Who is headlining edgefest 2018

Double check that you wrote down the correct email address or contact us if you have any questions about the status of your application. If emailing your application, please send as an attachment to: [email protected] com. Edgefest is located at the intersection of Broadway and Thorndale. Continue west on Hollywood until you hit Broadway St. Related Artists Mitch James. Listed by Emily Govorko.

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Position id: 2 Zone id: Position id: 5 Zone id: 7. Soon they were brainstorming ways to get more cutting-edge acts to swing closer to home as they toured, asking themselves, "Why not Ann Arbor?

In the same DIY spirit of the organizers for those original, storied events of the '60s and '70s, Lynch and his friends started tracking down artists with a more contemporary take on improvisational music — and venues to host them — in the '90s.

After getting turned down by traditional jazz clubs and promoters around town, they found a sympathetic ear in KCH founder and director Deanna Relyea. As word spread, requests from touring groups came, leading to that first fateful Edgefest. Held at KCH, The Heidelberg, and the late Gypsey Cafe, the inaugural festival also featured local support from Transmission, an early project by now-renowned saxophonist, film composer, and Grammy winner Colin Stetson ; Detroit composer Bill Brovold's experimental rock troupe, Larval ; and saxophonist Andrew Bishop's Hank Williams Project, a free-jazz homage to the country music legend.

The audience filled the store's chairs and couches, all turned to face the Dutch big band, which played against the outer wall. KCH has always served as the anchor, with its small staff handling administration, logistics, and marketing. Thanks to Relyea's connections and KCH's nonprofit status, the festival was able to write grants, attract sponsors, and raise additional donor support to offset expenses and pay artists. When Lynch stepped back after 10 years, Relyea took the reins as festival director, a role she's kept even as she scaled back her own involvement in the concert house and eventually retired.

A University of Michigan U-M music school alum with a background in classical piano and voice, Relyea first launched the concert house in to host chamber music and special performances. She calls the first 10 years of Edgefest her "graduate education" in business and music. It could be rock or classical or just somebody who has another kind of listening mechanism.

We want to make sure everybody gets a voice. That includes local musicians who don't always get invited to jazz clubs. Over the years, Relyea has also watched several young artists, many with connections to U-M's music school, come up through the festival. We like to hear the standards, but there's new music out there. Relyea says the festival has organically developed as an inclusive event featuring many Black, Asian and Asian-American, and women artists.

Several years ago, Relyea started organizing each new festival around a theme, usually highlighting a particular instrument, location, or music scene. Chad Taylor drums b. Paul Giallorenzo keyboards. Jaimie Branch trumpet.

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