I joined a non-profit board! (Manhattan New Music Project)
I'm excited to have joined the board of directors of the Manhattan New Music Project.Founded in 1990 by late jazz artist Paul Nash (listen to his album here), the Manhattan New Music Project (MNMP) has steadily advanced its dual mission to educate audiences in jazz and improvisational music forms, while offering student populations opportunities to experience hands-on art-making. MNMP has presented music by emerging artists through our New York City-based concert series, New Composers, Interactive Music, and New York Anthems. These concerts have been held at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Galapagos Art Space, Abrons Arts Center, Chelsea Art Museum, and N6 Media Labs.On the educational side there are many cool programs that make me wish I was back in school again. MNMP has a Dept. of Education grant that funds, among other things, a "Blank Page to Stage" program where elementary school kids write and perform their own musicals, a music program to study Brazilian percussion, and a dance workshop comparing West African folk dancing with modern hip-hop dancing. A big 20th Anniversary party is coming up in early 2010, stay tuned.

