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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
Critics Choice
by Elzy Colb
NPR
"NPO TRIO LIVE @ STONE"
BEST ALBUM
2018
TEXTRUA.com
No.4
JAZZ ALBUM
OF THE YEAR
2018
EVENTS
07.27.23
Brooklyn Conservatory
New York
Akua Dixon Quartet
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07.30.23
Pink Frog
Brooklyn
New York
Spontaneous Jam feat. Meg Okura
PAST EVENTS
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February 24-26, 2023
Attack Theatre
Pittzburgh, PA
Tasha Warren & Dave Eggar
Paquito D'Rivera, Meg Okura
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March 12, 2023
Bronx Burger House
Winners of the 2022 BRIO Award
George Nazos, Sam Newsome, Meg Okura
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April 2, 2023
Birdland Jazz Club
Erica Seguine Shan Baker Orchestra
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April 29, 2023
Wesleyan University
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September 21, 2022
Composer Spotlight
MEG OKURA
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October 2, 2022
Culture Lab LIC
Erez Aviram Ensemble
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October 9, 2022
Erica Seguine Shan Baker Orchestra
October 16, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers
Meg Okura & Yotam Silberstein Duo
plays jazz standards
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October 30, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers
Meg Okura Trio
Meg Okura (violin, compositions)
Yotam Ishay (piano)
Ronen Itzik (percussion)
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June 22, 2022
Jazz WaHi MELTING POT JAZZ Series
Meg Okura Quartet
Meg Okura (violin)
Yotam Ishay (keys)
Sam Bevan (bass)
Ronen Itzik (percussion)
special guest: Sam Newsome (soprano sax)
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.
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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)
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May 22, 2022
AAPI Jazz Festival (Newark, NJ)
Helen Sung presents Quartet+ with guest violinist Meg Okura
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May 13, 2022
ISJAC Symposium (Austin, TX)
Speaking on Working with Strings
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May 1, 2022
Birdland Jazz Club*
5:00 pm
Meg Okura & the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
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*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.
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**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.
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April 3, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Kevin Hays & Meg Okura Duo
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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
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March 31.2022
Broad Art Museum
Michigan State University
Sights and Sound: All Things Composition Part I
Martha Redbone
Meg Okura
Pascal Le Boeuf
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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?"
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March 20, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Christopher Bakriges & Meg Okura Duo
Music from Matisse Jazz Project
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March 13, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Meg Okura & Yotam Silberstein Acoustic Duo
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March 6, 2022
Saint Peter's Church (New York City)
Jazz Vespers*
Meg Okura & Yotam Silberstein Duo
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NPO TRIO LIVE AT THE STONE
Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone)
Jean-Michel Pilc (piano)
Meg Okura (violin)
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"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
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