Michael Formanek Featured in The New York City Jazz Record Cover Story
March 7, 2016
Faculty artist Michael Formanek was featured on the cover of the March issue of The New York City Jazz Record and in the in-depth cover
Tag: Strings – Double Bass
Paul Avgerinos Wins Grammy for Best New Age Album
February 20, 2016
Paul Avgerinos (BM ’81, Double Bass) won a Grammy award for Best New Age Album. The album, Grace, was released on Round Sky Music on
Michael Formanek’s Ensemble Kolossus Reviewed in Downbeat, ECM Records Releases “The Distance” EPK
February 5, 2016
A performance at NYC Winter Jazzfest by faculty artist Michael Formanek’s Ensemble Kolossus of material from the forthcoming CD release, “The Distance,” on Saturday, January
Michael Formanek to Perform with Elijah Jamal Balbed and Lenny Robinson at An Die Musik
February 4, 2016
EJB Trio, consisting of faculty artist Michael Formanek, bass, Elijah Jamal Balbed, saxophones, and Lenny Robinson, drums, will perform two sets at An Die Musik
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to Premiere Work by Orchestra Bassist Michael Kurth
February 1, 2016
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will give a world premiere of A Thousand Words, a piece by its own bassist Michael Kurth (BM ’93, Double Bass), alongside Brahms’s
Paul Avgerinos’s “Grace” Receives Grammy Nomination
January 13, 2016
Paul Avgerinos (BM ’81, Double Bass) received a Grammy nomination for Best New Age Album. The album, “Grace,” was released on Round Sky Music on
Michael Formanek’s Ensemble Kolossus Upcoming CD Release and Concerts
January 11, 2016
Faculty artist Michael Formanek’s third CD release on ECM Records, The Distance, will be released on Friday, February 12, and is now available for pre-order
Floyds Row to Tour Massachusetts and Maryland
January 11, 2016
Emily Noël (MM ’06, Voice), soprano & autoharp, and Andrew Arceci (BM ’08, Double Bass), viola da gamba, double bass, and cittern, will perform as
American Studio Orchestra Presents Multimedia Exhibition “Pearls on a String”
December 7, 2015
The American Studio Orchestra, including faculty artists Tim Murphy, piano and keyboards, Gary Thomas, saxophone and flute, Alex Norris, trumpet, and Blake Meister, bass, presents
Michael Formanek’s European tour with Tim Berne’s Decay Featured in Saudades
November 12, 2015
Faculty artist Michael Formanek, jazz bass, was featured in a review by Saudades of saxophonist Tim Berne’s Decay ensemble European tour throughout November 10-21. “Formanek, who