All About Jazz
Dan Bilawsky's
BEST RELEASES OF
2018
11th Annual
International Critics Poll
6th Place
VIOLINIST/VIOLIST
OF THE YEAR
2018
11th Annual
International Critics Poll
6th Place
VIOLINIST/VIOLIST
OF THE YEAR
2018
recipient
Chamber Music America
NEW JAZZ WORKS
2018
"4.5 stars" - All Aout Jazz
"grandiloquent beauty
that transitions easily from grooves to big cascades to buoyant swing"
- THE NEW YORK TIMES
Critics Choice
by Elzy Colb
NPR
"NPO TRIO LIVE @ STONE"
BEST ALBUM
2018
TEXTRUA.com
No.4
JAZZ ALBUM
OF THE YEAR
2018
EVENTS
May 13, 2022
ISJAC Symposium (Austin, TX)
Speaking on Working with Strings
May 22, 2022
AAPI Jazz Festival (Newark, NJ)
Helen Sung presents Quartet+ with guest violinist Meg Okura
May 26, 2022
The Morrison Center (Boise, ID)
Ourself Behind Ourself, Concealed
Dave Eggar (cello) and Tasha Warren (bass clarinet, clarinet) with Meg Okura (violin), Chad Spears (piano), Chuck Palmer (percussion)
June 2, 2022
Teatro SEA (NYC, NY)
Pablo Lanouguere Quintet
Meg Okura: Violin, Federico Diaz: Guitar, Emilio Teubal: Piano, Franco Pinna: Drums, & Pablo Lanouguere: Bass & Compositions.
June 22, 2022
Jazz WaHi MELTING POT JAZZ Series
Meg Okura Quartet
PAST EVENTS
EVENTS
March 6, 2022
Saint Peter's Church (New York City)
Jazz Vespers*
Meg Okura & Yotam Silberstein Duo
March 13, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Meg Okura & Yotam Silberstein Acoustic Duo
March 20, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Christopher Bakriges & Meg Okura Duo
Music from Matisse Jazz Project
March 27, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone)
Meg Okura (violin)
Yaniv Taubenhous (piano)
+ Panel Discussion*
Leslie Fair (Moderator)
"Can Jazz Provide Healing and Promote Hope?"
March 31.2022
Broad Art Museum
Michigan State University
Sights and Sound: All Things Composition Part I
Martha Redbone
Meg Okura
Pascal Le Boeuf
April 2, 2022
Murry Hall at Michigan State University
Chamber Fusion: Jazz Meets Classical
works by instrumentalist-composers
Paquito D’Rivera
Martha Redbone
Pascal Le Boeuf
Meg Okura
Dave Eggar
April 3, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Kevin Hays & Meg Okura Duo
May 1, 2022
Birdland Jazz Club*
5:00 pm
Meg Okura & the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
*This event 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.
**The performance and creation of "Jewbberish Folk Tunes" by Meg Okura has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America’s 2018 New Jazz Works program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
November 6, 2021
Le Cheile
WaHi Jazz Festival
Meg Okura & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Anne Drummond (flute)
Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone)
Sam Sadigursky (bass clarinet)
Brian Marsella (piano)
Evan Gregor (bass)
Satoshi Takeishi (drums)
The performance and creation of "Jewbberish Folk Tunes" by Meg Okura has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America’s 2018 New Jazz Works program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
October 15, 2021
Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival
Emilio Solla y La Inestable de Brooklyn
October 17, 2021
Soapbox Gallery
Pablo Lanoguere Quintet
August 14, 2021
Shapeshifter Lab
Ben Kono Group
April 29, 2021
Women In Jazz Organization
Guest speaker: Meg Okura
March 31, 2021
10:00 pm EST ZOOM
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MUSIC ARRANGERS AND COMPOSERS presents WOMEN IN JAZZ
featuring Jihye Lee, Meg Okura, and Courtney Wright, hosted by Andy Farber and Scott Healyabsolute
March 16, 2021, canceled
Absolute Blue Tokyo
Meg Okura Quartet
February 21, 2021,
Zoom
Robert Buonaspina’s RB Grupo
December 26, 2020, canceled
JAZZ FORUM
Meg Okura & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
December 16, 2020
Career Strategies Session (zoom)
Special Guest: Meg Okura Interview
September 12, 2020 canceled
Dartmouth College Church
Christopher Barkriges' Matisse Project with MEG OKURA
March 10, 2020
Iguana
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
March 8, 2020
Wi-Hi Jazz Festival
Meg Okura + Tim Harrison Trio
January 23, 2020
7:00 pm
Friends Seminary
Meetinghouse Jazz Orchestra
January 16, 2020
6:00 - 8:00 pm
MEG OKURA ensemble KATAN
SILVANA (New York, NY)
Meg Okura (violin & vocals)
Yaniv Taubenhouse (keys)
Daniel Ori (electric and upright basses)
Brian Shanker Adler (drums & percussion)
Spencer Carter (vocals)
December 16, 2019
Meg Okura/Tracy Yang/Jen Allen Jazz Orchestra
Shapeshifter Lab (Brooklyn NY)
October 17, 2019
Mott Community College (Flint Michigan)
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Masterclass on Improvisation by Meg Okura (violin) and Brian Marsella (piano)
November 13, 2019
ATLAS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Washington D.C.)
"Lion of Judah" Event featuring
Meg Okura Quartet
Yaniv Taubenhouse (piano)
Ehud Guy (bass)
Brian Adler (drums/percussion)
November 6, 2019
Absolute Blue
Meg Okura Quartet
The manner in which all of these aspects and artists magically meld together goes beyond words. Okura and her music are truly in a class all their own.
Dan Bilawsky, ALL ABOUT JAZZ
PAN ASIAN
CHAMBER
JAZZ ENSEMBLE
NPO TRIO LIVE AT THE STONE
Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone)
Jean-Michel Pilc (piano)
Meg Okura (violin)
"a captivating hour-long set of music....the three musicians have an instantly-apparent rapport, with a synthetic vision that provides impressive cohesion and focus, despite the fully-improvised nature of the performance. ...an album that offers such an inventive, expansive approach to music-making."
Troy Dostert, ALL ABOUT JAZZ
"THE BEST JAZZ ON BANDCAMP:
March 2018"
- Bandcamp Daily
