Brooklyn Conservatory to explore new ways to attract audiences to jazz
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music in Park Slope has been chosen as one of six organizations across the U.S. to implement the results of the Jazz Audiences Initiative’s study on presenting and producing jazz.
Theory-to-practice experiments will begin in the fall of 2012. Among some of the artists the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music will present as part of their experiment are the Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet on Sept. 20 and the Vijay Iyer Trio on Sept. 22.
Both artists are 2012 DownBeat Critics Poll winners: Rudresh Mahanthappa for alto saxophone, and Vijay Iyer in a record-breaking five wins for jazz artist of the year, jazz album of the year (“Accelerando”), jazz group of the year (for the Vijay Iyer Trio), pianist of the year and rising star composer.
“For more than 20 years, the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music has been presenting world-class jazz artists through our Jazz at the Conservatory concert series,” says Karen Geer, executive director of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. “This award is allowing us the flexibility to experiment with the concert series by transforming our venue into an intimate jazz club setting, presenting cutting-edge artists and offering related educational events in conjunction with the concerts.