Chris will be touring the West Coast this fall with his trio, with Richard Giddens on bass and Rodolfo Zuniga on drums
Oct 29 Fullerton Meng Concert Hall at Cal State Fullerton
Oct 31 Fresno Fresno State Concert Hall
Nov 1 Bakersfield Bakersfield Jazz Workshop
Nov 2 San Francisco Mr. Tipple’s
Nov 3 San Jose Art Boutiki
Nov 4 Arcata Arcata Playhouse
Nov 5 Ashland The Vintage Coffee House
Nov 6 Berkeley The Back Room
Chris will be live streaming a solo performance from Bop Shop Records in Rochester, NY!
Tune in on Friday, September 4, 8:00 PM EDT at:
bopshop.com/live
Also streaming at the Bop Shop’s Facebook and YouTube pages.
The world premiere of Chris Dingman’s suite Gifts of Transition for a cappella choir will be Sunday June 10th at Saint Peter’s Church, as part of his month long residency in June. The 3-part suite for SATB choir, featuring text by Jen Shyu, Rumi (translated by Coleman Barks), and by Dingman himself, will be sung by the Long Island Sound Vocal Jazz Ensemble from LIU Post, conducted by Jennifer Miceli.
Gifts of Transition
“No Boundaries” – text by Jen Shyu
“Quietness” – text by Rumi (trans. Coleman Barks)
“All Around Us” – text by Chris Dingman
featuring the Long Island Sound Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Jennifer Miceli, conductor
Sunday, June 10th
5pm
Saint Peter’s Church
619 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10022
Free admission, all are welcome
Chris is launching a new project, for now entitled simply “Songs,” featuring Miriam Elhajli (voice) Ike Sturm (bass) Zaneta Sykes(percussion), and himself on vibes, performing brand new original settings of poetry.
The group will have its first 2 performances in May and June:
Weds May 2nd at Cornelia Street Cafe
Sun June 3rd at Saint Peter’s Church
Chris will be performing at the legendary Village Vanguard with John Zorn, Christian McBride, Marc Ribot, Mary Halvorson, Ikue Mori, Jim Staley, Kenny Wollesen, and Ches Smith on Sunday, March 11th at 3pm, for a matinee set of improvisations.
Chris is taking part in the SWR New Jazz Meeting 2015 at SWR in Baden-Baden, Germany.
This collective of six musicians, directed by Fabian Almazan, developed and recorded new music together for four days at the SWR studio. They will present the music in concerts in southwestern Germany:
Friday, Nov 27
in Karlsruhe at Tollhaus
Saturday, Nov 28
in Tubingen at Sudhaus
Sunday, Nov 29
in Mainz at Frankfurter Hof
Featuring
Fabian Almazan – piano
Anna Webber – saxophone, flute
Ryan Ferreira – guitar
Chris Dingman – vibraphone
Linda Oh – bass
Henry Cole – drums
See a page all about the collective and meeting, including video and audio, at the SWR Website.
To celebrate the launch of The Subliminal and the Sublime, Chris will bring his sextet to the Greene Space at WNYC on Friday, June 26th at 7:00pm, for an exclusive performance of this sweeping 62-minute work in its entirety.
Hosted by Inner Arts Initiative, the evening will also include a conversation with the composer, exploring the connections between music, nature, and the inner search. Bassist/composer Garth Stevenson, internationally acclaimed for his nature-inspired music for film and yoga, will open the event with a brief set.
Commissioned by Chamber Music America, The Subliminal and the Sublime blends jazz, contemporary chamber music, minimalism, and ambient electronica with subliminal layers of pattern and detail inspired by the natural world. It features a sextet of virtuosic performers: Dingman on vibraphone, Loren Stillman on alto sax, Fabian Almazan on piano, guitarist Ryan Ferreira and the bass/drums tandem of Linda Oh and Justin Brown.
Chris will bring his Waking Dreams sextet to perform a free concert Monday, May 18th at 5pm in Bryant Park, as part of the New Music in Bryant Park series. The series features award-winning classical and jazz ensembles performing back to back each week in May, showcasing works commissioned by Chamber Music America.
Featuring Fabian Almazan, Linda Oh, Jared Schonig, Loren Stillman, and Ryan Ferreira, this performance will include excerpts of Chris’s commissioned piece The Subliminal and the Sublime as well as some selected works from his debut album Waking Dreams.