DEC 6 - MONASH UNIVERSITY: Sounding Change

featuring SUMIRE KURIBAYASHI

evening show 7.30PM

co-presented with MONASH UNIVERSITY

Sumire Kuribayashi

The Jazzlab Tuesday Dec 6 doors 7pm show 7.30pm

Tickets HERE $25/20/15 Bookings essential

Monash University Sounding Change feat. Sumire Kuribayashi

Monash University Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance are passionate supporters of Australian Music, Gender Diversity, and Jazz and Improvisation. We are proud to sponsor the MWIJF, and thrilled to have our students perform, listen and learn through the fantastic artists and events featured within the festival. This concert will feature student ensembles performing two sets of music led by innovative composer and pianist Sumire Kuribayashi.  

Sumire Kuribayashi: pianist and composer

Ensemble 1:

Bass - Ashleigh Howell

Drums - Marissa DiMazio

Piano - Amelia Roberts

Sax (alto) - Harper Dawson

Voice  - Ruby Glynn

Ensemble 2  

Bass - Meg Davidson

Drums - Mia Rowland

Guitar - Uyen-My Pham

Flute - Yael Zamir

Voice  - Greta Williams

Sumire Kuribayashi –

Tokyo-based pianist and composer Sumire Kuribayashi returns to Australia after her sensational debut here at the 2018 Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, where she captured audiences with performances in solo, duo, trio and quartet. Regarded as one of Japanʼs most exciting pianists with a distinctive playful lyricism and expressive touch, Sumire has released six albums under her own name (as well as a series of albums with legendary bassist Hideaki Kanazawa as ʻNIJUSOʼ) since winning the 2014 Jazz Life New Star Award. Sumire leads a wide-ranging global career spanning across Japan and Europe, where she has worked extensively with bassist Giuseppe Bassi, pianist Walter Lang, and English musicians Jason Yarde and Mark Mondesir. Sumireʼs collaborations with Australian trumpeter Niran Dasika have resulted in the albums Suzaku (2018), recorded in Tokyo, and Kiri (2020), recorded live at Wangaratta.

 Sumire Kuribayashi appears courtesy of the Melbourne Jazz Co-op

  Jazz at Monash 

The Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music and Performance (Monash University) Jazz and Improvisation program is the premier jazz course in Australia. We attract the highest calibre of teaching staff and offer a variety of performance, composition and research opportunities. Our curriculum includes unique opportunities for students to perform, learn and be mentored from seminal musicians such as Carla Bley, Joe Lovano, Terri Lyne Carrington, Charles Lloyd, Linda Oh, Branford Marsalis, Kris Davis and Dave Douglas. 

Study Options include: BMus, Honours, Masters, PHD, Double degrees with Arts, Commerce, Education, Laws or Science. 

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