Steve Griggs Music - Alma Brasileira


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		Steve Griggs - Projects recordings \| scores \| past productions \| work in progress Work in Progress Alma Brasileira: Soul of Brazil Date: Saturday, November 20 Time: 7:30pm Location: Good Shepherd Center Chapel Address: 4649 Sunnyside Avenue N, Seattle WA Tickets: $15 advance admission at Brown Paper Tickets, $20 at the door Alma Brasileira (Soul of Brazil) is a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the premiere of Heitor Villa-Lobos' work of the same name. This piece and others were composed by Villa-Lobos in the 1920's under collections titled "Choros" named after the Portuguese word for "cry" and a popular genre of Brazilian improvised instrumental music. This concert will feature re-imaginings of Choros 1, 5 (Alma Brasileira), 6, 9, 11, "bis" and "introducao" for twelve-piece jazz chamber ensemble (Mathew Schwartz-flute, Steve Griggs - saxophone, Doug Ostgard - English horn, Tom Varner - French horn, Eyvind Kang - viola, Louie Richmond - cello, Phil Sparks - bass, Marco de Carvalho - guitar, Nick Newcomb - harp, Susan Pascal - vibraphone, Bill Anschell - piano, and Jeff Busch - percussion). The program of seven Villa-Lobos Choros will be supplemented by eleven more works by Villa-Lobos, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Steve Griggs. Each piece will be prefaced by a brief narrative of historical context. Draft Program Choro #1 - Heitor Villa-Lobos Choro #5 - Heitor Villa-Lobos Choro #6 - Heitor Villa-Lobos Choro #9 - Heitor Villa-Lobos Choro #11 - Heitor Villa-Lobos Introducao aus Choros - Heitor Villa-Lobos Choro bis - Heitor Villa-Lobos Family - Steve Griggs Longing - Steve Griggs For Those Who Pray - Steve Griggs To Walk in Beauty - Steve Griggs String Quartet No. 1 - Cantilena - Heitor Villa-Lobos String Quartet No. 1 - Canto Lirico - Heitor Villa-Lobos Musicians Jeff Busch - percussion Jeff studied percussion in England and Brazil. His latest project is Drums and Voices-Contemporary Spirituals with Pat Wright from the Total Experience Gospel Choir and is funded by a King County Arts grant. Marco de Carvalho - guitar Marco is a native of Rio de Janeiro and graduate of the city's Music Conservatory. He traveled to several cities in the US before settling in Seattle. He appears on numerous soundtracks and recordings including three CDs featuring his own compositions. His newest recording is entitled Cancoes. Louie Richmond - cello Louie studied cello with Orlando Cole, attended the Eastman School of Music and received a Masters in Cello Performance from Temple University studying with Lorne Monroe. He was a member of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C and came to the Northwest to teach cello and chamber music at the University of Puget Sound and was the founder and Musical Director of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra for seven years. Steve Griggs - saxophone Steve recorded two CDs in Seattle with Elvin Jones and is featured on the soundtrack the Bungie/Microsoft video game Halo 3: ODST. Steve's won a Longfellow Chorus Award of Distinction in the 2010 Longfellow Chorus International Composers Competition. Susan Pascal - vibraphone, marimba Jazz vibraphonist Susan Pascal has performed throughout the United States and Canada, and recently completed her third tour to Singapore. She has played for motion picture soundtracks including The Blind Side, Office Space, and Eulogy, and recently collaborated in performances with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra. Phil Sparks - bass Phil is a faculty member of the UW Jazz Studies program, named Northwest Instrumentalist of the year in 1996 by Earshot Jazz, inducted into the Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame in 2009, and was featured in a cover story in the May 2009 Earshot Jazz Magazine. Tom Varner - French Horn Tom teaches at Cornish College, appears on over 50 recordings, and has ranked high in Down Beat critics polls for many years. His latest recording Heaven and Hell is on Omnitone.