PAST EVENTS

2025

11th Annual

  • Olula Negre / Cristal Sabbagh / Scott Rubin

  • Min Xiao-Fen

  • Gwen Laster’s New Muse4tet
    w/ Melanie Dyer, Teddy Rankin Parker, Andrew Druryyuniya

  • edi kwon + Lester St. Louis

  • Ellie Coudoux

  • Terry Jenoure’s Flame
    w/ Joe Fonda & Reggie Nicholson

    Honoree
    Leroy Jenkins

2024

10th Annual

  • Dorothy Carlos

  • Doyeon Kim & Tomas Fujiwara

  • Yacouba Sissoko &Moussa Diabate

  • Joanna Mattrey

  • Janel Leppin, Chad Taylor & Brian Settles

  • Regina Carter
    w/ Leslie DeShazor, Tomeka Reid & Junius Paul

    Honoree
    Regina Carter

2023

9th Annual

  • Ishmael Ali Akjai
    w/ Brianna Tong, Johanna Brock & Andrew Scott Young

  • Trina Basu & Arun Ramamurthy

  • Erik Friedlander’s Floating City

  • Mark Helias & Sara Serpa

  • gabby fluke-mogul

  • Rufus Cappadocia

  • Leslie DeShazor Quartet: Nate Winn, Robert Skinner, Demetrius Nabors


    Honoree
    India Cooke

2022

8th Annual

  • Leonor Falcon & Juanma Trujillo

  • Curtis Stewart

  • Jake Charkey
    w/ Mir Naqibul Islam, Veronica Simas de Souza

  • Zara Zaharieva Quartet:
    Joshua Ramos, Edinho Gerber, Kyle Swan

  • Edmar Castaneda

  • Kash Killion & Avreeayl Ra

    Workshops
    Sam Bardfeld, Kaethe Hostetter & Artyom Manukyan

    Honoree
    Naomi Millender & Tracy Andreotti

2021

7th Annual

  • Leyla McCall

  • Biliana Voutchkova

  • Brandee Younger

  • Judith Insell / Joe Fonda

  • Endris Hassen / Misale Legasse / Anteneh “Bubu” Teklemariam

  • Barago

  • Artyom Manukyan & Arman Jalalyan

  • Miguel Atwood-Ferguson & Greg Spero

  • Sam Bardfeld & Ches Smith

    Workshops
    Gwen Laster, Kaethe Hostetter & Akua Dixon

    Honoree
    Diedre Murray

2020

6th Annual

  • Marika Hughes

  • Jesse Zubot

  • Christopher Hoffman

  • Jacqui Kerrod

  • Kaethe Hostetter

  • Tatsu Aoki & Jamie Kempers

  • Sarah Bernstein & Stuart Popejoy

  • Melanie Dyer, Gwen Laster & Ken Filiano


    Honoree
    Henry Grimes

2019

5th Annual

  • Akua Dixon

  • Sara a Quartet
    w/ Jesse Lewis, Ike Sturm & Jared Schonig

  • Tristan Honsinger’s In The Sea
    w/ Nicolas Caloia & Joshua Zubot

  • Gordon Grdina’s Marrow
    w/ Hank Roberts, Mat Maneri & Hamin Honari

  • yuniya edi kwon

  • Fred Lonberg-Holm’s Stirrup 
    w/ Nick Macri & Charles Rumback

    Honoree
    Akua Dixon

2018

4th Annual

  • Ben Davis Trio w/ Sam Mosching & Steve Hunt

  • Jonathan Chen

  • Marlene Rice Trio w/ Nioka Workman, Mala Waldron

  • Shanta Nurullah's Sitarsys
    w/ Alex Wing, Angel Bat Dawid, Harrison Bankhead, JoVia Armstrong & Zahra Baker

  • Daniel Levin

  • Shana Tucker Quartet
    w/ Emma Dayhuff, Amy K Bormet & Chuck Lacy


    Honoree
    Didier Lockwood

2017

3rd Annual

  • Hank Roberts & Jacob Sacks

  • Mary Oliver

  • Mark Feldman & Tim Daisy

  • Eyvind Kang & Joshua Abrams

  • Helen Gillet

  • Hear In Now : Tomeka Reid, Mazz Swift & Silvia Bolognesi

    Honoree
    Michael White

2016

2nd Annual

  • Okkyung Lee

  • Peggy Lee’s Handmade Blade w/ JP Carter & Aram Bajakian

  • The Tomeka Reid Stringtet
    w/ Mazz Swift, Jason Hwang, Peter Maunu, Silvia Bolognesi, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Mikel Patrick AveryJason

  • Hwang’s Amygdala Trio w/ Rami Seo & Michael Wimberly

  • James Sanders’ Proyecto Libre
    w/ Avreeyal Ra, Joshua Abrams & Jean Christoph LeRoy

  • Zach Brock’s Triptych w/ Matt Ulery & Jon Deitemeyer

  • Macie Stewart & Steve Marquette

  • Charles Burnham


    Honoree
    Abdul Wadud

2013

  • Musique Noire
    w/ Michelle May, Leslie DeShazor, Leah Lucas Celebi & JoVia Armstrong

  • Jessica Pavone & Mary Halvorson

  • Tomeka Reid Quartet
    w/ Charles Rumback, Jason Roebke & Jeff Parker

  • James Sanders’ Blue Violin Quartet
    w/ George Fludas, Kevin O’Connell & Stuart Miller

  • Mazz Swift / MazzMuse

  • Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings
    w/ Tomeka Reid, Renee Baker & Joshua Abrams

    Honoree
    Billy Bang