Chicago Jazz String Summit
Executive Artistic Director
Peoples Child Publishing
Musician
University of Chicago Aug 2003 - Aug 2011
Orchestra Director--Lab School
Education:
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign 2009 - 2017
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign 2009 - 2012
Doctorates, Jazz
Depaul University 2000 - 2002
Masters, Master of Music, Music
University of Maryland 1995 - 2000
Bachelor of Music, Bachelors, Music
Salzburg College 1998 - 1998
Skills:
Music Theory Composition Music Music Education Bass Chamber Music Classical Band
Languages:
English French German Italian
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Last year, her breakthrough year, she appeared with other artists on two lauded records; played Symphony Center, Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago Cultural Center and the Chicago and Hyde Park jazz festivals, and for audiences from Poland to Vancouver; then released her first album, Tomeka Reid Quartet,
As if to underscore that a new moment was dawning in musical Chicago, the rising composer-cellist Tomeka Reid led the CJE in an orchestral work she had been commissioned to write for the occasion: "A Testimony of Faith." Reid had appeared on this stage as composer-conductor two years ago, when she l
snippets incorporated into their improvisations. Reed has convened a remarkable lineup for the occasion, including Chicagoans Jason Adasiewicz, Tomeka Reid, Josh Abrams and Nick Butcher; plus New Yorkers Greg Ward (formerly of Chicago), Taylor Ho Bynum, Tomas Fujiwara, Mary Halvorson and Ignrid Laubrock.