

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Tomeka Reid, Celebrating Ellington

Kennedy Center

This supergroup assembled by pianist and composer Myra Melford includes Mary Halvorson on guitar, Ingrid Laubrock on saxophone, Tomeka Reid on cello, and Lesley Mok on percussion. 

Fire and Water Quintet

Logan Center

Pianist Craig Taborn and cellist Tomeka Reid come together for an evening of avant-garde improvisation in this Stave Sessions concert. Craig Taborn has built a varied career as a leader, a soloist, and a sideman in dozens of bands and has lent his brilliance as an improvisor in any number of musical contexts, from straight-ahead jazz to electro-acoustic sound collage. From units of melody and texture, Taborn builds intricate, fascinating compositions; or, as NPR's jazz critic Kevin Whitehead said, "making spontaneous pieces so clear and shapely, they can sound worked out in advance."

Craig Taborn / Tomeka Reid: Uncommon Prayers Duo

Somerville Theatre

A continuation of Dana Hall’s 2015 collaboration with Cheryl Lynn Bruce and Kerry James Marshall, this program reconvenes and commissions Hall and Bruce to further develop and restage the work. Hypocrisy of Justice explores inequities within systems and institutions, along with lived experiences of confinement, redemption, hope, and home. In addition to two performances, there will be a free day-long symposium on October 8.

Hypocrisy of Justice: Sights and Sounds From the Black Metropolis

One of the most inventive and interactive programs Spektral Quartet has created invites concertgoers to join the creative process by writing five postcards across the evening with stimulating visuals and provocative writing prompts from the quartet. For each piece, the listener is drawn closer to the composition, using the music as the leaping-off point for audience members to pen a short message to someone special in their own life. Writing on custom-made postcards featuring the alluring work of visual artists, concertgoers become creators right alongside the Quartet…and reconnect with loved ones in unexpected ways.

Spektral Quartet

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Renowned as a musical pioneer, cellist Matt Haimovitz has been praised by the New York Times as a “ferociously talented cellist who brings his megawatt sound and uncommon expressive gifts to a vast variety of styles.” In his solo program “Primavera”, he pairs unaccompanied Cello Suites by J.S. Bach with newer works that celebrate the return of spring.

Matt Haimovitz

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

Johnny Gandelsman, a founding member of Brooklyn Rider and a member of the Silkroad Ensemble, presents a new commissioning project developed during the pandemic, called This is America. Johnny Gandelsman has commissioned 20 new solo violin works from a diverse group of American and U.S.- based composers, including Rhiannon Giddens, Maya Miro Johnson, Angelica Negron, Tyshawn Sorey, Conrad Tao, Tomeka Reid, Olivia Davis, and many others.  "This is America celebrates America’s rich cultural tapestry and its myriad perspectives, thoughts, and ideas,” explains Gandelsman. “Each composition reflects on the current state of American society in a personal and intimate way, looking through an unflinching lens at universal topics like separation, loneliness, hope and love."

Tomeka Reid

Cellist

Events

Apr 24, 2024

Tomeka Reid, Celebrating Ellington · Kennedy Center

Apr 19, 2024

Fire and Water Quintet · UChicago Presents

Apr 1, 2023

Craig Taborn / Tomeka Reid: Uncommon Prayers Duo · Celebrity Series of Boston

Oct 7, 2022

Hypocrisy of Justice: Sights and Sounds From the Black Metropolis · UChicago Presents

May 26, 2022

Spektral Quartet · La Jolla Music Society

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