Emily Kuhn Quintet
Schedule
Sat Oct 12 2024 at 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Front Porch | Charlottesville, VA
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The Charlottesville Jazz Society and WTJU present The Emily Kuhn QuintetOn Saturday October 12th, The Charlottesville Jazz Society and WTJU welcome Charlottesville native Emily Kuhn and her Chicago based quintet for a multi-day residency.
The Charlottesville Jazz Society and WTJU are pleased to present The Emily Kuhn Quintet in residency October 10th through 12th, with a concert at The Front Porch on Saturday October 12th.
Emily Kuhn is a jazz trumpet player based in Chicago, IL, described by the Chicago Jazz Magazine as having “a charismatic style and a sophistication that belies her youth.” Originally from Charlottesville, Emily leads two bands: a jazz quintet, which she will bring to Charlottesville for this concert, and a nine-piece chamber jazz ensemble, Helios. Outside of these projects, Emily plays regularly with a wide variety of ensembles across the jazz and Latin scenes in Chicago. She has brought her original music to festivals including the Festival of New Trumpet Music, the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Tuesdays on the Terrace, and she has performed at the Chicago Jazz Festival and Stanford Jazz Festival among others. Emily has taught throughout Chicago and nationwide through MUSIC Inc., Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras, and Stanford Jazz Workshop. Emily has a BM and BA in Jazz Trumpet Performance and Environmental Studies from Oberlin. She studied with renowned trumpet players Eddie Henderson, Sean Jones, and John D’earth.
For this special concert, The Emily Kuhn Quintet will be performing new original compositions and music from Kuhn's recent release, "Ghosts of Us." Described as "the kind of lyrical, spacious jazz that draws you deep within its cocoon-like atmosphere" (Matt Collar, All Music), the music draws inspiration from the natural world, science fiction, and the Covid-19 pandemic, meditating on themes of stillness, connection, grief, and hope. The group relies on their strong foundation of musical trust to deftly navigate influences from jazz, rock, chamber music, and Americana.
During this residency, Emily will also conduct masterclasses at various schools.
The Emily Kuhn Quintet features Emily Kuhn (trumpet), Erik Skov (guitar), Meghan Stagl (piano), Kitt Lyles (bass), and Gustavo Cortiñas (drums). “This concert and residency is made possible with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.”
Tickets for The Emily Kuhn Quintet at The Front Porch on October 12th at 8:00 pm are available online at CJS.Ticketbud.com. General admission is $22. Paid supporters of The Charlottesville Jazz Society pay $18. All tickets will be $25 at the door. For more information call 434-249-6191
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Where is it happening?
The Front Porch, 221 Water St E,Charlottesville,VA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
