![]() Paul jazz pianist, singer, composer, and arranger, performing around the world and recording with his group the Larry McDonough Quartet as well as solo, and in duos and trios. Holcomb’s long form piece, Before the Comet Comes, is staggeringly beautiful.” (New York Times) “…this fascinatingly eclectic pianist, composer, and singer has few qualms about mingling folk, jazz, chamber music, and points between and beyond in arresting original music.” (New Yorker) “Satie goes to Appalachia, Morricone goes to the Knitting Factory, and you, dear art-folk fan, die and go to heaven.” (Village Voice) She studied Sundanese gamelan performance at the University of California at Santa Cruz and graduated with a degree in Music Composition Utilizing Non-Western resources. She has created distinctive song cycles on subjects ranging from Rachel Carson to The Everett Massacre to her experiences sharecropping tobacco in North Carolina. Holcomb has been commissioned to create scores for dance, film, and theatre. Composing instrumental and vocal music for a wide variety of chamber ensembles and soloists, Ms. Other current performing ensembles include a longstanding duo project with cellist Peggy Lee, and The Robin Holcomb Ensemble. ![]() Holcomb is a founder and co-director of The New York Composers Orchestra and WACO (The Washington Composers Orchestra), for which she is also conductor, pianist and a principal composer. Other recordings featuring her performances and distinct arrangements include Things About Comin’ My Way: A Tribute to the Music of the Mississippi Sheiks (Red Hen), Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys and Son of Rogue’s Gallery (Anti), The Anthology of American Folk Music: Revisited (Shout Factory), Burt Bacharach and Serge Gainsbourg tribute compilations (Tzadik) and Bill Frisell’s Nashville. Holcomb’s songs, and instrumental compositions, on the Nonesuch label. The Big Time, Little Three, Rockabye and Robin Holcomb are four critically acclaimed recordings of Ms. Recent recordings include The Point of It All and Solos (Songlines), and Joh n Brown’s Body (Tzadik). Ann’s – the Guimarães, Verona, San Francisco, Vancouver, and Earshot Jazz Festivals – Royce Hall at UCLA and the Seattle Opera House. Pianist, composer, librettist, singer and songwriter Robin Holcomb has performed internationally as a solo artist and ensemble leader in venues including Carnegie Hall, The Meltdown Festival, The United Nations, Teatro Manzoni, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Moers Music Festival, The Festival of Perth, The Hong Kong Arts Festival, Arts at St. To reserve your seat(s) please visit this L-I-N-K About the winners ![]() Doors open at 6:45 PM, with a concert start time of 7:30 PM and a reception following the concert. The 2018 ACF Showcase Concert will take place Saturday, Jat the Open Eye Figure Theatre (506 E 24 th Street Minneapolis, MN 55404). Jelloslave (aka Purple Orange) will also feature works by Mary Ellen Childs, Michelle Kinney, and Jacqueline Ultan. Composers Robin Holcomb (Seattle, WA), Larry McDonough (Saint Paul, MN), and Harriet Steinke (Detroit, MI) will be in residence, working with Jelloslave (aka Purple Orange) during rehearsals May 31st & June 1st with the performance on June 2, 2018. Jelloslave (aka Purple Orange), hailed by Rebecca Lang of the Star Tribune as “…an infectious, mysterious melee of genres.” partners with the American Composers Forum to present three works by the winners of the 2018 ACF Showcase national competition on Saturday, June 2 at the Open Eye Figure Theatre in Minneapolis, MN.
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